Every year on your birthday you turn a year older and hopefully wiser and all people close to you, your near and dear ones and significant others wish you on your special day and shower you with gifts to show how much they care for you and what a special place you hold in their hearts.
A birthday gift is a token of your love and a great way of strengthening the bond between you and the birthday boy/girl.
Birthday gifts may consist of not so expensive items to really costly high end presents. But no matter what the price, it is actually the thought that counts. Selection of the perfect gift item involves several brainstorming sessions and bouts of shopping or scouting around town for THE perfect gift, but it is fun.
Ideas for birthday gifts
While selecting a birthday gift for your birthday boy/girl , try to think what he/she might like, what are his/her tastes, which item has he/she been cherishing for long.
Once you figure that out, you need to zero in on the perfect item and then consider your budget. After all it is not always possible to present a birthday gift, however dear he/she might be to you, if it is way over the top and exceeds your budget by a huge margin.
Try to gift something that is unique and different from what other people would normally give. This will give you a chance to show off your creative streak and sweep your friend off his feet with a pleasant surprise.
For example, if your friend has relocated to another city and you miss each other a lot and are going to meet him/her after a long time on his/her birthday, you may consider presenting him/her with a pillow with your names embroidered on the cover.
Do the embroidery and the cover yourself to add that personal touch, and every night when he/she snuggles close to the pillow, he/she will feel the warmth of your affections. Same holds true for a sweater/jumper woven by you for your friend.
How about gifting a feng shui wind chime that will tinkle in the breeze and induce a calm tranquility? Or if he/she is a pet lover and his last pet had just died, cheer him up on his birthday by presenting him with a cute little puppy/kitten/rabbit or an aquarium full of colorful fish or may be a goldfish in a bowl.
If you want to play safe and aren't really aware of his/her tastes, good gift ideas would be books, music, gadgets, sports kit, perfumes, cosmetics, clothes, jewelry, cars, bikes, flowers, cakes, greetings cards, treats, items of home dacor, watch etc.
