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Homemade Candy For Christmas For Him. Fi...

peter1 — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:55:35 +0100

When Christmas comes it can be a little difficult to find hot gift ideas for men. Men are extremely difficult to buy for at the best of times.

If you're really stuck here's one idea that will work for almost all men. Homemade candy. If you're a little handy in the kitchen homemade candy is extremely easy to make, with some exceptions, and it makes a great gift idea for a man for Christmas or any other gift time.

If you make some great food for him, like candy, you've put some of yourself into the gift. You've taken the time and made the effort to put some love into your gift. It's so easy to just head down to the candy store and buy some candy, but homemade candy is so much better. It's made purely for him, from you.

And just about everyone loves candy, me included. I love to eat candy and I love to make candy. Well I love to cook generally.

Homemade candy, or any other homemade yummy, is a great way to put a bit of yourself into his Christmas gift. So make him some great candy this year.

If you're stuck for a recipe here's a good website about homemade candy recipes , but there's plenty more. Try and start with a simple recipe and work up to the harder stuff once you've tried a few. Stay away from recipes that require you to simmer water with sugar to a certain temperature, that takes time to master. Start simple and give him some great homemade candy for Christmas.

He'll love his candy from you.

What About Perfume As A Gift For Your Ma...

peter1 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:20:12 +0200

That's an interesting question isn't it. Do men like fragrances, and would they like to be given a perfume as a gift?

Most men, I think it's true to say, like fragrances, or perfumes, worn by their women. But would they like to wear a perfume themselves?

A lot of men do wear perfumes now, even if they're not aware of it. What is an aftershave for example, but a perfume with another name? It's just a masculine perfume, or smell.

And what about deodorants? They have a fragrance don't they? So there are many men out there who wear a fragrance and aren't bothered by it.

But what about giving a male perfume to him as a gift? Well that's a little different I suppose. Because it's a perfume, not an aftershave.

But I wear one from time to time, and like it.

So I think that the bottom line is that some men will appreciate a male perfume for a gift, but that it's the womans job to find out whether her man is one of those who would enjoy it.

Next question. What type of perfume? Now I'm not going to start recommending brand name perfumes, because I don't know a lot about them, and anyway, a perfume is a personal choice. However if you are going to buy him a fragrance so that you can give him a perfume as a gift you need to start with a cheap perfume. Just to see how he takes it.

After all you don't want to spend a bomb just to find he's not interested.

There are plenty of cheap perfumes available, there are lots of places where you can get discounted brand name perfumes at prices that would surprise you, both for mens and for womens perfumes.

So start with discount perfumes for your man, see what his reaction is, and take it from there.

Men Going Away Need Hot Holiday Gifts

peter1 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:21:12 +0100

Need a few great ideas for Holiday Gifts? There's a pretty good chance you do, Christmas is coming and so many people go away for a holiday at Christmas. So if you're looking for some great Christmas gift ideas for hima and he's travelling soon then holiday gifts make a good Christmas gift.

Or maybe he's just the type who travels a lot with work. A good holiday gift for him still makes a fine Christmas gift.

How about a power adaptor as a holiday gift for him? I'm sure you know about power adaptors, they allow him to plug his shaver in when he's confronted by a plug socket that isn't like the shaver plug.

It's not a very exciting holiday gift idea is it? Been there, done that.

But how about a power adaptor that allows him to plug his shaver in when he's in any one of 150 different countries? Hmmm, that's a little more interesting as a good holiday gift.

Ok there's more. How about a power adaptor that allows him the 150 countries, and charges most of his portable electronic devices.

Now you're talking holiday gift!

Here's a quote from the website:

"This is the lightweight, compact AC device that provides plug adaptation for over 150 countries throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas and Caribbean, and Australia. The plug configures to fit a variety of international sockets, and it has a built-in USB port that allows you to leave chargers for cell phones, digital cameras, iPod®s, and other devices at home. The device allows simultaneous AC and USB connection to charge two devices at once. An integral surge protector protects electronics from potential power spikes."

So it really does quite a lot more than just let him shave doesn't it? QUITE a bit more than just let him shave.

Now that's a holiday gift on steroids.

Get it at Hammacher Schlemmer. It's in the sports and leisure department.

And why not read some more of my suggestions on my main website about holiday gifts.

