So they’re giving away a box of 8 tasty organic cookies away for free. They’ve teamed up with Freebie Bag to give you the chance to win it in time for next Sunday 20th June.

All you need to do is go to freebiebag.co.uk and enter your email address.

You’ll automatically get free entry to this fabulous prize draw as well as receiving their daily Free Offers Alerts that highlight the best freebies available online.

Sign up before Wednesday 16th June for a chance to be picked at random and have your prize posted out in time for Father’s Day on Sunday 20th June.

You’ll get a selection of rich chocolate, oat & raisin and choc chip & hazelnut cookies to enjoy, which come beautifully presented in a gift wrapped box complete with personalised card.

Enter the Freebie Bag Father’s Day Competition

Competition Rules

• The closing date is Wednesday 16th June 2010.
• All entries must reach us by 17:00 (5pm) on the closing date.
• One winner will be chosen at random
• The winner will receive one family selection box of organic cookies.
• The competition applicant may only enter once.
• The competition is open to UK residents only.
• No employees of Gift Chooser, Freebie Bag or Message Muffins may enter.
• The judges decision is final.
• Prizes may not be exchanged for cash or other goods.

You can win a jar for free simply by signing up at freebiebag.co.uk for their daily Free Offers Alerts.

The range of sweets on offer is immense and will surely be the most difficult part of the whole competition! Choose from flying saucers, mint humbugs, cola bottles, cola cubes, white mice, gobstoppers, black jacks (take a breath…) the list is endless….

Just sign up to Freebie Bag Free Offers Alerts before Sunday 13th June 2010 and you’ll have automatic entry into the draw. (Don’t worry, you can unsubscribe anytime you want).

Freebie Bag will choose one winner at random who’ll get to choose up to 4 varieties of sweets to fill their posh jar with and tell us who they’d like to receive them.

Competition Rules

• The closing date is Sunday 13th June 2010.
• All entries must reach us by 23:59 (11:59pm) on the closing date.
• One winner will be chosen at random
• The winner will receive one small jar with up to 4 varieties of sweets.
• The competition applicant may only enter once.
• The competition is open to UK residents only.
• No employees of Gift Chooser, Freebie Bag or Posh Pick & Mix may enter.
• The judges decision is final.
• Prizes may not be exchanged for cash or other goods.

Not an obvious website choice for gift ideas and presents but it’s surprising how much electrical stuff is bought for Birthdays, Christmas, Wedding presents, and Easter gifts.

If you’re on the search for MP3 players, mobile phones, cameras and camcorders, laptops and sat nav systems and all the accessories you could wish for, then Maplins has it all.

Buying for a DIY enthusiast? My dad would be like a kid in a sweet shop looking at this range of hand and power tools (they’re just big boys toys really).

Know a music fan? They have a dizzying array of musical equipment for those of us that listen to music, but also those that play instruments and work in the industry too. Prices start at £19.99 for a portable MP3 speaker system.

Buying for a computer buff? Get all the components, motherboards, software, graphics and memory cards that their little hearts desire.

See what I mean – they really have something for everyone without breaking the bank. And it’s all useful and practical stuff. Not gimmicky items that’ll remain at the bottom of the stairs under a pile of boxes until next years spring clean.

They have a loyalty club bonus too. Simply sign up to their newsletter and you can get money off your purchases. Even the free delivery on orders over £35 makes gift buying even cheaper for you.

Shop online at Maplin Electronics for electronics and gadgets galore.

Sandedge are offering a truly unique gardening prize in our latest competition. Bringing wheelbarrows well and truly into the 21st century, this marvellous invention is a folding wheelbarrow.

Not only does it fold up flat so it can be stored in even the smallest gardens, but it can also come with this unique carrot design unlike the boring green metal wheelbarrows of yesteryear.

Step 1 – Answer this simple question

What vegetable can be found on the folding wheelbarrow?

(hint – you may be able to find the answer right here!)

This Competition has now ended but you will find more on our GiftChooser Competitions page.

