Emma
My mom's birthday is tomorrow and I have no idea what to get her! She like gardening, loves to draw and paint, and she likes trying new foods. I would like to make something my self for her. Any idea's that would be pretty quick and easy yet a nice gift?
Thanks!
Answer
Make a 'love jar' and fill it with origami hearts, flowers and slips of paper with notes of appreciation written on them or 'I love you' or 'Happy Birthday' written in different languages (on the back write which language it is).
http://www.ehow.com/how_2061320_fold-origami-heart.html
http://www.bloom4ever.com/how-to-make-origami-rose.php
Say I love you in different languages
http://www.links2love.com/i_love_you_languages.htm
Or Happy Birthday in different languages
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/birthday.htm
Quick Banana Chocolate Chip Bars
1 Medium Ripe Banana, peeled
1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
¾ Cup Brown Sugar, packed
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
½ Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
¼ Teaspoon Salt
1/3 Cup Olive or Vegetable Oil
2 Tablespoons Milk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 Egg
¼ Cup Chopped Nuts
½ Cup Chocolate Chips (or what feels good)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray small rectangular or 9x9 square baking pan with non-stick spray.
Chop or mash banana. Combine with flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, oil, milk, vanilla and egg in large bowl. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips to this mixture OR save them to add as topping, sprinkling on top of mixture after poured into the pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
Isabellas (Oatmeal Cookies)
1 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 cups oats
Dash salt, optional
Powdered Sugar
Cream butter and sugar until light. Mix in vanilla, then flour, oats and salt. Chill thoroughly, about ½ hour in the refrigerator. Shape into small balls and place 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Flatten with a fork, crisscrossing. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-18 minutes (depending on your oven). Sprinkle with Powdered Sugar
Make a 'love jar' and fill it with origami hearts, flowers and slips of paper with notes of appreciation written on them or 'I love you' or 'Happy Birthday' written in different languages (on the back write which language it is).
http://www.ehow.com/how_2061320_fold-origami-heart.html
http://www.bloom4ever.com/how-to-make-origami-rose.php
Say I love you in different languages
http://www.links2love.com/i_love_you_languages.htm
Or Happy Birthday in different languages
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/birthday.htm
Quick Banana Chocolate Chip Bars
1 Medium Ripe Banana, peeled
1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
¾ Cup Brown Sugar, packed
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
½ Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
¼ Teaspoon Salt
1/3 Cup Olive or Vegetable Oil
2 Tablespoons Milk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 Egg
¼ Cup Chopped Nuts
½ Cup Chocolate Chips (or what feels good)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray small rectangular or 9x9 square baking pan with non-stick spray.
Chop or mash banana. Combine with flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, oil, milk, vanilla and egg in large bowl. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips to this mixture OR save them to add as topping, sprinkling on top of mixture after poured into the pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
Isabellas (Oatmeal Cookies)
1 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 cups oats
Dash salt, optional
Powdered Sugar
Cream butter and sugar until light. Mix in vanilla, then flour, oats and salt. Chill thoroughly, about ½ hour in the refrigerator. Shape into small balls and place 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Flatten with a fork, crisscrossing. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-18 minutes (depending on your oven). Sprinkle with Powdered Sugar
DIY Birthday Gift Ideas....?
Kathryn
Your help would be very appreciated! A little over a year ago, my cousin moved in with me. My family and I really helped her out, and a month ago she left to move back to her home town. I really want to make her something for her birthday that she will actually use and like! I love anything DIY because I really enjoy crafts and love to be creative. She's 22, her favorite color is green, and she lives near the beach. (She's lived there her entire life, so really, the beach isn't that special to her.. so it'd be kinda weird to have a lot of suggestions about the beach.) I just really wanted to know if any of you knew any, not good, but GREAT websites for DIY crafts. I really like mydiyweddingday.com, but unfortunately, I'm not planning a wedding here! I have a month to make whatever it is, too, because her birthday is early August.. and I'm sending it, probably, around August 1, so it will be there by her birthday!
Thank you all for your help!
Answer
I'm merely listing a few sites you could try. I'm sure when you browse through them, you will find something interesting & worth making. Most are recycled crafts, hence fairly inexpensive, while being innovative.
www.hgtv.com ----Go to the Trash To Treasure section. Great ideas there.
www.eco-artware.com/crafts/archiv...
www.brighthub.com/environment/gre...
www.make-stuff.com/recycling/
www.thriftyfun.com/Craft%20Tips_R...
http://holidays.kaboose.com/earth-day/
www.ecoist.com
things to make out of recycled materials ---
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=things%20to%20make%20out%20of%20recycled%20materials
www.craftster.org
Rolled Magazine Frames
http://www.homemadesimple.com/en_US/homemavens.do?contentId=sep08
http://www.homeqn.com/entry/remodelista-interesting-home-dcor-stuff-made-from-recycled-magazines/ -- plenty of interesting ideas !
http://www.homeqn.com/entry/recyled-books-reborn-into-beautiful-pots/
Since she's been staying with you for a year, you may have some photographs & other memorabilia & shared memories. Compile them into a scrapbook; have each member of the family contribute & either make a page, or add their thoughts, feelings, etc. in a creative way.
www.papercraftcentral.com/mini-scrapbook-albums.html
http://www.papercraftcentral.com/explosi... -- Explosion box. I truly like this, because, besides being a unique method of scrapbooking, you get to place actual items Inside the "album".