Here's 3 Top Valentines Gifts For Social...

peter1 — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:30:49 +0100

It’s not easy coming up with great Valentines gifts for men. That’s especially hard if he’s a socially conscious male with strong standards and firm ideas on what is a good socially conscious Valentines gift and what isn’t.

So here’s 3 suggestions for hot Valentines Day gifts for men who are socially conscious, and that he’ll love.

They come from Fair Trade, an international human rights organization dedicated to social justice, for everybody. And they have a store with all sorts of wonderful ideas for the socially conscious gifts buyer, and that includes wonderful and hot Valentines Day gifts.

You can read more about how Fair Trade works here.

Here’s 3 great ideas from Fair Trade for lovely Valentines day gifts for a man. (And they have some top Valentines gifts for women too.)

1. The Chocolate Lovers Gift Basket.

A wonderful collection of very unusual chocolate gifts for the chocolate and Valentines Day loving man. Includes milk and dark chocolates, chocolate lava drops, organic hot cocoa and other organic chocolates.

It’s different, it’s very unusual and it’s a hot Valentines gift for a man who would appreciate the source of the products that make up the gift basket. Why not both of you polish it off together?

2. A Unique Mans Necklace.

Jewelry is a fine Valentines gift, for women, and for men who like jewelry. And although not all men wear jewelry those who do will love this unique and distinctive Kenyan necklace carved out of bone.

Bone carving is a craft that is traditional in Kenya, and some families have engaged in bone carving for many generations.

It’s a lovely way for you to give him a romantic gift to wear that’s totally unique to him. There won’t be many men wearing Kenyan bone necklaces this year.

3. Hand Carved Dominoe Set.

Beautifully produced in Thailand, from Chang Mai market, for the stunningly cheap price of just $18, this is a bargain gift. Imagine the work that went into this dominoe set, for $18.

For the man who loves his games it’s a great Valentine, and if you love dominoes too it’s a great way for the both of you to spend some quality time together.

So if he’s the sort of man who is choosy about where products came from, and who made them and how well they were paid, and who cares, then there’s 3 hot Valentines gifts for him that should be a hit.

And that’s just 3, Fair Trade has lots more there, many of them would make hot Valentines gifts, check them out when you have some time to spend.

And why not check out some more of my Valentines gifts suggestions.

Guys Love Gadgets For Christmas

peter1 — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:40:40 +0100

Guys love gadgets, there's no doubt about that. Gadgets, gizmos, anything that's cool and geeky and gadgety.

So girls there's a hint for Christmas, if in doubt about what to get him for his Christmas present, buy him a gizmo. Something gadgetty and fun, mechanical or electrical, with flashing lights!

Well maybe not the flashing lights, however those don't hurt.

Seriously though, guys do love gadgets, for Christmas or any other time. So if you're looking for a cool Christmas gift for him for 2007 look for a gadget.

Hows this for a gadget that he might love. His own AWACS surveillance aircraft. Not a real one of course, those are massive and cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

No, a fully functioning working model AWACS.

And it does spy. It has a fully functional high resolution digital camera, so he can take photos from hundreds of feet up, download them to his computer and print or view them.

It's radio controlled, so he can fly it where he wants to, with a range of around 1000 feet. That's a serious radio controlled plane.

I'd love one. My own secret spy plane. It's awesome.

Get to Hammacher Schlemmer to find it. It's a cool Christmas gift for a man who is into his gadgets. Just type AWACS into their search box.

Hot Christmas Gifts of 2007 For Older Me...

peter1 — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:00:02 +0100

So your man is a little older, but you love him more now than you ever did. And Christmas is coming and you've got to find a hot Christmas gift for him this year.

Here's 3 Christmas gift ideas for the older man. They may or may not be the hottest Christmas gifts of 2007, but either way any or all of them make wonderful Christmas gift ideas for an older man.

1. An LP to iPod converter.

If he's like me he has a whole bunch of old LPs at home. Like mine, he probably loves them all. And would love to listen to them more. But they're a little tired. A bit scratchy, a bit crackly, a bit old.

How about a converter that plays his LPs for him and converts them into a format that allows him to play them on an iPod or Nano? And if he doesn't have one of those then get him one as well, and he's got a whole new listening expeience coming.

And even better, why not improve the sound quality and eliminate those snaps and crackles? With software that comes with the converter.

It's the LP to iPod converter, available at Hammacher Schlemmer.