About the folding wheelbarrow prize

Bugs bunny, eat your heart out! This brilliant carrot design folding wheelbarrow will brighten up the garden. And when it’s not being used its space saving design allows it to fold flat and fit into any nook or cranny available.

It’s also much lighter than the bog standard wheelbarrows making it easier to use as you zoom around your vegetable patch.

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About SandEdge

Sandedge.com is the place to go to find ravishing wrought iron garden furniture, arches and arbours, gorgeous gardening gifts and unique accessories such as the carrot design folding wheelbarrow. You’ll find no queues, crowds or cars – just stylish and unusual designs and fast delivery. Buy online now for that perfect gardening gift for kids and grown ups.

Not a winner?

Don’t worry if you’re unlucky and don’t get to win this outstanding competition prize, you can always buy the Sandedge Folding Wheelbarrow as a gift for someone for just £39.99.

Competition Rules

• The closing date is Friday 31st October 2008.
• All entries must reach us by 23:59 (11:59pm) on the closing date.
• One winner will be chosen at random from the correct entries.
• The winner will receive a Folding Wheelbarrow with carrot design.
• The competition applicant may only enter once.
• The competition is open to UK residents only.
• All entrants email addresses will be added to the Gift Chooser and Sandedge newsletter list. If you do not wish for it to be added, please tell us in your email.
• No employees of Gift Chooser or Sandedge may enter.
• The judges decision is final.
• Prizes may not be exchanged for cash or other goods.
• Prizes will be posted out by Sandedge within 28 days of the end of the competition.

The Recycled Leather Collection

Recycled Leather notebook

The leather notebook is designed by Artbox and comes in several colours: aqua, brown, light pink or hot pink and retails at £8.95. The winner gets to choose their favourite.

2 Recycled Leather Photoframes

The small and large photo flexiframes are designed by Artbox and come in a stylish brown leather that retails at £6.50 for the small frame and £8.50 for the large frame.

To enter the competition, all you have to do is answer a very easy question:

Step 1 – Answer this simple question

This Competition has now ended but you will find more on our GiftChooser Competitions page.

Simply email the answer to blueberryparkcompetition@giftchooser.co.uk by Sunday 19th October 2008. Please include your preferred contact details.

About the Recycled Leather Collection

This stunning collection of recycled leather gifts should be on everyone’s wish list. Why not enter the competition to win it as they would make fantastic christmas gifts for family and friends!

A stylish but practical notebook which is made from recycled leather and contains recycled plain paper making it ultra eco-friendly. Great as a diary, address book, shopping or ideas list, in fact the list is endless! Not only is the leather beautifully soft it also has a Japanese style elastic binding which means it can be refilled and used forever.

These funky flexi photo frames come in a small and large size are the perfect way to display all your favourite pictures at home or in the office. As we mentioned they are designed to be stylish yet functional so each frame starts life flat before the elastics are added to create their curviness. This makes it a very practical gift for posting!

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About Blueberry Park

The founder of Blueberry Park, Karen, discovered a passion for all things handmade. She went on a quest and sought out a variety of original yet functional products and gifts made by a selection of artists to sell on her online shop.

Blueberry Park offers a beautiful range of cards and unique gifts for men, women, children and the home, never swerving from the motto of William Morris when selecting items –

”never have anything in your home that you don’t consider to be beautiful or useful”.

Go to blueberry-park.co.uk – for gifts that look good and feel good too!

Competition Rules

• The closing date is Sunday 19th October 2008.
• All entries must reach us by 23:59 (11:59pm) on the closing date.
• One winner will be chosen at random from the correct entries.
• The winner will receive one leather gift collection which comprises of 2 leather photo frames and 1 leather notebook.
• The competition applicant may only enter once.
• The competition is open to UK residents only.
• All entrants email addresses will be added to the Gift Chooser and Blueberry Park newsletter list. If you do not wish for it to be added, please tell us in your email.
• No employees of Gift Chooser or Blueberry Park may enter.
• The judges decision is final.
• Prizes may not be exchanged for cash or other goods.
• Prizes will be posted out by Blueberry Park within 28 days of the end of the competition.

