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Five 40th Birthday Gift Ideas

Jim — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:30:06 +0000

40^th Gift Ideas in 5 Words:

Wine, Spoof,, Newspapers, Wallet, Experiences

Do you want to give an original gift for their fortieth? Here’s our pick of the 5 best personalised gifts for the big 40.

Wine Twin Packs

You hit forty and most people think it dreadful. But it’s not. You’re suddenly another minute older and hit another year. We all want to mark the day and this gift is perfect for the big day. Choose your favourite combination of wine and personalise with a name.

See Wine Twin Pack Gifts Here

Newspaper Headliner

This is the perfect spoof gift. Put them on the cover of a spoof (fake) newspaper. You can upload a fun picture and personalise the story with a name and add a quality frame to make an impression.

See the Spoof Newspaper Gift Here

Date of Birth Newspaper

This always goes down well. An original newspaper, not a copy, that comes in a choice of gift boxes and a contains a certificate of authenticity which you can personalise with a name.

See Original Newspaper Gifts Here

Personalised Leather Wallet Gift

Men get very attached to their wallets. It’s quite a personal object and in use almost every day so why not make it a bit more special by personaliseing it with a name. This wallet gift is made from good-quality leather and comes gift boxed.

See Personalised Leather Wallet Gift Here

Gift Experiences

As you get older some of us are a bit less keen to challenge or indulge ourselves. We tend to see the same people or put the kids first. A gift experience is perfect to mark a milestone. There are hundreds of different experiences out there from pampering spa days to flying, from football stadium tours to adrenaline junkie delights plus there are lots that can be shared like dining out at a top restaurant.

See Gift Experiences here

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Jim Says “Help I’m forty. Give me wine!”

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Five 40th Birthday Gift Ideas

Make Mum’s Christmas Gift Personal

Jim — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:30:11 +0000

Mum’s Christmas Gifts in 5 Words:

White, Best, Name, Mum, Merry

Mums do a lot for us don’t they? Treat them this festive season with a personal gift they’ll treasure.

Personalised French Wine

If Mum likes her wine then this is the treat she’ll most enjoy. A bottle of white wine with her name and the year is sure to please externally and internally. There’s a huge range of beautiful labels and different wines and spirits at GoneDigging.

Look at personalised drink for Mum here

Mum’s the Best Calendar

I love this calendar. It’s cute and fun. Mum’s name is captured in 12 stunning images. A simple and colourful gift for Mum to enjoy till next Christmas.

Personalised calendar for Mum is here

The Travelling Mum

If your Mum is one for reading about holidays then make her the cover star of a travel magazine. These spoof magazines’ are eye-catching and look fab in a frame.

Travel Magazine Spoof for Mum

Experience Mum

Send you Mum on a great and memorable gift experience. There’s an experience for every type of Mum from the sporty, to the lover of food, the cultured and Mum-who-thinks-she’s-the-Stig.

Pampering Gift Experiences for Mum

Days Out for Mum

Driving Days

All Gift Experiences for Mum

Jim Says “Where would we be without Mum? She deserves the best and most personal of Christmas presents.”

See lots more Christmas gift ideas for 2010

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Make Mum’s Christmas Gift Personal

Christmas Presents for Boyfriends

Jim — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:30:58 +0000

Christmas Presents for Boyfriends in 5 Words:

Footy, Whisky, Adrenaline, Newspaper, Spoof

Boyfriends are simple creatures aren’t they? We’re happy with sport and drink, sometimes both.

Fancy a Footy Fanatic

Every boyfriend knows he could have scored that goal. At this very moment he’ll be planning a goal scoring celebration…

Here’s a few Christmas gift ideas for the football fan boyfriend. All of which can be personalised.

Sip into Something Unusual

Whisky is for sipping and ideal to keep the chill out at Christmas. Sometimes the bottle can last till Easter. Here’s a Christmas gift idea, that although pricy maybe something he deserves. Put his name and a date on a bottle of single malt.

Personalised Malt Whisky Gift

Does he run on Adrenaline?

