A treasured birthday gift for a finnish woman

foreverliving · Post by **foreverliving** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 11:36 am

l am having real problems trying to come up with birthday gift ideas for 29 year old friend wife a Finnish girl birthday .

Can you guys throw some ideas my way, please? I why this is so tough! A birthday gift for a Finnish 29 year old lady

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interleukin · Post by **interleukin** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:07 pm

A giftcard from a bookshop or from Marimekko stores.

foreverliving · Post by **foreverliving** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:12 pm

thanks but l live currently not in Finland but l will like to send a gift from aboard

interleukin · Post by **interleukin** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:18 pm

ah, that would have been useful info to put in your first post

AldenG · Post by **AldenG** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 5:35 pm

You can hardly go wrong with a coonskin cap, a pair of rawhide shoes, and a multifunction camp knife.

Mook · Post by **Mook** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:20 pm

a rabbit?

AldenG · Post by **AldenG** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:31 pm

101 rabbits, now that you bring that to mind. That would be more than 100 rabbits.

FinnGuyHelsinki · Post by **FinnGuyHelsinki** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:26 am

Check out http://www.nettilahjakortti.fi There's a wide variety of gift cards that can be paid online and sent directly to the recipient. For example a massage or some such pampering would probably be welcomed by a woman of that age, although I'd steer clear of very specific spa/beauty parlor treatments, unless you know exactly what she'd like done. If you want a less personal one, e.g. a restaurant voucher should be ok in anyone's book. There are also flower shops offering online payment and delivery. Personally I prefer to give immaterial gifts (a pleasant experience instead of 'stuff') when not knowing specifically what one wants.

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:38 am

We don't know your friend's wife! I quite often give books as gifts (it's nice to write a little message inside) - for example a cook book from your country or some kind of a travel book.

Something useful like a small bag, purse or a scarf. Maybe something hand-made, slightly unusual or unique in some way.

Music? A CD?

CH · Post by CH » Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:57 pm

A nice card is really enough, even just an email. Are you friends with her, too? You adressed her as your friend's wife, so I assumed not. In that case a gift is really not required, and a bit going overboard in my opinion. But, if you do want to send a gift then I agree with Penelope that something from your country would be nice, and also slightly unusual and/or hand-made (something that one cannot get here just by walking into a store).

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