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Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Carnival!

It’s that time once again! Thanks for stopping by!

So…..welcome! Kick up your feet and relax a while. I hope you’ll browse around a while and like what you read & see. (And don’t forget to hop over to my reviews blog, Muse Reviews, for another fantastic giveaway!)

I am giving away “a few of my favorite things” this time around. I wanted to give away something specifically for the ladies, too, since we all spend so much time and money on our kids already. (Right?)

Here’s the little gift ensemble I’ve put together for one lucky winner:

- Samara O’shea’s book Note To Self, an excellent commentary/how-to on journaling your life
- A hardbound, gold-gilded lined blank journal for your writing pursuits or fleeting thoughts
- A selection of teas and chocolate (of course, right?)
- Another surprise or two, perhaps! (You’ll have to wait and see.)

All you have to do is, in a comment, tell me the most thoughtful or creative gift you’ve ever given OR received. In a world of pre-wrapped gifts available for immediate purchase and delivery, it’s nice to hear about gifts that truly come from the heart, especially with the holiday season right around the corner. (One comment per person, please, and U.S. entries only!)

I’ll close the contest this Saturday night (Nov. 1, 2008) at 11pm EST and contact the winner the next day. Good luck!

Thanks for dropping in! Don’t forget to enter some (or all) of the other great contests at Bloggy Giveaways!

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>>>One of mine and my husband’s goals in marriage is to visit all 50 states together. He loves all things maps… so for our first Christmas I bought a map (50 inch) and had it matted on foam board and then framed, but without the glass. Then I bought push pin flags…and to every place we go…we put a flag in the map of the United States! It’s our favorite thing to come home from a trip…and first thing…he wants to go to the map (in our sitting room in the master bedroom) and put the flags!

One of my most favorite and thoughtful gifts that i’ve ever given was when I created a beautiful scrapbook for my FIL to keep with him when he travels. He drives a truck and in the book were pictures of all of the grandkids and special moments our family has shared. I truly enjoyed making it and I know he enjoyed recieving it!

This is probably not what most would consider thoughtful and personal, but I love getting gift cards from bookstores. One Christmas my mom gave me a $50 Barnes and Noble card. Spending all that time in the bookstore picking out my books was bliss!

This year my birthday happened to be on the same day Hurricane Ike hit our town in the Houston area. Needless to say, we didn’t celebrate much. :) One week later, though, a good friend of mine showed up on my doorstep with 2 large bags of mystery items. She knew that I had a goal to learn how to make freezer jam, so she brought over every single item necessary – right down to the bowls and spoons (she didn’t want me doing dishes!) – and took her time to teach me how to make freezer jam. It was her birthday gift to me. Not only did I appreciate that she hadn’t let my birthday pass by unobserved, but she gave me an extraordinary gift: a knew skill. How awesome is that?

Right after my first son was born my then boss came to vist us in the hospital and brought a beautiful plant to brighten my hospital room, a couple of magazines for me to read while baby slept and 2 small containers of icecream for my husband and I enjoy that evening in celebration of our new addition.

One of the most thoughtful gifts I’ve been given was my mother-in-law’s sewing machine. It was much nicer than mine, and she gave it to me because I sew and she doesn’t. While it is an expensive machine, I love it in part just because she was nice enough to give it to me and she didn’t have to.

For Mother’s Day several years ago, my husband surprised me with tickets to see Mikhail Baryshnikov; in an intimate setting of just him and a piano. It is, by far, the best material gift I have received for several reasons. 1. I knew that as Misha got older, the chances of me seeing him dance in person were slim; 2. We couldn’t really afford the tickets; and 3. My husband planned and plotted and got my mom involved so I had no idea they were coming. His reasoning was that it was something you only get to do once and that the financial sacrifice was worth it. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

a plane ticket to visit family when i was homesick!

gitrecca (at) gmail (dot) com

the most creative gift i’ve ever received was from my younger sister. She was about 10 at the time. When she was much younger she had broken one of my favorite horse figures–just a plastic pony my granny had given me before she had moved to Ireland.

I didn’t know it, but she had kept the pony and decided to fix her for me. She repainted her, used clay to mold a new leg, butchered a couple of her barbies (she had 200 at that time) for their hair to make a new main…

presented her to me. Best gift I had ever received.

What an awesome giveaway!! The most thoughtful gift I’ve ever given was to make a bunch of little cards telling my mother everything I was thankful to her for. I laminated them and put them on a ring where she could easily flip through them, but she keeps them out on her kitchen counter to this day. I probably did 100+.

For one of my birthdays I received this gift: a goat given in my name to Heifer International.

My favorite gift I recieved…
This book from my mom about the love of a child, from her to me, from me to my son..
Shannon
palmersf(at)bellsouth.net

Check out my giveaway too
http://palmersf1.blogspot.com/2008/10/bloggy-giveaway-time.html

My husband and I have never really had much money. For our anniversary one year he was sad because he didn’t have any money to get me anything “really wonderful” (as he put it). I told him that was fine. Helping me around the house was gift enough for me. But he said he really wanted to give me something so I told him to write me a poem. Well… he took it one step further. He wrote me a wonderful poem AND had it printed on a sweatshirt for me to wear. It’s been 10+ years and I still have the sweatshirt and wear it. People stop me all the time to read the poem and everyone always says the same thing, that I have a very special husband to write such a wonderful poem for me. But I didn’t need a poem to know that I truly have a very wonderful husband. He shoes me that each and every day.

Thanks for a great giveaway!

My sister makes personalized collages and frames them. Made me feel special when I got one.
bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com

The most thoughtful gift I got was a photo book for my graduation party. All my friends and family put in pictures and wrote little things. They even had my cat leave a paw print on it. I miss my kitty it lived a long time.

My mom has always put her kids needs before hers. So, one year for her birthday, I covered a wicker basket with silk flowers and filled it with pampering products. She was so thrilled that she cried.

my shop vac!!! i wanted one badly and my dh listened and bought me one for mother’s day! different for sure but i wanted it :)

My sister has always been a picture taker. For my daughter’s 16th birthday she gave me daugther the most beautiful scrapbook. We all cried seeing all the photos in the book and they were all chronilogical. That’s one of the most special gifts I remember us receiving.

Last year, my husband made me a wooden heart pendant with a matching jewelry box. That was my best present ever.

