There are entire businesses built around giving cookie cakes to celebrate special occasions.
I remembers as a tween when I suddenly became too cool for a birthday cake. Instead, I wanted a giant cookie cake from Great American Cookies (from the mall!) for my birthday party.
The cookie business has evolved since then. Now you can order someone a Sympathy CookieCake.
Maybe you know someone who had an accident, who lost a pet, who lost a job, who had a bad breakup, or who is going through a difficult time overall.
A Sympathy Cookie Cake might be the perfect gift to show someone you care while cheering them up.
Personalized Sympathy Cookie Cake
When my friend, Vahid, broke his elbow long-boarding, his employees surprised him at the office with a mini cookie cake from Insomnia Cookies.
For some people, this is their favorite season of the year. They go crazy for it!
I’m not talking about fall y’all. Or about winter, spring or summer.
I’m talking about Pumpkin Spice season! When pumpkin spice everything is available for a limited-time-only.
I myself go crazy over Pumpkin Spice cereal.
I once made a Pumpkin Spice Gift Basket for a client. This particular client had a tradition of hand-delivering appreciation gifts to their most important clients around Thanksgiving.
The Pumpkin Spice Gift Basket came with a decorative tag that read…
“We’re as crazy about you as we are pumpkin spice!”
Have you ever been clicking around on the Internet and accidentally stumbled across an amazing website? That happened to me recently, and I thought to myself, “Jackpot!”
The website, www.Vat19.com, sells all kinds of weirdly awesome gifts you would never find anywhere else. You have to check out for yourself the unique gifts, food, toys, home decor, clothing, and gifts they sell.
If you’re looking for weird or awesome gifts for children and adults, Vat19.com has something you’ll think is perfect.
The website sells the Human Slingshot which turns human bodies into bouncing pinballs inside a giant stretchable band. Not crazy or wild enough for your needs? How about the “What’s That Smell? Party Game” that includes scents of toe cheese, diaper blowout, B.O., and hot chunky vomit. I dare you to play that game!
They even have prank gifts like the “Prank Thank You Card” that plays music that can’t be turned off. The music plays on for 3 or more hours until the battery dies. For a tricky twist, if the person tries to rip up the card to get to the battery to make the music stop, a hidden glitter bomb inside the card will explode in their face.
The Stank Prank Candle also has a tricky twist. It starts off with a wonderful scent of sweet apples and then a few hours later it smells like farts.
April Fools’ Day is so much fun and it doesn’t matter whether you are in on the prank or the recipient of the joke!
I remember my very first office prank in the 1970s. I left a message for my boss to call Mr. Lyon. Secretly, the number was to the Oklahoma City Zoo.
When my boss called the number, he heard a recording of Mr. Lyon saying “April Fools!” We both got a kick out of it but by today’s standards seems kind of lame.
Today’s pranks are so much more elaborate.
For example, completely aluminum foil an entire office–the desk, computer, keyboard, phone, calculator, pictures, chair, bookcase, pens, pencils, everything! Or cover an entire car with sticky notes!
I found out recently there IS a difference between the two besides the spelling. A macaroon is coconut based.
For this gift idea, I’m referring to macarons, which are meringue based and come in a wide range of colors and flavors.
There are SO many colors and flavors to choose from which makes it fun to give someone a variety!
If you’ve never had a macaron, it’s a delicate cookie with two thin crusts and a filling made of either ganache, buttercream or fruit jam.
It’s also full of contrasts. A macaron packs huge flavor into a tiny baked goodie, and it’s somehow both rich and light at the same time.
They come in delicious flavors such as mint chocolate, cookies and cream, mojito, honey lavender, lemon tart, and piña colada. Is your mouth watering yet? Because I’m just scratching the surface on the different types of macaron flavors out there.
My all time favorite place to eat hot dogs is at a baseball game, but my friend, Linda, loves hot dogs anywhere, anytime.
While on a girl’s trip to NYC, we stopped at a street hot dog vendor and from that memorable moment on she converted me to eating hot dogs anywhere at anytime!
For as long as I have known my husband, he loves eating the chewy edges of a brownie. One problem, there are only four edges to a regular pan.
Guess what? Problem solved! I found a unique pan called the Edge Brownie Pan.
Made in the USA, this patented pan adds more chewy edges to every brownie it bakes. Now my husband is in brownie heaven!
The Brownie Pan for Edge Lovers
The Edge Brownie Pan is super heavy-duty and non-stick so it will never warp (like my other brownie pan). It’s also a lot easier to clean (a must for me).
I was not expecting a surprise bonus inside the box. A spatula and recipes–a thoughtful twist for their customers!
The recipes looked delicious for Marbled Cheesecake Brownies, Raspberry Pecan Blondies, Signature Cookie Bars (chocolate chips) and… the Ultimate Brownies.
We might learn what makes someone happy, places they want to visit, funny stories from their past, or what makes them tick. When we get to know someone better, our relationship deepens.
Many great conversations begin with great questions. TableTopicsmake it easy to start fun and memorable conversations with family and friends.
TableTopics is one of Oprah’s “Favorite Things” and is the #1 best-selling conversations starters.
With the holidays coming up, we suggest bringing TableTopics to your next family gathering or dinner party.
It’s the perfect host or hostess gift and it’s calorie-free!
Maggie Louise Confections has reinvented the box of chocolates with color, personality and unique customization.
Each box has fun bite-size chocolates to celebrate everyday indulgence.
The gourmet chocolate gift boxes and luxury confections are chocolate look-a-like creations of lipsticks, lips, jewels, precious stones, coffee cups, snowmen, mittens and the list goes on and on.
Before attending a conference, I researched “things to do” in Austin and discovered Maggie Louise Confections, an Austin-based company. Continue Reading
Each box has fun bite-size chocolates to celebrate everyday indulgence.