Holiday Gifts

I just seen a great idea on a discussion she was talking about making phone books for kids with a picture of a person and their phone number under the picture or next to it. I thought that it was a great idea! You could use scrapbook emblishments for it too! Really make it pretty. I would do it and use a removable lable for the phone number part just in case it ever changed. Yes 40% off at Michaels is ALWAYS nice!!

I am making a few things....I got a 6x6 book and am filling the pages with paper and embellishments so they can just add the photos....I also made a few candy jars with paper and stamps.....

my daughter bought one of those frames, she did a scrapbook layout for her grandparents and framed it. she asked my mom to send her several photos of them through the years to use for this gift. luckily i was there when she got the photos and could tell her in what order (by year) they went in. it turned out realy nice. i am making 6x6 scrapbooks for my parents, sister, and youngest daughter, i started this last year, the theme for these is 'a year in pa.'. since i live 1600 miles away and have not seen them in 2 years it's a fun way to share my year with them. i try to pick special days or events for each month. *sorry about capitalization, but typing totally one-handed since tues., when doctor put full cast on my left wrist and arm.....discussed in my recent discussion i started. lol

Hey we should be neighbors...I have a family tree 12 x 12 page but no frame to put it in. I guess I'll have to check out Michaels online or I'm going to Hobby Lobby on Dec. 11th I'll see what they have there too. The tree was already printed on the page and I added all the names and birth dates. I like it and whenever I find a frame I'll give it to my mother-in-law.

I haven't given much thought to hand made gifts yet. I will make my own cards and I will be making at least two pillows from used dryer sheets but beyond that I'm not sure. It's so much better to make something, isn't it? How do you convert those little books? If you've already explained it, don't bother because I'll be reading the answer once I post this and can see the rest of the discussion. If not, please explain!

I make photo albums or stuff like that for christmas presents. Normally they are small with four or five pictures in them of my son since my family doesnt get to see him often. I try to make a tin of cookies or something like that to add with it. I also like to make jewelry and one year I made hand thrown pottery. I don't have a ton of money to spend on christmas presents so I am always trying to find new ways to make somehting more meaningful for my family.

I have not thought about Christmas gifts yet. I am broke right now. I prefer to wait from Christmas bonus before thinking about them. © ronaldinu 2008

well you could sell some on ebay if you had too much but i made a 3d/scrapbooking picture for an aunt for christmas and for my 4 nieces, i have made a scrapbook each for them as well as i am doing some scrapbooking for a guy that works with my hubby (and getting paid) as well as making my own cards and gift tags. also i have been interested in some alterd art atc's so that is how i am using up my supplies.