Curious and Unusual Gift Ideas

[Faust]

A burberry dog raincoat.

[kuugaia]

Bumping this.

What would one get for someone's graduation? My sister's graduation is next week and I'm unsure what to get her. Any help will be appreciated.

Anything that associates with longevity I assume. Picture frame with graduation photos? Something she'll use for work since she's graduated, like a nice pen?

[yffet]

A burberry dog raincoat.

[endersgame]

where can i find interesting/cool hand puppets for kids?

something that a 3 year old can use and play with..

[endersgame]

heh, you gotta get the tabletop theater + puppet combo pack..

i want Avenue Q's Trekkie Monster puppet..

[lowrey]

Rick's monstres are the ultimate SZ toddler accessory

[syed]

If I remember correctly Number (N)ine used to have fluffy toys in their store for a while too? I would have loved one of those Rick monstres as a kid though...heck I'd stick it on my shelf now

*Edit* Skip to around the 1:50 mark for a look at them.

[ardeetee]

Rick's monstres are the ultimate SZ toddler accessory

chicks dig it too:

[MoFiya]

came across this manufacturer at a local shop, I think these would make pretty nice gifts. bags, baskets, envelopes, cases etc made from durable Naoron washi paper. its tear/water proof and ages pretty nicely. I use the zipped one for my laptop and we have a couple of the baskets at home

Do you happen to know any online retailer? Just curious about the price point. Currently looking for a nice christmas gift for teh parents and I thought the eyeglass envelope was pretty nice...

[plasmoplas]

For throw-away gifts, I've managed to find things here

http://www.core77.com/ultimategiftguide/

I wouldn't call this other link throw-aways; friends have liked when I gave this one in the past

[sCrAtChy]

Any clue on where to snag the Rick's fur monster? Need 1 for my ex-gf.

[Chinorlz]

Any clue on where to snag the Rick's fur monster? Need 1 for my ex-gf.

Pretty sure they're available only at his boutiques. Don't recall seeing them at the NYC store but at the Paris flagship I definitely saw them.

I'm tempted almost to make my own variants out of mink... would be fun to sew. It's possible that my cat may think it's the enemy though and try to kill it.

[lowrey]

Do you happen to know any online retailer? Just curious about the price point. Currently looking for a nice christmas gift for teh parents and I thought the eyeglass envelope was pretty nice...

theres one store in Helsinki that sells online and ships worldwide.

my wife has been using the eyeglass envelope as a pencil case, and it has held up pretty nicely. I have a zipped laptop sleeve myself.

Any clue on where to snag the Rick's fur monster? Need 1 for my ex-gf.

they had a few different kind in the London store - the bunny, the round headed dude and one other I think.

[graydot]

Ya London, Paris and NY flagships have those little fur monsters. curious as to how much they cost, and why you would buy such an expensive (at least presumably) gift for your ex.

[MoFiya]

theres one store in Helsinki that sells online and ships worldwide.

Thanks for that! Not as expensive as I thought, great news
I didn't manage to figure out the colour represenation on there homepage though.
E.g. when you look here you see a colour palette at the bottom. I wonder wether the order from left to right is the same as in the "select color" drop down box. That would mean that beige in the main picture is labeled brown, which got me confused
Will cook some salted caramel bonbons for christmas in addition, anyway :P