The Gift Exchange

Everyone knows someone who’s a little behind the times as far as technology goes. Well, in my house that would be my husband. He’s spent most of his life in the military, and technology just kind of passed right by him. Last year he finally broke down and got a pre-paid cell phone, so I [...]

When you first lay eyes on the Vibrant Yellow Basket, you will notice the beautiful Gladiolas in the arrangement. Did you know that the gladiola was named to honor the Roman gladiators and the flower itself represents strength and honesty? Did you also know that the gladiola is the birth flower for the month of [...]

August is a very busy month for my family. We have several occasions to celebrate in August and it seems like there are festivities going on every weekend and a few during the week too. I really appreciate that I can order a gift from GiftTree and it arrives already gift wrapped. I get it [...]

July is absolutely jam packed with celebrity birthdays, A-listers Tom Cruise, Robin Williams and Sandra Bullock, to name a few. As I was looking through the long list of celebrities, I came to the realization that I must watch way too much E! TV or I just have a knack for retaining useless celebrity information. [...]

I recently celebrated a birthday and I was lucky enough to be in the company of my brother and his lovely girlfriend. As one of my birthday gifts, they made me dinner to order (I requested steamed artichokes and Alaskan salmon with freshly-made hollandaise sauce – and they delivered, adding homemade strawberry shortcake as the [...]

I’ve done it, you’ve done it, some people are notorious for it: we all forget birthdays from time to time. Birthdays are obviously a very sensitive time of the year for most people and the timely recognition of one’s birthday is often paramount to the gift. So what do you do if you do forget a [...]

A half-birthday is a day six months before or after a person’s real birthday. While most half-birthdays go unremarked, many people whose birthdays fall around Christmastime will choose to celebrate on their half-birthday instead, saying that the holidays are just too hectic. Or could it be because they just want more birthday gifts? Either way, it’s [...]

The rose is commonly used to celebrate the birthdays of those born in June and a great option to consider when looking for a birthday gift for that special Gemini. Long a symbol of love and passion, the rose also symbolizes beauty, perfection, and virtue. The rose could easily be the most popular flower in the [...]

Did you know that October 5th is the most common American birthday? An average of 12,576 people are born on this day every year. It may not seem so strange when you consider that, in order to be born on October 5th, the date of conception would have occurred on New Year’s Eve. According to anybirthday.com, [...]

Here are some humorous sayings to accompany your birthday gifts: Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest. - Reverend Larry Lorenzoni The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune. English Proverb Everything I know I learned after I was thirty. - Georges Clemenceau All my life, I always wanted [...]