My favorite gift was a self-portrait that my son sketched of himself when he was 15 years old.
He was so self-concious and shy when he gave it to me-I just love it!

southrngal(at)gmail(dot)com

matching Handmade blankets for my baby and me when he was born. I cherish them forever.

I had a writer-friend that had a major case of writer’s block. I took a blank sketchbook and added artwork and prompts every few pages to get the juices flowing. It was very well received!

Such a nice collection of things! I’d be honored to win.

I love it when friends & family give me things having to do with my kids – last year I got a deck of playing cards personalized with a picture of my kids, another year a pendant etched with my son’s picture, another year a family tree blanket with all of our names.

The most thoughtful gift I ever received was a set of lovely black and white photos from my vacation framed in a collage format for my wall :)

hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com

I received a handmade sweater for my son when he was born. It was beautiful and made with love. I only wish i could crochet lol!
What a great giveaway! Thank you for the chance to win! :)

The most thoughtful gift i’ve ever received were the Hallmark christmas ornaments my grandmother gave us every year. She would pick one out perfect for each grandchild and their interests. I treasure these ornaments every christmas!

This is going to sound completely corny. But my favorite “most-thoughtful gift” was a gift from my sister last Christmas. She’d tracked down a still-in-the-box edition of my very first “my first Barbie” that I got when I was three. It left me speechless and in tears.

Becky (laney_poATyahoo.com)

I like all sorts of homemade gifts. They show the person is really thinking about you!

My MIL has always made our family homemade items, which I luv! One of my favorites is a denim quilt, that I will always treasure :)

My son passed away 7 years ago, my best friend Jane gave me a pendant necklace of a mother holding a baby and had his name and death/birth date ingraved on the back, i wear this every day and it has brought me so much comfort.
Ang

My 4 year old created a photo frame for me using my name, things I liked, and hearts. It was the sweetest thing ever.

Thanks for the great giveaway!

I recieved a cookie mix in a beautiful jar.

One winter my heater had broken down. One of my best friends went out and bought me an electric heater. This was very unexpected and I was touched! :)

Our first Christmas as a married couple, my husband sent me on a treasure hunt throughout our tiny apartment. After collecting 17 clues, I then had to unscramble the first letter of each to reveal that he had gotten me tickets for the Phantom of the Opera!!!

My little sis made a scrapbook of us through the ages with really sweet quotes!!

My most thoughtful gifts almost always come from my kids — they bring me flowers from the garden on a regular basis and make me little pictures and crafts. They’re 5 and 4 and love to make things for Mom :-)

vmlay@artsci.wustl.edu

A couple of years ago my mother gave me a beautiful ceramic rose ring holder with my grandmother’s antique black onyx wedding ring. It is my favorite thing!

Well I think anything handmade is thoughtful because it shows that you took the time to make something! I love a cement stone with my neices handprint in it, that she gave me a few years ago.

I gave my husbands friends a custom wedding album for their wedding. They said they really liked it, hopefully they did :)

Handprints of my son with a poem attached. monk5@charter.net

My most treasured gift is from my mom given to me on my very first mother’s day. It is vase filled with paper flowers that had been assembled using my son’s hand prints. Most thoughtful gift I gave was to my best friend, hand embroidered towels for her birthday. I love personal gifts.

I have to tell you about something my parents are doing today. One of their neighbors is dying (she has MS) and will most likely not make it through tonight. My parents, along with some other neighbors, are over at the house today, cleaning, washing sheets, stocking the fridge, as the kids and grandkids will be arriving this evening.

My mom literally took my breath away when she told me of this. What a wonderful and kind gift to give a grieving family, especially this wonderful woman’s husband…the gift of reassurance that everything is taken care of at the house, so that he can simply be there for his wife.

Thanks for the opportunity.

We snuck some of my mil’s mothers things out of the house after she passed away and had a shadow box made with them.

I was pregnant this Mothers Day so it kinda sort of counted. So my husband found a baby picture of me and him and a ultrasound picture of my daughter, and framed them. So it looked like, you + me = baby. It was so cute!

When my husband and I were dating he spent about an hour in the children’s toy section at a local store trying to find a gag gift for my birthday, and he got kicked out of the store for playing with the toys too enthusiastically. He ended up getting me a slinky, growing dinosaur tablets, and the Politically Correct Bedtime stories.
akreese(at) hotmail (dot) com

A few years ago I made a scrapbook for my niece. I’ve also made one for my grandmother. I contacted the family and their friends and had them send pictures and notes. I assembled these pictures and notes into a scrapbook and presented them as gifts.

I love Spongebob and one year a friend bought me tons of Spongebob stuff. While they weren’t homemade or anything she must have gone to many stores to find so much stuff.

My grandmother made me a handmade quilt and I love it.

When I was 25, my sister-in-law got a Raggedy Ann doll for me. I’d wanted one my whole life, but at that age it seemed silly to get one. It just touched me that she remembered.

My mom is pretty much the queen of giving creative gifts, so it’s hard to pick just one that I’ve received. But perhaps my favorite was the Christmas after I was married. She had my bouquet preserved and beautifully mounted; it now hangs above the kneeling bench that we used in our wedding.

One of the most thoughtful gifts I’ve ever received was from a secret sister at church. I sew and she bought three sets of cordinating fabric and buttons for me to make purses out of.

My husband gave me the most beautiful rocking chair for Mother’s Day right before the birth of our first son. We didn’t have a lot of money but he managed to get it and I still love it even though my son is almost 12!

I love to read. I had received a catalog of books in the mail one year and I had gone through and circled all of the books I wanted to read. I was planning on checking them all out from the library. My birthday was a few weeks later and, to my surprise, my husband had found the catalog and gone out and bought all of the books that were circled.

When 2 of my sons graduated from boot camp as Marines together I created a scrapbook of the graduation day. They still look at it with friends when they come home.

Wendy at Shopping Gems

My boyfriend took a course in wine mixing when he was in Napa Valley. He mixed his own meritage and got a label made that said “chateau hayley.” It was so sweet!

the most creative gift i’ve ever gotten is the painted macaroni necklace my son made in kindergarten. it has a special place of honor in my jewelry box and i will treasure it forever
please throw my name in the hat for this awesome giveaway! good luck everyone!

