The Perfect Handmade Gift Ideas!

Although a certain event is synonymous to “gift-giving,” it doesn’t mean that is has to be an “expensive gift-giving”. For those who are tight on budget but would want to share something to the special people around them, there are many inexpensive but great handmade gifts that would definitely put a smile on your recipient’s lips.
Maximize your creativity

Indeed, the any special season—a birthday, Christmas, Valentine's, anniversary celebration, etc.—rekindles love, resurgence, and hope of people regardless of age, gender, or race. Aside from sharing love to the ones around you, these special events are also the perfect time to be creative and be resourceful.

Since you are on a tight budget, visiting stores on sale or bazaars can definitely help you find inexpensive gifts to give out. You can also create homemade and handmade gifts using inexpensive materials. Here’s a short list of classy yet inexpensive gift items you can give out in any special occasion:

1. Personalized items. These are probably the most popular inexpensive handmade gifts of all times. Personalizing something like a recipe book for those who love cooking, a sketchpad for those who love drawing and sketching, a scrapbook for those who are fond of collecting and immortalizing memories, a notepad or journal for those who are inclined to writing, a photo album for those who love to keep photos, and the list goes on. Personalized items are inexpensive Christmas gifts because all you have to do is look for materials you can recycle. After recycling these items, you can add personal touches to it and give it away as a nice present.

 2. Custom and handmade stationeries. Combine unused ordinary envelopes, colorful bond papers, and unique specialty papers and you can create a custom-made stationary perfect for your recipient. You can also use colored pencils, watercolors, and glitters to decorate your special stationary. You may even put shiny glitters and even put your recipient's favorite scent to it to make sure that he or she will really like it.

3. Sweets and treats. Cookies, chocolate treats, and sweet breads are surefire gift hits. If you can bake these goodies, you can save money compared to buying them. You can even warp these yourself by using nice jars and boxes, by collecting nice and colorful gift wrappers or by tying them up with used ribbons, and laces.

4. Handmade or decorated ceramics, glasses, figurines, and cloth items. If you have an artistic knack, buy a plain set of white ceramic figurines, clear glasses or mugs and decorate them. By using a bottle of ceramic paint, you can decorate or color by hand the figurine. You can also draw season-inspired themes on clear glasses to make them extraordinary or you can buy a simple set of fabric paint to decorate mugs, shirts, and small cloth items.

5. Homemade bath oils and perfumes. These also make the ideal handmade gift if you are into mixing fragrances. To save some money, try buying a large amount of perfume ingredients and create special fragrances, perfume or bath oil for your recipients. You can also purchase individual mini-bottles to put these pampering products in. If you do this, you can calculate and manipulate the amount of you can put in each bottles so you can give it to more people.




submitted by guest blogger, Jessica Connerdale.
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Make a Mosaic as a Keepsake!

I am a big ole softy. I cry at sad commercials, emotional greeting cards and am a sucker for a gift given from the heart. Not all keepsakes are hand-made and as much as I treasure hand-made, I also treasure store bought. I am an equal opportunity giver and taker! This however is about something hand-made that should be totally reflective of the person to whom the gift will be given. We are talking mosaic artwork.

Don’t get scared, it is not as hard and time consuming as you think. It is quite simple buy makes a huge impact, IF DONE RIGHT! It should not only reflect the person who will receive the gift but should also reflect the occasion which is a great and important tie-in for a keepsake.

So reflect on not only the” who” but the “why”. Is this a house-warming gift or for a baby shower, or it is a birthday or anniversary gift? What does this person like; what is their ascetic, color palette or favorite thing? Where do you see this piece of art hanging; Kitchen, Living room, Bedroom, Office, Baby room??? Answering these questions will help you pick the perfect image to mosaic.

Is this the right gift for you to give? Only you can answer this question. But if you want a stunning, one-of-a kind, visual piece that can stand out as truly memorable art made by hand- you can’t go wrong with a modern mosaic. It is not too time consuming and not very expensive. For a quick how-to guide, check out http://bit.ly/qsxlJx.

If you make this for someone special, we would love to hear your story and their reaction- even share see a pic of your art work. You can share it here as a comment or on facebook (wow keepsakes) or via twitter (@wowkeepsake). We would love to see your amazing project!

Give Hand Crafted Gifts

Offering handmade gifts is one thing that should not be consumed lightly. Giving a thing that is handmade or even made special through an artist is a great encounter for both the recipient along with the giver.

• A gift that you just created yourself is truly extra-special!
• Hand-crafted presents can be totally different and totally unusual. 
• It's very improbable that you'd see any handmade things that you've received store of any popular big box store.

Handmade products have individuality along with originality causing them to be absolutely personal. This is what can make this type a gift any keepsake.


Often, men and women believe that it is a inconvenience to get presents coming from crafters, but with all the development in technology, it is all totally made easier for fascinated buyers. There are tons of sites where one can check distinct information and products about different types of projects. One of my preferred sites is Etsy.


In addition to this, you can find craft fairs throughout almost every city which showcases the abilities of local crafters. There's also local crafters clubs or perhaps organizations who more often than not hold fundraising and also other activities which can assist them to promote crafters and their particular goods.


Unfortunately, men and women sometimes reconsider acquiring hand-crafted items is that they are perceived as expensive. You can find talented craftspeople who are completely competitive with their price ranges. In order to compete with additional crafters, some artists will have lowered their costs to build and maintain patrons. Another good thing with regards to getting handmade gifts is the interaction using the crafters.


If you are into Going Green… This is definitely a vital when making your decision to get a handcrafted surprise item. There are also several studies and analysis showing that handmade gifts and projects are actually more environment friendly, since they were built using more traditional as well as natural methods. Handicrafts usually are manufactured in less quantity when compared to mass produced gifts. Mass produced items are usually made in factories which might be emitting large amounts regarding carbon monoxide and also have bad working conditions.


And finally, handmade crafts usually are top quality (choose your current crafter or crafted product carefully) and can actually transferred from one technology to another. This again is important when trying to produce a lasting keepsake memory. Handicrafts and handmade products are recognized as items with heartfelt meaning, which equates to the added benefit of creating a keepsake opportunity for your loved one.