Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Creative Gifts

Disclosure first:  **Juliana – if you happen on this – DON’T READ!  :) **

I made a journal for a member of the family.  Did a digital design cover, printed it and then laminated it.  Used my handy dandy Bind It All to bind the journal together.

IMG_5685 IMG_5687 But, inside there is more fun.  If I give money as a gift, I like to do something more personal with it.  Unfortunately, we couldn’t afford to buy the whole item for Juliana, so we sent her money.  I went to the bank and got multiple bills for the total.  I slipped one of them into each of several packages.  This journal with a little note, a scarf, some Old Navy gloves and more but I can’t remember.  Makes it more fun for a pre-teen to open her gifts and makes me feel better because I feel like I put more thought into the gift.IMG_5691

Have a Merry Christmas!

2 comments:

Sally in WA said...

That is a super gift, Amanda. I hope Juliana likes it.

Veronica said...

Very NICE!!!!

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