The most thoughtful gift I received was this past July, an engagement ring in a shell on the beach in Florida. It’s my favourite git ever. :)

Last year I got my mom, sister and mother in law each one of those photo books that you can have made. I found an online coupon so it was pretty affordable. They absolutely loved it because it was basically the year in pictures. I hope to do that this year if I can.
Thanks!
God bless,
Amanda
jesusluvsu2005 at gmail dot com

I made a scrapbook for my husband of his childhood.. along with a surprise 40th bday. He seemed to really be happy! :)

Tara
cloudspassby78 (at) yahoo (dot) com

I made my husband a scrapbook recording the week he spent with his dad (first and only time he met the man…). It was a lovely visit and the scrapbook came out beautifully. My hubby actually got misty-eyed!

My mom recently gave me skis and boots. Not so much for me, but really for my husband. Now, I have no excuse not to go skiing with him (when we can get a baby sitter). It’s nice that my mom is looking out for her son in law

I ha no money for book fair at school as a kid so the librarian bought me a huge stack! I’ll never forget that!

It was the Boppy when I had my first baby. I had never heard of them, and it was indespensible.

When I was a single missionary teacher, my friends surprised me while I was home for the summer with a complete Apartment makeover!!!

Deborah
dbstout{at}juno{dot}com

Both my mother and my grandmother are deceased. I had found a picture of both of them from when my mother was a young girl. They were in the Horseshoe stadium at OSU. Being an OSU grad, it made the picture even more special. It was a small black and white photo and was a little ragged looking. My husband had it enlarged and framed for me for Christmas. I cherish it.

My best friends made me a quilt for my birthday last year. I had no clue and cried when they gave it to me. It was the best gift I have ever received. Thanks for the chance to win!

I like to give original drawings I did to close people :-)

I wrote a poem about my niece after she was killed and shared it with my sister. She then asked if she could read it at the one year memorial we had on the side of the road where she died (car accident). It turned out to be a special gift for her.

One of the best gifts I received was a complete bedroom makeover by my husband (with the kids’ help) while I was away. He bought a new bedroom suite, lamps, fabric for a curtain across the closet, painted walls, etc. I was pregnant and very touched by his huge gift. :)

For my 25th birthday, my husband (of 4 months) made me a coupon book. In it were different items, all with 25 in it (25 minute massage, 25 treats, etc.) The last one had a picture of the two of us on our wedding day and said, “25 Eternities together”. He still melts my heart, 7 years later.

I helped my daughter make a polar fleece taggie blanket for her new cousin – my sister was decorating his nursery in John Deere, so that was the fabric we chose. He is nearing two, and carries that blankie everywhere!

My aunt who is very close to my age and more like a sister to me made a cd for me full of music that reminded her of me and some fun times we’ve had together.

My boyfriend and I made a dollhouse for my sister. It took months.

my friend sends me a birthday box of surprises every year – so fun – some food, some body stuff, socks, journal, you name it.

My sister collected recipes from family and friends and put together a cookbook for me for my birthday a few years ago :)

Thank you for the giveaway!

kerin0874 (at) yahoo (dot) com

One of my co-workers retired after 39 years on the job. I have her a 39 dollar gift cert to her favorite book store.

For my hubby’s 30th birthday (13 years ago!) I mailed greeting cards to some of his favorite Christian singers. I included return postage. I mailed about 30 of them. We got back about half. Some had personal notes (like Sandi Patty told him 30 was just getting started).

The most thoughtful gift I ever received was from my aunt for my birthday, right before I went off to college. She’d made me a gorgeous quilt to wrap up in when I felt homesick.

The most thoughtful gift that I ever received was a nipping press for binding books that my dad found on the street and fixed up for me. You can’t buy those things anywhere!

I think one of the most creative gifts I have given is a scrapbook I made for my daughter with the title in the front, “Life of Faith.” I also helped her brothers make a pencil holder with their pictures including her on it.

One year my husband listened to exactly what I really wanted, went to a specialty store and got exactly what I had mentioned, He really listened, and that made me super happy.Thanks for the chance!

The most thoughtful gift I received was a picture of my best friend and I when we were five. I now have a daughter the same age and my friend is like an aunt to her!

Thanks for the giveaway!
foxsquirrelrabbit(at)gmail(dot)com

A couple of years ago my daughter made me a scrapbook for Mother’s Day that chronicled my children’s years from birth to the present. It had so many cute pages with stickers, captions, and lots of precious photos. I was so touched by her thoughtfulness and hard work.

We like to give homemade teacher gifts every year. We usually make a flower pot of the class. Using sheets of foam, we cut out flower shapes & put each child’s face on a flower. Arrange in a painted pot & the teacher’s love it.

My husband restored some of my childhood home movies that survived but suffered some damage. He paid to have them transferred to a DVD so I could have my memories back. Talk about an awesome birthday gift.

One Christmas, I searched Antique stores for the Perfume my mom wore when she was young, Evening in Paris. I found it along with an empty powder box. She was thrilled.

I love to journal and would love to win this prize!

The best gifts are the ones whose contents are unknown. It’s nice when people know you well enough to know what your interests are and give you a gift without needing a specific request, or just giving you a gift card. My grandma gave me a sewing box and a cookbook for my last birthday, which was very thoughtful, because those are two of my favorite things to do.

My three year old and I love to create gifts for Daddy! The most creative things we have done are: a hardback book, a framed finger painting of fire (dad is a firefighter), and handprint ornaments.

the most thoughtful gift i’ve given is a blank recipe book that i made up for my mom. I wanted to have all of her and her mom’s recipes written down for me before she got ill. I now get to share those recipes with my family and have this book as a keepsake.

Ah…the books are absolutely gorgeous. I take such refuge in the turning of pages.

When I was little, I asked for a ballerina jewelry box every year. Every year, there was none under the tree. After I got older and had my first child, my mother asked me one year what I wanted for Christmas. I told her I wanted the ballerina jewelry box that I never got. She cried and said she hadn’t known. She thought it was just another thing on my long, long list.

Her and my Dad got me that box that year. Though it was a little girls jewelry box, it was never too late.
They gave me a very thoughtful, perhaps the most thoughtful gift that year.

Thanks for the memory :)

My aunt made homemade gifts each year for Christmas. I always looked forward to her creations.

Last year, every gift I gave was handmade. I gave gifts ranging from baked breads to hand knitted scarves and dishcloths (for my Grams who prefers them). Two of my favorites was the handbound journal and set of bright and colorful handmade “cloth napkins” I gave to a friend of mine who was trying to go “green”. The journal was bound using an old Nancy Drew cover.

