Perfect Gift Ideas Don't Have To Be Pricey!!

The economic situation has made it so difficult for all of us to celebrate those special occasions with loved ones, friends and family. Having been a personnel recruiter for the past twenty years, believe me the economy has taken a bite out of what I can and can not do when it comes to travel, pleasure and gift giving ideas.

When I first began the idea of Forget-Me-Not, I was thinking of those people that could not attend celebrations and events because of medical reasons, travel difficulties or financial issues. The main idea behind Forget-Me-Not really revolved around the Delayed Delivery Option, to help people who knew they would not be able to attend an event or an occasion, did not want to have the worry that they might forget to send something for the celebration in the future, and offer affordable, unique gift ideas that would be sincerely appreciated by whoever received the gift. Now with so many of us worrying about our financial situation on a daily basis, Forget-Me-Not (fmnshop.com) is even more an idea whose time has come.

From our children gifts to our corporate gifts, we have tried to incorporate gifts that are affordable for any budget and that offer that unique and unusual gift giving idea. Below, I have listed some categories for you to consider when purchasing a gift for anyone that is on your gift giving list:




CATEGORY 1 - PERSONALIZE YOUR GIFT

Whether you engrave, monogram, etch or embroider, personalizing your gift with your recipient's name, picture, initials or special event shows that you thought about the gift in advance and consider them an important person in their life. Personalizing a gift is a favorite for family and corporate gifts because of the bond it brings. One of my favorite wedding gifts was a framed wedding invitation from our special day. Imagine how special you would feel if your sister, husband or you best friend gave you an etched picture of the two of you together or if you received a special painted jewelry box with your named painted on the top. This would be a gift you would cherish your whole life and one that would be one of your most prized possessions. These gifts do not have to be extremely expensive but they are so valuable to receive.


CATEGORY 2 - LET'S PLAY, LEARN & ENJOY !

Beginning my career as a Special Needs Teacher, I am very interested in learning and games that teach. I consider this important at any age and that is why I find the internet and all the learning opportunities so challenging. I am also a big fan of Self Help Tools and anything that adds value to our well being. We have found items for young and old and continue to seek out fun things that improve our mind and well being. Giving a gift of education is one of the most wonderful gifts you can give to a person of any age. Consider their special interests, hobbies, favorite things, pets and lifestyle whenever you are choosing a unique and unusual gift idea. A gift that teaches will be appreciated by both the parent and the child. Consider a motivational gift for the graduate or someone starting a new job or business venture. Self help tools are so wonderful for people that are struggling with issues in their life to give new hope and understanding to their problems. If you can add just one positive thing to anyone's life, you will be so happy about your achievement and so will the receiver. Of course, since I am the mother of 4 dogs, I really enjoy teaching my dogs new and fun tricks or just playing with them and seeing them grow. A gift for a person that has a very close pet is a great idea and, believe me, they will appreciate the fact that you really understand just how special that precious pet is to them. We have added special gift baskets to include these special animals and hope to be adding more special pet items soon.


CATEGORY 3 - GIFT BASKETS ARE VERY VERSATILE GIFT !


I love gift baskets! You can make the gift basket yourself and include all the gadgets you know someone will enjoy or find ready made gift baskets to include anything from food to diapers. When you want to say that you really want that person to enjoy his gift, consider a gift basket. Last year, my neighbor made me a gift basket and included gloves, a flashlight and a bottle of wine, with a wine glass. Oh yea, she also made me a CD with a picture of the calendar firemen on it and some great music. I had such great fun opening and looking at all the goodies she had included, it will be one of my most memorable gifts. Most of us don't have the time to do all that creative thinking, so therefore at Forget-Me-Not, we have found some award winning gift baskets for you to give. My favorite ones are the gifts that include the pet and the owner. I think that is one of the best ideas for someone that lives with a special four-legged loved one and I personally know how much they would love to receive such a gift. Sometimes for my corporate gifts, I will also send a gift basket for my customer gifts. Giving multiple treats and goodies in the gift makes the gift usable for their special luncheons or meetings. They are also good when you need to give multiple gifts to several different customers. Another reason that gift baskets are great, is that you can give something that you know will be used, especially when you may not have seen an individual in sometime and really don't know all their likes and dislikes anymore. When deciding on a gift idea, don't forget to consider a gift basket. They work!


CATEGORY 4 - Give A Gift That Gives!
Our planet is getting smaller everyday. We are beginning to understand how everything we do affects others. With our current economic situation, global unrest and endangerment of all the lovely blessings we have always enjoyed being threatened, consider giving a gift that will also be beneficial to all the inhabitants of this world.

The Peace Frog gifts that we have included in our fmnshop.com does just that. All of the clothing is organically grown and manufactured in the U.S. and a donation is made to wonderful organizations to improve our world and those around us. Watch the video below and consider giving a Peace Frog gift today. You and the person that receives your special gift will be delighted with the thoughtfulness.





We are constantly adding little special ideas and if you have any special ideas to share with us, please comment.


CATEGORY 5 - THE CLASSIC GIFTS ARE ALWAYS IN STYLE !

Flowers and plants have long been a gift that shows the receiver how much you care. I usually prefer living plants (especially easy-care plants) because they are alive and can remind the individual how much they mean to you for a long time to come. I do like to give unusual plants, just because I do like to give unique gifts. Then, there are candies and cookies and now, we are even able to send cookie bouquets, which are really fun. Again, thinking of a beautiful gift to give to customers, consider a bonsai plant or living plant to keep in the office as a constant reminder that you are available to be of service to their company. I also think that plants for wedding gifts are appropriate, as the couple is starting a new life together and this plant can symbolize their new life together. It can also be a good gift for an anniversary gift or even a nice surprise for an old friend. I love the bonsais that we have found, and know that anyone on your list would love such a unique and unusual gift for their home or office. Speaking of that, how about a plant for a great gift idea for a housewarming or new office gift?