2. Ear warmers, but not any old earwarmers.

With winter coming if he's like me a pair of good ear warmers is well in order. But isn't it annoying when you wear ear warmers and can't hear anyone?

No longer, not with acoustic ear warmers that allow him to keep his ears warm and hear at the same time?

3. A Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor. Older men can have issues with blood pressure, and it does no harm at all monitoring his blood pressure regularly. Which he can do with a high quality blood pressure monitor that he can wear on his wrist and monitor his blood pressure at any time.

All of these Christmas gift ideas a lots LOTS more are available at Hammacher Schlemmer. One of the best online gifts stores around. Just search the gift in their search box at the top to find the gift you're needing.

And why not read some more of my Christmas Gifts suggestions on one of my other sites about Mens Gift Ideas?

Or read my main site about mens gifts called Find That Gift For Him

Make A Hot Christmas Gift Of Memories Fo...

peter1 — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:12:45 +0100

Photos can be one of the best gifts to give because a photo is a gift of memories. A great gift is one which he will come back to over and over, and a gift of memories is a gift like that.

If you're looking for a great gift for him for Christmas then a gift of memories is hard to pass by. Use your own photos to create a fantastic gift that he'll love, and there you have a great Christmas present.

How do you create a gift of memories using your own photos? Well of course you could just buy a stick in photo album, print your photos and stick them in. But that's not exactly the best way to produce a Christmas gift he'll love.

There are much better and more high tech ways to do it, which produce better results. My favorite is Shutterfly, which is considered to be the premier photo and image sharing site on the web. At Shutterfly you can do all sorts of things with your photos.

There is an entire range of photo improvement tools available to you to make your photos look great. Then there are all sorts of other tools to produce great looking gifts for anyone you want, using your photos.

For instance you might want to create a whole batch of Christmas gifts for your extended family. Why not personalized Christmas photo cards for instance? Or personalised photo albums or photo books?

Create colors, borders, captions or titles for your photos. Make the photo album totally personal to the person who is to receive it by putting in all sorts of personal notes and ideas.

It's a lovely way for instance to create a Christmas album for dad. Fill it with thoughts from his kids and family to go with the photos.

It's a great Christmas gift. Find out how to do it at Shutterfly, and at the moment they have a special on as well, so you get 15 free prints just for joining, which is free.

Want A Really Cool Christmas Gift For Yo...

peter1 — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:03:54 +0100

Lets face it, a watch is a lovely gift for a man. If it's a Rolex, say. But other than that a watch as a Christmas gift for a guy is a little old hat. Nice, but nothing unique. And if you're looking for a cool Christmas gift for him for 2007 then it has to be unique.

Not that I've got anything against watches, we'd all be lost without one. But for a really special gift for Christmas I like to see something a little more creative. A little more unusual, unique, extra special.

Forget your Seiko watches, your Citizen watches, your Omega watches or your Casio watches. Here's a range of watches that fit the bill completely. Wonderful, unique, creative, unusual watches. Watches with designs to put the others to shame.

I have featured 3 of the "unique watches" from Shoppe Watches. Fantastic, eye catching, conversation starters. These are unisex watches, they could be worn equally well by either sex, and if you're looking for a unique Christmas gift for your man and he needs a watch any of these would do him nicely.

Now of course they do more mainstream watches as well, nice leather bands and so on, but it's these unique watches that took my eye.

And you should see their unique womens watches as well, just stunning. If you have a look and like what you see for yourself then drop the hint to him and maybe he'll buy one for you for Christmas!

Water resistant, Japanese Seiko quartz movements, quality watches. And not as expensive as you'd expect.

These watches would make a cool Christmas gift for 2007 for your man, or maybe a unique and unusual birthday present. Certainly a special gift for him.

They come with free shipping and a 100% return guarantee, and a 2 year warranty. I always like to see that. It tells me they have confidence in their product.

And read more about my Christmas gift ideas for Christmas 2007, or maybe read my article about why Not All Christmas Cards Are Boring.

Go On, Just Give Him A Buffalo For Chris...

peter1 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:05:06 +0100

Charity gift giving is nothing new, it's been around for years. Several times my family has bought Christmas presents of geese or chickens or cows for poor families in Africa over the last couple of years.

But just because charity gift giving isn't new doesn't mean it isn't a great idea. It is.

