Gift bundles

One of my very favourite things to do with D2BN products, is make gift bundles. It really gets my creative juices flowing.

Sometimes, a customer's request will be very specific, telling me exactly which products & fragrances they'd like me to bundle together. Other customers less specific- only telling me their budget and leaving the rest to me. One lovely customer's husband will text me "$xx, birthday, date- you know what she wants" and leaves it to me to put together something for his wife.

I have been asked to make the usual occasion gift bundles- birthdays, Mother's Day, Christmas etc, and also for some unusual occassions- meeting interstate family for the first time; Aussie packs to give overseas visitors;  my favourite being the "Congratulations on dumping the jerk!", closely followed by "Need an emergency gift for the feral neice"

I often make gift bundles to donate to schools, fetes, raffles, charity auctions and the like. I sometimes use this as an opportunity to have a play or experiment with something I haven't tried before, even if it's just new packaging or something.

Baby bundles are common. At one stage a few years ago, I had two customers (unknown to each other) order a bundle for a co-worker who was about to have twin boys. The two customers worked in two different places, but Canberra being as small as it is, I wondered- what are the odds? I checked with the customers, and sure enough, same couple, so I was able to make up two very different bundles. And the Mums of those two boys still buy my goats milk soap for their sons.

Sometimes people just want a small token gift for a pregnant co-worker or friend of the family, or something much more extravagant. I was recently asked to make a baby bundle for a family member about to have her 6th child and who "must have everything by now!", so my customer was looking for something a tiny bit different.

 I thought this would be a good opportunity to put together some "Green Sheep" gift packs. Jenni, Emma and some others had suggested my doing this a few times, so it was finally time for me to get to it. My "Green Sheep" gift bundles contain a "Where is the Green Sheep?" board book, a Goats Milk Soap, and a Tommy Tippee novelty bottle with a green sheep design- BPA free, of course! This went down so well with the receiver, I have put one aside for my gorgeous sister in law who is about to have baby number 8.

So far, I have to say my favourite type of gift bundling has been for weddings. My cousin, Kerrie, was married last year and asked me to make small wedding favours for all her guests (left) as well as thankyous for her bridesmaids, groomsmen, celebrant and organiser. That was so much fun! I branched out a bit into candles for that one. Another cousin is getting married next year, so I hope to be able to another wedding then.

So, if you're ever stuck, please don't hesitate to call! I may just be able to whip up the perfect, unique gift for whatever occasion you might like to celebrate.