I want to have a gift delivered that's not flowers

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I want to send a friend of mine a gift as she's having quite a hard time just now and I live too far away to "pop in", I don't want to send flowers, and for health reasons I'm trying to avoid chocolates/afternoon tea in a box type things. I'm stumped for other ideas though. Any suggestions please?

A book? Could be of photos of nature or poems or a short story collection
always so many choices with a book ( even a lovely notebook!)

This site is called dontbuyherflowers and has various gift boxes for women

www.dontbuyherflowers.com/product-category/by-recipient/gift-boxes-for-women/

there are also ones where you can curate what's in the box and there are loads on etsy

M&S do lots of different types of hampers - from food/drinks to bath/pamper sets - am sure lots of companies do them too so worth looking about

Some lovely hand cream

A book or magazine subscription

Voucher for a day out that is close by to where she lives

I've had boxes of cheese delivered as presents. The come with ice packs around the cheese and have been very nice.

M&S definitely - the afternoon tea letterbox gift is a good one

Have you a lovely independent bookshop who'd send out a book nicely wrapped up with a card?

Oh yes a very special book is super! One with lots of lovely photographs in? Or with special words like the James Norbury ones? What ever might lift the sports, or what you think they are into.

Anything but hand cream, does anyone actually use it, so often cited here as a gift but based on the hundred or so unopened ones I get donated each year for the fair, nobody here does!

You can send fruit hampers, a book, a cd if she still has a player but I'd personally prefer cheese and crackers myself

Someone sent me some samosas when I was going through a hard time. I really liked that it was different from flowers, chocolates etc that others sent. From this place bigmumsamosas.com/

I love these bottles - ideal if you're crap at baking like me. The gingerbread brownies are just AMAZING.

https://bottledbaking.co.uk/

If you go to the Not on the High Street website and search for ‘letterbox gifts’ there are dozens of all sorts of things by all sorts of makers which go in a box that fits through the letterbox, so you don’t even need to tell the recipient to expect a parcel! I’ve used lots of them and they have all been well received.

I’ve just been looking at helium balloons that come pre inflated in a box www.balloonbx.com/product/thinking-of-you-inflated-balloon-bunch/?attribute_thinking-of-you-inflated-balloon-bunch=12%20BALLOONS&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAoS4CaUYOrczqiOvsNsOInLkIV3K1&gclid=CjwKCAiA7Y28BhAnEiwAAdOJUH6zXbRMQEbqF2jNc2BizhWQjfTASP1abpQHeHH6Sg0WB37s0E0GPBoCJ0gQAvD_BwE

gloves! really nice pair of gloves or mittens in a nice colour. TurtleDoves?

You can build your own care package here: www.notanotherbunchofflowers.com. They do nice boxes with different designs and you choose what gifts go in the boxes.

Treatbox do letterbox gift boxes - premade or build your own (includes pampering stuff, edibles, drinkables, trinkets etc)

Does she have a garden or even a patio? What about a (small) tree? I’ve used The Present Tree before and they are superb. Or a rose bush or similar?

I’ve started to send plants from M&S rather than flowers and all are very well received

Try https://www.boxofhugs.co.uk/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADhEd9Y1-xz8NH_0B1Sr9Pn8kL7eP&gclid=CjwKCAiA7Y28BhAnEiwAAdOJUJil1cjdIdFO3ocbJcKMOcHApCHaYCXIEc7Sd-QaOB12rp6416FLAxoCh30QAvD_BwE

I got an M&S gift in similar circumstances and it was very much appreciated. Not flowers. More mini luxury beauty.

There are Cornish afternoon teas you can send if she's into that sorta thing

I usually send my friends treats e.g. fancyjacks from small local suppliers, but if you're avoiding food some unexpected gifts I've sent / received in the past include: a jigsaw puzzle, a book, audiobook tokens, candles, some aveda blue oil (great for stress), a pair of pajamas (the gifted sisters do particularly lovely ones), a Honeywell bakes box, a 6 minute journal, cosy socks and eye mask, a scarf, box of well being tea, a framed personalised picture, dried letterbox flowers.

Lots of options from Atlantic blankets

https://www.atlanticblankets.com/products/hug-in-a-box-gift-set-recycled-wool?variant=40118288547898&gadsource=1&gbraid=0AAAAADlRrv2liul5Ngssv7wcLRl6f2Zhz&gclid=CjwKCAiA7Y28BhAnEiwAAdOJUHH8sH5b95PP97Pz0pqzqim5rHb7I8J78WrFa8lk9DNy60BlffpnhoCLmQQAvD_BwE

www.send-a-smile.co.uk/
This website has lots of different options, it's a small business local to me 😊

I had a friend who sent me some biscuits from not on the high street with positive messages on . They were lovely