Best BFF Gifts: Top Ten {Tuesday}

I’m a gift-giver. It’s one of my love languages. Not necessarily FOR me, but the way I speak. These past few weeks I’ve had several friends who I felt NEEDED some gifts. A friend experiencing the one year mark of her mother’s death, another friend starting school and one headed into surgery. I’ve got gifts on my mind for all of them!

So, here are some of my go-to gifts, gifts I actually already bought and stuff I’d just love to buy and save for when someone NEEDS it! Here it is…

MY TOP TEN MOST AWESOME GIFTS FOR YOUR BFFs!

{all pics are clickable so you can visit their respective sites & shops!}

1. Funky Necklace

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My friend Candace makes these and I just love it. I have no idea what you wear it with and am pretty sure I’d look like an imbecile in it. But I still want one. Plus, all the profits from Candace’s shop goes to Compassion International!

2. Scripture

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The kids and I make Scripture posters and banners all the time. But I’d love to have some Word-filled art on my walls. I bought this one for a friend of mine who has FIVE KIDS. Tell me she doesn’t need to remember THAT verse!

3. Personalized Jewelry

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I’m a big fan of the hand-stamped jewelry. I have an “OhAmanda” necklace, “Lydia & Asa”, my World Vision, “Faith, Hope & Amor” plus a few Blissdom necklaces thrown in. This is a gorgeous twist on those simple necklaces—a sealing wax necklace. I’m telling you if that necklace was purple it would be on my neck now!

4. Thirty One

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Have you discovered the wonderfulness of ThirtyOne? It’s a tupperware-pamperedchef-mary-kay kinda thing. Only fun bags. I have the above bag and it is the most organized, sturdy, adorable little thing ever. Staci is a consultant if you wanna buy something! I just bought 2 of these bags–only in the mini version for some friends!

5. Candy

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I mean who doesn’t like sweets? I couldn’t resist this one. Perfect for my sisterchicks!

6. Posy Pins!

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I love these little posies from The Pleated Poppy. Lindsey, the owner & awesome-maker of these adorable little pins gave them out as her business card at Blissdom one year. I wear mine all the time. It’s awesome. They come in sets of 3 so you could totally split them up and give them to 3 different people! Score!

7. Scarf

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I can’t get enough of scarves. I just bought my mom an awesome scarf from FashionABLE (made by women in Africa) and I showed you the cool twisty scarves from Fragile Flower on Saturday. But I also adore these ruffle scarves from The Pleated Poppy! YUMMY.

8. Gussy

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How adorable is Gussy? If you haven’t found her ruffly-ness, then you must hop over to her site RIGHT NOW. I bought this little catch-all case for Mandi because it’s got birds on it–perfect for a twittering sisterchick!

9. Journal

I love journals. I have one like this from Dayspring. Mine is pink with birds (imagine that) but this one is the same shape. I love the feel of it. I think everyone should have a journal. You need to practice writing after all–because when do you ever do that? (Speaking of which, I just heard that Georgia is doing away with teaching cursive writing in schools! Handwriting!  A lost art! Who knew?!)

10.  a Bag!

You have to put all this great stuff inside of something, right? I got this cute bag from Plywood People at the Orange Conference. It’s made by legal refugees in Atlanta. They make these cool little bags out of old signs and billboards. And one of the coolest parts about their organization is they sell the bags in bulk quantities so you can sell them as a fundraiser for your church or ministry. Isn’t that smart?

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OK! You know what to do! Join in the fun by writing a list on your blog–a list of ten! Then LINK back to me in it. PASTE the url in the linky below. And start LOVIN’ on the rest of the participants by tweeting (use the hashtag #toptentues), facebook-liking, stumbling, commenting & just plain old READING their pots! For rules and a cute button see my Top Ten {Tuesday} page!