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Another what to buy thread - what do I get her?


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I need to buy a gift a for a friend, it needs to be around $20 on average. She likes scrapbooking stuff (she works for Creative Memories; so she has quite a bit already I imagine) if that helps.

 

Any ideas? I plan on sending her homemade cookies, but I need a gift as well. Anything that is nice that you'd appreciate (something general)? Or any scrapbooking gift ideas?

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I scrapbook and sometimes it is hard for people to buy that kind of stuff for me. However a couple of weeks ago I came across these gelly roll pens for scrapbooking. They are called glaze pens, the come in all different colors and are a sort of 'no mess' embossing pen. I got a ten pack for about 8 bucks. A pack of those along with something else might make a good gift. Personally I would enjoy it :). You can never have too much scrapbooking supplies :). I hope that helped...
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A Christmas sweatshirt or Christmas socks (It's a woman's answer to the tie)

 

A $4.88 coffee machine from Walmart, favored coffee and a Christmas mug

 

a gift certificate to Starbucks to go with the cookies

 

Yankle Candles (look for the $10 off $25 coupon)

 

Bath and Body Works bubble bath and a bottle of wine

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If you have a Build a Bear workshop (or you can do it online now) they make a scrapbooking outfit! You could do a small bear with the scrappers outfit and I bet she would LOVE it. It's something she won't have and I bet she'll show all her friends.

what a neat idea
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I like the Build-A-Bear idea. I was in there recently and the prices were a lot lower than what I expected. I'm going to take my daughter there for her first birthday (Feb 28th! how time flies!). I would also forget about any scrapbooking things. She can get whatever she wants at a discount if she already works at a scrapbooking store. You can get a nice bottle of champagne (ok, sparkling wine) or a really nice bottle of wine for under $20. You might even be able to get a pair of champagne flutes or wine goblets on sale to go with the bottle. Hand lotions and smelly soaps are always nice. Or gourmet, organic, fair trade, only harvested on a sunny day, carried by a non-whipped donkey, blah blah blah pound of coffee or tea with some mugs would be nice. Or a gift certificate for a manicure at a local salon.
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I would stay away from the scrapbooking if she works at the store... she can likely buy whatever she wants at a discount, and you are likely to only duplicate whatever she already has. Of course, the idea of an inexpensive little gift basket with a gift certificate for her own store is a good one. Then, when she sees a good deal or a new and unique item, she can go for it.

 

I also like the movie passes. I got those for my teenage neice this year. I also went to the manager of the theatre and got some popcorn boxes (free!). I am going to put some filler paper in those, a package of junior mints, jujubees and twizzlers in it along with the movie passes. Then I will wrap the whole thing. My teenage daughter liked the idea so much, she is doing the same thing for her friends.

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