Getting the Perfect Gift with The Housewarming Project
The Holidays are a crazy time for companies and we can take care of gifting their employees, clients, prospects ect. we source products, customize, and ship gifts for small groups and large groups
We want our employees, clients and friends to feel loved and appreciated and although we have the best intentions its hard to run around to grab gifts, package them and head to ups... our company takes care of all of that so you can be recognized and praised for being thoughtful and kind while the people close to you feel loved. For more information visit thehousewarmingproject.com
We want our employees, clients and friends to feel loved and appreciated and although we have the best intentions its hard to run around to grab gifts, package them and head to ups... our company takes care of all of that so you can be recognized and praised for being thoughtful and kind while the people close to you feel loved. For more information visit thehousewarmingproject.com
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00:00 The holiday season can be especially hectic when you are trying to find the perfect gift
00:07 for your employees and clients.
00:09 So why not let a local company take care of all your gifting needs?
00:13 I'm joined by Julie Backus with the Housewarming Project to tell us more.
00:17 Julie, thanks for being here.
00:18 Of course.
00:19 Thank you so much for having me.
00:20 Absolutely.
00:21 So this is such a fun concept.
00:23 So if you are someone who owns a company, owns a business, and you're looking for a
00:28 specific gift for, like, all of your employees, they come to you and you take care of all
00:34 of it.
00:35 Exactly.
00:36 So if you're looking for gifts for employees, for clients, for prospects, one gift or 1,000.
00:42 We source the products, we curate really great themes, we wrap the gifts, and we ship them
00:47 internationally or nationally for you and kind of do all the back end so you can focus
00:51 on your business, but you make sure all of your team feels special and loved and seen.
00:56 Oh, that's so great.
00:57 Because, yeah, if you're a really busy, you know, business owner or you, you know, have
01:02 to do something for your clients or whatever it is, this is something that you want to
01:06 be able to outsource so you can focus on your business.
01:08 Exactly.
01:09 We kind of say we're the one-stop shop.
01:11 So you focus on your business, you give us your budget and your needs, and we make sure
01:14 that you can be proud of your gifting all year round.
01:18 So obviously the holidays is a great time to gift, but we do, you know, employee appreciation,
01:22 new hire gifts, anything throughout the year.
01:25 But the holidays is such a special time to recognize your staff.
01:28 Definitely.
01:29 Oh, I love that.
01:30 Yeah.
01:31 So not just for the holidays, but specifically during the holidays, this is a great company
01:34 to utilize.
01:35 So you started during COVID and have just blown up and grown since then.
01:39 Correct.
01:40 Yeah, I started during COVID.
01:41 I just took online classes to figure out how to build a website.
01:43 I worked with a lot of cool local vendors, candle companies, desert provision, salt,
01:48 cartel coffee, and we would just ship one-off items to families, to homes.
01:54 And then I had a few companies reach out and say, could you actually curate, package, write
01:58 custom handwritten cards and ship them all out for us?
02:00 And that kind of began our corporate gifting company.
02:03 I love it.
02:04 Yeah.
02:05 That was so great.
02:06 We're very lucky.
02:07 It went from that all kind of online and grew into a brick and mortar.
02:12 Correct.
02:13 So after year one, my husband told me we needed to get out of the house because there was
02:17 packaging stuff everywhere.
02:18 Gotcha.
02:19 And so we got a really cool brick and mortar in Old Town Scottsdale, and now you can go
02:23 there and buy gifts yourself.
02:25 You can pop in and buy yourself a candle, or you can create multiple gifts for friends
02:29 and family.
02:30 And then we're there to really guide you so you have that perfect gift for your staff,
02:33 friends, or yourself.
02:35 That's really cool.
02:36 So really curated down to the best detail, the tiniest little detail.
02:42 And for businesses who are coming to you because they need to kind of order a bunch of things
02:46 for their employees, their clients, whatever it may be, can you use their branding as well?
02:51 Can you make this specifically for them?
02:54 Yes.
02:55 So we do a lot of customization.
02:56 So this is just a quick example.
02:58 This water bottle is for a client.
02:59 They put their logo on it, and we actually ship that out for all new team members.
03:03 So they receive this, a customized water bottle with a cute little notepad, and then a candy
03:07 of their choice.
03:09 We have a local real estate agent that wanted cutting boards for all of their past clients,
03:13 so we engraved it with Scottsdale, Arizona, and we paired that with some local goodies
03:17 like the Desert Provision Salt and a hand towel, and that gets shipped out to just a
03:21 little top of mind reminder gift.
03:24 But we customize as much or as little as you want.
03:26 I love it.
03:27 It's so beautiful.
03:28 What about this here that we have?
03:29 I love this little kind of like skincare, like night in package.
03:32 Yes.
03:33 This is a little R&R, rest and relaxation.
03:35 And so we have a client out of San Francisco, and every time he gets a referral, he sends
03:40 this as a thank you gift.
03:41 So I do kind of concierge gifting throughout the year.
03:44 So he'll email me on like a Monday and say, "Can you send five of these out to thank people
03:48 who have referred me or have gone above and beyond?"
03:51 And so we put this together, ship it out, and again, he, you know, looks like the hero
03:56 because he was so thoughtful in wanting to recognize those people.
03:59 I handle all the back end, the writing the card, the shipping, everything.
04:03 That is so, so, so smart.
04:04 And then lastly over here, I love this kind of little cocktail package.
04:08 Tell me about that.
04:09 Yeah.
04:10 So if you come to me and you have an idea, if you wanted to do a cocktail kit or a coffee
04:13 kit or maybe a movie night in, I start sourcing our best products and put it together so it's
04:17 a theme.
04:18 So when your employees unravel or open up that box, they're getting more of an experience
04:22 than just, you know, a one-off gift.
04:24 They're getting kind of a cool thing that they can enjoy with their family.
04:29 Like you said, it's an experience.
04:31 It's not just about the thing itself.
04:33 It's about sending them the experience.
04:35 I really, really love that.
04:36 So people can go to your website.
04:38 Tell us that.
04:39 So my website is just www.thehousewarmingproject.com.
04:44 You can go on there and you can literally shop online, curate all your gifts, or there
04:49 you can contact me and we can set up a phone call and really get to the specifics of what
04:53 you need for your custom gift.
04:55 That's great.
04:56 Or they can go in to your location and they can shop kind of any time for themselves,
05:01 for someone else, and these are all really fun curated gift ideas or just a little gift
05:06 for yourself.
05:07 Of course.
05:08 That's really great.
05:09 Oh, Julie, I love this.
05:10 Alright, guys, so don't forget.
05:11 That's www.thehousewarmingproject.com.
05:14 Like she said, she can do branding.
05:15 She'll put together something really specific and yeah, send it out for one or one thousand.
05:20 I really love it, Julie.
05:21 Alright, thank you so much.
05:22 Thank you so much.
05:23 This was great.
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