client gifts

onyx'girl · 12-02-2012, 09:57 PM

I need suggestions for giving Christmas gifts to clients.
I don't want to spend more than $20 per client(I have about 20 of them) and would like to support the local businesses. I don't want to give any thing that will be 'lasting' such as a nick-nack. $(bonus) isn't an option either as they are the ones paying me...so that would be tacky.
Fragrances(candles, etc) and "homemade" food may not be a good idea either, unless it is a local food. Last year I gave local blueberry jam and local honey but don't want to repeat it again.
I'd love to hear some good ideas if anyone is willing to share!

After so many years, I'm out of ideas!

elisabeth_00117 · 12-02-2012, 10:14 PM

I am also all ears!

I have to purchase for my associates still and have NO CLUE what to get everyone!

**Liesje** · 12-02-2012, 10:30 PM

Come up to our Fair Trade Fair this week! It's not necessarily local stuff but it's fair trade.

marshies · 12-02-2012, 11:07 PM

Pop to local market, buy baked goods that store for a few days. Wrap in that crinkly plastic wrap with a ribbon.

OR, better yet, bake your own! Popcorn balls are really easy and look SUPER festive with the right wraping

GatorBytes · 12-03-2012, 12:57 AM

Costco has annual gifts under 20 bucks w/belgian chocolates. This year (here anyway), they have little blue or white buckets (small) with chocolates in a blue and silver wraps, decal w/a snowman, and a touch of bedazzling on the bucket...cute, plan to get for my building management...but these things go fast....not sure what they have in the US.

Could also do a coffee mug with cidar mix or specialty flavoured hot chocolate and perhaps a mini peppermint-shnapps (1.5oz) and a recipe to make a "Ski-Slope"....Hot chocolate, shnapps, and whipped cream...ummm, ummm...delish!...or the makings of the same but Spanish coffee, or Irish, just put together the mixes and a printed in nice font recipe with a x-mas saying of well wishes

Uns4n3 · 12-03-2012, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by GatorBytes

Could also do a coffee mug with cidar mix or specialty flavoured hot chocolate and perhaps a mini peppermint-shnapps (1.5oz) and a recipe to make a "Ski-Slope"....Hot chocolate, shnapps, and whipped cream...ummm, ummm...delish!...or the makings of the same but Spanish coffee, or Irish, just put together the mixes and a printed in nice font recipe with a x-mas saying of well wishes

This is an awesome idea! Get some mugs and coffee beans from a local shop!

holland · 12-03-2012, 09:51 AM

that is a great gift idea

Shade · 12-03-2012, 10:18 AM

I bake cookies

. But I've also done the hot chocolate and cider mix with cute mugs and flavored candy canes with great success

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Lilie · 12-03-2012, 12:55 PM

A gift certificate from a local shop (or a pet store), placed in a Christmas card purchased from MD Anderson (or local cancer center) supporting cancer research.

Or instead of a gift certificate, a donation card showing you donated to your local animal shelter in their name...placed in a Christmas card.

Or give a certificate from your business..'One free _________'.

Lilie · 12-05-2012, 09:33 AM

Jane - we had a vendor bring in a retro type lunch box, it was opened and lined with red paper. Inside it was loaded with different candies. Some Christmas type candy (candy canes, peppermints etc.) and some normal chocolate candy bar bites.

It really is a cool idea and looks great too.

12-02-2012, 09:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
onyx'girl Crowned Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SW, MI Posts: 21,189	client gifts I need suggestions for giving Christmas gifts to clients. I don't want to spend more than $20 per client(I have about 20 of them) and would like to support the local businesses. I don't want to give any thing that will be 'lasting' such as a nick-nack. $(bonus) isn't an option either as they are the ones paying me...so that would be tacky. Fragrances(candles, etc) and "homemade" food may not be a good idea either, unless it is a local food. Last year I gave local blueberry jam and local honey but don't want to repeat it again. I'd love to hear some good ideas if anyone is willing to share! After so many years, I'm out of ideas! __________________ Jane~ Kept by Onyx, Kacie and Gideon v Wildhaus aka Karlo

