Category Archives: Gift Ideas

FATHERS’ DAY

FATHERS’ DAY 2015

Well, it looks as though I may be a little late for Fathers’ Day (except for those who live in the Montreal area), but it’s useful to get some ideas for gifts for those hard-to-buy-for men.

I have a number of boxes which make good gifts for men  (#302, #308 & #310), These boxes are all from Lombok.

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Icons might be another good idea.  Some men I know identify with St. George (and the Dragon) — #203 Bulgaria.  #200 is an old icon of a Romanian patriarch.  #204 is an attractive cloth icon of St. Nicolas from Bulgaria.

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Small square carpets make good gifts for men.  They can be used for coffee table decorations or on a chair.  Both of the following carpets are from Uzbekistan:  #511 is made of silk and #512 (much less expensive) is made of wool.

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Decorative wooden ikats holders can be used as tie hangers or as a decoration over door frames (#240, #240B).  Both hangers are from Lombok.

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Coasters are useful gifts. #401 is lacquer from Vietnam & #536 & #535 are from Lombok and are made of wood and rattan.  All these coasters have boxes which can be useful in other ways.

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Sometimes men do like cushion covers with masculine designs.  #273, #274, #275 & #276 are from Vietnam.  They’re hand embroidered by hill tribes from the Sapa Valley.  #259 is from Turkey and is a representation of whirling dervishes.

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Happy Fathers’ Day!

Donna Davidson

MARCH – Birthday Gifts for Pisces

March is here and spring is coming soon. As March is the time for birthday gifts for the Pisces people on your list, I thought I would give you some gift ideas. The Balinese hand carved fish panel [#29] below would be a wonderful gift!

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Also, I have two hand carved and hand painted fish mirrors from Bali. #24 is the larger one.

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The smaller one [#25] is beautifully painted.

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I have a number of very elaborate hand crafted fish from Thailand which can grace a coffee table of hang on a wall. [#526]

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A lovely ceramic fish from Bulgaria would make a great gift! [#527]

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An intricately hand carved wooden fisherman from Bali [#132] would be a good gift, too.

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Other items with fish motifs are #637, #683, #668, #669.

I’ll be writing you soon with some ideas for Easter gifts.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!