5 Gift Ideas for Baseball Season

Baseball season has officially begun, and Northwest Gifts has you covered with the perfect gift for a baseball fan. Here are 5 great gift ideas for baseball season:

10th Inning Baseball Pub Sign

Made in the USA from furniture grade wood, personalized with the name of your choice, and featuring a baseball diamond design with a 3-dimensional relief of a ball and glove, with classic sports lettering, this Man Cave plaque is the perfect personalized gift idea for a baseball fan.

Baseball Fan Cave Sign Personalized

Fan Cave sign for your MLB fan’s cave. Personalized, green and yellow colors with collegiate lettering, this nifty sign reads, “YOUR NAME’s FAN CAVE – Authorized Personnel Only – Cold Drinks – Good Snacks – Great Friends – Game On! – WELCOME”

Baseball Card Sign

Every baseball card collector knows this fear, even if it’s never actually happened to you: “I used to be a millionaire, until my mom threw out my baseball cards.” Great gift idea for the baseball card collector.

Baseball Collector Display Case

For the baseball fan with a collection of prized baseballs, home run balls, or autographed balls, our unique home-plate shaped baseball display, which holds 12 baseballs in its foam-core interior, framed in solid oak wood in your choice of Honey Oak, Dark Walnut, or Cherry finish stain.

Baseball Baby Blanket

Got a baseball-themed baby shower coming up? Know a little one with a baseball-loving dad? Give them a great baseball-themed snuggle time with this minky plush Baseball Baby Blanket, shaped and designed like a baseball complete with red stitching.

Housewarming Gift Idea | Home Sweet Home Plaque

Looking for housewarming gift ideas? If you want something classically homey yet unique, check out this woodsy “Home Sweet Home” plaque, made from natural Basswood and featuring a natural wood bark border along the top and bottom edges, laser engraved with fun accents and the classic phrase “Home Sweet Home.”

"Home Sweet Home"

This housewarming gift is available in two sizes, 8″ x 11″ or 8″ x 13″ (sizes may vary slightly due to natural variations). Hangers not included.

If you’re looking for something ready-to-hang, check out the standard Home Sweet Home Alder Plaque, available in several different sizes, engraved with the same “Home Sweet Home” engraving decorations into the American Red Alder wood plaque, with a nicely tapered edge for a beautiful housewarming gift.

These plaques ship out within 1-3 business days, making it a quick, affordable, and unique gift idea to celebrate a friend’s new home.

Tick Tock: Personalized Clocks

What kind of personalized gift can you get when a birthday or holiday is just a week or two away? If you’re looking for a gift in the vein of Man Cave wall decor, maybe for a golfer or someone who spends plenty of quality time in the garage, or maybe for someone who loves to hunt, we have the personalized clock for you.

These custom clocks are made in the USA and personalized with the name of your choice, then shipped out within 2-5 business days of your order.

1. The Man Cave Clock

Custom lettering heads this round man cave wall decor timepiece. With image of an overflowing beer stein and a real working clock, affordably priced at $29.95, this Man Cave Clock is the real deal.

2. The Personalized Garage Clock Sign

This was our #1 bestselling Christmas gift item for the 2011 holiday season. Cool retro style, great price, classic lines, simple and vintage colors and stripes make this garage clock an unbeatable gift idea.

3. The 19th Hole Golf Clock

Made from furniture grade MDF wood and ready to hang, this personalized golf clock is designed to look like a golf ball, complete with dimples.

4. The 19th Hole Golf Clock II

This golf pub sign and clock features your name personalized across the top and reads, “Time spent golfing is not deducted from one’s lifespan.” Golfer silhouette and green provide embellishment.

5. The Personalized Hunter’s Retreat Clock

Perfect for the hunting lodge (or the more financially accessible garage), the Hunter’s Retreat Clock has the clock face in the center of the crosshairs and is personalized with the name of your choice.

