How To Create a Money and Time-Saving Gift Pantry

PomeroySays
2 min readMar 10, 2021

Have you ever had to come up with a last minute gift for a birthday party or another event? I’ve found that having a gift closet is a great way to avoid last minute trips to the store.

Storage

I keep all the gifts in my basement, in a section only for gifts. This way I am able to remember what I bought. I also add on sticky notes, noting who this would be a good gift for. And when it comes to regifting, be sure to add notes, saying who gave you the gift, so you don’t regift back to them!

Events

Here are some occasions to keep in mind when you are stocking your gift closest:

  • birthday parties
  • Christmas
  • graduations
  • anniversaries
  • weddings
  • baby showers
  • Easter
  • Mother’s Day
  • Father’s Day

What Kind of Gifts?

Here are some ideas of what I have stockpiled over the years.

Anniversaries- Depending on the year, 25th, which is silver and 50th is gold, you can create a collage in Shutterfly (I did this for my in-law’s 35th anniversary), framed photos of the couple on their wedding day, or convert some old video tapes of them to computer-ready format, so they can be shared on Facebook and emailed to family and friends.

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PomeroySays

New England born- now living in the Midwest. Blogger, author, influencer, history addict and genealogist in training