Purva Kankaria
Crafting Smiles
8 Last Moment Open When Letter Envelope Ideas
Posted on September 19, 2020
Here are 8 open when letter ideas for a long distance relationship, for friends or for family. Why worry when you can make someone smile with personalized handmade letters within minutes.
Open When
- You First Receive This
- You are Stressed
- You Had a Long Day
- You Cant Sleep
- I am Mad at You
- You Just Cant Get Up
- You Want to Know How Much I love You
- You Feel Sick
Open When You First Receive This
- Rules Card:
1. No Peeking
2. Open when the letter applies
3. Don’t lose the letters, bring them back with you. - A mirror card that says “What do u think of my valentine? Adorable No?”
- Hand written letter telling them why you made these open when letters
Open When You are Stressed
- Funny Pictures
- Motivational Quotes
- A piece of bubble wrap as a stress buster
Open When You Had a Long Day
Make them feel a little better with
- A beer pun card or their favorite poison
- Funny photos of babies or animals or your photos
- A list of funny episodes of their favorite show to watch
Open When You Cant Sleep
Prescription for a good night’s sleep
- Green tea or their regular night drink sachet
- Sudoku puzzles printed from the internet
- Create a sleep music playlist on YouTube. Write it on a card inside the envelope. Here is my music playlist.
Open When I am Mad at You
Well, if you are like me, then you cant really stay mad for long. So this is just to have some sweet fun and feel good
- Rules card
1. I am always Right
2. Just in case I am wrong see rule number 1 - Write a letter explaining them how you generally feel when you get mad at them. You can also provide them with solutions on how they can calm you down.
- Since you are mad, they must say something nice about you, isn’t it? But most often then not people fall out of words. Lets make this task easier for them by compiling a few good words that you would like to hear from them.
Open When You Just Cant Get Up
- Their favorite morning tea / coffee sachet to help them get up
- A few motivational and funny quotes to start the day with a smile. Here are a few that I found on Google
Yes, you got it right !! Minions are too cute and I love them !!
Open When You Want to Know How Much I love You
- Handmade card
- A list of reasons why you love them
- Mini Scrapbook with yours and theirs photo memories
Open When You Feel Sick
- Get well soon card
- A card with an emergency contact number for them to call for help. It can be your number as well.
- Strepsils for a soar throat
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Keep loving !!
Keep gifting !!
When I tried to take Dad to a Restaurant to Surprise him
Posted on August 23, 2020
Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, singers of songs — Pam Brown
Gifting men is tough. Gifting dads, a million times tougher… its dad after all !!
In May 2019, my brother and I decided to take our parents out for a surprise dinner at a restaurant my dad had wanted to try for a while. We told them the reservation was in a different restaurant which was about in the same area though on a different route.
Dad likes to dress as per the place and the occasion and this time were no different. Unfortunately, we didn’t consider that before telling him about the cover-up restaurant and we did make him change a few times before he got a little annoyed with us. By then Mom figured we were up to something and with her rounds of interrogation, while dad’s figuring what to wear next, got the plan out of us.
Now with everyone appropriately dressed for the restaurant, we set out to get on with the surprise (for dad only!). I was the designated chauffeur for the evening. I obviously took the route to get to where our reservation was. My dad at this point, thinking I took a wrong, long traffic filled route, started with his “dad speech” and I heard to no end about how I have no sense of direction, don’t listen and don’t use technology to gauge traffic. About 20 minutes into driving on the ‘wrong route’ my dad almost lost it. At this point, our secretive family couldn’t hold back any more. It started with me letting out a giggle. My brother joined me and mom followed.
Before his blood pressure could shoot up any further, we told him where we were headed. He laughed out along with us and Guess what he said next “You picked the wrong clothes for the place, what makes you think I am dressed appropriately???” *facepalm*.
As the evening rolled on, I realised just how much dad loved the experience. The bottom line is that regardless of his denial, criticism, and refusals, dads love and cherish every gift that you give them. Even those silly drawings from your childhood.
Here are 10 ideas to gift your dad:
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Keep gifting !!
10 Gift Ideas for a Father
Posted on August 23, 2020
Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, singers of songs. — Pam Brown
Gifting men is tough. Gifting dads, a million times tougher… its dad after all !! Read here to find out what happened with me When I tried to take Dad to a Restaurant to Surprise him.
Here are a few ideas to gift your dad:
- Gift dad an assistant – Amazon Echo, Google Home Mini, Apple HomePod.
He too needs to be heard sometimes !! - On average, men spend 5000 minutes a year shaving. Steal some of your dad’s time with an Electric Shaver
- Travel down the memory lane with your father along with a Radio
- For the greatest dad in the world, gift a Handmade card.