We are some of the luckiest people on the planet. We have a lifestyle that is the envy of almost everyone else. Even those of us that aren't quite as affluent as the rest are far better off than almost everyone else who lives on this earth. We are comfortable and life is easy compared to some, and sometimes we forget this.

So gift giving that helps the less fortunate amongst us is a wonderful idea.

Oxfam has just released it's new "Oxfam Unwrapped" program. It's designed for people like us to help those that aren't as fortunate. We purchase gifts that benefit the poorer people of the world. We then give that "gift" to someone we love.

So for example I could buy a buffalo for a poor family in Africa, or a donkey. And then give a certificate or document reflecting that to someone I love, so they also are a part of that gift.

Take a gift of a donkey for just over $100. Here's what Oxfam says about it.

"Oxfam is helping to distribute donkeys to those affected by the conflict in Sudan. Abdell Rasol Ibrahim says of his donkey Mashi (which means ‘Goes Fast’): “She makes a big difference to my life. I’m a single parent, and I have five children to look after. I was very happy when I received the donkey, because I can go and collect enough firewood and grass to sell in the market. She’s a very good donkey. I’m very proud to have her.”

To give a gift like that is to really make a difference in someone's life. It may be one of the most important gifts you ever make.

So I urge you to seriously consider the Oxfam Unwrapped gifts for your man this Christmas. It may mean an awful lot more than you realise to someone else on this planet. It's a wonderful charity gift.
And don't forget to read my other suggestions for Christmas presents for men either.

7 Hot Christmas Gifts For A Man Who Has...

peter1 — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:19:17 +0100

I write all about mens gifts, and one of the most common questions I get asked through my website is "what gift do I buy for my man. He has plenty of money and buys what he wants, so he already has everything he wants".

This is of course pretty common. Lots of men just get out there and buy something if they want it, they don't drop hints near birthday time hoping that the hint will be picked up and acted on. Almost by definition, if he wants it he's already got it.

Not always of course, often it's a question of cost. There are men with a list of wants that they would like to fill, but just can't afford them. If your man is like that, and you can afford those gifts, then ask him and see what he'll say, he'll probably jump at the chance to tell you about those things he'd love the most but can't buy for himself.

But lets assume for a moment that your man can afford what he wants, and so you're a little stuck for ideas for unique and unusual birthday gifts or Christmas gifts that are going to get his juices going.

Here's 7 ideas for gifts for him. He may love all of them, he may love none of them, but I doubt it.

There'll be at least one gift for him there that he'll love. Some are extremely expensive and some aren't.

1. Sexy Lingerie. Now it isn't entirely a unique gift idea but it's one that is almost guaranteed to work. Men love lingerie. Worn by their women of course. I have seen lots of lists of favorite gifts for men and there is one common gift theme. Lingerie is always up there.

No matter how many pieces of beautiful lingerie a woman has, if she selects well and chooses the right piece I can just about guarantee her man will love it, provided of course she wears it for him.

It's almost a can't fail gift.

And there is wonderful lingerie available for women of any size, so girls it's no excuse to say that you're a little large. If your man loves you large he'll love you large and looking great in some sexy lingerie.

2. Adventure gifts. Most men love adventure and adrenalin. Not all, but most. And many women aren't aware that there are some excellent companies around that cater to this extremely well. It's possible to find all sorts of adventure gifts for men and women that you would never have thought existed.

And for all sorts of tastes. Would he love to do his first parachute jump? Try white water rafting?

Drive a tank or a supercar? Go zero-g just like the astranauts do in training? You can give him a gift of any of these things and thousands more, from the extreme adrenalin gift to the gentle and invigorating and pampering gift. The adventure gift companies cater for all tastes in outdoors and adventure and adrenalin, even to beautiful and luxurious days like wine tastings and spa days. There's something for everyone.

3. An eco holiday. There is a growing worldwide movement to charity and volunteer and ecological work and travel. Rather than just buy him a holiday in Europe, which is a little ho hum, why not buy him some volunteer travel with a difference. There are lots of companies which offer adventure travel with a twist, volunteer work that helps out those less fortunate than ourselves, both people and animals and the environment.

He may end up on a research vessel in the waters off Mexico counting turtles or in the wilds of Africa measuring the distribution of African animals. The destinations are almost always exotic. There is work to be done but it is so interesting and adventuruous and invigorating that he probably won't even see it as work. It's fun, it's exciting, it's adventurous and it gives back to the environment and to many less fortunate than ourselves helping committed scientists with their research.