Another favorite was the pendant I made for my mother in law who had recently lost her grandmother, who was one of the single most important women in her life. The pendent had a photo of her and her grandmother, which I also made by hand.

Last year my brothers turned a tape of my parents group they sang with into a CD with a song of us kids singing as well. It meant more to them than any other gift.

My husband one year gave me an anniversary card. Inside it, he had placed sticky notes throughout with little hints of my present. It turned out to be a belated honeymoon trip. I always pegged him as uncreative, but that really was the sweetest, handmade card.

I have made dozens of prayer shawls for people over the years. I made one for one of my dearest friends who moved to another state. She wasn’t gone for too many months when I received a package in the mail from her. She had knitted me a prayer shawl. I just sat on the couch and cried. Not only was it a wonderful gift to receive, it was a gift to also know that receiving one was really something special.

One of the most thoughtful gifts was one my husband and I received for our 1 year anniversary. We had just bought a house and didn’t have much money so we didn’t have any plans. Our parents got together and gave us gift certificates to a resort. We had enough for a few nights stay and all our meals and some for shopping, we had a great time!

I asked my mom to borrow her address book so I could get addresses to send out holiday cards after I had moved out many years ago. I then bought a new address book and redid her entire address book with all the current and correct names and address in it. It didn’t have tons of scratched out stuff any longer and pages falling out, etc. She said that was one of her most favorite gifts she ever received.

I had surgery for skin cancer this summer and a thoughtful bloggy friend sent me a little book called the Comfort of Rest and Reassurance. It was kind and really gave me a lift.

jubys1mom(at)yahoo(dot)com

I received an awesome photo collage of me and my best friend that she put together

Hm, ate my comment? The most thoughtful gift I received was a getaway for our 3rd anniversary when our babies were tiny. Everything was perfect, he did a fabulous job setting it up. Thanks!

My most thoughtful gift was from an ex-boyfriend of mine. We didn’t have a lot of money at the time, and so he went through a ton of travel magazine and surprised me with a “trip around the world”. We sat at the foot of the bed and he took me on a trip through Europe, Asia and Australia, finishing up in the US. It was such a wonderful gift!

hmmm…that is kinda hard. I would have to say the mothers day gifts from my children last year 8 yr old picked me out a necklace because she said that I always say I never have jewelry. My 7 yr old got me a coffee maker because he knew mine had some “issues”. and my 3 yr old got me a new iron because mine wasn’t working that well. The sweetest part was that they remembered on their own all the little things that I said and that just really touched me.

Would love to win. I am not presently in the USA, but do have a USA mailing address. Can I enter?

I really like the poem by Maya Angelou “Phenomenal Woman”. I found the perfect font, the perfect matte, and frame (custom to each woman) and gave it to some “phenomenal women” that meant a lot to me.

I love making gifts but the first one that came to mind was way back when I was in my early 20s. A friend and I always had “quote” fights and so I decided to make him a qoute book. The whole thing was handmade by me including the paper. Then I hand wrote several of his favorite quotes and added a few others for several pages and left the rest blank so he could add more himself. He loved it and I loved making it… wiicked13 [at] yahoo [dot] com

Last year for Christmas, I gave my sister something special every day from December 1 to December 25- it was everything from little gifts, candy, outings to just sitting and chatting over a nice cup of hot cocoa. It was so much fun to do! Thank you for the great giveaway!

What a beautiful giveaway! The most creative gift I’ve ever given was a picture we made for my grandmother. I had everyone in the family place their hand in paint and press it onto a piece of posterboard. Then, each person wrote five “grandma memories” along each finger. Then, we had the posterboard professionally matted and framed.

Last year, my husband completely surprised me by giving me stones to design a ring. So thoughtful and I love it! He also made a book about our adoption journey to our two oldest sons.

What an amazing giveaway!

When my husband and I married I bought a leather bound journal for us to share notes to each other in. It’s about time for a new one…

JLHalsted(at)hotmail(dot)com

My husband always adds a giftcard to a craft shop or landscaping store to my Christmas present. I have the most fun buying supplies – guilt free (I have a tendency to spend alot on supplies!) Thanks for the giveaway!

Ketchup. How thoughtful can that be? Well, my good friend was marrying a man who slathers ketchup on EVERYTHING. So, as part of her bridal shower, I gave her a bunch. A few months into the wedding it was gone already!

I kept all of the e-mails that my husband (then boyfriend) and I sent back and forth my senior year of college (over 200 pages). On our first anniversary I printed them all out and put them in a binder and gavie it to him/us. It is so much fun to go back and read those (we were so young and so in love!).

Since we didn’t celebrate Christmas as a kid, I never had a Christmas stocking. One year my kids (at the time 15, 11, 8 and 3) got together and made a stocking and stuffed it for me, and somehow managed to get it under the tree on Christmas Eve, without me knowing! It made me cry.

Lalycairn (at) gmail.com

What a beautiful package of treats! I would definitely like to be entered.

My sister-in-laws went in together on a gift for my birthday, once. It was perfect: a small silver dragon charm hanging on a simple silver necklace chain. They knew I loved dragons, and they knew I was simple at heart, and they combined the two for a lovely piece of jewelry. It’s been my favorite ever since I got it.

My husband’s birthday is January 2nd. Since it is so close to Christmas, he usually gets the shaft for his birthday. When we first started dating, I bought him a gift a day between Christmas and his birthday. It was small, but showed I cared

Oh these are wonderful prizes I really hope to win I love writing even if I’m not very good at it.

The most thoughtful gift I have ever received is a handmade angel it is beautiful!

When I was 16 my mom and bestfriend gave me a 2 inch notebook full of notes and pictures to me from everyone that had ever been important to me. It was amazing! I SO need to journal more, so this prize would be wonderful.

For my husband’s 25th birthday, I made a scrapbook of 25 reasons I loved him.

My favorite gift ever was given to me last mothers day when my daughter was 3, she painted a “mom” ceramic piece. Its horribly painted and not something I ever thought I would consider beautiful, but its beautiful to me.

When my husband and I were dating, He sent me a mixed cd of songs that began with the letters in my name. It was really sweet.

