To buy a fairy jar for a 24th birthday?

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I would have loved these at 24. But are they considered naff nowadays?

She earns a decent whack and lives in a nice shared flat. She's London chic. I can't afford the kind of thing she'd buy for herself.

Does the 24yo have somewhere to put it? It seems like the sort of thing that there needs to be a few of in a garden over the summer.

Oh, good point Flossie :(
It says it works on the window sill. I hoped, for 20 quid, it should at least have a decent solar converter!
But you're right, it probably needs to be several ...

It very much depends on her flat though, you know it and know if it would fit with what she has.

I nearly got one for my dd

But I read some reviews on amazon that weren't great

So instead we got an old jam jar, and painted the inside with glow in dark glitter paint.

We then made a little cover with some fabric and a label on the front. Looks cute and cost pennies

I would appreciate the gift but it's not something I'd buy and is quite close to "pointless tat" territory.

Wow! All of a sudden I have a potential DIY pressie, which she'd probably like more than a not-very-good fairy light!

Thanks, Pornyissue. (I wish your name didn't give me such a revolting mental image )

Am also much open to other budget ideas for said chic niece?
Although that wouldn't be AIBU, would it

Ha ha what mental image do you get? I really should change back to my proper mn name but I'm too lazy

Nice scarf from TKMaxx?
Do you have any good charity shops nearby? If so, have a look for some pretty vintage cups and saucers, perhaps? These are v. popular at the moment and increasingly hard to come by in Londinium.
Vintage fabric, cushion covers, embroidered linen (eg tablecloths) likewise.

I think I'm going to have a go with the jar and glow in the dark glitter paint. I think my eight year old would love it.

how about a butterfly jar ?

I live in one of the last bastions of seriously good vintage finds, animula! Come to think of it, I saw my £150 (in London) chaise longue here for £45. Excellent point, thanks

I might try the glitter/uv jar and put it in my own garden if it looks amateurish. Meanwhile, will comb the local shops for 'finds'.

Excellent advice. Thank you!!

The idea is nice but you have to shake it to make the lghts flutter..so it's basically going to look like a few fary lights in a jar...why not get her this instead mmm

Ooh, I'd never seen those butterfly jars, Apocalypse. It seems like the kind of thing you'd only bother tapping on the day you got it, though - after that, it would gather dust. Brilliant thingy, though; I was scared it might be a real butterfly

CHOCOLATE. Can't fail. Easy. Delivered.

Win!!

I'm confused. Why would you buy this for an adult? Did I mis-read her age as 24 months?

Hah, CNM, that's pretty well why I posted!

IWBU

CNM, iyo would a 24yo chic chick enjoy a chocolate pizza?

If she's London chic, the chocolates have to be Godiva www.godiva-online-store.eu/

Personally, I'd go with something along the lines of the fairy jar you first thought of, but that's because I believe that the sense of wonderment that we possessed as children remains in all of us and it's good to be reminded that we are magical beings whatever our age.

There's a fuller description of fairy jars here and this model also works on regular batteries: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fairy-Jar-LED-Light-Pink-/220790678157?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Lighting_Lamps_Lighting_SM&hash=item336826628d

For me (lives in London, fond of shabby chic) it's a 'must have' and I've just put a white one on my shopping list...

clarabows.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/how-to-make-a-tea-cup-candle-step-by-step-instructions-from-vintage-tea-sets/

If you are looking for craft ideas and have good 2nd hand stores around, these are quick & easy

My dad got dd one of these for xmas. TBH its nothing special, whilst the idea of it is lovely, most of the time it is just a jar sitting on the windowsill. It's very temperamental and doesn't work most of the time.

We got some fairy lanterns from the Glow Company and they're very pretty. Thay have lots of nice things here

MY 14 yr old has 1 she loves it its soo pretty she said , I think for an adult they need to put it in the garden or something , is she a fairy type of girl ? if so its a lovely present ,