| Making your own gifts this year can be fun. It is much | | | | the this cover page. |
| cheaper than whipping out your credit card and this | | | | If you have a great selection of photographs, whether |
| gets your creative juices flowing. This is a great | | | | on your computer or in old photo albums, why not |
| project if you are creative, or have something you | | | | spend some time scanning them onto your computer |
| would like to share as a gift. | | | | and creating a great CD for them! I did this for my |
| If you make a great craft, that other people, including | | | | siblings, of old photographs, and created a CD, then |
| friends and family have been bugging you to make for | | | | printed one of my favorite pictures onto plain paper |
| them, then why not show them how to make their | | | | and cut it to fit the CD cover. They just loved it! |
| own? This could be a craft, or making bread, or | | | | Making your own gifts, can be fun, and recipes are |
| creating anything! | | | | another great gift. If you have a bunch of great |
| Most digital cameras have a "create movie" tab on | | | | recipes, stuffed in a drawer, why not transfer them to |
| them, and you can create a DVD of you making this | | | | your computer. Spend some time typing them in and |
| craft. Like your very own TV show. | | | | then either put them on a CD for a gift, or print them |
| Get all your supplies that you will need, and make a list | | | | on some decorative paper. Put them in plastic page |
| of them. Then get someone to film your steps, or set | | | | protectors, and a decorative binder for your loved one. |
| your camera up on a tri-pod. You can then transfer | | | | You could add personalized notes on each recipe, |
| this to a DVD through your own computer. | | | | about what happened the last time you served this, or |
| Get yourself a package of blank DVD's and then burn | | | | something to remind them of you... |
| your movie onto them. Then spend some time creating | | | | Making your own gifts, is also a great way to avoid |
| a great front cover for the DVD. You could | | | | that fear in January, that we all have of the postman |
| personalize this for your loved one, and make sure you | | | | when he brings that bag of bills. Just think, you won't |
| have the list of needed items printed on the back of | | | | have that this time! |