My aunt took fabrics that were “Noreen” and made me a dress when I was a child, I posted a pic of it on my blog a few weeks ago as my daughter loves to dress up in it

One year I did the 12 days of Christmas for my hubby, and got gifts related to the song….turtle doves=chocolate turtles, etc. He really enjoyed it!

My husband writes me a poem every year for our anniversary. I love them more than any other gifts I have ever gotten!

snkjohnson (at) gmail (dot) com

My husband’s grandmother gave me a cd with all of her family recipes on it. It was very thoughtful of her.

The first year I was married, I spent the whole summer knitting a sweater for my hubby (whose birthday is in Sept). He’d come home from work and ask me what I did all day and I’d say I watched movies or something else trivial. It was starting to really bother him that he worked so hard while I did nothing (I was also in grad school at the time). He was so shocked when his birthday finally came and he opened his present. I was definitely forgiven for my summer spent “watching movies.”

Last year my hubby hand made me a card with our son’s pictures. It was so silly and cute, I loved it. Thanks for entering me.

I love homemade gifts both giving and receiving. Two years ago one of my cousins made me a litle scrapbook where everyone in the family wrote a page about why they love me. I have it out on my piano and I read it every time I feel sad.

My husband bought me a garnet necklace that I’d admired at a jewelry store. We were there during a holiday street fair, and I commented on how beautiful it was, just admiring, not hinting or anything. When I opened my Christmas gift I was completely surprised to see the necklace! I think I was more pleased that he’d noted what I liked and gone back to get it than with the necklace itsef!

You have a wonderful giveaway.

The most thoughtful gift that I have received is a Lemon Merigue pie from my son’s girlfriend.

It was my birthday and when I opened the door she was standing there with a big smile and the delicious pie that she made.

Knowing that she made it for me touched me like no other gift has.

Thank you!

janetfaye at (gmail) (dot) com

Once my husband arranged for a couple of my out-of-town friends to come spend the night at our house for my birthday! It was a total surprise, and so very thoughtful!

A friend gave us a gift certificate to a bed and breakfast. It was a great getaway.

My son gave me a wonderful huge windchime in a celestial theme just today. He bought it for me for Christmas but couldn’t wait to give it to me.

One year I bought a chocolate heart box of valentine candy for my husband. But I ate all the candy first. I then made cut out hearts for each candy space. I color coded them by theme. Things I love about him. Things I respect about him. Things for him, like free time or back rub. Etc.
He loved it! I rolled each heart up and tied it with a ribbon before putting them in the candy spots.

My daughter made me a homemade picture frame when she was younger and I still use it to this day. She put so much effort into it. It was great.
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The first Christmas that I was living on my own, my parents gifted me with a copy of the cook book that my dad and I had been cooking out of since I was three. I got very misty-eyed!

I think the most thoughtful gift I’ve ever given was a suede and leather journal to a very artistic friend of mine. At least he said it was thoughtful.

I’m having giveaways on my blog all week, too. Feel free to stop by and drop your name in the hat.

a family quilt made of squares of clothes of my brothers and sisters clothes from when I was younger thanks mrs.mommyyatgmail.com

The most thoughtful gift I’ve ever received was probably the Harry Potter books every time a new one came out when I was younger from my mom. There was nothing like the anticipation of reading them and the feeling of the brand new book in my hands.

Well, when I first started dating, my mom gave me “the talk” and a watch that my father had given her on their one year anniversary. When I look at the watch, it reminds me of what a real relationship should be like (my parents are still married to each other).

When I was young, my little sister who was about 4 at the time, took a little 3×5 pad of paper and drew a picture for each of us (her siblings) and then rolled it in a scroll and put those under the tree for presents. It was all she could do at her age and my brothers didn’t even care about it and sort of laughed at her. To me, it was the most beautiful gift I’d ever received. Even though I was a young child myself, I still saw the true beauty of that gift and to this day, that little picture of a lion means the world to me.

When my son was 3 he picked out a sundress, matching flip flops and a visor for me for Mother’s day. Trust me I looked a sight, but the look on his face when he saw me wearing that get up gave me the most beautiful feeling inside!

The most thoughtful gift I ever received was a get-well card from my step-son. We were at a point when we weren’t getting along well at all. I think he was around 11. I got really sick with the flu, and I think he was really worried about me. All the card was, was a piece of folded typing paper, but he got it signed by everyone at his bus stop. How sweet is that?

rlgrady [at] yahoo [dot] com

The most thoughtful gift I recieved was from my mom. She made all of us kids a scrapbook of my Grandfathers family. (he passed away 2 years ago)
I have gift I have given that I really enjoyed doing. A memory jar for my mom. I did a needle point on cloth that read Little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. I hot glued that to the back of the jar. Inside the jar I included things from my childhood such as sheet music, a rock I carried, and a girl scout badge…. Mom loved and it was so much fun to do.

Have a great day.
Nikki
Homeschool mom of 7
21,19,16,11,8 and 2
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Angelheart/
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My husband always buys me flowers for my birthday. One day, long after my birthday, I just happened to mention how I missed the huge flower garden I had growing up, seeing flowers bloom right in front of me. The next year, for my birthday, I got a rose garden :)

Thanks for this great giveaway!
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The best gift I’ve ever received was given to me by my husband (then my boyfriend). I was unable to go on our family vacation that year to my favorite place, the beach. He came to my house and created a beach for me. Yes, he hauled bags and bags and bags of sand over and put them on my deck (on a tarp) and set up a chair and a towel. It was so romantic. No wonder I married him!

The most thouhghtful gift I’ve ever received was my great grandmother’s lace handkerchief that she took to church every Sunday. Thanks!

The most thoughtful gift I have given was a fabric covered box filled with sewing goodies for my new sister-in-law’s birthday. I knew she needed some new things for crafting!

the most thoughtful gift I ever received was a day off. We were hard up for money one Mothers day and all my ex could do was home made cards (which I loved). But he decided to make it my day. He and the kids did every little thing around the house that day. Even all the things I thought they never noticed that I do. It was a wonderful day and it warmed my heart to know that they appreciated me and all I do.

I usually make cards and package up homemade cookies. I know it’s not that exciting, but most of my friends don’t bake and they request treats from my kitchen! Thanks for the offer!

I made a mini scrapbook album for two of my older sisters that live out of state! I used old photos from when they were kids and they adored them! Priceless memories! Thanks so much for doing this for us!
ahiltzy@yahoo(dot)com

My friend made me a gorgeous scrapbook of my family. It is beautiful, and i cherish it.