Check out more personalized clocks!

Recycled Toys Made From Their Own Box

These fun and simple toy vehicles are packaged using the body of the fire truck, tractor, car, or locomotive, with the external pieces inside. Simply pull the wheels and other accessories out of the tube, attach to the box along with a few stickers, and viola! A toy perfect for those wonderful kids who always seem to enjoy the box more than the toy itself.

Created by London designer Oscar Diaz, and using only 100% recycled materials, the only element discarded after assembly is the paper slip around the outside of the tube.

All the parts needed to build each vehicle are contained on a standard cardboard tube, which doubles as the packaging. The tubes have slots and holes to place the wheel axes and other components. A single stripe of paper displaying all the information necessaries for the shop (brand, product name/description and barcode) is the only bit that will be discarded after purchase.

-Oscar Diaz, Designer

What a fun and eco-friendly gift idea!

5 Great St. Patrick’s Day Gift Ideas

St. Patrick’s Day is an international holiday celebrating all things Irish with an abundance of green, clovers, parades, cabbage, and drink. What began as a religious celebration (a Roman Catholic holiday in remembrance of Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland) has become a general celebration of Irish culture and folklore, enjoyed by thousands if not millions with Irish food, drink, games, parades, and parties – and, of course, for children, a day of pinching or getting pinched depending on whether one is or is not wearing something green.

If you’re planning on celebrating St. Patrick’s day, and would like to give a St. Paddy’s Day gift to a friend or family member, or have a prize at your party, or would like something green and Irishy for yourself, here are 7 great St. Patricks Day gift ideas for your consideration.

1. Give a “Countdown to St. Patrick’s Day” Sign

A fun and stylish Irish pub sign for the one who just can’t wait til the next St. Paddy’s Day. The solid wood-framed sign comes ready to hang on the wall and includes hanging number tiles for counting down the number of days left until Saint Patrick’s Day. What a cool gift for any Irishman! Adds the perfect touch to anyone’s home, office, game room, Irish themed restaurant or pub, and reads,

CUDTROMACH AIRE ( which is Gaelic for “Important Notice”) Be knowin’ my fine friend, there be only (X number) Days ’Til the wearin’ O’ the green. ST. PATRICK’S DAY! Sure and B’Geezus - We’ll all have a Grand Time.

This exquisite sign is a nice St. Patrick’s Day gift at $99.95. Also available is a smaller and more affordable version (with a chalkboard for counting down the days) which will fit nicely into your budget at only $29.95.

2. Make a Pot O’ Corned Beef & Cabbage and give it to a friend.

What could be a greater gift to receive, especially for someone away from family, a near-starving college student, or a single parent overwhelmed with several kids, than receiving a free holiday-themed dinner, already made and piping hot? Here is a fun recipe for the classic St. Patrick’s Day meal from the popular food and recipe site Food.com:

• 4 lbs flat cut corned beef brisket
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle Guinness draught (make sure you use Guinness draught, not stout as it will turn it bitter!)
• 1 medium yellow onion , peeled and cut into wedges
• 3 garlic cloves , minced
• 1 bay leaf
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¹⁄₈;-¼ teaspoon ground cloves (to taste)
• ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 head cabbage , cut into wedges, rinsed and drained
• 6 medium white potatoes , peeled and quartered
• 1 -2 lb carrot , peeled and cut into 3-inch pieces

Here’s the rest of the directions!

3. Give a personalized Irish Pub sign.

Here are some classic Irish pub signs, made in the USA from furniture grade wood and personalized with the name of your choice by hand. A terrific custom gift for the genuine Irishman! (or the genuine wannabe!)

A healthy variety of Irish pub signs to choose from, ranging from $24.95 and up, and including wonderful old-fashioned designs with hanging name boards, fun quotes, four-leaf clovers, Irish and Celtic sayings, and much more. These signs are also perfect for display in a restaurant, Irish bed & breakfast, pub, home bar, man cave, or anywhere else you may want to display a sign.

