Star Wars Frost Shield

Wonderful gift idea for the 40 year old Star wars fan in your life - Star Wars Frost Shield!

Top Toys for Christmas 2015 Announced

The Toy Retailers Association has announced the top toys for Christmas 2015. As suspected, the new Star Wars film is being predicted to make a big impact, with three of the top 12 being Star Wars related. The IDO3D Deluxe 3D Design Studio looks great - it's like a manual 3d printer, with kids being able to create three dimensional objects with coloured pens. The full list is here - http://www.toyretailersassociation.co.uk/dreamtoys/2015/top12 

GiftGen app now launched on Amazon app store.

Having launched our iPhone app in 2013, and our Android app last year, we've now launched a GiftGen Amazon app on the Amazon app store. As with all our apps, it is FREE.

See here for the full press release

Mindfulness colouring book and pens

The prefect gift idea for that stressed person in your life - Mindfulness colouring book and pens http://bit.ly/1MoKHMl 

Citrus Zinger Water Bottle

Squeeze juice citrus fruits directly into this novel water bottle...

App Animation

Spent most of yesterday creating an animation from screen-grabs of our mobile version...

Hoping this should get the 'ease of use' across.

Buy Less this Xmas

If you're anything like me, right about now you're thinking about what to get people for Christmas. Although buying presents is meant to be about the joy of finding a really thoughtful gift that shows how much you care...

...somehow the reality is often a last-minute panic, and gifts that minutes after being received, have already been mentally assigned to the charity shop, or worse.

Instead of giving something that might be unwanted, how about giving a homemade present this year? There’s something about knowing the person has put in all that effort to give you something unique, that's difficult to beat. And it’s not so hard to make good gifts either.

Here's some ideas: Sloe gin (buy gin, pick sloes, combine - pour into a recycled glass bottle ... job done!); sugar body-scrubs in old jars with labels you’ve designed; a photo book; an mp3 mix tape – anything you can think of really. For some alternative inspiration, Max McMurdo from Kirstie's Fill Your House for Free shares his Xmas upcycling ideas on Nigel's eco store blog

And for presents that you do buy, buy vintage (on ebay), buy handmade (on etsy), buy something that people will love, that's resourceful and that doesn’t cost the earth.

About the author
Nigel from Nigel's Eco Store is passionate about reducing our household energy use.


See all GiftGen's 'making' gift ideas here.

House nameplate - Great gift for a couple

As the name suggests, The House Nameplate Company produce high quality house nameplates. As you can see from the photo, they have lots of styles, made with various materials. You personalise them with your own text, which you enter using their really cool online design tool. You can play around with font faces, text size, nameplate shape, and material. They make a great gift idea for a couple - Perhaps as a Wedding present or anniversary present. Of course it doesn't have to be for a couple, and would make an unusual retirement gift for instance.
Visit housenameplate.co.uk and give their tool a whirl!

The ultimate gift - the gift of life.

Please consider giving blood this winter season...

Our iPhone & iPad app gets an upgrade!

We've just released Version 1.1 of our iPhone & iPad App to the itunes app store. It's ois7 compatible and in-line with most apps, it now works in portrait orientation as well as landscape (after feedback from users). In order to achieve this we’ve had to use icons for the genders, like you’d find on a toilet door!

Click here to visit the app store page

Download it now, so you'll have it in your pocket when you're panicking about presents for the big 'C' (don't like mentioning it before December!). It accesses GiftGen's main website database of over 3,700 gift ideas, so you should find something for everyone.