5. Get dad to unwind with a book he would like to read. This is my personal recommendation.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind — Oswald Chambers
6. A gift, dad wouldn’t gift himself – A day at the spa.
Photo by Camille Brodard on Unsplash
As Elizabeth Jane Howard rightly said, A massage is just like a movie, really relaxing and a total escape, except in a massage you’re the star. And you don’t miss anything by falling asleep!
7. Fitness band for the lazy dad or the fitness freak dad 
Health is Wealth after-all.
8. Multi tool kit for the super dad !!
9. “A father is a guy who has snapshots in his wallet where his money used to be.”
I am getting this Wallet for my dad because my father is always right but nobody listens to him. Also…… he is left-handed.
10. Watch a father’s day special Movie while drinking his favorite tea in the cup you just gifted him.
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Keep loving !!
Keep gifting !!
To: Myself
Posted on October 11, 2017
Where i left off.. Surprise Surprise !!
The only reason i give gifts and surprises to people is so that someday they will also give me a surprise (selfish motive). But its sad to realise that people don’t realise this (infact very depressing) And that is why I love ordering things online… because when they arrive its like a present from me to me (YAY!!).
As they say.. why depend on someone else for your happiness. Love yourself.. pamper yourself.. get a spa appointment.. take a couple of solitary hours.. go for an early walk in the fresh air and look at the sun rise.. get a reservation at your favourite restaurant… gift yourself… like a customised phone cover.. with your favourite picture or a picture of your favourite actor.. or a minion phone cover like i gifted myself (minion love.. they are super cute!!) My minion love is so much that i took away my sister-in-law’s minion t-shirt gifted to her… afterall it was a size big for her but perfect for me.. (well ! One more gift to myself). I also got a customised laptop skin with my picture.. stuck it on my laptop so that everybody knows its MY laptop and nobody can steal it (Courtsey: Printvenue). I love photo gifts. Either i get something custom made or make something myself. Right now i am converting one of the walls in my room to a huge photo collage !!
Pictures. Memories. Happiness and sadness. Smiles and tears. You feel lonely and suddenly you realise there are so many people who love you. You were bored and now you are excited. You were sad but now you are happy. You were crying and suddenly you are smiling…even laughing. You are old but you feel younger. You think you are losing memory but the moments captured in the pictures seems like just yesterday…. !!
I read somewhere,
A photograph is something you can look at and remember the old times. A picture is not only a reflection of people.. It’s a reflection of compassion,love and memories of good times… A smile happens in a flash, but the memory can last a lifetime.
There can be no better gift than pictures.. because what you feel is stronger and dense than what you can see or hold in your hands.
Once I saw something and I loved it instantly. It was something that you generally gift to people. But i didn’t know anybody whom I could give it to other than me.. so I bought myself a gift ! And since then this exciting journey began…
Keep loving !
Keep gifting !
Somebody please get me a gift !!
Posted on September 27, 2017
Duniya main do tarah ke log hote hai … (the world has 2 types of people) …
One, the fault-finders! Those who can never be pleased. Whether u get them something they really want or pay them a nice compliment, they are just never happy. Gifting them can be a mammoth of a task. I’d say, give them the time and attention they want, take them shopping and watch them burn a hole in your pocket.
The other, is the kind who genuinely value every piece of gift they get. Even if it’s just your time. They are my favourite people. It’s easy to gift them…I can conveniently get them a home-made treasure and top their list of favourite people forever.
And then there is MOI. You ask me what I want, I would probably say “oh !! nothing” but in my mind I am running a list of a zillion out-worldly and atrociously exotic things that I wish you’d get me. But I will settle with “ok i will tell you if I think of anything”. But in my head, I’m screaming ‘Now You Better Get Me Something!!!’
When my mom overhears me putting forth my demands to my cousins she calls me “Makti” (greedy). But well, I’m proudly and unabashedly greedy. In fact, I keep reminding people to get me gifts. You know, people tend to forget these days with such busy lives.
But the reality is that the gift doesn’t matter. It’s my excuse to connect with them, stay in their thoughts and retain the child-like relationship with them. It’s more so about creating memories, laughing with them, clicking the crazy selfies, troubling each other, sending crazy little things to each other – all to let them know how important they are.
10 Gift Ideas for Moon Lovers
Posted on September 21, 2017
A selenophile is a person who loves the moon !! Its not easy to find the perfect gift for moon lovers. There is a saying
The sun sees your body,
The moon sees your soul.
I wondered what can you possibly gift moon lovers that brings them closer to their soul. And I came up with these 10 gift ideas for moon lovers.. they will surely feel closer to the moon if not to their soul..
1. Dinner under the moonlight arranged on the terrace of your house.
Get some Hanging Lantern Ball Lamp Shade from Amazon
2. Star gazing and moon gazing with a rented telescope. You can also gift a telescope so that they can look closely at the moon whenever they want to.
