Gimmebackmybrain's lists are chock-full of fun and interactive finds—which is why we're absolutely stoked that she is one of our
Holiday Shopping Scouts this year! Here a few of her secrets for giving the perfect gifts:
What's your favorite sentimental gift that won’t break the bank? "An old photo in a nice frame always makes for a nice gift. You can get them blown up at Walmart for under $5 and you can get a pretty nice frame to resurface from a thrift store for next to nothing. I blew up an old photo of my dad holding me when I was a baby and gave it to him for Father’s Day. It made him cry!"
What’s your idea of the ultimate bang-for-the-buck present?"I’m a big fan of getting books as presents. It doesn’t matter the person, you can always find a book that they would be interested in reading. I pick whatever I think speaks best to the person and gift it. It’s a lot more work than clothing or a bottle of wine, but I always think it’s more thoughtful.
Do you have any gift-wrapping tricks or tips?"I like wrapping tiny things in huge boxes. Sometimes I even put things inside of it to make it sound like something that it’s not. I got my dad a subscription to a wine club for Christmas last year and I put a bunch of wooden beads and taped some weights into the bottom of a huge box. Then I taped the newsletter saying what his actual present was to the bottom of the box. He spent weeks shaking the box trying to figure out what it was!"
Don't miss her
slideshow of holiday gift picks—and check out our
other Scouts' picks too!