Homemade gifts are the best kind of gifts.
With just a little imagination, items for every room of the house can be created and given to loved ones for birthdays, Christmas, and special occasions. Items that last the test of time include special photos placed in handmade photo frames, recipe book holders with family recipes already tucked inside, pillowcases embroidered with the recipient s name, and culinary wreaths created with special scented herbs from your own garden. A mosaic picture frame created from broken dish pieces, shells, river pebbles, beach glass, or old buttons will be treasured for a lifetime. Use buttons taken from your child s favorite clothing items after they have outgrown them, or buttons from Grama s button jar buttons you and your own child played with when you were toddlers and glue them onto an inexpensive photo frame. Paint the background accordingly.