10 Christmas Inexpensive Gifts Under $50
When it comes to picking out inexpensive Christmas gifts, you want them to appear thoughtful and not make your recipient think that they’re getting lame, cheap Christmas gifts. The gift you give reflects on you, so you should aim to choose gifts that will make people smile – meaning they sincerely enjoy what they receive.
Here are some good suggestions:
Candle Set – Lots of great choices when it comes to finding discount candle gifts, like aromatherapy candles, Feng Shui candles, holiday candles, baked good shaped candles, and many more unique combinations.
Stationery or Note Cards – every once in a while it’s nice to send someone a handwritten note and a plain piece of paper just won’t do. The holidays are a great time to find cheap stationery. There’s an endless variety of colorful stationery that ranges from traditional flowery to pop culture chic.
Travel Pillow – Most everyone travels from here to there and usually that means sitting for long periods of time in a car, train or plain. A contour travel pillow that can be placed around the neck will make the trip a lot more comfortable.
Personal Scrapbook – Make a special scrapbook that reflects your recipient’s life in some way. Scrapbooks are easy and lots of fun to put together. You’ll find tons of scrapbooking supplies at your local craft supply store. There’s also printable scrapbook paper that you can download easily. Try to find a digital photo of the person that you can incorporate into the pages.
Snazzy Men’s Tie – This is a more traditional gift, but if there’s a man in your life who loves ties, then this is a no-brainer. There are lots of cool looking cheap mens ties in a variety of colors, shades and patterns. You can find a designer tie that is a great look for the office or a silk tie that is more high fashion. Maybe they’ll get a kick out of a novelty tie (make sure before you give).
CD Box Sets – From Beethoven to the Beach Boys, there’s a CD Box set that will please any music fans. You need to know something about your recipient’s taste in music in order to make the best choice. Even if they have a large music collection, nobody has everything. Look for unique sets or compilations.
Yoga Mat and Exercise DVD – For those who enjoy working out at home, yoga is the perfect relaxation and easy-going body strengthening exercise. There are lots of inexpensive DVD that teach yoga movement. Eco friendly yoga mats are a thoughtful way to support the environment.
Sterling Silver Pendant Necklace – A sterling silver pendant necklace is a lovely gift that will be enjoyed for years to come. There are many designs to choose from, like the heart pendant, cross pendant, flower pendant, butterfly pendant, snowflake pendant and gemstone pendant.
Cologne or Perfume – Scentastic scents are always popular during the holidays. If you know your recipient’s favorite scent then give them what they love. If you don’t know, then go with something light. If you’re clueless about what to choose, ask around about what’s popular right now.
Photo Coffee Table Book – A coffee table book is always a conversation piece. There are photo books featuring art, food, celebrities, animals, people of different cultures, moments in history, fashion and more.
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Christmas in Feng Shui Style
It’s Christmas time! For a successful fete, you need to open your mind, to relax and be happy! You can also transform your Christmas tree and arrangements in some real peaces of art! This will rejoice your quests. Here come some advices for you to assort a Feng shui style to the Christmas celebration.
* Feng Shui philosophy recommends you to use a lot of green. The green of the Christmas tree or plants (Christmas flower, mistletoe) is a relaxing color and it will inspire o peace, calm, pleasant state of mind, incurring all the bad energies produced by the color agglomeration and the warmth. Don’t use too much red to decorate your house for Christmas, because it’s considered the fire power and it’s not good for your estate.
* The Christmas angel figurines create a happy story world and inspire good feelings. So use them to decorate your house.
* Get together your family members to decorate the Christmas tree, to create a special moment and to entail the good energies of the ritual.
* Feng Shui means equilibrium. Therefore don’t you overcrowd the air with too many colors. Put some Christmas carols.
* The Christmas table has to be a round one. This suggests equality and intimacy, for the conversation to be opened.
* Put some candle on the table. This will increase the energy and the good feelings.
* Decorate Your Christmas tree in Feng Shui colors Golden and silvery colors.
The presence of the Christmas tree such colored will be a reason for a large and opened mind conversation, because those colors represent money, power and fame. Red is the color of the life. Though the red arrangements inspire love and passion, too much red in your Christmas tree will be tiresome, because Feng Shui culture considers that red is full of energy. We recommend you to avoid this powerful color for a Feng Shui Christmas celebration. Blue is the symbol of the spirit. It means God faith, trust and fidelity. It’s important for the Feng Shui air to add some blue in your Christmas arrangement, because is a soothing and cool color. It’s the metal color. And, for who doesn’t know, the metal is one of the five elements that compose the Feng Shui creation cycle: the water feeds and gives birth to the wood, that starts the fire which produces the ash and the last one goes to earth. From earth here comes the mountain that contains metal to extract and from the mountain the water flows.
Aura Angheliu is a Romanian floral designer with many ideas of natural decorations, freelance writer of nature, flowers and plants, traditional treatments and of the flower shop business. She also loves nature, flowers and to make floral arrangements.
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