Homemade Little/Big Gifts

[nauadpi]

Let me see.. what all did I make over the years...

Cork boards are great... again you just buy a cork board at walmart or michael's or where ever... and you use paint pens to decorate it...

Someone already mentioned door hangers...

pillows have been mentioned as well...

Photo albums are great... You buy a really cheep ugly photo album... then you cover it in batting (the stuff used in quilts that you can buy at walmart or any place that sells sewing stuff)... then you cover it with cloth... to attach the cloth and batting just use a hot glue gun.. they work wonders... then do the iron on letters on the outside of that... it looks really nice and fun...

bucket... just use a paint pen to write letters on it... then you can put all the other gifts inside of it...

I draw pictures for presents... so if you can draw that is great... and then you just put it in a dollar store frame...

For a pin box I usually would pick up a wooden box from any craft place (walmart, michael's, etc)... then I would paint the outside, and write letters on it with a paint pen... then on the inside I would take some cotton balls or scrap fabric and place it in the bottom of the box...then take a piece of cloth and cover the cottom balls/scrap fabric and hot glue it in... it makes a great pillow to attach the pin to so they really can't loose it...

Another thing is picking up a travel coffee mug that has an area on the outside to put pictures in... then you can go on the computer and print up a design or pictures and slip it in... I did a fun design with a picture of a lion and our letters...