Are you after a super duper birthday present for you hubby or boyfriend? Or maybe you have a best friend who is absolutely bonkers about cars – then this will make a fantastic gift.

The Magazine Group have a brilliant promotion on Evo car magazine at the minute. Get 3 issues for just £1 which saves you a massive 92% off the shop price.

You just need to sign up with your debit card, but to make the gift last even longer you can continue the subscription at just £21.30 for another 6 months.

I had never heard of Evo magazine before whereas most of the guys I work with have. Apparently it’s the best (and only) UK mag that is dedicated to showing off performance cars.

On a monthly basis your bloke will be addicted to the colour photographs and features that appear in each issue. Go on give him something to drool over!

The best thing about this promotion that makes it a fabulous gift?

You automatically get a copy of the Best of British Supercars bookazine (worth £9.99).

This bumper edition has over 250 pages of stunning photos and interesting features on the UK’s favourite sports and super cars. Including the beautiful Bentley, amazing Aston Martins and terrific TVR’s.

Buy a subscription to Evo Magazine today for just £1 from the Magazine Group

Want to see some action? Check out this YouTube clip courtesy of Evo Magazine

My new website of the week is Bizzy Balloons. The name for this online shop says it all – a one stop balloon shop, busy with ideas for presents to suit plenty of occasions.

If you find you are stuck for a gift idea to congratulate somebody on passing their driving test or celebrating your nephews christening, a balloon gift isn’t as silly as it sounds – in fact they are really rather fun!

My balloon of choice would have to be the singing musical balloons like this Happy Birthday musical balloon set for £29.

You can just imagine the look of surprise on peoples faces – slightly less embarrassing than a singing telegram, especially if it arrives whilst you’re at work!

The best thing about the Bizzy Balloon site is that you can now get a talking tag to add to your balloon gift for only £4.99.

How does it work?

Simply add the tag to your shopping basket and you will be emailed a telephone number to call. You can then record a 60 second message which will be tied to your balloon. I think it’s much more personalised and unique than writing on a tag.

These Talking Tags are also going to be available at our favourite online card shop Moonpig.com soon too!

The thing with sending a balloons is that you can add a host of other bits and bobs along with it. Flowers, teddy bears and mini cakes to name a few.

I love the fact that you get Free UK Delivery with your order and if that wasn’t enough you even get a box of chocolates thrown in for free!

What are you waiting for? Get visiting Bizzy Balloons for gift ideas right away.

Roll up roll up, it’s your final chance to buy gifts and cards online for Father’s Day. If you’ve left it until now you may not get you goodies in time, however that shouldn’t stop you getting your dad a gift.

After all, better late than never!

Stylophone

This retro but very funky Stylophone will transport your dad back to 1969 when these little instruments came out. Having featured on David Bowie’s ’Space Oddity’ single, they are now making a comeback – groovy!

Despite still looking like it’s from the 60’s, this musical has been updated and features an MP3 function and headphone socket so you don’t upset the neighbours.

And it’s only £14.95 from Prezzybox

Tree2MyDoor

For those of you with green fingered dads, how about a living gift that’ll need nurturing and last for years to come.

Tree 2 My Door do just that. Select a tree or plant that you think your dad will like and order it online. I am sure any Father would be chuffed with such an unusual and thoughtful gift.

This olive tree means Peace and is a pretty hardy specimen. Not only does it look beautiful, you may even get some tasty olives from it this autumn!

Buy it for £39.99 from Tree2MyDoor

Greetings@Photobox

And don’t forget to buy your cards from Greetings@Photobox for a great selection of cute, traditional or arty Father’s Day Cards.

Choose your card and personalise it with your own message for a unique card just for your dad.

And to all Dads out there – Happy Father’s Day!

My latest find is another great gift idea for those gentlemen who love a traditional tipple of the golden nectar. A fabulous traditional bottle of whisky transformed into a bespoke gift idea for your dad on Father’s Day.

