Need some gift idea’s
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Topic: Need some gift idea’s
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Subject: Need some gift idea’s
Date Posted: 10 February 2010 at 9:18pm
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For my nana,
She is the most amazing lady! She has helped me out of so many messy patches over the past 7 years, and she still helps us with things for the kids and food for the cuboards etc I know i could never pay her back all the money she has spent on me/us over the years, and she wouldnt take it anyways... I love her so much and she is like a mum to me as well as my nana, she is so generous and thoughtful, like tonight I get a text from her saying she has put $200 in my account for my warrent a rego!! I would like to do something for her, something really special, keeping in mind we dont have a lot of money. I am quite good at creating things though.. Ive been trying to think of something to do, and have come up with a few things, but thought Id rack your brains for some idea's too! She likes her garden and baking, she plays bowls and has a GREAT sense of humor! I  her so much! She also adores Isabella and Caden!
Any idea's would be very much appreciated 
TIA! ------------- |
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 10 February 2010 at 9:23pm
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What a honey!
What about making her something on snapfish, you can make heaps of cool things that she would love showing off to her friends. |
Posted By: hannibal
Date Posted: 10 February 2010 at 9:26pm
| maybe go have a look at felt.co.nz - you might get some ideas of things you can make |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 10 February 2010 at 9:26pm
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Maybe a scrap book/photo album of your kiddies and include some photo's of her with them as well...? Or just the family in general.
You could try put together a baking recipe book for her? You could nominate her for Mucking In the tv show... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 10 February 2010 at 9:32pm
Ohh good idea's 
She would love a book of photo's of all the family, and a recipe book sounds brilliant! What would be cool is if I could do a handful of things that are not too pricey and do up a gift basket for her. Thanks for the link hannibal, its great! ------------- |
Posted By: Katep
Date Posted: 10 February 2010 at 9:38pm
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let her babysit LOTS....hahah.
You could do a gift basket and gather one item each week with supo shopping and adventually you'll get there. But I think the photo book would be way cooler! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Mum to the Gorgeous Leah! 7 months |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 10 February 2010 at 9:40pm
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As she loves her garden get her some seeds for it. Do them up in a basket with a few other garden things. Make your own great nana brag book of the kids. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 10 February 2010 at 9:51pm
you could make her something like Phil made me
He just played around with Photoshop, you like doing that he made one for his mum too, she loved it . ------------- 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 10 February 2010 at 9:56pm
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wow kelly thats awesome!!
Actually my dad got given something very simialr for his 50th! ------------- |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 10 February 2010 at 10:46pm
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Actually the garden gift basket idea sounds really good!! Seeds aren't too expensive and compost is usually about $12 for 3 bags at the Warehouse isn't it? You could all pop round and help her with the gardening one day too! I know my grandma loves it when we do that!
Ooh! Or you could set up a little space in her garden where your kids have a space so she could do gardening with them like a vege or flower patch, obviously your little girl is a bit too young but Caden might be old enough  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 12:31am
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Those are lovely idea's nkap9! Caden has just started to get her little spade(not sure what you call the little hand spades) and he will dig at the dirt hehe, so cute! ------------- |
Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 6:38am
hey Sheena, my friend showed me this really great site the other crafty things so maybe you could find something on there to do for her, glad your nana is so lovely to you  you deserve it
http://www.designspongeonline.com/category/diy-projects - Linky ------------- 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 9:16am
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What about a photo book with photos of all of you?
I know that Snapfish do Collages too, you upload the photos and then they'll put the photos on for you. We've got one of the kids and I love it. A Garden basket sounds like a good idea too, you could put in a gardening journal with seeds, handwash etc.... She sounds awesome too BTW ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 9:23am
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Bex that link is awsome! ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: Lexidore
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 9:33am
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Yea Julia I think its pretty great! I really wanna get into some of them but have to find the time and at the moment its a little hard but at some stage! I think this project http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/11/diy-project-toilet-paper-roll-wall-art.html - here is extremely cool especially considering what you are using to make it! -------------
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 9:42am
| Our best home made gifts have all been when we have got Daniel to do some artwork. We just got a canvas and got him to paint and had his handprints etc on it. Those gifts have gone down the best by far |
Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 9:59am
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What about seeds for flowers that are for Caden & Isabella's birth months? I think a basket incorporating all the little ideas is great. You could top it off with a card (handmade or brought) with something written from you to her telling her how much she means to you. She is obviously a wonderful Nana!
Just thought of another possibility but I'm not sure of the cost. What about if you got Caden to do a paint your own plate (or platter) for her to put her baking on? |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 10:59am
Thanks for the great idea's  That link it fab bex!
I like the idea of Caden doing some painting, and on a platter, she would actually love that! This has given me some great idea's thanks girls! ------------- |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 11:06am
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Ohh just thought of something else, what about a mosaic? They are really easy and quick to do.. you can buy the kits online, I did two for my parents and the outlaws to put outside... (gecko and a pukeko).
Happy shopping ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3)
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 1:00pm
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did you get my text last night ?
make a photobook , with a pic on each page of her and the kids, you and her , etc etc . But to make it a bit more special, on everypage, write a reason why you love her and why she means so much to you . You can start by using some of the reasons you told us in your OP -------------
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 1:45pm
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nkap9, you have some really great ideas
MamaS, your nana sounds lovely. I think photos of her & family members would be great & a few thinks for the garden. Maybe cards with the kids foot/hand prints on them etc.
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 1:51pm
I got it this morning yep! Adam shoved my phone in my face when i was half asleep lol. Its a great I deal Kelly! :D!! Thanks everyone ------------- |
caitlynsmygirl wrote:Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 1:57pm
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What about if you use snapfish and do a recipe book with some "new" exciting recipes for her? Do a bit of work and find some really yummy modern recipes that she might not have tried, then decorate it with pics of kids and her and if you get them to do artwork, and then take photos of the artwork (hand/footprints etc) and use them as the background for each page!!
I saw this done and it looked really awesome. Really could see the work gone into it and it looked fabulous!! |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 2:46pm
haha ,thats ok ,ill ignore your excuse for not texting me back . For christmas thats what I made DH abook titled 50 Reasons why I love you , with a photo and us ,and a reason on every page. He loved it -------------
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 3:38pm
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The Warehouse have 3 packs of pre-stretched/mounted canvas blocks, you could get let Caden loose on one of them with some paints, and maybe do a handprint of both kids at the bottom as the 'signature'... I was planning on doing that for MIL when Jae got a bit older, but might do it for her godmother instead now. ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 5:51pm
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I like Kelly's idea with the pictures and reason's why you love her etc! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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