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From 101lifeStyle.com Handmade Christmas Gift Ideas: 3.Christmas Gifts For Her: Christmas Gift baskets:  Christmas gift baskets can be romantic as well to give your sweetheart a romantic treat on Christmas. The usual wine and cheese gift basket may also include engraved wine glasses, cheese crackers, chocolate truffles or even exotic fruits, beautiful scented candles, body lotions or, you may put in a soft toy for your sweetheart or some of her favorite chocolates. Planning to propose her? Wrap your ring so that it looks like a small gift and surprise her this Christmas!
You could also give Spa Gift Baskets containing pure fresh rosewater, massage oils(almond oil, apricot oil, nut oil, castor oil), dry skin brush or loofah, towels, simple face masks. Chocolate gift baskets are also a big favourite among the young and old alike.For those who love gardening try a Gardening gift basket.  Homemade Jewellery Kit:  Take a hand box and fill it with all the things that a girl need to make her own jewellery and accessories. Fill the hand box with items like jewelry hardware, beads, fake fur and other fabrics, small faux jewels, glitter, fabric paints, fabric glue, small mirrors, sequin, pipe cleaners, elastic strips, metal trinkets, magnetic sheet, paints, and so forth. A girl would love to do her own jewellery on her own way. A Cookbook / China set / Cutlery Set / Mugs:  For those who love to whip up new recipes all the time, a cookbook wrapped up beautifully accompanied by a mug or two or a set of Cutlery will do wonders.You could also present her a China set accompanying it. .Purses/Bags:  You can make fabulous Purses For your Spouse or Mother out of your child’s Jeans Trousers. Materials Needed:
Old jeans or pants (Any size will work. The bigger the size, the bigger the purse!); A sewing machine (though you could do this by hand if you have the skills); Thread in the color of your choice; Ribbon; Scissors; Decorative beads or buttons(optional); Fabric Markers (optional). Method:
Using a pair of scissors, cut the legs off of the pants right above the crotch. Turn the pants inside-out and sew across the line you just cut to make the bottom of the purse. Turn the bag right side in. Cut a piece of ribbon the length you wish the strap or handle to be. Sew each end of the ribbon to the inside of the bag at the ouside hip seam. Use some more ribbon to put through the belt loops of the pants and tie a bow. You may choose to tack the bow down with some thread. Use fabric markers, decorative beads, buttons, or anything else you can think of to decorate the bag. The possibilities are endless! Get creative!
Tips: Because this bag will likely get used, it's a good idea to sew across the bottom twice to give extra strength. If you don't have ribbon, you can use decrative rope, leather, or braided fabric scraps to make the strap. Handmade Rosy Coasters:  Materials Needed:
Several sheets of Krazy Foam; Regular and fancy edged scissors ; Regular Elmer's Glue ; 1 inch Paper Fasteners ; Glass (to use as pattern) ; Paper for pattern, ball point pen ; Hole punch. Method:
To make pattern: Trace around base of glass on paper. Use that circle as the center of a loopy flower. Use ruler or your eye to mark the center of the circle. Poke hole through it with pen. Draw five petals around the flower's center. (Odd numbers almost always look better.) Cut out pattern.
Use ballpoint pen to trace around pattern on two colors of foam. Use pen to mark center of flowers with a small dot. Cut out flowers, taking care to cut inside pen lines so they won't show on the cut out flowers. Fold flowers in half and use hole punch to punch holes in the centers of both flowers.Decide which color will be the top layer of the flower. Use regular or fancy scissors to cut all around the flower, making it slightly smaller than the base flower. Fold petals in half and snip small pieces out, and/or use the hole punch to create other small designs on the top flower.
Smooth a thin layer of glue on the base flower (a credit card makes a great glue "squeegee") taking care not to go to the edges which will be exposed. Lay top flower on flower base, taking care to match center holes. Press top flower firmly to base. Let dry. Repeat steps 1-5 to make three more coasters, varying the color combinations and designs as you wish.
Stack set of four coasters on top of each other, and if they are a gift, write a small gift tag, punch a hole in it, placing the hole of the tag over the holes in the centers of the flowers. Hold together by placing the paper fastener through the hole in the tag and the holes in thestack of coasters, then bending the ends to hold in place. More Christmas Gift Ideas |
