Buying presents for people is a fairly stressful endeavor for me, because I’m a poor judge of identifying an individual’s desires and needs. Christmas and birthdays are not my forte, but I’ve managed to reconcile this issue by sticking to one solution: buying personalized or one-of-a-kind gifts. This way, I minimize the chances of a) having the gift re-gifted, and b) giving someone a gift they’ve already received from someone else. True story: two different people once bought me the same DVD box set of World War II documentaries. I guess it’s nice that my interests make it easy for other people to buy stuff for me, but not so fun if I get the same gift twice.
Anyway, here’s a list of gift ideas that you can pick up when you’ve hit the gift-giving idea wall:
For the Work Colleague: Commissioned Sketch Portrait
During the grand launch of Maison Lancôme at LOTTE Shopping Avenue, guests walked away with sketch portraits done on the spot by Bandung-based illustrator Diani Apasari. Commissioned sketch portraits are probably the most truly authentic “one-of-a-kind” gift, because, well there’s only one copy of every person (unless you work with twins, obviously). I enjoyed my sketch so much that I’ve made it into my avatar for all my social media accounts! (more…)
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