The weekend will soon be here----yea---Crafting time !!
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Now comes today's thoughts:
How To Make Handmade Gifts
With how
the recession is affecting everybody’s finances, it is considered in taste now
to give handmade gifts. There is no longer talk of how cheap you can be when
you do this. Now, people who make their own gifts are considered wise and
practical especially in the face of such problems. Besides, you can’t just
afford it.
Making
handmade gifts may be easy for people who are already quite crafty and those
that have been doing this for years, but how about with people who have no idea
where to start. When you really think about it, it will be such a waste of time
and money to even attempt to if you do not know what you are doing. It would
actually be better if you just buy a cheap gift and just be done with it.
But if
you are really decided to try your hand in handmade gifts and learn the craft,
here are some ideas for gifts that will make it easy for you to make. Here are
some projects that you can try.
1. Card
This is
perhaps the easiest project there is. Anybody can create a card. Even
kindergarten kids have done cards in classes and gave them to their parents and
friends. What is great about cards is the fact that it can be so simple on the
outside and yet be so meaningful. In fact, you don’t even have to draw anything
on the card. You can paste something that is memorable to both you and the
person you are giving the card to. If it is for a special someone, you can
perhaps paste the ticket of the movie that you first watched together or the
receipt from your first date. You can also cut pictures from the magazine and
then paste it on the card. There are a lot of ways that you can make one
without really having to actually make it.
2. Poem
If you
are a writer, put your skills to good use. Nothing is as romantic as a poem
about a person. Compose a poem and write it down or type it on a sheet of
paper. The person you are giving it to will surely appreciate the gesture.
After all, not everybody can write and if for you it is something simple, for
that person, it’s amazing!
3. Song
If you
are a writer and a musician, another way to make a handmade gift is to make a
song for the person that you want to give a gift to. You can for instance
compose a song that will say what you want to say to them. It does not even
have to be a whole song. You can make a jingle or a short verse and put an
accompaniment to it. Even something as straightforward as the things that you
want to say can become a song with the right lyrics and arrangement.
4. Jewelry
It may
seem complicated at first but who says you need to make intricate designs when
making handmade gifts? In making jewelry, you can stick to basic designs like
for instance with bracelets. All you really need to do is buy some materials
like beads and sequins and stones and some elastic. You can then sew them in
and then tie a knot at the end.
I have an ebook on jewelry making secrets-----let me know if you would like one
Until tomorrow
Susan
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