You’re heading out the door and you realize that you don’t have a gift to give to the hostess of the party you will be attending. You only have a few minutes to throw something together, but you don’t want it to look thrown together. What can you bring? I do have a gift closet that I keep stocked with nice little things I pick up throughout the year, but sometimes I have the same problem. Here are five last minute gifts your hostess will appreciate:
- A gift card for Amazon.com – You can print the card out instead of just emailing it, which gives you a tangible item to hand to your hostess.
- Gift in a jar – I always have a few clean jars sitting around for just this sort of thing. It really only takes a few minutes to print out the recipe, layer the ingredients in a pre-cleaned jar and to tie a pretty ribbon on it.
- Coupon book – Print out a set of coupons, cut a cardstock cover to fit and bind them with pretty ribbons. Coupons can be something as simple as an offer to babysit for an hour so the hostess can work out at the gym kid free or a promise to go on a Starbucks and pastries run on a Sunday morning.
- Gift basket – Sometimes, none of the items in my gift closet are quite enough by themselves. However, if I put a box of nice tea, that cute mug and an inspirational book together in a basket, they add up to a nice gift.
- Spafinder gift certificate – Something the hostess will really be able to use after putting together a party. Because you can print out a certificate, you can have the gift in hand in a few minutes.
Do you have any great last minute hostess gift ideas?
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