EDUCEDGE,

I love unusual gifts. And what’s even better than surfing at Shopping.calm especially when traveling, relocating, etc.

AGREATERGIFT.ORG Original, supporting developing nations, free and fair trade.

ETSY.COM Handmade gifts, also see THEBESTOFETSY.BLOGSPOT.COM

FLIPCLIPS.COM Turn your 30-sec. home video into a 150-page flip book for $20

SURPRISE.COM Hand-picked gifts from across the web, great ideas

THEFIND.COM Type the item you are looking for and sift through the finds (e.g, I looked for Khet: the laser game. The site organized the finds by “all”, “Boutiques”, Mall Stores”, “department stores”, Ebay/market, etc. Very nice: a feel ebay-tsy and bit amazon-y)

XQUIZZY JOURNALS Funky handmade journals with covers from vintage books and paper

MARIMEKKO MUGS designs for a mix of tastes and styles (search “mugs”)

MINI TREE GROWING KIT A variety of tree types to grow from seed (great under $10 gift. search “tree kit”)

JELLIO: Fun… by Design has great selections of fun furnishings. Check out those gummy bear lamps!

THINGS REMEMBERED adds new gift ideas every day. Easy to personalized a gift to that special someone.

THE BEAUTY BUYBLE is a fun beauty book in a sleek pink box crammed with more than 30 free beauty products inside. (check amazon.com)

IGOURMET is a great idea for your foodie friends.

MYOWNLABELS allows you to personalize wine labels and coasters, or design elegant boxes and bags. Really cool for the wine enthusiast among your friends and family.

For the travelers, ITRAVELISHOP has concise, complete and constantly updated guides that will help you find everything from baby clothes to a favorite T-shirt. You can also get a quick printout of a shopping guide to that Indian city.