3. Get them this beautiful Moon Lamp from Amazon
4. Long walk or long drive under the moon lit sky with soft music playing in the background.
5. Decorate the ceiling of their room with stars (including moon of course) and even constellations that glow in the dark. Get them here.
6. Gift a succulent planted in this moon planter
7. Set up a professional photo shoot at a studio… with moon being the theme.
8. Half Moon and Star Dream Catcher with Light to catch their dreams.
9. Gift them celestial jewelry. Like a necklace or a bracelet.
10. Get them this Double-Sided Rotating Glass Moon Keychain
Keep loving
Keep gifting !!
Friendship, A Mystery !
Posted on September 20, 2017
Friendship… what is friendship? I think it is the most complicated and mysterious relation among all the relationships. You never know who comes into your life, when they do and and for how long will they stay in your life.
We make promises of being “best friends”, “forever friends”, “friends for life”… as much as we want to but are we able to keep those promises ? Our day wouldn’t end without talking to each other and now days go by when we havent messaged each other… Earlier we used to meet everyday, then once every week then once a month and now months, sometimes even an year passes by.. We promise to always be there for each other. We also say “I am just a call away” but then that call is not made anymore… It is funny how things change… We have moved from ” lets meet and plan” to ” lets plan to meet” and still rarely succeed. Today everybody is busy in their lives.
Sometimes you don’t meet people often but when you do you continue from where you left off last time… nothing seems to be changed.. even when you meet after a long time you know you have each others back.. like they say “old is gold”… trust gets stronger with time… we don’t talk much in college and after a couple of years we meet every weekend !! After years of not being in touch we meet a friend and we’re still friends. Good to get in touch with old pals.
Friendship is weird. Friendship is childish. Friendship is funny. Friendship is stubborn. Friendship is love. Friendship is family. Friendship is happiness. Friendship is hatred for the same person. Friendship is to help each other with their crushes. Friendship is being yourself. Friendship is complicated. Friendship is Never being alone. Friendship is a mystery. Friends may come and go but Friendship is Forever…
Dedicated to all my beautiful friends !! Biggg hugggg
Surprise Surprise !!
Posted on September 7, 2017
To make a difference in someone’s life you don’t have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful or perfect. You just have to gift them something silly… like a potato nicely packed and wrapped with a nice message.
I gifted this to a friend (idea courtesy: oyehappy) and she immediately gave me my return gift.. 5 mins of cursing… phew !! Even today when she gets to know i have gifted another friend a box of chocolates she goes all hyper and starts cursing me all over again… But the best thing about all this is… she will always remember me and my gift. The reason behind writing this blog is also her.. She was the one who pushed me into writing it…
One of my closet friend recently got married and moved to a different city. I wanted to create memories with her with whatever little time she was at home. I was browsing for ideas when i came across this “If you really want your friends to remember you, give them something cheap.” And that was it… i asked her to give me half day of hers.. I went to pick her up with a cup of coffee I made. Then went to a donuts place to have a sweet little donut. Oh! and i had hand written small messages and quotes for her on small slips of paper. I kept giving her one every few minutes. I took her to a street where there were very less people around (u see, less people less embarrassing !!) and asked her to open the car trunk for a surprise.
I had filled the trunk with balloons (red colour, heart shaped because i couldnt find any other). And the balloons had messages written on slips of paper inside them. She had to pop all the balloons right there on the road !! Well… both of us were embarrassed but were laughing our lungs out.. after so much drama finally we ended our day with lunch and laughter.. Both of us can never forget that day.
I believe the best gifts come from the heart, not the store. I like to make things for my loved ones and surprise them. he best gifts come from the heart, not the store. I like to make things for my loved ones and surprise them.
Once i made an edible fruits bouquet for my father’s birthday (with the help of my mom ofcourse).
And on my mom’s 50th birthday i had made her a nice ‘Explosion Box’ card (idea courtesy: Google) with pictures (made it all by myself.. So Proud !!). The best gift to give your partner is to cook a meal (their favorite) for them. Its true the way to a man’s (women’s too) heart is through his stomach. I read this somewhere, “A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.” As simple as customized photo mugs or photo collage can do the trick. I had also made a video for a friend’s birthday with his pictures and his favorite songs and also songs to describe our friendship. There is a lot of customization going on these days.. and i simply love pictures.. they bring back wonderful memories.. it brings colors to a boring day.. I have decided to gift myself a photo wall. I have started filling a wall in my room with pictures. I cant wait to see the completed wall.. too much excitement !!!
The only reason i give gifts and surprises to people is so that someday they will also give me a surprise (selfish motive). But its sad to realise that people don’t realise this (infact very depressing) And that is why I love ordering things online… because when they arrive its like a present from me to me (YAY!!) How shopping therapy works for people gifting therapy works for me.
Keep Loving
Keep Gifting
Cheers !!