This same site also has "inchies" & "brown paperbag" scrapbooks.
www.creativity-portal.com/howto/a/collage/cubies.html - collage cubies
http://www.diynetwork.com/topics/decoupa⦠-- you could decoupage a photo/collage too on glass,
wood, etc. OR
www.myntra.com/ --- create your own jigsaws using the collaged pictures.
http://madamhoe.deviantart.com/art/Flower-Pots-3-40230228 -- modular origami flower pots made with advertisement pamphlets ! This is a truly remarkable piece!
This is how you make the little pieces for modular origami : www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-make-origami-polyhedra-215439/
Or, you could knit, sew, crochet, tat, cross-stitch [convert a photograph into a cross-stitch pattern], .....
A few general sites that have tons of crafts :
www.ask.com
www.instructables.com
www.ehow.com
www.wikihow.com
www.marthastewart.com
making candles
http://candle.makingcrafts.net/
www.lonestarcandlesupply.com/cand...
http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/candle...
www.pioneerthinking.com/candles.h...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj7So14KG...
www.scents-of-earth.com - to make my own incense sticks
www.teachsoap.com/mp.html --- how to make soap
http://www.essortment.com/lifestyle/simp... --- Bath salts
bead work
http://rubyglen.com/craftsbead.htm
http://beadingprojects.com.au/
http://www.completecraft.com.au/projectsâ¦
http://www.beadjewelrymaking.com/bead_prâ¦
http://glassattic.com/ -- a virtual encyclopedia on polymer clays, besides a lot of related projects too.
Hope these help
All the very best & have fun :-)
I'm sure Anything you make, will be appreciated considering the thought, time & effort put in
I'm merely listing a few sites you could try. I'm sure when you browse through them, you will find something interesting & worth making. Most are recycled crafts, hence fairly inexpensive, while being innovative.
www.hgtv.com ----Go to the Trash To Treasure section. Great ideas there.
www.eco-artware.com/crafts/archiv...
www.brighthub.com/environment/gre...
www.make-stuff.com/recycling/
www.thriftyfun.com/Craft%20Tips_R...
http://holidays.kaboose.com/earth-day/
www.ecoist.com
things to make out of recycled materials ---
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=things%20to%20make%20out%20of%20recycled%20materials
www.craftster.org
Rolled Magazine Frames
http://www.homemadesimple.com/en_US/homemavens.do?contentId=sep08
http://www.homeqn.com/entry/remodelista-interesting-home-dcor-stuff-made-from-recycled-magazines/ -- plenty of interesting ideas !
http://www.homeqn.com/entry/recyled-books-reborn-into-beautiful-pots/
Since she's been staying with you for a year, you may have some photographs & other memorabilia & shared memories. Compile them into a scrapbook; have each member of the family contribute & either make a page, or add their thoughts, feelings, etc. in a creative way.
www.papercraftcentral.com/mini-scrapbook-albums.html
http://www.papercraftcentral.com/explosi... -- Explosion box. I truly like this, because, besides being a unique method of scrapbooking, you get to place actual items Inside the "album".
This same site also has "inchies" & "brown paperbag" scrapbooks.
www.creativity-portal.com/howto/a/collage/cubies.html - collage cubies
http://www.diynetwork.com/topics/decoupa⦠-- you could decoupage a photo/collage too on glass,
wood, etc. OR
www.myntra.com/ --- create your own jigsaws using the collaged pictures.
http://madamhoe.deviantart.com/art/Flower-Pots-3-40230228 -- modular origami flower pots made with advertisement pamphlets ! This is a truly remarkable piece!
This is how you make the little pieces for modular origami : www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-make-origami-polyhedra-215439/
Or, you could knit, sew, crochet, tat, cross-stitch [convert a photograph into a cross-stitch pattern], .....
A few general sites that have tons of crafts :
www.ask.com
www.instructables.com
www.ehow.com
www.wikihow.com
www.marthastewart.com
making candles
http://candle.makingcrafts.net/
www.lonestarcandlesupply.com/cand...
http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/candle...
www.pioneerthinking.com/candles.h...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj7So14KG...
www.scents-of-earth.com - to make my own incense sticks
www.teachsoap.com/mp.html --- how to make soap
http://www.essortment.com/lifestyle/simp... --- Bath salts
bead work
http://rubyglen.com/craftsbead.htm
http://beadingprojects.com.au/
http://www.completecraft.com.au/projectsâ¦
http://www.beadjewelrymaking.com/bead_prâ¦
http://glassattic.com/ -- a virtual encyclopedia on polymer clays, besides a lot of related projects too.
Hope these help
All the very best & have fun :-)
I'm sure Anything you make, will be appreciated considering the thought, time & effort put in
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