Fact of the Day: Whisky will only mature when it is casked. This means the actual age of a whisky is the difference between the time of distillation to bottling the finished product.

Find the most fabulous collection of whisky online at Master of Malt. From the well-known Scottish and Irish brands such as Bushmills and Campbeltown, but not forgetting those smaller distilleries like Edradour.

If your dad is anything like mine, he’ll love a bottle of single malt and the best reason to get this as a Fathers’ Day gift? It can be personalised by you:

Personalised Whisky for Father’s Day

• Choose a design and have your own label added to your chosen bottle
• The option to have the bottle displayed in a wooden presentation box
• Add giftwrapping and a handwritten message card

These also make a great birthday or anniversary present as you can select a bottle that was distilled from as far back as 1946!

Prices are very reasonable and there’s a range which will suit whatever your pocket can spare.

Buy today from Master of Malt and get next day delivery – how’s that for service.

I have recently discovered Boutiko, a beautiful looking site with some gorgeous gifts on offer.

All of their stock is ethical in some way or other. Whether it be fairly traded, organic, made from recycled products or locally made.

They are just as passionate about shopping for nice, ethical things as you are which means you’re in for a treat.

It’s like wandering into a huge chest full of treasure, so crammed full of good stuff, it’s hard to know how I will be able to load up my arms and carry everything out. Then I realise it’s an online shop and I relax – they’ll post it all to me!

My particular favourites are the Leather Keyring which makes an ideal present for Father’s Day.

Not only does it hold your keys, but more importantly it opens up to reveal space for 2 photos of your loved ones. Buy one in red or blue for £12.50 from Boutiko

I also adore this stunning heart shaped silver pendent and necklace for £22. The pendant chimes and apparently no two sound the same.

It’s easy to see why it’s one of their bestsellers.

Or how about this recycled Leather Travel Holder for £25.

Perfect for keeping important travel documents together whilst on the move

Boutiko.co.uk has one mission – to give you the chance to browse to your hearts content and buy from a fabulous selection of goods that are unique, unusual, handmade, recycled, organic and fair trade. Go see what treasure you can find!

The search continues for my hunt for great gift ideas for Father’s Day on 15th June 2008.

Week 2 of my hunting sees me discover the delights of personalised gifts, macho experience days and nifty little gadgets. Not forgetting some beautiful handmade cards to finish the package off.

Gift 1
Getting Personal is a top gift site that has heaps of brilliant presents to inspire and delight. As their name suggests it is a shop mainly devoted to providing a fab selection of personalised gifts.

From calendars, frames and champagne bottles through to sporting and humourous pressies that are their to entertain and tease. They also offer free delivery on your order if you spend over £30!

My particular favourite gift for Father’s Day comes in the form of stunning square cut silver cufflinks – complete with diamond design and your dad’s initials engraved onto them.

They look expensive, but they actually only cost £14.95. Buy today from www.gettingpersonal.co.uk

Gift 2
Kiss Chase used to be a childhood game of playing catch, but now is better known as being an excellent site offering gift vouchers for experience days, relaxing days, sporting days and fine wine and dining.

Give your dad the opportunity to have a go at Clay Pigeon Shooting in Scotland. This gift voucher allocates 50 clays and cartridges along with expert tuition at beautifully scenic Roxburghe Hotel & Golf Course.

A fun day out for day, learning something new whilst you have a nice glass of wine in the bar.

Buy this Clay Pigeon Shooting experience for £48 from www.kisschasegifts.com

Gift 3
Presents For Men does exactly what it says on the tin. They have the ideal gift for any dads suffering from insomnia or workaholic dads who continue their writing in bed but don’t want to disturb anyone.

This nifty gadget pen has a nib that lights up when you start writing with it – keep it handy by your bedside table for any kind of writing emergencies that happen in the middle of the night.

Buy this nightlight pen – a bargain at £3.99 from www.presentsformen.co.uk

Father’s Day cards
And don’t forget to get a card for Dad. Why not have a handmade card specially made for him from an independent website such as The Lighthouse Drawing Rooms.

