Do you ever have a last minute invitation to someone's home or just need a quick thinking of you or thank you gift? It's a great idea to keep a "gift drawer" with a few items on hand for times like these. Candles, soaps, lotions, small books, fancy note cards are great to keep on hand ready at a moments notice. Keep small fancy bags and a matching roll of ribbon nearby too. All you need to do is wrap a ribbon around the soap, lotion or candle and put it in the back along with another item and you have a great thoughtful gift that any woman would love. If you have a lot of men you give gifts to, add masculine scented soap, lotion and candles and ribbon that are in darker green or brown tones. Many scents can be unisex so you don't have to stock as much in the "gift drawer". My drawer has saved me many times and the recipients always seem to enjoy receiving them. If you are a wine drinker and have a lot of friends who enjoy wine tasting, add a fancy wine bag or two to the drawer. You can find darling bags with attached note book. The first person notes the date they drank the wine, the name and year of the wine and the winery name, and make comments about it as they hand off another wine to their friends. If you are spending a weekend or week with someone you may want to make a basket adding some or all of the above items, possibly adding some fruit, nuts, or cookies to the basket. It takes little time to create a wonderful gift at the last minute.
08/05/2009