There are lots of adrenaline driven experience day gifts to choose from. These are gifts where he will have to PROVE himself! Would he go white-water rafting or sky-diving? Give him a rush and he could come back with great memories.

Adrenaline Gift Experiences

History of the Boyfriend

Here’s a slightly left-field gift suggestion. Give him a gift this Christmas that will place him in history. For a very reasonable price you can give him an original (and certified) newspaper from his date of birth. What was the world like the day he was born?

See Newspaper Dates

Spoof Him

No one has given me one of these…yet! I keep leaving clues but no luck because I want to feature in the headlines of a newspaper and have it framed and on my wall for all to see that I won the Rugby Six Nations for Scotland!

Have a look at the magazine covers, they are fun and full of silly puns that will amuse him this Christmas and beyond.

See Spoof Christmas Gifts

Jim Says “I’m still waiting to make a headline in a national paper.’”

See a full list of Christmas gift ideas for 2010 suggested by notmoresocks.com

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Christmas Presents for Boyfriends

Football Gift Experiences Christmas Idea

Jim — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:28:23 +0000

Football Gift Experiences in 5 Words:

Stadium, Tour, Lunch, Experience

Are you looking for a Football Fan Christmas Gift idea? Send your fan on a Football Gift Experience for fun and a sense of history…

Tours of Delight

Wouldn’t it be fun to send your fan behind the scenes of his favourite football club? Most of these tours are very reasonably priced and if you have the cash to spend you can send your fan on one of the luxury tours that include lunch and meeting an appropriate ‘club legend.’

Tours Include:-

Anfield
Emirates
Old Trafford
Manchester City
Portsmouth FC (Stadium Tour for 2 Gift)
Reebok Stadium (Stadium Tour for 2 Gift)
Stamford Bridge
St. James Park

See all the Football Gift Experiences

What’s in it for the Fan?

It depends on the tour but the true fan will see what it’s like for their hero. Next time they see them play they can imagine what is going on behind the scenes.

Ultimate Football Experiences

These are pricy but you do get a huge amount for your money. There are two currently available for Anfield and St. James Park. They include a training session, a chat with a club legend, a meal, certificates and gifts. Perhaps give for a milestone event and get several family members to club together?

If you’re looking for more Christmas Gift Ideas that are more price conscious then

See our To 10 Christmas Gift Ideas

Jim Says “I’m not a big footy fan but I wouldn’t mind seeing behind the scenes of Anfield, just because of the history.”

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Football Gift Experiences Christmas Idea

Father’s Day Experience Gifts

Jim — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:30:09 +0000

Father’s Day Experience Gifts in 5 Words

Adrenaline, Cruise, Eating, Sporty, Golf

Give Dad an experience this Father’s Day and fill him with food, or adrenaline, or both…

Our Top 3 Experience Gift Ideas

Is your Dad a doer? Then consider giving him a buzz or an experience that he’s always wanted. He fan fly, he can leap, he can just chill or eat. Whichever you choose he’ll be happier because it’s not socks again.

Here are our top 3 Gift Experiences for Father’s Day:-

Football Experiences he’ll love
Flying Experiences that will thrill
Driving Experiences for the buzz

The Tour

Tours of a football stadium are cheaper than you think. Some, like for Old Trafford, start at £10.99* and can increase depending on whether you choose a standard tour or go for one that includes a meal. It’s mainly the big clubs that are represented in this list:-

Anfield – Ultimate Experience
Anfield – Ultimate Experience for Two

Emirates – Tour for Two
Manchester City – Family Tour

Old Trafford – Tour
Reebok Stadium – Tour

St James Park – Ultimate Tour

Flying Away

Flying is a very pricy gift and is ideal for a milestone Father’s Day. There are relatively cheap flying experiences. How about giving Dad a thrill with 20 – 30 Microlight flight or a quick Helicopter Thrill for under £50. The kids could club together.

