

well, first of all, i know this blog has been dormant for like six months, so i don't know if anyone is still out there! BUT my family did homemade gifts this christmas, so they are worthy of sharing! hehheee
homemade gifts... believe me, i had no idea what to do. actually, my family is quite used to homemade from me, and there are definitely different levels of appreciation. : )
that's where the internet comes in.
i found this great idea for a snowglobe on photojojo. check it out
here.
of course i had to make it my own... this is what sometimes gets me in trouble! i wanted to make it with encouraging words instead of a photo. i thought i'd make all the little words and then the person would shake it and it would show them different words that said all these great things about them.
i made a table of words like "beautiful", "smart", "amazing", etc. in microsoft word, and then printed them on card stock. (you can get a ream of card stock at the office supply store for like $5. it really comes in handy.) i cut each of them out and then taped them using mailing tape the way photojojo suggested.
uhhhh... so i did a tester... i cut a bunch of little words out and stuck them in the cute little bottle (aqua pod water bottles from deer park) and the words just all clumped together and floated to the top. ick. what to do? thankfully, i had taped about seven words on each strip of tape, so i just left them on the tape and stuck two whole strips in. i also put in a separate heart-shaped piece that said "[name], you are..." oh, and lots of glitter and sequins. just follow the instrux from photojojo.
yay! success!
i think they liked them. i mean, who wouldn't like something that's telling them how great they are and has lots of sparkles?!
(for more encouragement, visit my "what God says about me" page
here.)