Do you struggle to come up with just the right gift for Mom, your sister or a close friend? The simple solution is to think big picture. Look for something she will love that comes with multiple components. Once you try this, it becomes easy to think ahead so that Mother’s Day, her birthday and a holiday gift all fall into place. Or for your best friend, a hostess gift, her birthday, a holiday gift, a thank you, all become effortless.

Here are some great ways to make it happen!

French Bull Melamine: Pick a pattern, and you’ll have wonderful, useful, coordinating gifts to last for years! Start with dinner plates, add salad plates, bowls, tumblers, serving pieces, and apron, oven mitts, napkins, coffee cups – the possibilities are amazing.

Wild & Wolf Gardening Tools: I confess, this is the strategy for my mom, the depression era baby who hates getting gifts that are not useful! Start with the trowel / fork set, then the pruners, then the fantastic watering can. There is also a coordinating water bottle.

Thymes: Find the fragrance that suits, glamorous Gold Leaf, feminine Kimono Rose, energizing Eucalyptus, soothing Lavender, ocean fresh Azur. Then choose different products for each occasion. The can’t miss product: Body Lotion. Thymes ranked #1 among all body lotions in a recent AOL on line poll, and we could not agree more, their body lotion formula is the best hydrating, non greasy daily treat you can imagine. First gift body wash, body lotion. Second gift parfum. Third gift room spray and more lotion.

Lollia: With variations like Imagine, Wish, and Relax, this ultra girly Bath & Body Line makes a lovely gift. The can’t miss product: Shea Butter Hand Crème. Magazine Beauty Editors from Lucky to Allure to Self all agree, this stuff is amazing. We always give a large tube for home or office with the adorable Petite Treat tiny tube for her handbag. The other can’t miss product: Bubble Bath! Oprah magazine has recommended this not once, but twice. If she loves a bath, this will impress her.

Pine Cone Hill: Super Soft Robe for one occasion, coordinating cozy cotton or flannel pajamas for another occasion. And possibly a throw for her favorite chair.