A couple of years ago my Nana gave me a photo album/scrapbook that my Great Grandmother had kept. It had her beautiful handwriting in it along with photos of me when I was a baby and growing up. It is the most treasured collection of photos that I own.

For my Bridal Shower, my pastor’s wife gave me an amazing gift basket that she put together herself.

It had thank you cards, two fancy pens, stamps, coffee mugs, hot chocolate, and candles. Then it said to have a relaxing night together writing thank you cards!

It was so unique and creative!

Thanks for the giveaway!

-Ashley

My most thoughtful gift is a Christmas globe for my MIL. I had my sister’s three kids a few years ago…I had them for two years. I also had 4 kids of my own. My MIL was the only one that would watch all of the kids for me…that is 7 kids under 8!! Well, my sister’s youngest boy broke my MIL’s Christmas globe and it was a globe that was VERY special to her!! It took me a couple of years to find the globe in a Christmas shoppe when I was traveling out of state. I started bawling right in the store when I finally found it!!

One of the presents I’m working on for this Christmas is a cookbook of “classic” family recipes – Mom’s pancakes, Grandmom’s Cheese cookies, you get the idea. I’m putting it together in tastebook & will be getting a copy for everyone.

The most thoughtful gift I have gotten is when my husband gave me a trip to Paris for my 40th b-day. Not only had I never traveled out of the country but I could go and see my brother and SIL who had moved to Paris and I had been missing a lot. It was wonderful.

For my 40th bday, my husband planned a weekend getaway to Chicago (just us 2). He arranged everything, including every single detail involved in leaving our kids at his brothers. It was great!

When we got married, someone made us a set of wine charms that had symbols of Minnesota (where I’m originally from) and of NYC (where we were living at the time). It was so thoughtful and personalized!

I love making tailored gifts for my friends. One big hit was for a friend of mine that is a knitter and coffee lover. I had a friend that worked in a local coffee shop and I asked her if she could snag me one of those clear cups with the domed lid. Inside of that I put a sein of latte colored yarn, and some remants of a cream colored yarn that I had on top of that to look like some foam, and a pair of needles (the straws). I wrapped a ribbon around it and included a gift card to her favorite cafe.

Last Christmas my husband made me an actual paperback book of pictures of us and our friends and family. I absolutely adore it! Ever so often I look through it and smile at all the memories it contains.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Angela
itsahumanzoo at gmail dot com
P.S. I am giving away a subscription to Parents Magazine on my blog, so if you or someone you know might be interested, stop on by! :)

When I went to college a lady at my church gave me the most beautiful desk clock. I loved it!
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The most thoughtful give I’ve ever gotten was a gift certificate for a massage when I was pregnant with my youngest. It was wonderful!

My favorite gift ever was from my daughter. She was about 5 years old and went shopping with daddy. She picked out a manicure set because “remember mommy when you lost your’s at the airport”

It had been months and she remembered that security had taken mine away. I was touched

A very thoughtful gift that I recently received was a set of handmade magnets and a beautiful handmade card from my closest friend. She wrote a very special message to me and even had her kids make me cards. It really blessed me that this whole family was thinking of me on my birthday.

elizardbreath8@hotmail.com

My sister-in-law bought us tickets to a zoo I wanted to take my daughter to, with a dead line of this year! It was perfect :-D

learningmama at yahoo dot com

I have twice now done family cookbooks to give at Christmas, spiral bound, nice printing. I’d love to win–what a treat! Thanks!
cross_home2001 (at) yahoo (dot) com

One of my favorite gifts is a blown-up picture of my sister and I on our horses as teenagers. My sister gave it to me and I love it!

Thank you for having this. The most thoughtful gift I have ever received was from my daughter. She drew me a picture and my husband had it framed. I loved it. THank you!
tatertot374@sbcglobal

I’m going to go for the most recent creative gift I’ve received because I’ve given and received some great ones! Anyhow, when my second son was born my aunt sent me a blue piggy bank and wrote a neat little note to go with it about how she learned while raising her children to put in deposits – encouragement, etc – so that there would be something to take out when she had to make a withdraw – correcting her children. It is daily a visual reminder to keep making deposits into my son’s life!

One of the most thoughtful gifts I received on my last birthday was a slideshow my friends made me of pictures from when were in college. It was a sweet surprise :-) Thanks!

My mom’s best friend gave me a journal when I graduated from high school. I wasn’t sure if I would use it but it became one of my most treasured items after I filled it up.

My husband hand carved me a little penguin out of wood. It’s not the most glamorous piece ever, but I love it.

I handmade a quilt and gave it to my grandma, who taught me to quilt, for christmas.
shoreview3(at)hotmail(dot)com

My most treasured gift is a VCR tape made by my daughter..it is a collage of events of my 3 daughters growing up.

I think my most creative gift I will be giving soon for Christmas. I’ve just started sewing more and made a lovely bag for my best friend from high school. Thanks for this give a way!

For a wedding night present I’ve given the couple a “survival package” for their honeymoon. Energy drinks, Gatorade, chocolate, chocolate syrup, etc. You get the idea!

I got a perpetual calendar with inspirational quotes as a high school graduation gift. All these years later, I still have it on my desk at work.

My family and I planned a trip for my husband to Germany for his 30th birthday! It was awesome, because we had requested all the time off for him from his job and gave him 2 days to pack. It was seriously the best feeling ever. =)

from a mom with 2 boys, 21 months apart, a quite day to myself was one of the greatest gifts ever when they were both under2!

When I had my son everyone kept stopping by the hospital with baby things for him. That was nice, but I had post partum blues, I had just pushed out a ten pound baby and I was feeling ignored while everyone carried on over the big beautiful boy. My friend marsha came in late in the afternoon with a big basket just for me. It had chocolate, tea, a book, lotion for my poor belly, nail polish, thank you cards so I could get started from my hospital bed, and more. I sat and cried!!

Thanks for having the giveaway!

A couple of years ago, I put together a family photo book for my Mother for Mother’s day. It had cute little sayings for each picture a picture of each of my kids, me (and I avoid pictures), my husband, Dad, Mom when she was young and my Grandparents. I even made the book it was in. It took a long time and was one of the nicest things I have made!

