The article suggests various innovative ways of making gifts at home.

Have you ever wondered why Handmade gifts trumps over ready made gifts? In case you are still wondering, it’s because its ‘personal’ the person making them keeps in mind whosoever the wearer is, how he or she will feel on receiving the gift. This explains the fact why homemade mum’s food, knit wear and various other personalized artifacts are sought after and special for both the maker and receiver. The point, I am trying to draw is that though it’s easy to purchase a gift especially this Christmas season when there are plenty of run of the mill offers doing around, some people still opt on going for handmade gift items. Hope I have succeeded in tickling your curiosity on the subject, so in this article I am going to briefly illustrate on what are the some of the ‘Do it yourself gifts’ that one can consider as suitable gifting items. Much of them are innovative and can be spruced up from household items itself. Sharpie Coffee Mugs   The very word sharpie means that you want to make that statement permanent, if you are having bland mugs, a good way to make them look permanent would be to etch your loved one’s name over it and make it permanent. This will be a great dating gift and what more touching than to remember that someone loves you as you sip your beverage… Leather fold over clutches ‘Clutches’ holding them makes women stand out. It stands for style and sophistication. If you have pink faux leather, a zipper, a sewing machine you will be able to neatly stich yourself your very own clutch. We are suggesting pink faux leather as its leather is available in the most varied of colors and a bit of unique craftsmanship will allow the wearer to sport her own style. A really smart way to make it really personal would be to stitch your own names / receiver’s initial to make it very special. Stenciled Pillow Covers If your hands are creative and you like designing, you could let your creativity show on pillow covers and gift them to loved ones. A personalized pillow cover can be an ideal gift; after all every time your loved one sleeps on it he/she will no doubt remember you. Bulletin Boards made out of Wine Corks In the case you have a habit of buying new wines it will be a good idea not to throw away the used wooden corks. One can make a bulletin board and paste them to the wall and believe me they will last a life time.        We have cherry picked the above items purposefully, if you have your own innovative ideas on DIY gifts, do write to us about them.