7 Gift Ideas for Your Amazing Best Friend

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7 Gift Ideas for Your Amazing Best Friend

If you have a person you can trust with your secrets, someone who loves you at your best and worst, a best friend, you’re very lucky. It’s a blessing to know that you’re not alone as you move through this crazy thing called life.

While it may feel impossible to capture how you feel about your best friend with a gift, it’s worth a try. Here are seven great gift ideas to show gratitude and love to your amazing best friend.

A Flower Arrangement

Flower arrangements are a simplistic gift that’s always appreciated. This traditional gift option is a fantastic way to show your best friend how much you care, especially on tough days. Whether you’re giving your pal a bouquet on Galentine’s Day or just general appreciation flowers on a random Monday, you’re sure to brighten her day.

When choosing a bouquet for your best friend, consider her personal preferences. If she doesn’t have a favorite flower, yellow and pink are the go-to colors for friendship and gratitude. 

A Love Book

Love books were a big couples’ gift a few years ago and remain a fan-favorite today. Instead of creating one of these customized gifts for your significant other, create one for your best friend instead. Use this fun, unique format to tell them all the things you love about them, your favorite memories together, and your hopes for the future.

If you’re not much of a writer, there’s no need to worry. Many of these book options offer lists and templates for inspiration so that you can choose the traits and experiences that best suit your relationship.

Grown-Up Friendship Bracelets

Millennial friends likely remember the popularity of friendship necklaces, bracelets, and charms from the 1990s. These gifts were sold in pairs, with two charms fitting together with engravings saying some variation of “best friends forever.”

While you may have moved past the dollar store jewelry that left your skin green, this gift is a nostalgic treasure for your lifelong best friend. Have a custom version created in gold or silver, and cherish it always.

Matching Luxury Pajamas

Best friend sleepovers never go out of style, and neither do luxury pajamas. Grab a set of matching satin pajamas to wear on those cool fall nights when you curl up with a bottle of wine and the latest true crime documentary. Even better, buy a matching set for each of your homes, so you’re never without.

Letters for the Future

If your best friend lives far from you, and you can’t always be there in person, write her letters for the future. Seal the letters and label them with an “open when” event. Some events and dates to consider include:

• when you miss me
• when you’ve had a bad day at work
• when you experience a breakup
• when you need a laugh
• when you need a cry
• when you’re bored
• when you’re feeling nostalgic
• when you’re out of snacks

Get creative, and put these letters in a nice wooden keepsake box that your bestie can keep forever.

Custom Artwork

One of the many benefits of living in the digital era is access to creators and makers around the world. At any time, you can find an artist to create a bespoke piece of art for you and your best friend in any medium, style, and format.

Have a piece of minimalist line art depicting your favorite photo together or matching coffee mugs showcasing illustrations of your likeness. You can have an oil painting of her and her cat as renaissance ladies or a comic book splash page of you both as superheroes— the choice is yours.

A Modern Mixtape

Finally, keep things simple with a modern mixtape. Create a Spotify playlist with your favorite shared songs, and have a custom playlist keychain generated so she can scan it when she needs a boost. Alternatively, you can have your Spotify or Apple playlist printed on a custom record.

With these awesome gift ideas, you can show your best friend how grateful you are for their presence in your life.