I hope I have inspired your creative thoughts and hope you will visit Forget-Me-Not shop often. If you don't see any ideas that fit your needs in here, I have found some links for you that might give you new and wonderful ideas for those special holidays, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, business gifts..........etc.,etc., etc. At the forgetmenotshop.com, you can go to FMN Gift Links or FMN Holiday Links and maybe find something that fulfills your gift giving needs. While on the Holiday Link page, be sure to check out that great free calendar. It is such a great idea to keep up with office, family, friends, church, fraternal or sorority events and share them with each other. I am sure you will really like it and find it extremely useful.

I really look forward to all suggestions, comments and am always available to help with great ideas.

Please remember that we offer a Delayed Delivery Option and are working hard at getting our Delayed Delivery Club open for all those interested to join. Our main goal with our store is to be of service to our customers and help in anyway we can!!

Visit our store today and often............ It is truly a work in progress !!

Thanks,

Debbie 928 -472-7518 or 1-888-741-6008
theforgetmenotshopstore@yahoo.com or forgetmenot257@gmail.com

The Forget Me Not Shop's Gift Service & Store

The The Forget Me Not Shop Store is looking so good and now comes the part of entering in all the products. Our design looks great and the fact that it is a Yahoo Store makes it very easy to move around through the various parts. Luckily, the products we have found to offer our Delayed Delivery Service are unusual and we are striving to find more that our customers can be proud to give. The new way to get to the store is fmnshop.com because so many folks were having a hard time with the store url address.

So far,we have added gift ideas for men gifts, women gifts, kids gifts, pets gift (dog gifts and cat gifts), corporate and business gifts and even some very special playground equipment if you want to donate to your favorite church or school. With the economic downturn many of the special items for schools and churches are being neglected and we want to help with your donations. Of course, if you have a big backyard, you might want to plan a big surprise for the children in your family.

Our next hurdle is now a marketing problem. Learning how to work with SEO's, squeeze pages, Google Adwords, and all the other terms that were foreign to me when I started this adventure sometimes becomes a bit daunting. As a baby boomer, who grew up with rotary phones and manual typewriters, my brain is becoming expanded to the point that I don't even recognize it. My idea of marketing has been door-to-door to each business in my area. Therefore, this week I will try some of that "old fashioned" marketing and begin calling on some of the businesses in my area to get the word out about our new Delayed Delivery Gift Products Service. I realize that the adwords for this business are kind of limited because it has never been a service offered to individuals before. However, considering the busy lives we all lead, the responsibilities that we have on a daily basis, the trillion of things we have to remember and just the pace and distance we live from everyone we know, this service has been very well received by our test market individuals. I am hearing from people that have very large scattered families, medical or financial problems, and other people that just don't have enough time in the day to remember all the special gift giving occasions, that this is an "Idea Whose Time Has Come."

Please stop by and visit our store and let us know how this service of Delayed Delivery can work for you in your life. It has been a "Labor of Joy, Learning, and Hopefully Many Happy Faces in the Future.

Thanks, Debbie fmnshop.com / theforgetmenotshopstore.com
1-888-741-6008 or 1-928 -472 4732

Now Open for Business - theforgetmenotshopstore.com

Well, finally, our delayed delivery store, theforgetmenotshopstore.com, is open for business. After spending the past six months and many hours on the computer finding just the right products for the people who need gift ideas, we are at the point of inputting these items into our store to offer the perfect personal gift for our customers. It took months to have the yahoo store built and then, of course, a workshop with Chris Malta of Worldwide Brands was available for us to attend two days later. After finding out that the word "gift" was so overused, it was time to actually restructure our store to incorporate all the SEO words. Luckily, we were just starting our inputting of all our good gifts, and gift ideas we had found so our time was not totally wasted. Because our idea had began as a delayed delivery service for those people that travel, babyboomers, seniors and anyone with a busy lifestyle that is unable to attend a planned future event or occasion and needs to send a great gift can have the shipping delayed to arrive in time for the celebration, we regrouped. So, here we are, inputting products and changing SEO words. Believe me, this is tedious work. However, it is important to us that we help individuals who are struggling with the fact that they need to remember occasions and gift giving ideas in the future. So, we hope you will visit our store and give us any input to help us provide our shipping delivery service and gift products to the people that could use this service. We appreciate all input and also want to hear any interesting stories that have happened to you in your gift giving and receiving life. Thanks, Debbie

Looking for input on new service

Hi,

I am offering a new service through the internet to handle gift giving for future occasions. I have been researching this and there seems to be a need for such a service because of the current economic climate and people living all over the U.S. and not actually being able to travel to events. Many of us don't have the time or money for the travel and don't want to forget sending the gift to our clients, family and friends. Our lives have become so busy these days it is hard to remember all of the special occasions that are planned in the future for everyone we care about. Of course, we want our gifts to be a special expression of our feelings so the plan is to offer unique and unusual ideas for gifts that they can't get just anywhere in their internet shopping.

I would like to hear some of your stories about "the best gifts", "the worst gifts", gift experiences and any other ideas or suggestions that you have to help me provide the best service possible to my new customers.

Actually, I have a few of my own stories to share and some ideas from some of the "special things" that I have received through the years. Also, any unique or unusual gifts that people have received or given. One no-no for husbands...................... don't give your wife an oil change for an anniversary gift......... :)