It costs, it's not free, but it's an extremely unique and fabulous holiday that he's unlikely to better.

4 Chinese art. This is a favorite of mine because I lived in China for a while and just love Chinese art.

We have so many pieces that we don't have enough space to hang them all. From beatiful Chinese wall hangings to the absolutely fabuluous and quite unique teapots of Yixing, there are so many Chinese artworks that would go so well in so many of our Western homes.

And it's so cheap. For the man who loves his art, Chinese art is a gift of art with a difference.

5. Mens jewelry. Now this is a gift for a man who likes to wear jewelry obviously, and you need to establish this first. However for a man who does like his jewerly there are some extremely modern and stunning jewelry pieces available on the net now at very competitive prices. And they are made exclusively for men using some of the finest and most masculine of jewelry metals. Like Titanium. If you haven't checked out Titanium jewelry for men on the net lately and your man likes jewelry you should do so. It makes for a wonderful and sometimes extremely romantic gift for the right man.

6. An elephant painting. Another one for the man who likes his art. Painted by a real Asian elephant on paper which is made from elephant dung. Now before you wonder if I've gone mad check it out. The elephants really do the painting, I have a video of it on my website. And believe it or not they paint recognisable objects. The paintings look great, are extremely inexpensive, and would make a great artwork to hang near the table to stimulate some evening conversation with his friends.

And in Thailand, where a lot of the elephant paintings are done, they also make the most stunning paper from elephant dung. And yes, again I've got links on my website to sites where you can actually see how it's done, it's not a fraud. It's beautiful paper, and you can get his elephant painting done on elephant dung paper.

7. Buy him a whale. This is for the man who has absolutely everything and who won't like anything at all from number 1 to 6, then It is perfectly possible to do. He doesn't actually get a whale wrapped in paper to unwrap on his birthday. However there are organisations like the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin trust that track and identify individual whales and dolphins, and allow you to name his own whale or dolphin. There is a real whale or dolphin out there that is named for him.

The money helps in the protection of our whales and gives him a unique and memorable gift.

So there you have it, 7 suggestions for great gifts for the man who has everything. Ranging in price from $50 or so, to seriously expensive.

Now you don't have any excuses to say "I have no idea what to buy him for his birthday" any more.

He'll Just Love A Gift Of Beer

peter1 — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:29:49 +0100

Does your man love beer? Just about every man does, including me. And there are some very good beers around.

I have a brewery near me. It is one of those small boutique breweries that brews small quantities of high quality beers. The types that win awards, they've won quite a few. It was my brothers birthday a while ago and I bought him a beer gift box from them, with a selection of their products for him to try. He loved it.

There are some lovely birthday beer gift baskets and boxes around and I love them, it's a really nice way to give him a birthday gift. You can get even get chocolate and beer gift baskets, and that sounds like something I'd love.

If you want to give a beer love a beer gift for his birthday I don't think it's enough to just buy him a bottle or 3 of his regular beer and give that to your man for his birthday, you've got to do better than that if you want to give him a beer gift that's really special. Like the beer gift box I bought.

But I've now found an even better way to do it.

A beer of the month club.

You see to me a gift of beer is an opportunity for you to offer him a birthday gift that gives him something that's not easy to get. A real beer experience. An opportunity to try some beers that he would never ever get to try otherwise. That's a birthday gift with a difference.

There are all sorts of small boutique breweries all over the country that brew wonderful beers, just like the one near me. And you'd probably never find them yourself or if you did it isn't easy to buy their products unless you live near one like I do.

So how do you find a great gift of a range of beers from some of our best boutique breweries?

From the beer of the month club. They offer a membership that makes a point of finding the best beers and sending them to their members. It makes a wonderful birthday, or Christmas gift. A unique birthday gift for dads for example, who are often very hard to buy for.

The beer of the month club has a range of beer experts on hand. Their job is to find these breweries and pick out the best of their products to send to the club members every month. (I'd love that job, maybe I should apply!)

So every month, if you give him a membership, he gets 12 bottles of hard to find hand crafted boutique beers from award winning breweries and a newsletter explaining what he's got and giving him all sorts of beer information. Shipping is free.

You can even add a special gift message to him from you.

There are options of different of lengths of time, so you can start him out with 3 months and see how it goes. I know there are some women who renew his subscription every year as his yearly birthday present because he loves it so much. So you've got your birthday present for him sorted out for a long time.