They will create a lovably touchable 3D effect card for you which will then be perfectly personalised just for your Father. Better still there is no charge for delivery!

Buy a handmade card from www.lighthousecards.co.uk

It’s coming around to that time of year again where we look at celebrating our dads. Yes, Father’s Day always falls on the 3rd sunday of every June, so in 2008 we celebrate Father’s Day on 15th June.

Some people find buying for their dad’s easy enough as many are easily pleased, but you may be one of the unfortunates that has a fussy dad or maybe you just aren’t good at choosing gifts – after all there is such an amazing choice available, where do you start?

For the next few weeks I will be trawling the net for some goodies that would make ideal Father’s Day Gifts, so you can discover some hidden gems.

Here is my Top 3 Father’s Day presents for Week 1 of our Father’s Day countdown.

My Cuppa Mug

Tea is classed as the nations favourite drink, and the UK is known around the world as having a big tea drinking culture.

And a cup of tea is scientifically proven to solve any problem, but it’s important to make sure you get it just right.

To make your cuppa perfect, this mug is just the thing as it has a colour swatch printed onto the inside of it – just like a Dulux colour card!

And if your dad isn’t a tea lover, how about the My Cuppa coffee mug? It’s the same idea, just with different shades of brown!

These cups were created by the clever mugs (pun intended) at Suck UK who also did the Sun Jar.

Buy one for £7.95 from Firebox.com and make sure your dad gets the best cuppa ever on Father’s Day.

Brewzer Home Brew Kit

All dads love beer or lager. And they will love you forever if they receive this home brew kit from you this year. It means they will be able to make their favourite tipple at home and enjoy a few pints of the amber nectar without handing any money over to the pub landlord.

It only takes 3 weeks to make and the best thing of all is that it is re-usable!

Buy a Brewzer beer kit for £24.99 from Hawkin’s Bazaar – your dad will certainly have something to celebrate on Father’s Day.

Portable BBQ

If your dad loves gadgets, BBQ’s and camping then this is the perfect gift all rolled into one!

Dad’s love to cook on the barbie – it’s always so much more fun than cooking in the kitchen. This fold up portable BBQ kit can be taken on camping trips, picnics on the beach, the park or even the back garden.

A neat little carry case hides a secret, open it up to reveal a fully functional barbie – ideal for cooking perfect burgers and bangers.

Buy a portable BBQ set for £19.99 from I Want One Of Those and your dad will be as happy as larry the lamb (burger).

Don’t forget to buy your cards too at an online website such Moonpig.com

In The Paper is a brilliant and very inventive way of creating a personalised newspaper in honour of someone you know for a whole host of different occasions.

It can be used to produce an one-off gift for somebody to raise a smile, a giggle or a few tears of joy and is a perfect present to have as a keepsake.

You may want to celebrate a birthday, a wedding anniversary, congratulate somebody passing their driving test or use it as a way to pop the big question to your girlfriend or boyfriend.

It’s a fantastic idea and really simple to do through the website inthepaper.co.uk.

Some of the categories available are:

• Humourous
• Birthdays
• Special Occasions
• Sport
• Romantic

to name just some of the options you can choose. The humourous section is one of the most popular and I can see why with phrases like ’You Win the Lottery’, ’Britain’s New Prime Minister’ and ’Biggest Drinker in Town’.

Choose from a pre-selected topic such as Teacher of the Year, Happy 18th Birthday and Best Dad of the Year or script your own to make it completely customised!

Buy for £11.99 from In The Paper

After you have chosen your topic and headline, you can pick from one of several paper names. It could be a national paper such as ’The Daily’, ’The Gazette’ or something more localised like the ’The London Daily’ depending on where they live.

Then opt to upload one of your own pictures to give it that WOW factor.

Prices start from £11.99 and you can even get it framed for an extra £9. A bargain price for a truly inspired gift.

Go to inthepaper.co.uk and see what you can come up with.

I know it seems bizarre to be writing about a tool shop on a gift ideas website, but honestly, this is the place to buy presents for dads. My dad is always doing DIY (and he is very good at it too – luckily!) so he always need some new tools or other.