I think one of the most thoughtful/creative gifts you can give is a diaper cake. Plenty of diapers for the baby with other things the baby needs. I like to coordinate what I put on the cake with things from the couples baby registry. I also like to make a crocheted blanket and a name cross stitch with date of birth and birth stats.

My husband and I made up a “monopoly” game for his parents – you know how they have every possibly version available from star warsopoly to dogopoly? It took a lot of time to put together the board and come up with property names, chance cards, etc., but it was a lot of fun and I found out a lot about his family history.

Thanks for hosting!
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A few years ago my younger brother wrote me the most lovely poem for my birthday.(he is an aspiring writer and poet) He wrote about how he thinks I am the greatest mom in the world and how much he looks up to me…needless to say, I still get teary eyed when I read it. It meant so much to me that he thought that about me…he has really turned out to be wonderful man!

I have a friend who is an amazing artist but who makes her living doing something else. One year, I put together what I thought was a pretty unoriginal gift of all sorts of different art supplies. She was thrilled. She said I was the only person to ever give her art works. I like that I knew her well enough to give what she loves.

When my brother was an unemployed teenager, and I was a new married woman, he gathered his entire youthgroup and brought them to our house and had the choir sing happy birthday to me. He had no money to buy me anything, but to this day, I remember the effort and thought he put into making my day special.

Angie

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When I was pregnant with my twins 2 of my friends went together and made a BUNCH of frozen meals to stock our freezer with. That was a LIFESAVER in the first weeks after our twins were born!

I made a holiday gift package for my dad a few years back based on the 12 days of Christmas song. I put an ink cartridge in a little pear tree for a cartridge in a pear tree, 2 pairs of sweats, 3 new sweatshirts, 4 pairs of socks, etc. He opened them in order and sang the song each time he did. It was the most fun gift ever.

My most thoughtful gift was a scrapbook I made for a friend. She had a new baby boy and wasn’t a scrapbooker herself, she knew I was and when she saw it she said “I was hoping you would make me one of these, it will be my most favorite gift”. thanks for sharing.
carolyn s.

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wow, what a thoughtful contest. Last Christmas money was very tight… several friends from church, without knowing anything from each other or even anything specific from us, gave us money specifically to buy presents for our kids. And we were given a ham and a turkey by my teenagers bosses.

Just recently, I have made some really cute onesies for two of my pregnant friends. They were customized with little sayings with a play on words with their last names.
And last year, a friend of mine got married, and I made a “movie blanket” for the happy couple. I crocheted a large blanket, in their wedding colors-which are also her favorite colors- that would cover their laps while watching movies, their favorite thing to do. My best friend loved it and she stole it and basically uses it for herself. Her poor hubby hardly ever gets to use it!

My bunco group threw me a baby shower and surprised me with the most beautiful quilt. Each lady had taken a square home and made their own square for my sweet daughter Summer Rae.

Back when my husband and I were dating, we were really poor. He lived in my college town and I was back home for the holidays. He didn’t have a winter coat and was walking to work every day in December. My mom drove me to the Goodwill store and I bought him a winter coat for a dollar and shipped it to him.

What’s crazy is that from pictures it looks exactly like a coat his dad owned. It might have even been the exact same one because his dad had died a few years earlier and his stuff could have ended up in Goodwill. So, a special gift.

The most thoughtful present I ever got were these two books I got from my brother. Not that the titles were ones I had told him about, but the thoughtfulness of the gift was more because my brother remembered. I mean here my brother was stationed out in Iraq in a place where he told me bombings took place almost everyday, and he remembers to log online and order these two books for my birthday. It made me cry.

I learned how to Water Bath Can. This year I am giving Homemade Canned Goods.

Carolyn
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The most thoughtful gift i have ever recieved was after the birth of my first child. Everyone buys you things for baby, I recieved a package just for me with personal items that are a must for new mom and some nice pamper me items. Let’s face it we done the work and we need to be remembered too. Now I do the same, instead of cute blankets or expensive outfits that baby will probably never wear I get mom things she can really use.

The best gift that I have ever gotten was a photo book that my husband made for me the first Christmas we were dating, it was pictures of our fist year together.

The most thoughtful gift I ever received was from my husband. It was a Christmas card and he had written all the reasons he loved me inside. We had just gotten back together after a seperation so it meant so much to me. I still have and cherish that card and we have been married for almost 29 years. I pull it out every once in awhile and re-read it and my heart swells with love.

Thanks so much!

I’m not sure if it’s the most thoughtful gift ever, but I had great fun sewing puppets for my niece’s 2nd birthday this year.

Thanks for the giveaway!

saharagreen at gmail dot com

With contributions from several friends… we filled a brand new laundry basket with baby clothes. we got a long line of twine and wooden clothes clips and hung each piece of baby clothing to the twine. Hope this makes sense.

My husbands first birthday gift when I was a freshman in high school. It was a teddy bear and I loved it. I still sleep with it every night. lol Thanks for the chance to win.
Nina
NinaGonzalez0430@yahoo.com

For a couple years I was making my family scrapbook calendars. Each month the page rips off and becomes a scrapbook page!

For Christmas last year, we gave my parents a digital frame outlining their lives. At the end we introduced them to their next chapter of grandparenthood!

The most creative gift I’ve ever received was a ceramic cat face that my daughter made for me at school. She designed it to look just like our cat, Loki, that we took in when the momma cat wasn’t able to produce enough milk to feed her babies. I still have this priceless gift displayed on a shelf near my computer. It always makes me smile to think of the time she put into creating this special gift to me.

In February, my grandfather passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. He was so young and vibrant still and I reallt think we may all still be in shock. I was told I gave the greatest gift when I wrote an original poem about my grandpa titled “My Goodbye”, framed it with a photo of he and I dancing at my wedding 5 years ago, and gave it to my grandmother after I read the poem duringt his eulogy at the visitation. There was not a dry eye in the house but I think it gave me a sense of closure and it brought immense comfort to my grandmother.

Thank you.

kara.lawyer@yahoo.com

Four years ago, I was diagnosed with a spinal cord tumor. I had it removed and it was benign, but I am left with permanent nerve damage and chronic pain. The most wonderful gift anyone ever got for me was the massage my husband got for my birthday. I have no idea how he came up with the money (we were so broke), but the fact that he recognized my daily struggle just made me love him even more.

