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Unique Birthday Gift Idea: A Gift A Year

May is crazy for us. We have four birthdays in about five weeks. Needless to say by the time we complete the run, there’s an over abundance of cake around this time of year and perhaps limited supply of birthday ideas.

This year I wanted to do something special for Derek’s birthday. I don’t know about you, but I always have a hard time picking out just the right thing. Guys seem to buy what they want when they want it and what they always really want is so expensive, right?! (Please tell me I am not alone in thinking this…)

In the end, I decided to celebrate with a unique birthday gift idea. I wanted to each year of his life with a special little gift so we had a gift-a-year birthday celebration.

A gift a year #birthday celebrationI tried picking out quirky items that reminded me of specific moments or little things that I just knew he loved. Once I collected them all together, I packaged them up in some simple kraft packaging and labeled each with a number – one for each year of his life.

40th Birthday GiftsI had so much fun making the embossed gift tags. It gave me the perfect excuse to try out the VersaMark ink Tsukineko sent out about a month ago. Embossing was sooo much easier than I thought! Essentially all you need for the project is a Pigment ink pad (I used a clear ink so that I could swap out the embossing colors easily), stamps, embossing powders and a heat gun.

Seriously, barely took anytime at all and it was such a fun element!

I attached the year tags a number of different ways, but I mainly used twine and clothespins.

a gift a year celebration overheadYou can see the gifts were pretty small. I bought things like Mexican Coke, his favorite pens, gum, candy, gift cards and dark chocolate. All pretty simple! With each item I tried to pick out things that were normal and yet completely unique to him…I mean common, who only like the orange and yellow Starburst. Everyone knows that the pink are the best, right?!

a gift a day verticleI loved doing a gift a year. I think I might try doing it for other important birthdays!

What unique ways do you celebrate birthdays?

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Tauni is a former public relations executive who spent 12+ years handling communications and events for an array of clients, from the NBA and Olympics to numerous high ranking politicians. Today, she handles social media for a local agency and hosts Snap, an annual social media conference for bloggers focused on entertaining, craft and home DIY.
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  1. Emily says

    June 17, 2013 at 8:29 am

    Such a great idea! And such cute packaging!

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    • Tauni says

      June 18, 2013 at 7:09 pm

      Thanks Emily. I really did love putting this one together for him, even if I was running around like a crazy lady 🙂 xoxo Tauni

      Reply
  2. Amy Holman says

    June 17, 2013 at 8:49 am

    I will have to remember this one for next year!

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    • Tauni says

      June 18, 2013 at 7:10 pm

      Thanks Amy. This was a fun one to put together. I am always trying to get the “big gift” and then I feel like I disappoint 🙂 Loved your Father’s Day balloon idea. xoxo, Tauni

      Reply
  3. SherriS. says

    June 17, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    I struggle with gift buying for the guys in my life and I’m happy to know I”m not alone with that. I love these ideas. I haven’t heat embossed in a while but I love watching the powder melt.

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    • Tauni says

      June 18, 2013 at 7:11 pm

      Thanks for your comment Sherri. Girls are so much easier to buy for…I think we want more “things?” I think a return to the simple things was definitely in order. xoxo, Tauni

      Reply

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