Are these dumb?

[vicky]

Bf's birthday is coming up and he's mentioned a few times that moving from Texas to NY is the best thing he's ever done. But he loves Texas so much. So I was thinking a Texas-NY themed gift would be nice for his birthday.
I scoured etsy for a while, I originally wanted to get him custom chucks with one NYC skyline and one Dallas skyline, but that proved difficult.
I did find these eventually, are they dumb? If not, which would you get?





Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[thinkofthesoldiers]

Does he cook at all?

[Booze Raccoon]

I love these! Just the first ones though. The burlap is okay but I'm not keen on that thick black outline.

[vicky]

Aug 31, 2014 21:44:54 GMT -5 thinkofthesoldiers said:

Does he cook at all?

He likes to cook, but generally leaves it to me.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[thinkofthesoldiers]

Aug 31, 2014 21:45:39 GMT -5 vicky said:

Aug 31, 2014 21:44:54 GMT -5 thinkofthesoldiers said:

Does he cook at all?

He likes to cook, but generally leaves it to me.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ah well nevermind. I saw these in a cooking store recently and thought they were cute. www.epicureancs.com/state-shape-cutting-boards.php

[vicky]

Aug 31, 2014 21:47:23 GMT -5 thinkofthesoldiers said:

Aug 31, 2014 21:45:39 GMT -5 vicky said:

He likes to cook, but generally leaves it to me.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ah well nevermind. I saw these in a cooking store recently and thought they were cute. www.epicureancs.com/state-shape-cutting-boards.php

Those are pretty cool! I wonder if they make a brooklyn one.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[thinkofthesoldiers]

Aug 31, 2014 21:49:35 GMT -5 vicky said:

Aug 31, 2014 21:47:23 GMT -5 thinkofthesoldiers said:

Ah well nevermind. I saw these in a cooking store recently and thought they were cute. www.epicureancs.com/state-shape-cutting-boards.php

Those are pretty cool! I wonder if they make a brooklyn one.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hmmm, not sure. They have a lot of products on their website from what it looks like. The store I was in only had the states.

[eb777888]

I actually really like the last one. It looks interesting.

[lilac05]

I like the first one, but it makes me think of something that a long-distance couple would have rather than just one person who moved.

I feel like I've seen good ideas on Pinterest. It definitely works in your favor that you're looking for Texas stuff. I'm pretty convinced that there is a Texas themed EVERYTHING! I've even seen Texas toilet paper!

ETA:  in my search for other ideas, I found there's a movie from 1948 called Texas, Brooklyn, & Heaven (romantic comedy).

[nsl]

I think they're all really sweet, but would probably pick the third one if I had to choose.

[Deleted]

Aug 31, 2014 21:47:08 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

I think the first one is really cute!

Ditto!

Where did you find these? I wonder if they could do continents or countries?

[HiC]

Sorry, this doesn't strike me as a dude's gift (and I'm all about "there's no such thing as guy stuff and girl stuff....but in this case, maybe?) I love your chucks idea....can you research that further.

[vicky]

I love this, but I don't want to feel like I'm forcing my brooklyn bridge obsession on him lol



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[vicky]

Aug 31, 2014 22:06:41 GMT -5 HiC said:

Sorry, this doesn't strike me as a dude's gift (and I'm all about "there's no such thing as guy stuff and girl stuff....but in this case, maybe?) I love your chucks idea....can you research that further.

I was kinda feeling this.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[HiC]

Find somebody to custom paint them. You live in Brooklyn, there is somebody artist out there who would do it.

[vicky]

Aug 31, 2014 22:08:54 GMT -5 HiC said:

Find somebody to custom paint them. You live in Brooklyn, there is somebody artist out there who would do it.

A friend of a friend did these. Would it be weird to randomly message her and ask?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[bonquiqui]

Aug 31, 2014 21:49:35 GMT -5 vicky said:

Aug 31, 2014 21:47:23 GMT -5 thinkofthesoldiers said:

Ah well nevermind. I saw these in a cooking store recently and thought they were cute. www.epicureancs.com/state-shape-cutting-boards.php

Those are pretty cool! I wonder if they make a brooklyn one.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Brooklyn florida? Lol

[rupertpenny]

I really like the Catstudio state stuff. I bought my bridesmaids state/city glasses. They even have one for Brooklyn!

www.catstudio.com/

[rupertpenny]

They have dallas too!

[HiC]

Aug 31, 2014 22:12:10 GMT -5 vicky said:

Aug 31, 2014 22:08:54 GMT -5 HiC said:

Find somebody to custom paint them. You live in Brooklyn, there is somebody artist out there who would do it.

A friend of a friend did these. Would it be weird to randomly message her and ask?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nope, not at all!  Message her!!  Make sure you get the right size before the work is done!   

[lilac05]

I don't think it's weird at all to ask about who did the shoes, if that something you think he'd like.

If you think he'd like something for his place, maybe you could find some artwork that represents something/place that he really misses in a Texas. He can see the Brooklyn Bridge all the time, but he can't see his favorite Texas sites. When we moved, someone gave us a hand painted tin bucket/basket thing that had our last name and a team logo on it. It wasn't big & most people never noticed it, but we both really loved having it as a reminder of our last place we had called home.

I keep thinking about the phrase "You can take a girl out of Texas, but you can't take Texas out of a girl." I like it, and it fits me., but I'm not sure it translates well to guys.

[Gato]

I like the shoes idea.

Of the art, I like the string art the best, and you could probably make that on your own.

[MrsAggie]

Get him some BBQ or Texmex

[blondemoment123]

I love the first one. Super cute!

[blondemoment123]

I love the first one. Super cute!