Tool and DIY sites are great for buying birthday presents for dads, husbands and all DIY enthusiasts. Don’t forget Father’s Day in June as well!

I know it doesn’t seem a great present idea, but really, men love this macho stuff. It makes them feel useful, gives them something to do (which is hopefully out of your way) and will help make your house and garden much nicer too.

Screwfix have a huge range of saws, tools and things to decorate and repair your home. Buy online to save yourself the embarrassment of looking like you don’t know what you’re talking about. And having it delivered saves you lugging it around town. Delivery prices are good value but you also have the option of collecting anything you choose from your nearest warehouse.

You can just imagine when they unwrap their gift and admire the craftmanship of the tools in this Screwdriver Set.

Masculine gift ideas for your husband, dad or father-in-law. Not very romantic, but they’ll be able to use them over and over again and hopefully you’ll get a nice bedroom or shelf out of it!

Visit Screwfix.com for the best DIY hand and power tools online.

Website: www.moonpig.com

We’ve just discovered a super cool new personalised card site that also do a fab range of personalised gifts too – perfect as pressies! Go to FunkyPigeon.com.

Once you’ve chosen the ideal gift for somebody, you then have to contend with choosing the perfect card for them. Well, help is at hand! I have discovered Moonpig – a great site that enables you to buy your birthday cards online, in fact not just birthday cards but cards to cater for any other occasion you can think of.

Work cards, wedding cards, good luck cards, anniversary cards, cards for kids, birthday cards, you name it and Moonpig.com have it – the list is virtually endless.

The site is easy to use and has a fab range of different styles to suit everybody from retro humour, spoof humour and cutsie style cards as well as the more traditional type cards which are ideal for aunts, uncles, mums, dads, grans and granddads. Each section is separated into different categories which makes it very easy to browse through before deciding on your chosen design.

The latest ’personalised’ range allows you to customise a magazine cover style card to send to somebody. This could be in the style of ’Hello’ magazine where your friend makes the front page or it could be Golf Weekly where your dad makes the headlines – the choice is all yours.

You’ll need to register an account with them to order your cards, and you don’t get to see the final basket price before you register. This can be annoying if you just want the one card, or if you’re just window shopping. On the plus side, they store all your addresses – you’ll only ever need to enter each address once.

Prices are very reasonable, especially when you compare them to the high street card shops. Moonpig charge £2.99 for a standard sized card, including delivery to you or the recipient. Order before 2pm and they’ll send them out on the same day.

Moonpig – Cards for any occasion

Moonpig.com have a brilliant range of top notch cards for all occasions. Their card gallery will show you all that is on offer for any event you want to celebrate.

The best thing about them is the fact they all are personalized cards – you can change almost any aspect of them. You could choose the fairy cake card and have your message written on the icing or for a really unique greetings card. Why not choose to upload a photo or two and have them printed to resemble the front page of ’Oi’ magazine, or a film poster? Moonpig allow you to choose the message rather than having a generic poem written by some stranger in a card factory.

They even have the ability to create invitations and announcement cards, so you can tell everyone in the world you are getting married, have just had a baby girl or are having a big birthday party.

Any occasion, celebration or event is catered for at the touch of a button and the scroll of a mouse.

Don’t forget to have a gander at the Moon Pig Top 20 cards for Mother’s Day and get your order organised in time for Mothering Sunday.

Moon Pig Discounts

They also give discounts for larger orders. You get a 20% off if you order £25 worth of cards. Or you can even buy £20 of credit in advance and get an additional £5 of credit. Either way, Moonpig.com’s standard card price effectively goes down to £2.39 or so. Basically, it’s worth buying in bulk.

Why The Name Moonpig?

Moonpig is a pretty strange name for an online card shop – apparently Managing Director Nick Jenkins was looking for a short easy-to-remember name. Then he remembered his nickname at school: Moonpig! Anyway, we’re certainly a fan of the name and the site – moonpig.com

Go and take a look around www.moonpig.com