It's a great birthday gift of beer and to me is the best way to give him some great beer as a gift. It's way better than just going out and buying some.

I've talked about gift of the month clubs before, in relation to birthday gifts. I think a good gift of the month club is one of the best gifts for a man who is interested in beer, wine, coffee, chocolate, cookies or any one of dozens of consumables. There are lots of gift of the month clubs to choose from so you can find one for just about any man.

How about a lobster gift of the month club! See what I mean?

So check out Amazing Clubs, they have some great clubs for some great birthday gift ideas for him.

Could You Do With Some Romance In A Box?

peter1 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:45:32 +0200

Romance starts at home. At least it can, there's no need to go to all sorts of exotic places to get romantic. You can be romantic anywhere you want to be with a good romantic gift idea. Because romance is in the head, not the location.

And of course you can be romantic anywhere, with a great romantic gift.

I have come across a lovely romantic gift that you can give him right in the comfort of your own home. Or anywhere else if the urge takes you.

It's called Romance in a box from Romantic Room Designs. It is in effect a romantic gift basket for a man or a woman, and I love it.

The intention is to provide him, or you, with all you need to transform your, or his, bedroom into a romantic boudouir.

The photo I've included gives you an idea what you can do with your, or his, bedroom. It includes everything you need to totally transform his bedroom, or any other room you want. 200 silk rose petals. Six, frosted white heart shaped votive candles. Red Heart confetti to sprinkle around the base of the candles or on top of the bed and a "Do Not Disturb" sign to hang on the door.

Now I'm not suggesting you give him a romantic gift box at all. That would be uninteresting. What I'm suggesting is that you buy the gift basket, get it delivered so he doesn't know about it. Open it up and use it at the perfect romantic time.

And he finds the result.

Lets think of an example.

Use it as a romantic holiday gift idea. You've gone on holiday together and he's out somewhere. You've decorated the bedroom with the contents of your romantic gift basket. He comes home and finds a trail of rose petals from the door to the bedroom and you in the bedroom.

Or use it right at home for the perfect romantic evening after a long walk at the beach, or the lake, or wherever you both might like to spend a little quality time together.

How about another suggestion. A romantic evening gift set. Along with the rose petals comes hand crafted, gourmet Champagne Truffles. 2 fragranced and uniquely designed His & Her Candles. A choice of either a Kama Sutra Romantic Massage Set or the Luxurious Body Affair Sweet Pea Bath & Body Gift Set (you'll have to check out the website to see what's in that!)

They have quite a few romantic gift ideas there to delight any romance buff. Boxes and baskets and romantic gifts for him or her. They have a quite unique approach to romance and romantic gifts. So if you think he'd love a romantic evening as a gift head on over to Romantic Room Designs and check out their gift ideas for men, and women.

It's Hot It's Cool It's A Great Annivers...

peter1 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:42:57 +0200

Your anniversary is coming up. You need to find an anniversary gift for him. Maybe it's a wedding anniversary, or the anniversary of the first day you met, or the anniversary of any day that's important to you. An anniversary is just the celebration of a day in your life together that meant something extra special to you both.

Of course a wedding is the most common anniversary, and there is a formal and traditional list for selecting wedding anniversary gifts, with traditional and modern gift themes.

For example the traditional first wedding anniversary gift theme is paper, the modern theme is clock.

Here's a few more anniversary gifts by year:

The first mentioned is the traditional, the second is the modern.

5 years Wood, Silver ware
10 years Pottery, Leather
15 years Crystal, Watch
20 years China, Platinum
25 years Silver, Silver
30 years Pearl, Diamond
35 years Coral, Jade
40 years Ruby, Ruby
45 years Sapphire, Sapphire
50 years Gold, Gold

So if you're new to this then you decide what gift you are getting according to the list, and the theme. So if it's your first wedding anniversary and you like the modern theme you buy a clock themed gift.

Personally I think that's all a little old fashioned, but if anniversary gifts by year appeals to you then that's great. It just doesn't appeal to me.

I think mens jewelry, particularly a great looking and modern themed mens anniversary ring makes a great gift for him on your wedding anniversary. There are some stunning rings around for men, both for weddings and anniversaries. An anniversary ring is a great idea and is now quite a cool gift.

Of course you can't give him a ring every year. He can't wear them all. However if he doesn't have a ring now then why not consider an anniversary ring for your first wedding anniversary gift for him?

