Gifts You Can Personalize
These personalized, “fancy” return address stampers make me so happy. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE mine! I use them for the return address on envelopes but also for stamping the inside of books that I loan out. I used to save the free return address stickers that some non-profits send you as an incentive to donate money. When those ran out, I had a very non-fancy return address stamper that was sad-looking and didn’t even work that well. It’s funny how something very small but indulgent can make me happy each time I use it (even when paying the bills!).
If your price point is $50 ($40 plus shipping), these fancy stampers also make great teacher and tutor gifts and/or gifts for family members. My kids also love them with just their name or initials (but not address) to make their own stationery.
For another idea, Capability:Mom is posting a Pretty Paper Giveaway!.
There are many, many styles to choose from but these are my favorites:
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Another gift idea is a wax seal kit. These have either a letter or an image.
Letter A
Letter S 
Letter J
Letter R
Letter E
Letter H
Letter M
Letter C
Letter B
Skull and Cross Bone set
Celtic Knot
Oak Tree
Fleur de Lis
Pink RoseOak Tree
Chinese Dragon
To see any of these wax seal kits at Amazon, please click on image.
The 12 Days of Shopping
Dec 1: Make Your Own Gifts GRANOLA, Amazing Granola from Nigella Lawson versus Amazing Granola Bars from The Barefoot Contessa
Dec 2: Kids Make Gifts CRAFT (ModPodge versus Clove Fruit)
Dec 3: Personalized Gifts (Fancy Address Stampers versus Pretty Papers Giveaway)
Dec 4: Father-in-Law/Dad and Mother-in-Law/Mom
Dec 7: Hostess/Gifts That Give Back
Dec 8: Sanitation Engineers, Mail Carriers, Hairdresser, Delivery People, Babysitter, Cleaning People, Dog Walker/Dog Trainer, etc. (a.k.a. who else did I forget?) and Emily Post’s Etiquette on this subject.
Dec 9: Husband, Me (Our Own Wacko List); Capability:Mom Husband/Wife
Dec 11: Quick Gifts from Whole Foods versus Gourmet Food Store
Dec 12: ‘Cause I Am So Together, Last Minute Home Made Gifts: Cookies & Personalized Holiday Tags
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My books:
Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me
Amazon / Signed or Inscribed by Me
Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Massachusetts Book Award Long List
- Selected as one of 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023 by dPICTUS and featured at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
- Starred review from School Library Journal
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award Long List
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
Amazon / Barefoot Books / Signed or Inscribed by Me
Amazon / Scholastic / Signed or Inscribed by Me
I like these – and am asking for one from Santa. I love that you mark your books with them – very distinctive and no searching for names in the book.
I have to say that this was the best $50 I’ve ever spent. And one stamper lasts a really long time. Mine is still going! I think you can get replacement ink pad inserts also if the ink gets used up. I’ll have to look into that!