12-02-2012, 10:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
elisabeth_00117 Crowned Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 8,328	I am also all ears! I have to purchase for my associates still and have NO CLUE what to get everyone! __________________ Battleborn Hundesport K-W German Shepherd Club

12-02-2012, 10:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
Liesje Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 16,257	Come up to our Fair Trade Fair this week! It's not necessarily local stuff but it's fair trade. __________________ Liesje & the K9s Nikon (GSD) U-CH SG Alta-Tollhaus Bono SchH1 KKL T1 FO PA TF-III FDCh-S CL1-R UJJ U-CA HIT TT CGC Coke (All-American) VPC's Coca-Cola CGC, couch warmer extraordinaire Indy (All-American) Blue Horizon's Indigo Girl, flyball star in training Rainbow Bridge Kenya (GSD) U-CH Alta-Tollhaus-Krieger Lamb Chop CL1-R CL1-F RA HIT TDI TT CGC vom Blauen Horizont / Blue Horizon GSDs

12-02-2012, 11:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
marshies Elite Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,490	Pop to local market, buy baked goods that store for a few days. Wrap in that crinkly plastic wrap with a ribbon. OR, better yet, bake your own! Popcorn balls are really easy and look SUPER festive with the right wraping __________________ Amaretto von Huerta Hof -Adventures and Dog Product Reviews-

12-03-2012, 12:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
GatorBytes Knighted Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Southern Ontario Posts: 2,149	Costco has annual gifts under 20 bucks w/belgian chocolates. This year (here anyway), they have little blue or white buckets (small) with chocolates in a blue and silver wraps, decal w/a snowman, and a touch of bedazzling on the bucket...cute, plan to get for my building management...but these things go fast....not sure what they have in the US. Could also do a coffee mug with cidar mix or specialty flavoured hot chocolate and perhaps a mini peppermint-shnapps (1.5oz) and a recipe to make a "Ski-Slope"....Hot chocolate, shnapps, and whipped cream...ummm, ummm...delish!...or the makings of the same but Spanish coffee, or Irish, just put together the mixes and a printed in nice font recipe with a x-mas saying of well wishes __________________ He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. - Unknown

12-03-2012, 09:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
holland Crowned Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 4,261	that is a great gift idea

12-03-2012, 10:18 AM	#8 (permalink)
Shade Knighted Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ottawa, ON Posts: 3,445	I bake cookies . But I've also done the hot chocolate and cider mix with cute mugs and flavored candy canes with great success . __________________ Shanna My Pack: Jasmine - Female Miniature Poodle - born Aug 15, 2010 Loker Delgado Von Stalworth - male GSD - born Jan 26, 2012 Koda & Zazu - 4 year old male cats

12-03-2012, 12:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
Lilie Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: South Texas Posts: 8,955	A gift certificate from a local shop (or a pet store), placed in a Christmas card purchased from MD Anderson (or local cancer center) supporting cancer research. Or instead of a gift certificate, a donation card showing you donated to your local animal shelter in their name...placed in a Christmas card. Or give a certificate from your business..'One free _________'. __________________ Hondo Von Dopplet L Bauernhof "Hondo"- GSD Lilie's Tug McGraw "Tug" - Golden Retriever Maggie - Mini Dachshund (Rescue) Lonestar - Texas Blue Lacy Funyon, Ashe, Soot - Barn Cats Scooter /1/2 Arabian, Shadow, Katie / APHA

12-05-2012, 09:33 AM	#10 (permalink)
Lilie Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: South Texas Posts: 8,955	Jane - we had a vendor bring in a retro type lunch box, it was opened and lined with red paper. Inside it was loaded with different candies. Some Christmas type candy (candy canes, peppermints etc.) and some normal chocolate candy bar bites. It really is a cool idea and looks great too. __________________ Hondo Von Dopplet L Bauernhof "Hondo"- GSD Lilie's Tug McGraw "Tug" - Golden Retriever Maggie - Mini Dachshund (Rescue) Lonestar - Texas Blue Lacy Funyon, Ashe, Soot - Barn Cats Scooter /1/2 Arabian, Shadow, Katie / APHA

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