Expert: Melissa Burton (a.k.a Bee) - 2/11/2006

Question
Hi :-)
well, Valentine's day is coming, and I have a little problem.. I have a boyfriend, he's 16, he's funny.. i wish to buy him a Valentine's day gift, but I live in a small town and there are no good gifts.. maybe you can suggest me some ideas of gifts,that I can make on my own?
thank you :-)
please excuse my bad english.
Amber

Answer
Hello Amber
Don't worry about your english, it sounded great to me! Anyways here are a few easy homemade gift ideas. You can make him a journal/photo album. All you need are a few pictures of you and him, pictures of things he likes to eat, do, or whatever, and maybe include a few poems you write or stories or clippings or whatever. Put them in a photo aalbum and give it to him. Another easy thing to do is to make him a picture frame. You can either buy one or make one out of large popsicle sticks. And in the middle include a picture of yourself. If you have a kinkos then you can make a calender. You can also make him chocalate. er's a recipe for delicous brigadeiro or brazilain chocalte, it's very easy to make. I'll provide a link for you.

http://www.cookbrazil.com/brigadeiro.htm

You could make a bouqut of flowers and candy. All you need is some handpicked or bought flowers and long thin sticks. Get a nice sized cany like a starburst and poke the end of the stick into the candy. Then make the bouquet. You could also sew him a pilllow or whatever. Anyways those aren a few quixk ideas. And I know whatever you give your boyfriend he will love it very much! Have a very nice wekedn and God bless you!
Melissa