Showing posts with label christmas gifts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas gifts. Show all posts

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Earn Money looking after Pets at Christmas and Holidays

Before Christmas many teenagers and older people would love to earn money to spend on gifts for Christmas.

Anyone can earn money looking after pets at Christmas or any Holiday time.  Most people that have pets would like to take them away with them but there are times that you really cannot.  This is how you can help them and at the same time help yourself to pay those little extras at Christmas.

You may be required to walk the pets and feed them in the owners home or they may prefer for you to look after them at your home.  

Why Pets are not good gifts for Christmas or Birthdays

Buying a gift for Christmas is very hard trying to find that special one for someone you love or even for a good friend.

Giving a pet for a gift is not a very good idea. There are several reasons for this. One the person may have alergies, which could cause major problems.

You might think they would love a little puppy but for the older person a young pup could get under their feet and cause an accident.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Create your own Cheap Christmas gifts with sea shells



What better way to create cheap Christmas gifts than to use our own shells from the ocean and even better they are free. By using your creativity to can come up with some unique ideas of making beautiful ornaments and novelties.

Check out this article for suggestions on ways to create your own. Your friends and family will love something that you have created with your own hands rather than rushing out and buying something that you really could not afford in the first place.

How to make a photo frame like this:

Select a frame with a flat surface. Take glass out and sandpaper surface to make sure it is clean.
Place shells around the frame to see how it will look. When satisfied glue on using heat gun.
You can spray paint with gloss to keep natural shell appearance. Or you can spray with white then sprinkle on the extra decorative shiny sparkles.



How to make a Christmas Table Centre piece or as a Wall Photo Frame 

You will need to buy a foam wreath from a craft shop, a glue gun, clear gloss spray and of course heaps of shells.

Start on in the middle on one side then work your way over wreath to fill one end gluing shells in place. Be careful when gluing not to dislodge shells you have already fixed to wreath.  If necessary leave to dry after doing one end.

Take care not to have shells overlapping the edge on the back as it will not sit flat if shells protrude outside the back of frame. Use a mixture of larger shells and then fill in spaces with smaller shells.

When satisfied, spray with clear gloss paint for natural look. If making from older shells spray with the colour paint to suit the decor of room.

You could also place a mirror behind either of the above and have a decorative wall mirror.  There are literally hundreds of way to use shells if you use your imagination. You can buy craft seashells from amazon if not anywhere near a beach.

An Added bonus is the fact that if you walk miles to collect these shells then you will lose weight and fit at the same time while out in the fresh air.  What more could you want.



Creating your own jewelry from seashells for Christmas gifts


Christmas is an expensive time for everyone. Therefore we need to learn how to cut the cost of buying expensive gifts by making your own.

What better way to do this than by using sea shells from the ocean and what makes this idea even better is that it will not cost you the world. Shells can be found allover the world on our beautiful beaches.

Anyone can create beautiful jewelry to give to friends and family as gifts this Christmas. read more