Spring Break
Gifts For Grads
Connie Yan
Issue date: 4/18/07 Section: Focus
Bling is not necessarily the only way to commemorate or congratulate; there are other less expensive ways.
An often overlooked gift that everyone needs is personalized stationary. Embossed cards and monogrammed letterheads are a necessity for those who will be writing thank-you cards and keeping in touch with college friends. They are classy and add a personal touch, and while you're getting a set for your friend, get a set for yourself as well.
If your friends are becoming grown-ups with apartments of their own, home and kitchen accessories are a great idea. I don't mean spatulas that they may have already accumulated from senior year; I mean cookbooks, picture frames and framed prints or tasteful décor.
If you can't find just one meaningful photo to frame, make a scrapbook. Although they are a bit cheesy, they will come in handy when your friends have moved far away and become homesick for their UConn family. Pick up a blank scrapbook at JoAnn Fabrics and make pages commemorating your first UConn concert or spring weekend. This is a perfect opportunity to reminisce, look through WebShots and press print. If you would like to combine scrapbooking with décor, make a memory board. We all have memory boards hanging on our walls right now, but take one of sophisticated patterns and plaster on some of your UConn ticket stubs, photos and knick-knacks.
Not creative? How about a gas card? Since nothing will be in walking distance and your friends will no longer be a five-minute walk away, a gas card is a great way to help fund a few visits over the summer.
It's been done to death and there is no way to avoid the cheese factor, but a mix CD still remains one of the top graduation gifts among friends. To avoid being cliché, make your mix CD graduation-song free. Compile some of your favorite songs from the past four years or those you have belted out at Ted's.
With finals and last-minute goodbyes in store, there is no need to waste time stressing out about what to get your graduating friends. There are options that are simple, cheap and very meaningful.
An often overlooked gift that everyone needs is personalized stationary. Embossed cards and monogrammed letterheads are a necessity for those who will be writing thank-you cards and keeping in touch with college friends. They are classy and add a personal touch, and while you're getting a set for your friend, get a set for yourself as well.
If your friends are becoming grown-ups with apartments of their own, home and kitchen accessories are a great idea. I don't mean spatulas that they may have already accumulated from senior year; I mean cookbooks, picture frames and framed prints or tasteful décor.
If you can't find just one meaningful photo to frame, make a scrapbook. Although they are a bit cheesy, they will come in handy when your friends have moved far away and become homesick for their UConn family. Pick up a blank scrapbook at JoAnn Fabrics and make pages commemorating your first UConn concert or spring weekend. This is a perfect opportunity to reminisce, look through WebShots and press print. If you would like to combine scrapbooking with décor, make a memory board. We all have memory boards hanging on our walls right now, but take one of sophisticated patterns and plaster on some of your UConn ticket stubs, photos and knick-knacks.
Not creative? How about a gas card? Since nothing will be in walking distance and your friends will no longer be a five-minute walk away, a gas card is a great way to help fund a few visits over the summer.
It's been done to death and there is no way to avoid the cheese factor, but a mix CD still remains one of the top graduation gifts among friends. To avoid being cliché, make your mix CD graduation-song free. Compile some of your favorite songs from the past four years or those you have belted out at Ted's.
With finals and last-minute goodbyes in store, there is no need to waste time stressing out about what to get your graduating friends. There are options that are simple, cheap and very meaningful.
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Bridget Pizzarelli
posted 4/19/07 @ 9:05 AM EST
When I graduated from Uconn I had PricelessDVDShow.com make Picture montages for all my friends. They came out great and I was able to incorporate so many memories, without the cheeseball effect! I've been out of Uconn since 2003 and I still watch the DVD, my kids even love to watch to watch. (Continued…)
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