Hey guys –
I was recently asked by UncommonGoods to look over their website and pick out a few items for a gift guide! Now, I’d never heard of UncommonGoods before, but I was immediately attracted to the company’s mission of sustainability, handmade, recycled, and organic products. Those adjectives make my hippie heart happy!
You can read more about the company’s mission here. But besides that, the products on UncommonGoods are creative and unusual, so if you need a special birthday gift, this is the site to visit.
Last month was 유씨’s birthday and I got him…a cupcake. He’s hard to shop for! But if I’d known about UncommonGoods then, maybe I would have found him something special. Like:
This City Map Glass of Seattle. 유씨is from Seattle, so it would have been perfect. There are other cities available, too. I could imagine this even being an auxiliary gift. Say you’re whisking your beloved off for a surprise birthday weekend in San Francisco – you could give him a SF City Map Glass to unwrap!
I think 유씨 also would have liked the Spongester. This might seem like a strange gift, but if you’ve got a germ freak in your life, you know how much this would be appreciated.
If your fellow is a professional, you might like to give him cufflinks for his birthday. If (like my fellow), he’s in IT or just likes gadgets, well, there’s an entire section of gifts for geeks!
Or you could totally blend the two with these USB cufflinks! Each cufflink has a 8GB flash drive. Genius!
What if your birthday boy a mathlete? Ain’t no shame in that…he might like this Pi Basket. 유씨 peeped over my shoulder while I was browsing the UncommonGoods website and seemed particularly interested in it…
You can find more gifts for men here – http://www.uncommongoods.com/gifts/birthday-gifts/gifts-for-him… but prepared to spend a lot of time oohing and ahhing over all the exciting and unusual gifts!
What about birthday gifts for women? You can check them out here – http://www.uncommongoods.com/gifts/birthday-gifts/gifts-for-her, and there’s even an option to filter by recipient: mom, grandma, wife, girlfriend, or teen. Here are some ideas:
How awesome is this floral wood watch? You just know that the lady you give this to has nothing like it already.
Sure, women get perfume for their birthdays all the time, but what if your special lady wants something unique? I thought this was a pretty cool gift for a woman who’s got everything: Mixologie Blendable Perfume Collection. There are 8 rollerballs for mixing and matching custom fragrances.
If you’re looking for general, non-binary gifts, check out http://www.uncommongoods.com/gifts/birthday-gifts. I may or may not be eyeing up the taco kit for a friend’s upcoming birthday.
I hope you enjoy the UncommonGoods web catalog as much I did! What’s your favorite item?
