By M. Gauvin – matthewgauvin.com
The real purpose of gift giving is to recognize and let a person know that you care on some level. Your relationship with a recipient is one of the many factors that plays into the type of gift you’ll want to give.
Gift giving is not about recognizing some date on the calendar and doing your due diligence and getting a card or a gift just because you’re supposed to. Gift giving should happen because you want it to. The official date on a calendar for all these holidays brings out the cynic in many people and they think of these as a “Hallmark holiday” – commercial holidays for card companies, flower shops and confectioneries to make money. Sure, businesses have capitalized on a golden opportunity but, really, what are …read more
Spring has officially arrived and what better reason to give your loved ones a present? Why wait until Mother’s Day to give your mom some beautiful flowers? Or your favorite Aunt who loves to garden? Why not send her something to kick start her garden? Or your friend who lives in the city and doesn’t even have room for a window box? There are so many wonderful options – from inexpensive to a year’s worth of flowers. So celebrate Spring and show someone how much you care and that you were thinking of them with a Springtime “just because” present.
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This Fragrant Flower Garden Seed Kit has ten different varieties of seeds including: Jasmine Nicotiana, Sweet Pea, Stocks, Rainbow Pinks, Garden Phlox, Sweet Dream Verbena, Four O’Clocks, Lemon-Scented Monarda, Butterfly Weed, and Vanilla Heliotrope. At …read more
I love chocolate and I love gifts, so when I saw a sign at my local Whole Foods announcing a chocolate tasting to show what they had available for romancing your Valentine, I knew I had to be there! Chocolate tasting as research – heaven!!!
They put on quite an affair and, as promised, there was an abundance of chocolate. They had stations placed throughout the store as well as servers walking around with trays of tiny delectables. Before I get into the specifics, let me give you an idea of how to gift this.
Men and women alike often love chocolate. Chocolate is both a great romantic gift and a great platonic gift. Pay attention to what your recipient is drawn to more, dark chocolate, milk chocolate? Chocolate with things mixed into it or straight up, silky smooth chocolate? Also, …read more
