Remember last Sleuthing Sunday’s post? I had a puzzle of sorts for you to solve with clues (or red herrings!) as to what sort of gift idea I was cooking up.  Well, if you weren’t able to suss out what sort of project I was up to – here’s your answer!

I made New Year’s cards with a special twist. I purchased a few items from Paper Source: pretty cards, labels, adhesive chalkboard and two glittery pens.  I provided: a little creativity, patience, love and time.

The end result:  a very personalized New Year’s card and gift.  The reason I chose a chalkboard was to symbolize the idea of a New …read more

The other night my boyfriend’s father told me a great gift giving story that I am going to share here, since I think it illustrates the idea of a symbolic gift perfectly.

Because I would like to keep details of the story private, I’m just going to give you the broad strokes…

Once upon a time, a highly revered gentlemen, who did a whole lot of work for a group that he was involved with, helped them immensely by ghost writing an important report. This group was aptly appreciative of his hard work and thought of a pretty unique way of showing their gratitude:

Symbolic Gift

Yes, they got him a cheap trophy. A plastic, fake gold trophy, like a little league player might get.

Why was this a great gift?

First of all, if I …read more