Guest post by Madison Hill

There was a time when gift giving was practically an art.

Great time, thought and effort went into the process. One would reflect on the recipient’s personality, lifestyle, character, and then spend days if not weeks looking for the one perfect gift that would reveal how much they thought of the person. You may be asking “who has the time to spend weeks looking for a gift?” I will agree with you that the time consuming art of gift giving seems to be reserved for the leisure class. Case in point…someone I know needed a gift for Mrs. Oscar de la Renta. Yes, THE de la Renta and the Queen of Chic. For weeks this woman agonized over what to send to this person who has everything. After great thought she realized they shared a love of raising hens. …read more

I came across Madison Hill’s amazing work and have been planning on doing a post that features her gorgeous, custom candles but, in the meantime, she has agreed to do a guest post about gifting from her perspective.

I’ve seen the post and I think you are going to love it, so please be sure to come back tomorrow and check it out! While you are waiting to see what she has written, why don’t you check out her website, her new Etsy shop, Facebook or Twitter pages? You won’t be disappointed!

I’m really delighted to have Madison Hill as the very first guest blogger and I hope you will give her …read more

St. Patrick’s Day is less about gifts and more about having a rousing good time.  St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration for those of Irish descent and this is key for gift giving because those Irish folk you care about are Irish all year ’round – not just on St. Patrick’s Day (though there will be a few who don “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” t-shirts who don’t have a drop of Irish in them!).

What does this mean as far as the art of gifting goes?  It means that it is another avenue for you to pursue gift-wise.  It means that if their heritage is important to them (and this goes for everybody, not just Irish people) that you can get them gifts that reflect that – in …read more