Time is running out. It’s probably too late to be in time for Christmas if you order gifts online now. Or is that it?
You can still arrive on time if you choose a faster shipping method, such as 2-day shipping or overnight shipping, depending on how much time you have left. That will mean spending more on shipping, but it’s worth it if you hate pushing through the crowds at the mall and buying all your stuff from one store and having your items delivered to your home, office, or wherever you’d be at Christmas.
Alternatively, you could make your own Christmas presents. I did it when I was desperate. A glass bowl, sand, pebbles, florist’s foam and dried flowers can become an indoor garden that never withers. It would be a great gift for anyone other than children. For the kids, I suggest you check out these last minute Christmas gift ideas for kids. [http://www.womanht.com/Last-minute-christmas-gifts-for-kids.htm] instead.
Let’s go back to the homemade gift. Take a clean and dry glass container. The most beautiful thing you can find. Glue florist’s foam for dried flower arrangements to the inside of the base of the bowl. Sand over the foam to completely cover it.
Stick the dried flowers through the sand, into the foam, grouping them by color, leaving space between flower groups for pebbles. Think of a real garden. Flower beds are separated by paths or lawns. You can dye the sand green and use it to simulate grass and use pebbles to create the paths.
Make your garden in a bowl look like a real garden. Clustered flowers, pebble paths, the works. You could put a bigger rock to simulate a boulder. The bigger the bowl, the more area you have to play with.
You could even put a mirror to simulate a lake. Use pebbles to cover the sand. That is all. How good it looks depends on your skill. If you don’t like your first try, you can always try again until you like the end result.
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