I have night lights throughout my house and I hate to throw one away when the light cover breaks, which happens often 
. I have had drawers full of broken night lights that I simply couldn’t bring myself to throw away. I started looking for ways to recycle the broken ones so that I could reuse them. I had a ton of shells laying all over the house and I remember seeing a shell night light before. So, DING! a light went off in my head, I bet I could make my own. I did just that and it was so cute. I found they make wonderful gifts, my mother in law still has one I made her over a year ago. It’s very easy to make and you will be surprised how beautiful they are. Here’s how I did it: Read more »
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A popular gift around our house during summer and usually for Fourth of July is the Watermelon Fruit Basket. I give it everytime I am invited to a summer Barbecue. It is a great inventive gift. I like to make a different style depending on the size of the watermelon but for this one I will advise how to make the smaller one.
It looks a lot more complicated than it actually is, you’ll keep that bit of info to yourself 
. First thing you do is find yourself a small round watermelon with a thick skin. Once you get it home, clean it with plain water and dry it completely. You are going to need a stencil, unless you are an artist and can freehand, to draw onto the melon. The stencil will act as a guide in carving the design into the melon.
For the design you can be as creative as you like, stencils are available at any arts and crafts store. Back to the prep:
- Peel the skin off of the watermelon, this gives you a better hold of the melon. The skin is very slick and it looks better without the skin.
- Cut the watermelon in half and scoop out the inside of it. Cut a 1″ lip around the top half of the melon and one around the bottom half of the melon. This makes the decorative edge for the two adjoining pieces of the melons.
- Now you can draw your stencil on the top half of the melon. Use a carving knife to cut the stencil completely out of the watermelon. Do a rough cutting first then you can come back and neaten it all up.
- The topper is optional, I never use it but it is made out of a turnip. You just cut it into the shape you wish, using stencils or freehand.
Anyone who sees this will be so surprised and thankful. This is the perfect gift for any outdoor event. Creative and easy to make!!
Image belongs to Temple Of Thai.
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When you’re cruising the net, you never know what kind of site you are going to stumble onto. The great thing about being a gift blogger is I get paid to blunder around the net looking for cool things. So when PerpetualKid.Com popped up, I was obliged to spend loads of time checking out some of the hilarious items available. It’s all in the name of research folks - no goofing around here. *fingers crossed behind my back*
PepertualKid.Com offers a great collection of items for people who have a great sense of humor or for the person who has everything.
One of the site’s most popular items is “The Ex Vodoo Knife Set.” It’s billed as a “cathartic knife holder” that come with 5 stainless steel knives. Art and functionality combine with this holder as it uses magnetic sleeves to keep the 8-inch chef, bread, carver knives, 5-inch utility knife and 3.5-inch paring knife in place.
Available in several colors including red, black, chrome and pink, this holder is a great gift for a friend going through relationship drama or for a daughter going away to college or getting her first apartment - which makes me think Dads are going to be lined up for this one! This fun gift has been featured in Time Magazine and USA Today.
photo credit: www.perpetualkid.com
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How many times are parents and grandparents asked to see pictures of the kids? Too many times to name. Well now, you can give that special parent or grandparent a gift they will truly cherish. I thought this was the coolest idea for a gift I have seen in a very long time. This is a Portable Digital Photo Album, currently sold by QVC. It holds up to 1000 photos, isn’t that impressive . It has the ability to set categories for each collection of photos you may have. Let’s say you want to separate all the kids or grandkids into their own section, you can do that with this album. Here’s where the neat creative idea comes in, for the next Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Birthday or special occasion; give that special person this gift only you fill it up with some images for them. Grandma will love to recieve it with pictures of the grandkids already in it.
A great idea for a grandparent! Fill this little device up with tons of pictures of your kids, special trips, anything they would want pictures of and then send it to you mom or dad. They will love it. No more, waiting for pictures through the mail or trying to get them developed and cropped down to fit into a wallet. Keep all the pictures neatly together and organized, ready to be shown off. The digital photo album comes in five adorable colors and comes with the software to crop and edit photos on your device. They can show pictures in a slide show or one at a time. Just imagine, you can just email your pictures and your mother or father will be able to simply download them straight into their handy little portable digital photo album. On Sale for $72.84, you just add the images. Once all your pictures are on it…Voila’…instant personalized one-of-a-kind present for that special person.
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