Christmas present suggestion?

caevans

fernliebee wrote: »

What about having a look on etsy.com they sell handmade crafts, some of the stuff is amusing, or even shockingly bad, but they do have lot's of lovely handmade bags/ hats scarves etc etc. They are US based too, though they ship worldwide.

Ha, just had a quick glance. Some cool stuff, but - funky felted vase!!! How does that work??!

SugarSpun

Have a look at www.threadless.com - funky Tshirts might be nice

But saying that, I'd be tempted to make up a box of stuff you can only get in the UK and ship it.

Mme.Hibou

How about something from http://www.etsy.com/ they have some gorgeous things on there and are all handmade. Lovely. Actually, it's all calculated in $USD so just check at the bottom of the page where it will be shipped from as there are quite a few international sellers.

caevans

Hi
Have thought about buying from UK in the sales and posting over, but we have done that in the past too and it is really costly to post a parcel to USA. Remember one year we sent a medium sized box of presents which we thought were all relatively light and it cost over £15 to send. Was not happy!

fernliebee

caevans wrote: »

Ha, just had a quick glance. Some cool stuff, but - funky felted vase!!! How does that work??!

ha ha! There is some weird/ hideous stuff on there amongst the gems! There is a spoof site that jokes about the stuff on this site called regretsy.com, it features the worst of the sites 'arts and crafts' Lol! Made me laugh anyway.

You do look at some of the stuff and just think WHY!!! Why would you make that, then think that someone would want to buy it! Takes all sorts I suppose.

Glassjaw009

That's a toughie. Maybe a new piece of clothing, though I'm not sure what. I recently had the same situation occur to me for my sisters and I just gave her a gift certificate =(

caevans

fernliebee wrote: »

ha ha! There is some weird/ hideous stuff on there amongst the gems! There is a spoof site that jokes about the stuff on this site called regretsy.com, it features the worst of the sites 'arts and crafts' Lol! Made me laugh anyway.

You do look at some of the stuff and just think WHY!!! Why would you make that, then think that someone would want to buy it! Takes all sorts I suppose.

I am LOVING that website, it is so funny. The art is something different altogether. There is also a section called geekery (!?) which has a brilliantly bad painting of an owl which, for some reason, has movie written beside it!!

jack*tigger

Try the M&M's site. They let you print a message on them and choose your own colours. I think you can even get a photo printed on them now. You have to buy a certain quantity. They only deliver in the US but that won't be a problem for you !!!

pulliptears

caevans, could I suggest a little something from Oxfam Unwrapped?

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/oxfam-unwrapped?ito=1482

I think they post to the USA and its a great gift to get for someone who you have no idea what to buy for! £25 could buy a goat for a community in Africa

emay

have you tried http://www.bathandbodyworks.com I love the place and make a bee line for it whenever I'm in the states (along with a list of stuff to bring back from everyone in my family!!)