If you haven't looked at mens jewelry and in particular mens wedding and anniversary rings then you need to. They are so much better than they were a few years ago. There are now some fantastic online stores that specialize in mens jewelry, one of my favorites specializes not just in mens jewelry but in mens Titanium jewelry only. Just Metal, a sensational store and one of the best.

Titanium is a stunning metal for jewelry. It's modern, it's good looking and it's masculine. I love it, both the look and the feel. The ring above is a black titanium ring with a tension set diamond.

Now of course not all men love wearing jewelry. I personally don't wear any, except for a wedding band. But I love wearing that. So you may need to establish first how your man feels about wearing an anniversary ring. But if he likes the idea I wouldn't hesitate to seriously consider a ring as a great anniversary gift. Either for your first anniversary or your fiftieth, it doesn't matter.

And personally I'd consider getting his anniversary ring engraved with a special anniversary message. It can't be long, but can be special.

And if you're interested in finding out a little more about mens wedding bands I've written about them too.

I Write About Mens Gifts On Squidoo And...

peter1 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:38:07 +0200

I love all sorts of niche sites to post my content. Squidoo has got a lot of attention lately and so I’ve been to Squidoo and started a Squidoo lens. It’s about making a gift basket.

Gift baskets are great gifts for men, you just need to make sure it’s a pretty “manish” gift basket, there’s great golf and fishing gift baskets around for example.

And I’ve also got a bunch of “hubs” at hubpages which are about different aspects of mens gifts and Christmas and so on. These are as follows:

Find great christmas cards for men

Hot Christmas gifts for men, gps systems

Romantic gift ideas for men

Sexy Lingerie as a gift for him

A great Christmas gift for a man

Find that gift for him

Anniversary gifts for men

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I Forgot His Birthday. I Was SO Embarras...

peter1 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:32:31 +0200

Isn't it just one of the worst feelings. You forgot his birthday. His birthday was yesterday and you remembered it - today.

Or even worse, he had to give you a gentle reminder at dinner that TODAY was his birthday. And of course it's way too late to get him a great birthday present, in fact it's way too late to do anything. You can't even make him a birthday cake, the opportunity is gone, he knows you forgot, and you're just so embarrassed.

And you'd planned such a great birthday for him. You knew it was coming up, you had birthday plans all worked out, and you just can't work out how you forgot. You were going to buy such a great birthday present and you had a birthday card all picked out. You'd spent hours looking for mens birthday gifts on the net, and you blew it.

It's got to be the worst day of your life, and you just can't work out how it happened.

Has this ever happened to you? Maybe it has and maybe it hasn't, but it certainly can. We're all human, we can forget even the most important things. If it hasn't happened to you it doesn't mean it can't.

Of course we can all use a diary, but who remembers to look in their diary every day. Sometimes we just forget. And that can be the one day that the reminder about his birthday was there. And all of us have the occasional brain fade, I know I do. There are calendars. I've even been known to write a reminder on a piece of paper and stick it to my computer.

So how do you make sure this never happens to you?

Use a birthday reminder service. Well it's a service to remind you of any occasion coming up, but it's certainly useful to use to remind you of his birthday coming.

How does it work? You join a birthday reminder service and then you get to enter all your important dates, including his birthday. Enter any dates that are important to you. Holidays, anniversaries, birthdays, appointments and anything else. Not just his birthday, but the birthdays of everyone who is important to you.

And once you've entered your important dates you get a reminder for each one automatically sent to you by email, and if you wish to your cell phone. It's pretty easy to use, and it may well save you an extremely embarrassing day.

There are free birthday reminder services, and there are paid ones, like everything the paid ones are a little better than the free ones, but the paid ones aren't expensive. I prefer Big Dates, it's free for the first 3 months, then $5.95 a year. Pretty cheap insurance against the most embarrassing day of your life.

And for $15 you get the ability to send 5 prepaid greeting cards. That's real PAPER greeting cards, at $3 each it's cheaper than doing it yourself.

And you can even get them to make some gift suggestions for his birthday too.

So if you're worried about the most embarrassing day of your life, or even if you can just see some value in being able to get reminders sent to you for ANY important dates, then you ought to consider a birthday reminder service like Big Dates.

And read some more on my main website abour Birthday Gifts including 4 great birthday presents for the man who has it all.