4. Give an Irish T-Shirt

Millions to choose from, available anywhere shirts are sold, from green shirts with four-leaf clovers to the classic “Kiss Me I’m Irish” saying, or how about this fun and different design, featuring green suspenders and tie speckled with four-leaf clovers from SpreadShirt.com.

Made from 100% cotton, available in a plethora of sizes and colors, these Irish t-shirts make great gifts for guys or gals!

5. Give an Irish Saying

At Northwest Gifts, we have a great selection of quality USA-made St. Patrick’s Day signs, available with or without a frame, featuring classic, fun, and witty Irish sayings, quotes, and blessings. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with one of these humorous quotes adorning your walls:

“May you be in heaven for two hours before the devil knows you’re dead.”

“As you slide down the bannister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way.”

“When Irish eyes are smiling, they’re usually up to something.”

“If you’re lucky enough to be Irish, you’re lucky enough.”

…and many more, available in our Irish Signs section.

Gift Ideas for Family Worship | Scripture Songs from Seeds Family Worship

We ordered Volume 6 of Seeds Family Worship‘s kids music CDs for our kids as a Christmas present, and haven’t regretted it (as with so many children’s media products!).

The songs are fun yet not annoying, mostly singable, and the lyrics are all Scripture verses coming straight out of the ESV version of the Bible. And actually, several songs are really quite catching, and I’ve found myself humming and singing even after the kids have tired of dancing around in the living room and have retreated to play in their rooms.

The neat aspect of using these kids worship albums as a family gift is that each CD comes packages with 2 discs and 2 sleeves, so you just tear or cut the cardboard and you can keep one for yourself or just give both away!

Listen to Seeds Family Worship here

What to Get Newlyweds As A Wedding Gift

Shopping for a wedding gift for a wonderful couple? You can get anything from their wedding registry, of course, and many newlyweds greatly appreciate that. I can say from experience it’s really helpful to start married life with a well-stocked kitchen and other home accessories!

But if you would like to get something personal and unique instead of (or in addition to) the standard selection of dishes, crock pots, towels, and pillows, we have a great selection of personalized wedding gifts perfect for accenting the home of the happy couple.

Vintage Love Note Canvas - $59.95

Crafted of gallery wrapped canvas and professionally stretched over a wooden frame, our Personalized Vintage Love Note Canvas is a customizable work of art is uniquely altered with your names to make each piece as exclusive as the love it represents. With the intent to look like a rustic postcard, this addressed art piece features the names of the couple custom-printed over an array beautiful colors, all washed over and blended together to complete the uniquely vintage look – truly an amazing find!

Summer Wine Bar Sign Personalized - $44.95

If the wedding is taking place at a vineyard, what better way to evoke the memories of their wedding day than with our Personalized Summer Wine Bar Sign, featuring the couple’s name and surname initial customized into the plaque, along with their anniversary year! This sophisticated wine bar sign is refined with a high gloss finish, free personalization and an attachable hanger, making it a wonderful wedding gift idea.

As For Me And My House Plaque Personalized - $32.95

For the newlywed Christian couple, what better wedding gift idea than our Personalized Joshua 24:15 Plaque, which reads, ”As for me and my house we will serve the Lord.” This personalized plaque is made from American Red Alder wood, laser engraved with the Scripture text from Joshua 24:15 and personalized with the couple’s name or family name and “date established”. The plaque is designed with lovely leaf designs, comes ready-to-hang, and is available in four sizes.

Personalized Wood Photo Album - $59.95

Give our Personalized Wood Photo Album in Maple & Rosewood as the perfect wedding gift, to store their wedding photos. Give to a newly married couple as a wedding present with engraved names, dates, and images of interlocked rings, a custom design, or the text of I Corinthians 13 (the Bible’s famous “Love Chapter”). The front inside cover can also be custom laser engraved.