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Andrew Cho asked:




It always seem women have a hard time shopping for Valentine’s Day gifts for men. It’s true that you can’t just get them flowers and chocolate, but it’s really not that hard to please a man on Valentine’s Day. Here’s a great list of gifts that will make your man happy with February 14th.

1) Gourmet Chocolate Gift Baskets

Everybody loves chocolate and so does your man. Buying some quality chocolates from chocolatiers like Godiva or Ghiradelli will make him happy and he can even share the quality treats with you after you give them to him!

2) Wine

Wine is always good to have on Valentine’s Day. To help to situation out, why not go ahead and buy a nice bottle of wine to make planning the day easier. Make sure to note what kind of wine he likes. If you don’t know much about wine, any wine specialty store will be more than happy to help you find the perfect bottle.

3) Tickets

Getting tickets to your Valentine’s favorite sports team or band will definitely get him excited. He can even take you and you guys can plan a great date together. Make sure to plan ahead and get good seats to a good game. The better the game + seats, the happier your guy will be.

4) GPS

Let’s face it, guys **** to ask for directions. To solve the problem, why not buy him a GPS system so he doesn’t have to. Now you don’t have to fight anymore during road trips.

Leah Lee asked:




Secretary’s Day and Administrative Professional Appreciation Week are fast approaching, and it can seem that finding appropriate gifts for these purposes is so difficult-especially for male bosses with female employees. It’s hard enough for many people to shop for their own spouses let alone the people one works with, yet the time cannot go by without being acknowledged. Secretary’s gifts are not meant to be one of the great wonders of the world, but most employees expect to at least be recognized during this time, and passing it by without so much as a mention yet alone a token of appreciation can be detrimental to employee morale.

Of course, that doesn’t do an employer any good at all, so to help we have cracked the code for safe gift giving for your employees this year. Read on for a few suggestions as to what Secretary’s Day gifts you could pick up for the employees that help keep your business running from day to day.

Business Card Holders

Business card holders are great Secretary’s Day gifts for employees that work for you that may find it necessary to carry business cards. Engraving the name and position of your employee on the card holder or something else of that nature adds a personalized touch and shows that you put thought into the gift, especially when they didn’t expect you to.

Paperweights-An Old Classic

Another great idea for such an occasion is a paperweight. A paperweight is probably one of the most often gifts exchanged in a professional environment. Many see them as overrated, while many more think they are underrated. They always prove useful to hold papers down and out of the way or mark important materials, and they make a lovely little decoration for the desk as well. A paperweight is something that your employees will always be able to use, not just for a short while. Crystal paperweights and ones with interesting items in them or made of interesting items are always a good idea.

Personalized Totes

Personalized totes are another interesting idea for this occasion. People always have things that they take into work, whether it be files and papers or personal items. If there are a lot of things going into the office in the morning, it is very easy to leave at the end of the day with twice the amount of items in tow that you brought in, a difficult situation for any person-especially if they parked far. Personalized totes are perfect for such employees and are useful for occasions outside of work as well, like days at the park, beach, or library.

Watches and Clocks

Stop watches and clocks are also great gifts for employee appreciation. Not only do they increase productivity, but everyone can always use another time piece at home or at the office. These are more useful gifts that prove great for the dedicated worker, especially if they have the company name or logo emblazoned on it somewhere.

Picture Frames

Last but certainly not least, picture frames always make great appreciation gifts for employees. They are simple and always useful for any employee of any age, interest, background, or position in the company.

Secretary’s Day gifts don’t’ have to be a brain melter. These are just a few of many suggestions that you could come up with for way to treat your most special employees.

Lana Glass asked:




This is an easy to make fruit arrangement that can be a desert centerpiece or a unique handmade gift.

1. Prepare a heart-shaped container. I used a heart-shaped glass bowl for this edible fruit and candy arrangement, which I bought for about a dollar at Wal-Mart.

2.

a) Prepare Styrofoam disc or sheet, clear plastic food wrap, scotch tape, a serrated knife, and scissors.

b) Using your container as a guide, cut the Styrofoam heart out using a serrated knife. Wrap the Styrofoam heart in clear plastic food wrap, fixing it, in several places, with scotch tape on the bottom of the heart.

c) Attach the foam to the bottom of the container with double-sided tape or hot glue.

The foam should be about 1″ below the rim of the container.

3. Prepare strawberry flavored hard candy and dressmaker’s pins. Attach these candies along the inside perimeter of the bowl using pins.

4. Add strawberries to the arrangement. First, wash and dry the strawberries; remove the strawberry leaves as suits your taste.

Using toothpicks insert strawberries into the foam to cover the empty center. First, insert a toothpick into the foam and then stick a strawberry onto the toothpick; do not let the toothpick poke through the strawberry.

5.

a) Attach a red non-transparent ribbon (for example, satin ribbon) along the outside of the bowl, using mini glue dots (which you can buy at a local craft store) or glue the ribbon in several places.

b) Then, make a bow as described below and glue it over the ribbon’s seam.
How to make a bow: Cut two lengths of ribbon. Make a circle with each length overlapping the ends. Then stack the smaller loop on top of bigger one. Staple or sew them together. Wrap a piece of ribbon around the center of the bow, overlap the ends and glue them together. The bow is ready.

Congratulations on your beautiful edible fruit arrangement is ready!
Happy Mother’s Day!