The leaves are turning red and while you may be getting excited over the transition into fall, the festivities are around the corner. Do you know what festivities also imply? It’s the season of gifting and giving! One of the best feelings in the world is the experience of watching a loved one’s face light up with the excitement of a wonderful present. It could also be a pleasure to watch your coworker open their secret Santa gift and love it at first sight. 

Adding a personal touch makes all the difference, where the recipient feels cherished even more. If you’re thinking of gifting vouchers, put that idea away and read this blog. By the end of it, you’ll know how to become that person who always gives amazing gifts, irrespective of the budget.

1. Understand their personality: It is very important to understand a person’s likes and dislikes while gifting. Imagine opening a gift and finding it to be something you don’t like, don’t use, or are simply in bad taste. Tacky! None of us want to be on the receiving end of bad gifts, which is why you need to become a better gifter first. One sure shot way to always give spectacular gifts that everyone loves is to understand the personality of the person. This could be their little habits like their love for coffee or desserts. While a monthly wine subscription gift would be amazing for your best friend but would need to be skipped if gifted to a person struggling mentally or emotionally. This not just makes a gift more heartfelt, it also makes you memorable.
2. Understand your relationship with them: Knowing where you stand with a person will help you get an idea about appropriate gifting ideas. We all have different comfort levels depending on our relationship with another individual, so it is natural to gift something different to a colleague, boss, friend, or romantic interest.  We recommend you to gift a perfume only if you know the person and the fragrance tastes very well since it can be a hit and miss.
3. It doesn’t have to be extravagant: We’re not asking you to go cheap and buy people bad quality gifts, but we’re saying that not all expensive things make great gifts. Most of the time, people are overjoyed with an unexpected letter and flowers as a sign of appreciation over a tie. You can go looking around for antique pieces that make really good gifts but aren’t too expensive if you’re on a budget.
4. Turn to handmade gifts: If you have a flair for art, the time to make DIYs, or on a budget crunch, handmade gifts are never going out of style. In our opinion, a handmade gift stays much longer in a person’s heart and mind than an expensive box of chocolates. Putting in emotional labor in gifting such as making greeting cards, knitting a scarf or sweater, painting or even creating a playlist all count as wonderful self-made gifts.

Wrapping Up:

Gifting is no joke of a task. It seems easy, but when gifts come into the picture, we need to make sure that these are well-thought-out gifts. A lot of thought goes into gift ideas, so we hope our pointers helped you brainstorm better!