Tired of endless mall walking in search of a perfect Christmas gift that is nowhere to be found? Hate giving gift cards or gift certificates and cash just because it seems impossible to come up with anything better?

This holiday season, find unique ways to let the people in your life know that you care. Get creative, get personal and get fun; get a gift that will bring joy to her or him you love this Christmas.

Projects to Do and Make

Instead of toys that quickly lose their appeal, projects to make and do entertain during the process of creation and then become all the more special because they were made by the recipient. A craft set for making beaded jewelry, a T-shirt or canvas bag and special fabric crayons and pens for decorating, or a small set of wood working tools and pieces of cut wood can provide hours of entertainment. These gifts also often teach useful skills and encourage artistic abilities. Some kits can be purchased with the supplies and tools included. For a more personalized gift or to monitor the quality of the tools included a gift giver might choose the supplies and tools and pick a useful bag or box that could serve as storage later.

Homemade Items that Everyone Needs

Sometimes a gift item of a usable, consumable product with a personalized touch can be both affordable and appreciated. Children’s artwork can be scanned and made into calendars or greeting cards. Lip balm, bath salts, or bath oil can be made with items from the grocery and craft store. For kids simple recipes abound for play dough, homemade bath crayons, and homemade sidewalk chalk.

Since everyone needs to eat, ready-to-make meal mixes such as soup in a jar or muffin and bread mix can be great gifts as well. The gift of something useful need not be boring. It can be a playful twist on the usual or something a bit more extravagant than expected. But the element of usefulness ensures the gift will be appreciated rather than stored away.

Gift Tickets to Local Attractions, Museums or Performances

Gifts of tickets to local attractions, museums, or performances can encourage the appreciation of the arts. Families might appreciate an annual pass to a zoo or Children’s Museum near their home. Some performing arts centers offer packets of tickets to various events. Concerts or even movie theater tickets can be great gifts especially as families cut back on the entertainment budget and such attractions become a rare treat.

Instead of focusing on things to purchase, gifts that focus on activities can bring smiles and avoid both the shopping pitfalls and the return lines.Gifts that interest and give fun to the recipient need not be expensive or even purchased. With some planning and creative ideas, thought, smart gift givers can get through Christmas with some money left in their pocket.

Krista QQ(www.123giftfactory.com)
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Good luck! (I am so happy for you! To be in love someone is like having wings:)))

I want to make a personalized gift for my friend (like a pen with his initials on it or a key chain with his name), but i don’t have time to order it online and wait for it to be shipped to me. It’s like a last minute gift.

Where can i find a person who can Engrave words on any object i give him? Do they even exist? Maybe at the mall or some special shop US wide?

Please, need your help, i’ve looked everywhere online

Thank you and happy Gobble-Gobble day!

Check your yellow pages to see what’s offered in your area. In my hometown we have an engraving shop, but customized work like that always requires more than a day or two. Unless you’re willing to shell out a lot more to have it rushed, but they still won’t do it that quickly if they have a crazy workload (and they probably do at this time of year). My town also has a kiln; you walk in, buy a porcelain trinket, they provide the paint, you paint it, they glaze and fire it. It’s easy, fun, customized, and more personal because you have done it with your own hands!

I know that I have to register my business name and list an ad in the paper. the thing I need help with is finding to company to do my printing and have my product for cheap so that I can have an overhead. It would be even better if they were 2-n-1 had the product and did the printing. Any useful suggestions would be helpful!
like i say i dont want ads for online things i want real life help! real people. real stories.

I would love to also know this.. i have been trying to figure this out.

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These are the questions you can answer to get 12 points:

-What service or product does your business provide and what needs does it fill?
-Who are the potential customers for your product or service and why will they purchase it from you?
-How will you reach your potential customers?
-Where will you get the financial resources to start your business?

PLEASE AND THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aha, you are doing a marketing assignment and need help with your submission.

Q1. Service offering. List the above services. 2nd part of Q re needs – Thank you’s, remembering anniversaries, gifts, tourist souvenirs. Work on more ideas.

Q2 Purchasers – People on business trip, mother’s day, anniversary presents, valentine’s day, birthday’s, farewell presents. Why from you?? Your uniqueness for one, value for money another. Impulse buyers will be the majority of your customers. Your products will fulfill your customers’ needs.

Q3 Eye catching packaging and displays to get the impulse-buyers attention. Particularly at point-of-sale in pharmacies, gift shops, chain stores, malls, airport departure and arrival lounges, barrow type stalls, word-of-mouth, school or church bazaars.

Q4 Financial resources. First you need to work out how much you need. It sounds like you can start as a home-based indusrty and expand into larger premises later. No good in starting out big and then failing. Suggest you start with a loan from your father, spouse or relative, and plow all sales back into the business. Offer them a small share in the business. Such share must be in proportion to their loan. Do not pay out any dividends in the first year or two. Work out the amount of working capital you need. Once your business is succesful, expand your working capital needs by approaching your local bank manager who will help you with setting up a SME.

Good Luck

The holidays are upon us, and greeting cards are being sent across states and countries. Have you noticed the growing trend lately in printing greeting cards? People have been creating custom greeting cards to send to their loved ones nowadays. A personalized greeting card is of course very special. Receivers of the greeting card will appreciate the special attention paid into creating such a custom creation. Read the easy to follow steps below on printing greeting cards to make your own personalized card to send to your family and friends.

1. The first step is to create a design for a greeting card. It is easy. You can use your favorite graphics design software to do this. If you are a novice at this, don’t worry just look through your office software and look for greeting card templates or wizards. All you have to do for the design is to pick a cover for the greeting card, and a message for the inside right panel. The most common image used is of course a picture of yourself with the people you live with, in festive attire. Keep in mind the dimensions, but a letter paper (8.5”x11”) folded horizontally once and vertically once is a good standard dimension to work with. This means that each panel should be 4.25” x 5.5” roughly.

2. Next print out your design. If you have a good printer and a great deal of ink at home, just start printing them out. Make sure you use a nice quality paper to make those full color greeting cards extra special. If you want, you can also have an online greeting card printing company handle all the printing for you. You can just send them your design and you’ll have your custom greeting cards printed and delivered in no time.

3. Afterwards you can add other special decorations to your card. Using glittery pens, trace a few details of your design to add that sparkle to your greeting card cover letter. Cut a few creative holes and add a ribbon in some sides to make the card look festive. If you want to add some texture like some buttons, or “scrap booking” items glue them to your business card for that 3D effect. Take note though that if you are sending a lot of greeting cards, this may be an arduous process.

4. Then pick out a nice envelope that compliments your postcard design. Make sure that the card fits into the envelope, especially if you glued in some special 3d objects there.

5. Lastly, write your special message for your loved one before you send your personal greeting card.
Great! That was easy right? Giving custom greeting cards this holiday season is the way to go. It is special and personal unlike traditional greeting cards which are too commercialized. Have fun printing those cards!

Robert Johnston
http://www.articlesbase.com/printing-articles/your-holiday-guide-in-printing-greeting-cards-714302.html