Immortalize a plush friendship

Your 1-minute-a-week shortcut to
always having awesome gift ideas well in advance.

Hi gift-givers! When it comes to gift-brainstorming, this newsletter packs the reliability and comfort of a warm hug from your childhood stuffed animal…without the funky smell. 👃🤢

Do you attempt your gift-brainstorming as a solo sport…or a team sport? No surprise – it’s easier and more productive as a team sport, but most of us never learned how to make it one.

There’s an entire section in the 4-Step Playbook for Giving Better Gifts in a Busy World on how to unlock the rest of your gift-brainstorming team. It’s a game-changer.

Estimated read time: 2 minutes & 23 seconds

The “teddy portrait" Gift:

• Unique, thoughtful, personalized

• Universal (most kids, and many adults, still have a special attachment to their favorite stuffed animal(s)

Etsy Vendors offering stuffed animal portraits:

• PurpleJoyArt

• IonaChessellsArt

You could always frame a portrait of a favorite toy (instead of a stuffed animal)

DIY-er’s Notes:

• If you have photography skills, you could take a photo and frame it instead of hiring an artist to paint/draw a portrait

• Mobile apps (e.g. free OilPaintMyPhoto app) can turn your phone’s photos into watercolor paintings to frame

For other portrait-inspired gifts, see 🎁Cat nip for pet lovers, 🎁Wedding guests sitting on a gift goldmine, and 🎁 Love It or List It or Frame It

• Who do you have in your life who has a favorite stuffed animal?____

• How can you get a photo of that favorite stuffed animal?____

Forward this email to:

• Parents of young children

• Grandparents of young children

• Aunts/Uncles of young children

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Please reply to this email ~ or ~ click the button below if you have stories of awesome gifts that you can share with the community that fall under the below topics:

• Childhood gifts

• Any memorable gift you’ve received or given

Until the next stuffed animal tea party,
Patrick Kucharson
Better Gift Coach

P.S. Thank you to everyone so far who has purchased the 4-Step Playbook for Giving Better Gifts in a Busy World. I’d be so excited to hear from you with feedback!

🎉Shoutout to subscriber Dawn who’s celebrating 18 years of marriage this week! 

Do what Dawn did and reply to this email seeking some gift brainstorming help. I’m eager to offer you some suggestions.

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