My sister and I scrapbooked for our Dad to let him know how much he means to us as a father, role model, and god fearing man. It was very heartfelt.
Thank you for the giveaway

The Power of Housewife Word of Mouth

Oh, this looks wonderful!
One of the best gifts I’ve gotten was an antique book of medieval ballads for my college graduation (I was an English grad).

I gave my husband a leather journal cover with dragons on it, he loves dragons and writes constantly :D

I really like your giveaway… it is my favorite so far… I love to read and write! The most thoughtful gift I ever gave was to my mom. Our family is hardly ever together at the same time, so I made her a collage frame filled with everyone… she loved it!

A Mother’s Ring from my husband after the birth of our second son! Thanks for a wonderful contest. Cindi

The most thoughtful gift was when my oldest passed,10/30/04 and my other son gave me a necklace called Circle of Life. I haven’t taken it off.

I’m probably forgetting something, but right now I’d have to say that my puppy was probably the most thoughtful…we got her because our other dog was getting older and it helped her have fun and now that she’s passed (just a few weeks ago) the puppy, who’s now 2, is helping all of us, too…plus she’s a fantastic dog :)

When my sister was pregnant with her first child, I created a drawing of her holding her new daughter. She loved it so much that she ended up having it framed and put in her daughter’s nursery room. It’s still there today, even though her daughter is 2 years old.

orchestratenoise0726[at]yahoo[dot]com

the most thoughful gift i have given is a fathers day card to my daddy with a pic of me and him when i was just a little girl. it is such an old photo and not many exist.

I don’t see my mother often because I live pretty far away but recently I went to visit her and took alot of pictures. I made up a photobook which I will give to her for Christmas.
cjnedrow@gmail.com

When I graduated from high school, my youth leaders put together a package of small things with significance. Each thing had a note attached that tied it to some memory they had of me and the time we’d spent together. It was wonderful!

My aunt gave me a scrapbook she made of me with my baby pics.

The best gifts I receive are the unexpected ones.

I love this giveaway.

I love to make food for the holidays, ckes, cookies, jams and jellies It is something that everyone enjoys and comes from the heart

Bonnie in FL
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The most thoughtful gift I’ve recieved is a movie, gourmet popcorn, hot chocolate and a soft cumfy blanket. This was all I needed for a nice evening at home. It was very thoughtful!!

A few years back for mothers day, my kids and I painted terra cotta planters with their handprints, names, and hearts to give as gifts to the grandmas! Now every year, we have a new Mother’s day tradition. We go and plant flowers for the Grandma’s in their special handmade pots!

daytoncat1(at)yahoo(dot)com

A vase of flowers.
skyskyaa11(at)gmail(dot)com

The best gift I ever received was from my former sister-in-law. After my house burnt we were getting ready to move into a new place. She gave me a laundry basket filled with cleaning products and supplies plus a gift card for groceries. Probably the best gift I’ve ever received!

I got a basket full of homemade items including candles, soaps, cookies and other treats. I could tell alot of thought was put into it and I enjoyed everything. Thanks!

I just gave my friend customized fruit roll-ups that said Happy Birthday Melissa on them. She was totally surprised and loved to have one of her favorite snacks personalized for her.

My ex roommate bought me a journal. I had wanted one for a while and never remembered to pick one up. SO one day out of the blue, she bought me one. It had moons and suns all over it. Beautiful art work and beautiful quotes on it as well.

The most thoughtful gift I got was on the day I got married. My friend made an appointment for me at a beauty salon to get a manicure and pedicure. I felt really special.

Karen

Here On Columbia Avenue
4 Cats Make Me Crazy!
Da Boss And Bryguy

One Valentine’s day, I printed out pictures of a trip to the beach I took with my best friend and our children. I framed the pics and quoted a portion of the song “The Ocean” by the Bravery. She hung it up as soon as she unwrapped it. I love giving homemade gifts.
Thanks for hosting this giveaway, I hope you will check mine out, too!

one of my favorite gifts was a scrap book my daughter-in-law made for me with my children and grandchildren

For every wedding invitation I receive I always buy a 8×10 beautiful frame and mount the wedding invitation inside and present it as a gift to the bride and groom to cherish.

When my cousin got her own apartment she mentioned that she was trying to learn how to cook, so for Christmas I made her several mixes– for cookies, soup, etc– and packed them in quart jars decorated with ribbon and instruction labels. She said she really liked it.

I gave my brother in law, while he was in law school, a basket of legal pads, pens, pencils, coffee, aspirin, and chocolate treats. He loved it.

A gift basket for my grandmother for letter writing included stationary, cards, pen, stamps, etc. Thanks. Theresa
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I had a friend in high school give me a journal full of “quotes” that she’d collected over time – it was and always has been very precious to me!

My most precious gift i ever recieved was from God and there was 2 gifts, both girls!!
My most thoughtful material gift was from my mom, every year sge puts a ideal christmas book in my gift and when i was a little girl i use to go threw her ideal books and play with them now i give my girls these books too! they’re beautiful!
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The most thoughtful gift I have ever gotten was small, but so sweet. Until a few years ago I was a single mom. We didn’t have much, but we got by and bought gifts via the thrift store for the most part. Well one year I was talking about how much I would love a sewing machine. My son saved up his allowance and on Christmas day I woke up to find a home made sewing kit from him. He had gathered buttons, sewing needles, thread, and fabrics that he had picked up at the thrift stores in the area with my mom. It was the sweetest thing EVER.

I think that the best gift I give is a journal to new moms to write notes to their new baby so that the child has perspective and even more love towards their mother

A few months ago I was able to surprise my husband with a weekend away for the first time in our marriage. We got married early 2004, and by the end of sept 2007, we had had 3 babies and lost 4 jobs. I saved and saved extra money for about six months, then surprised him with a hotel room 3 hours away from home. And with NO CHILDREN!! that wasn’t it. I bought tickets for 3 bands we have been wanting to see for 6 years. Then again the next night 2 more bands we were anxious to see. He didnt know about any of it!! He didnt even know who we were seeing till they were on stage! It was the best gift I have given and plan to make a picture collage of the weekend framed for him for christmas.
Read about it here:
http://feb28.com/2008/carol/are-you-kidding-me-ethan-smith/

I think the most thoughtful gift i’ve ever given, is the possible donation of my kidney to a friend. We’re still in the process, and I may not even be able to, but I wanted her to know I was willing.

I received a handmade afghan.

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