Gifting For Dummies!

We’ve all been in this position: You’re trying to buy a gift for someone, and then you realise that you don’t actually know that them that well. You want to get a great gift, but perhaps they’re a work colleague or the partner of a friend. Either way, you’re hardly close enough to know exactly what would be the perfect gift for them. So what do you do? For a lot of people, the next step is simple: panic! They start furiously looking around for anything that would make a remotely acceptable gift. If that sounds familiar to you then don’t worry, here are some quick and easy gift ideas that aren’t going to be too expensive and that are guaranteed to be a hit, even if they’re for someone you don’t know all that well.

Something personal

If you want to take a pretty basic and turn it into a gift that someone will treasure forever? Make it personal to them. Even something as simple as getting something from a stationary store online but having it monogrammed with that person’s name can make a huge difference to how they feel about it. It shows them that you’re willing and interested enough to go that one step further in order to find them a gift that they’re going to really enjoy.

Something tasty

One thing that you can guarantee is that just about everyone enjoys a tasty treat from time to time. Why not get them a box of high-class chocolates, or maybe some fudge. You could even take them back to their childhood with a jar of vintage sweets, not only is that a great and unique gift idea but it also gives them a part of the gift that they can re-use once they’ve eaten all of the sweets. If they don’t have much of a sweet tooth then why not get them a bottle of something fancy. There are few classier gift ideas than a nice bottle of wine. Of course, it’s a good idea to make sure that someone has no allergies before you give them something tasty that could also trigger a severe reaction!

Something useful

If you want to make sure that someone is going to enjoy the gift that you give them for a long time, then give them something that they’re going to be able to use. It’s great when gifts are something unique or interesting, but a lot of the time people love just getting something that’s actually useful to them. Does this person spend a lot of their time in the kitchen? Then how about some well-made cooking utensils? Or if they’re the type of person who loves to spend their time out in the garden then give them some gardening tools. Not only is it something that they’re going to get a lot of use out of over the years but it also shows that you’ve made an effort to think about something that they would genuinely enjoy. By paying attention to the little details about someone you’ll often find that you have more gift ideas than you initially thought.