Here are some unusual gift giving ideas.
Clothes
Tees for the big and really tall
Nixes Slippers Fuzzy animal Slippers.
http://www.t-shirtsthatsuck.com/ Something to offend the whole family. Some gems in there, too.
Reekie's of Grasmere for British and Scottish handwoven items and more
For the Home
Bonsai Boy Bonsai Trees.
Magic Mushroom Lamps Some pretty cool lamps.
Maverick Creations A large selection of hand-crafted unique clocks.
Hand Crafted items from around the world at eziba.com. Very Cool.
Ulu knives for the cook who has almost everything.
Looking for something that reminds you of the woods or Grandma's cabin? For some neat old country gifts, visit Widerview.com.
Japanese Gifts "Sushi supplies and dishes, to paper lanterns and stone lanterns, to japanese clothing and kimono to japanese lanterns."
KokopellisTreasures.com for gifts from the Southwest.
Jewelry
East Jewelry This is an ebay store based in China. I could go broke buying this stuff...
Patagonia Gifts Real leaves dipped in precious metals are among some of the unique items at this site.
Bakelite and Circuitboard Jewelry are back! Find this and some other really cool stuff at Uncommon Goods.com.
Food
Beer Gift Boxes That takes care of the football buddies...
"All natural cheese made with Amish milk." Definitely for the hard to buy for...
Novelty Molded Chocolates! You can even have things custom molded.
Puzzles
The Mad Cow Company Mind bending 3-D puzzles
It's Cubular Gifts for Crossword Puzzle Junkies.
When it's the package that counts... Because sometimes it's just more fun to watch them try to open their present.
Toys (For kids AND adults)
Funattic.com. Toys for kids. The really cool thing about this site is it marks toys that are disability approved.
Who Hoo! The devil duckie and heart shaped glasses! Kitsch.co.uk OH, and they have other cool stuff, too.
More Devil Duckie stuff (and in US Dollars, this time) look for the Black, Red and Green Devil Duckies (and some other offbeat stuff) at http://www.mcphee.com/.
These are cool! Paper Models at Flying-pig.co.uk. Great for the office.
Everything Else!
Animal Den Check out the fat coinbanks! All kinds of animal themed gifts.
Surprise.com Shop according to traits of the person you're shopping for. Choose from categories such as "Always Cold", "Dreamer", "Football Fan" and many more.
Alternative Gift Company From the UK. Check out the racing snails.
WonderfullyWacky.com Check out the miniature rugs designed as a mouse pad.
Autographs for Sale Another site for the hard-to-buy-for.
needagift.com Name a star for somebody, buy acreage on the Moon or Mars, stackable lights and Elvis Cufflinks.
Paramount Zone Cool Stuff... There's a pocket sized flame thrower under gadgets.
How about some Unique pacifiers?
Nofo.com. No, I don't know what that means, but it's where you can get stick boy towels and "Heavy Duty Chassis Oil" Body Oil. Give it a look.
Spencer Gifts Online. If you've ever been in their store, no explanation needed.
Hammacher Schlemmer. HIGH END cool stuff. Take a look even if you can't afford it.
Shopping for an airplane buff? Check out Aeroselect.com
Stuff for that Golfer in your life at Golf'un
Contributions from Friends:
For the Geek in your life, visit kleinbottle.com and get him or her a Klein Bottle hat!
For the coolest in shoes, visit Fluevog.com.
Another site for that special Geek! ThinkGeek.com
Don't feel like following the request to "call now to order"? That's okay. It's all available at AsSeenOnTV.com.
Looking for a present for guys? Recommended to me by one... Sportys.com.
If you sign up for http://www.igive.com/ they donate a portion of your purchase to charity. You get to pick the charity.
More when I find it. If you have a suggestion, send it to me.
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