Gift Ideas for Celebrating National Best Friends Day this June

A best friend can be defined in many ways. They’re someone close to you who you can always count on. A best friend is someone with whom you have a lot of fun. Best friends are trustworthy and genuine and accept you for who you are—life just wouldn’t be the same without them. 

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To celebrate the best friends in your life, be sure to mark your calendar for Saturday, June 8—National Best Friends Day. It’s a day to honor the ways best friends enrich our lives and make us better people. To honor and celebrate your friendship, here are a handful of thoughtful best friend gifts for you to consider.

 Decorative Books

Since the early 20th century of Golden Age book design, beautiful books have long been collected as decorative objects for the home. You can add a special twist on this idea as a gift for your best friend. Have you seen those lovely faux books that look exactly like a book from the outside, but when opened can be used as a special place to store keepsakes and photos? One would make a memorable gift that’s also a functional place for your friend to put mementos of your friendship such as concert tickets and letters.

 Special Occasions Planner

A purse-sized planner to write down important dates of each month—like National Best Friends Day—is a great little gift for your favorite friends. Many of us still like to put pen to paper for written reminders, special events, and important appointments. If you are thankful every day for your best friends, give them a special planner that they’ll love and use.

 Angel Sculptures

If you’ve never given figurative sculptures as gifts to friends before, National Best Friends Day would be a great time to do so because many sculptural figures are collectible pieces of art that depict how much someone means to you. If you have a best friend that is a particular angel to you, she will enjoy receiving an angel figure like those found on Willow Tree® by artist Susan Lordi. The delicate wire wings on Lordi’s hand-painted angel resin figures are truly special. 

 Friendship Plaques

Remember the “best friends” necklaces that were so popular when you were young? Each of you proudly wore half of the heart around your neck. For National Best Friends Day, consider another token instead in the form of a “friendship plaque.” A hand-painted plaque depicting two friends bonding makes a sweet gift for your best friend. You can find artful plaques that can be hung on the wall or displayed on a stand.

 About Willow Tree®

Willow Tree® offers the quiet beauty of artist Susan Lordi’s intimate line of figurative sculptures. Her Willow Tree® sculptural figures tenderly express love, closeness, healing, courage, and hope—all the emotions of a life well-lived. Lordi has designed and created Willow Tree® sculptures for the past 20 years in her studio in Kansas City, Missouri. You can find a variety of sculptural figures and artful products, including gifts for grandma, wedding presents, religious gifts, housewarming items, and much more from Willow Tree®.

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