Good & Perfect Gifts: gift-giving ideas

Friday, June 3, 2016

10 Great Excuses to Surprise Someone With a Gift

Everyone loves receiving presents, and most of us even enjoy giving them. Just because there aren't any birthdays or holidays coming up in the near future, that doesn't mean that you can't pay a visit to our Lake of the Ozarks gift shop and pick up something for someone special.

Of course, if you feel like you need a reason to buy something, then Good & Perfect Gifts has come up with ten for you right here. Think about a person in your life, then apply one of these reasons to them. Voila! Time to go shopping.

They are an amazing friend.

This is that person in your life that can always bring a smile to your face, no matter what the situation. Return the favor and surprise them. You can even apply this to an amazing boss, family member, neighbor, etc... If they brighten your day in any way, return the favor.

You are in a great mood.

If you are having the best day ever, pass along those good feelings. Pick up something nice and gift it to someone you come across that looks like they could use a mood boost.

Last week was rough.

Has someone that you know recently had a tough time or a string of bad luck? A gift is a nice way to let them know that not everything is bad, and it will all get better.

The gift was "screaming their name."

We've all had this happen. You are shopping and see something that is perfect for (insert name here.) There is no rule saying you have to come back later to get it or save it until Christmas. Buy it and give it to them now.

The gang's getting together.

Everyone is getting together for a potluck or barbecue, or maybe it's a ladies' weekend out. Find some small, sentimental favor to give to everybody that will always remind them of this incredible time together and their good bunch of friends.

You haven't seen them in a long time.

Occasionally we lose touch with people that we were once very close with due to distance, time, or maybe just everyday life. If they have been on your mind lately, send them something and rekindle that old friendship.

It's your anniversary (sort of.)

You can get incredibly creative with this one. Buy a candle for your spouse because that storm knocked the power out a year ago and you ate dinner by candlelight. Grab a packet of our beer bread mix for that friend that partied with you the year you turned 21. Pick a small moment in life that you shared with someone and celebrate it.

There's too much time between holidays.

If you are a person that always picks up something for everyone not only on the big holidays, like Christmas, but also for the smaller ones, like Arbor Day, then those months with nothing to celebrate are rough for you. Don't wait for a holiday, make up your own! Remember the "Un-birthday Party" from Alice in Wonderland? Give your friends a "Happy No-holiday Day" gift.

They are difficult to surprise.

We all know someone that is impossible to surprise with what you buy them for regular gift-giving occasions. Buy them a present for no reason at all. They won't be expecting that, and they'll have to be surprised.

Just because...

Don't waste time rationalizing the purchase, just get it! You really don't need to come up with a reason to buy something nice for someone, including yourself. You deserve a gift every now and then too.

When you visit our gift shop at the Lake of the Ozarks, there are so many wonderful things on display, you will have a hard time not finding something you absolutely have to have. Good & Perfect Gifts in Eldon receives new items weekly, so every time that you shop with us, you will have many new incredible things to browse through, and you're bound to find the perfect item for someone on your list.

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Lake of the Ozarks

1603 Business Hwy 54,

Eldon, Missouri 65026

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

Creative Gift Wrapping Ideas

Finding the perfect present for the special people on your list is the fun part, but wrapping them up to give away is where the work starts. It needs to be done, and with a little bit of creativity, you can make the package almost as incredible as what is inside of it. Our Lake of the Ozarks gift shop is filled with wonderful things in all shapes and sizes for everyone on your list. The following ideas from Good & Perfect Gifts in Eldon will inspire you to get creative with your gift wrapping.

The easiest thing to do, aside from letting someone else wrap the gifts for you, is to place it in a pretty Christmas bag. There is absolutely nothing wrong with going the easy route. No one is going to turn down a filled gift bag! If you would like to get a little more creative when you wrap gifts this season, try a few of the following ideas.

PERSONALIZED PAPER

We're not talking about the wrapping paper that you can buy in every store. Choose a type of paper that matches the gift or a hobby of the recipient. Wrap action figures in comic book pages, or a football in the sports section of the newspaper. Sheet music is perfect for music lovers, and if you use it from a Christmas song, it's perfect for any present.

Another way to go is to use plain paper and decorate it yourself. There is no need for a gift tag if you stamp the name of the person getting the gift directly on the paper. Cover the paper in holiday stickers, glue on cut-out snowflakes, or draw your own pictures or messages. Kids will especially love helping out with a project like this.

A GIFT INSIDE A GIFT

In this case, the only decoration needed is possibly a great big bow stuck on top. If you give away a gift that can be filled with other things, the packaging is taken care of. In some cases, this is helpful for hard-to-wrap items too. A few examples would be:

Fill an oven mitt with cooking utensils and your favorite recipe.
Put almost anything inside a large mason jar. It can be dry mix for cookies or cocoa, or a mini-spa kit with nail files, cotton balls, and nail polish.
Pack a cooler filled with picnic or tailgating items.
Put new sheets and a stuffed animal inside the pillowcase and tie it with string.
Something large, like a bicycle, can be covered up in a festively patterned sheet.
Even if the gift is boxed up, use a blanket, t-shirt, or other fabric for the paper and you've got 2-gifts-in-1.

STOCKINGS

The classic Christmas stocking could work, but if you think outside the box, you can get creative with this presentation too. Fill a couple of knee socks with all kinds of goodies and tie them together at the top with a fancy shoelace. Slippers can hold lots of items too. You could even skip the sock and use a shoe. Imagine how much you could stuff into a tall boot!

Going that extra mile to make the outside of the package as special as what is inside makes everything seem more festive and fun. This may not be for everyone though. If you don't have the extra time to get creative with your gift wrapping, no one will mind one bit. It's not the packaging or even the gift that matters, but the love and thought behind it.

If you want to make things even easier on yourself, pick up one of the already made hand-packaged gift baskets from our Eldon gift shop. We can even custom design one for you. There are tons of items at Good & Perfect Gifts for every person on your list. Stop by soon and let us take care of you.