Driving and Taking Away

A classic Dad gift is a driving experience and there are a variety to choose from including Extreme 4×4, single seater, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Porche, rally and circuit tours. Our pick would be the Quad Bike Thrill. At under £50 it could be seen as pricy but Dad will get a lot of fun and there are centres all over the UK.

Experience Dad

There are a host of other experiences for Dad this Father’s Day that are a lot more of a treat and not so active, dinner and the theatre, golf, horse racing, trains, and days out in London.

Jim Says “I’m a Dad and I love driving so I hope (one day) to get a Rally Car Thrill.”

See the Personalised Father’s Day gift page

*Prices are subject to change. Please check the relevant web site.

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Father’s Day Experience Gifts

Valentine’s Day Lover’s Leap Bungee Jump

Jim — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:40:28 +0000

Hold your Valentine VERY close and VERY tight with this adrenaline fuelled lover’s leap experience…

My Lover’s Leap in 5 Words

Fun, Adrenaline, Embrace, Plummet, Valentine

Valentine Experience

Are you one of those people that like to keep your relationship alive and full of fun? Then what could be more life-affirming and entertaining that jumping off a high platform while strapped together with your Valentine? Give an experience you can share.

Champagne

After a safety briefing you proceed to the bungee cage together where you are securely attached to each other and afterwards you also receive a small bottle of champagne to toast your success!

Locations and Dates

Check the details of the lovers leap bungee jump on the gonedigging website. There are locations all over the country and the jumping season usually starts on March the 1st. be sure to have a look at the other fantastic gift experiences too.

Jim Says “I’m not brave but I’d still love to give this a go for the high you get afterwards.”

Top 10 Valentine’s Day Gifts

Looking for something a little less risky? Have a look at our Top 10 Valentine personalised gifts page.

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Valentine’s Day Lover’s Leap Bungee Jump

Christmas Gifts for Boyfriends – Part I

Jim — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:37:27 +0000

Does your boyfriend like danger, is he bragging about being brave, test him with an adrenaline experience gift…

Adrenaline Gift Experiences in 5 Words

Bungee, Rafting, Paintball, Skydiving, Hellllllp!

Gift Check List

Will these put the fear of god into him? Yes
Do I have to go? No

A Matter of Life and Dettol

You don’t have to give him a near death experience, he might not be asking for one, but what a great way to start the year with some drama! I recommend getting some antiseptic and joint-support bandages in stock for his return.

Diet Another Day

If he’s doing active things at the weekend then he can eat that extra bacon sandwich so these adrenaline day experiences are a good way of kick-starting interest in something different from survival weekends to skydiving and from to aqua-sphereing to white water rafting.

The Shootist

If he wants to let off more steam by shooting things then choose either something like a sport, clay pigeon shooting, or something like a pastime like paintballing. Either way he can enjoy the thrill of breaking things…

Jim Says “What doesn’t kill him will keep you entertained.”

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Further Christmas Gift Ideas

More Christmas gift ideas here

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Christmas Gifts for Boyfriends – Part I

Vote Experience Days

Jim — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:31:22 +0000

We all love a good experience? We all love giving good presents. We all have someone to love. Today we have the ability to give so many things but these are just things at the end of the day. You can make your gift personal by giving an experience exactly right for that person.

Gift Vote

We’ve voted amongst ourselves and I won (I put two hands up) and the rest of the vote was split; Sam going for Football and Yvette going for flowers in our quest to find the best personalised gift. So ladies and gentlemen our (my) top ‘personalised’ gift is the Experience Day.

Cast Your Vote on Your Favourite Gift Experience Day

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I’ve always wanted to…

But they haven’t yet. I think this is usually down to feeling a mite guilty about spending money on something they can’t keep. Well they can have a memory to keep and an experience to feel.

Memory

We all remember things better if we experience what they feel like. An experience day is personal (it’s chosen for what interests them) and it’s memorable (because they went through it) and now they have the pictures and anecdotes to prove it.

Give them a gift memory…

What we Say “See our Top 10 Experience day gifts; give them fear/adrenalin, nature/forest, flight/indoors, birds/Tigers, sky/off-roads or any number of combinations.”

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