I needed a gift for a Christmas Present Swap next week. How do you choose a gift when you don't know who the recipient will be? I came up with all sorts of ideas, which I rejected one by one. Although they're all female, the age ranges from 30 to nearly 60, includes two with food allergies, two who don't drink alcohol and one that I hardly know! So, I started searching the stash of sewing experiments that have been put aside, because I didn't know what to do with them at the time. I found the piece with threads and ribbons that I wove together. I couldn't remember when I made it, so checked the blog. September 2007! It's past time I did something with it. So I made a book cover, and matched it up with a gorgeous pen that I found in an Oxfam shop.
This is the back -
The book has occasional pages of purple batik paper, just to add some interest -
I hope the recipient likes it. I'm going to include a list of ideas for using the book. Here's what I have so far...
A diary (so you always have something sensational to read)
A place to write down that wonderful quote you just read (you just know you'll lose the scrap of paper)
A Gratitude Journal (write down three things each day that you are grateful for)
A place for your "To Do" lists
An Observation Journal (for that novel you've always wanted to write)
A sketchbook
A notebook (to write down the details of that great idea you just saw or heard about)
What would you use it for?
View From My Back Deck
5 days ago
1 comment:
I'm not sure what I'd use it for...all of the above? But if the recipient doesn't like it, I'd gladly pay postage to Maine, USA! And the pen is GORGEOUS too! Wonder if there is an online Oxfam shop... off to google! And I'm sure she'll like it (she'd be off her rocker not to!),
Cheers, Sarah in Camden, maine
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