Last Minute Gifts: Gift Cards
If you’ve been as busy as I have and you find yourself still short of a few gifts, then getting gift cards is a great time saver. No wrapping involved and no stressing out trying to figure out what that perfect gift is.
If you have to ship your gift, a virtual gift card is the best option at this point in time. GiftCertificates.com delivers certificates via e-mail and offers several online merchants such as Sephora, Barnes and Noble and Blue Nile. Or if you know your recipient well enough, get one straight from the merchant. I personally love Sephora.com gift cards as I can take advantage of free shipping (with $75) and get free gifts. In fact, I have one that I still have to use!
Now, if you’re one of those who think gift cards are a bit impersonal (I still do), these unique ones just might change your mind. Sure, they’re not virtual gift cards and it might still involve a trip to the store to get them but your giftee will most likely appreciate the the covetable cachet these gift cards bring. See? Not that impersonal anymore eh?
Tucked in a knitted wool mitten, the Anthropologie gift card is cute as a button. Available in $25 increments from $25 through $200 at their website, catalogue or stores.
These Limited Edition Warhol Gift Cards from Barneys New York caught my eye. I personally love the Campbell Soup Cans card if only because I missed out on getting the Limited Edition Soup Cans that are already sold out. Well, maybe the soup cans will reappear again or maybe not. Hey, maybe this is what Factory Girl needs to get off the assembly line! Available in $50, $500 and $1000 denominations.
