Gift in a Jar ideas

BigMummaF

Did the label myself Mary & so the recipient had some idea of what was going thru my mind at the time I wrote a list of the "Contents" & printed it onto cream coloured paper.....

Survival Kit

Now you are

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Contents include:-

1.Straw… so you never reach the final one
2.Marbles… to replenish dwindling stock
3.Comb… for the Bobby Charlton look
4.Cocktail Stick… to take your pick
5.Micoxafloppin… ‘those’ little blue pills
6.Pencil… for when inspiration strikes
7.Eraser… for little mistakes
8.Prunes… to keep you going
9.Lightbulb… for inspiration
10.Glucose sweets… to perk you up
11.Fan… for moral support
12. Elastic Band… flexibility
13. Paper Clip… to keep it altogether
14. Silver… never be broke
15. Multi-function Key Ring…
Compass… to find your way home
Light… to find your marbles
Alarm… family can find you
*Definition of LED Light on this appliance… Looked Everywhere Dear



WARNING!

There should be no reason to take No11 to the performance, providing No5 has been taken at least one hour prior. Please do not confuse No8 with No10 if the afore-mentioned performance is intended. No7 will not be of any help either!

BigMummaF

Ooops! It was nicely laid out on the original

The key ring I found for 99p somewhere & it has a little torch, compass & personal alarm --hence the descriptions--& it was one of those battery hand-held fans that was also 99p. The comb was a really cheap plastic one & I broke out a couple of the teeth to make it 'gappy'; a lightbulb shaped pencil sharpener in MrT's back to school range for around 30p & a 5p for the silver

rainmac

Great range of items BigMummaF

My brother will be 30 next year, thinking of doing him something similar. Already started a document with things that happened on the day he was born, year he was born, facts like average price of a house in 1979 (under £20k), facts about him - time born, what the weather was like on the day etc. I was only 4 at the time so am asking my m&d to provide the details here

mary43

BMF - thanks for that lot...........:j

rainmac - I did a folder for my eldest son last birthday,of all the stuff that happened around his birth year, what the weather was like, what toys/music were popular, furniture, everything I could find in fact. Took me an age to find it all...........kept coming across stuff like the Pirate radio stations that were around at the time and there was loads of stuff about them, lot of fun though.

Oh, just to say I've just done two more ''safe keeping' jars.........another one full of dried beans and one I've filled with multicoloured raw plugs for my son keep in his shed.............that way he'll have one and so will his girlfriend................lol

rainmac

Ohhh, just been invited to my friend's 40th. Going to have to make a survival kit for her

Does anyone have any ideas of things I can add in addition to those already mentioned above? Anything specific about turning 40? Thanks

northernlass_2

rainmac wrote: »

Ohhh, just been invited to my friend's 40th. Going to have to make a survival kit for her

Does anyone have any ideas of things I can add in addition to those already mentioned above? Anything specific about turning 40? Thanks

Hi rainmac,
i found some interesting/funny facts about being 40 here http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2008/01/30/40-reasons-to-enjoy-turning-40-86908-20303245/ and these

The past 40 years were all about preparation. Now you are both credible and incredible. 40 is the pivotal power age and here is why:

·You can become a doctor or lawyer and still have time left to practice;
·You can fall in love like a teenager and still have the time to grow up;
·You can marry a younger man without first having a facelift;
·You can have your first wedding anniversary;
·You can have children and still have the time to raise them
·You can shop at Victoria Secret without looking silly
·You can move to another country and still have the time to make it your home;
·You can take up a new sport without worrying about arthritis;
·You lived long enough to be sure about some things;
·You can say what you want and others will listen;
·You can still have fun without being medicated;
·You can do something that you have never done in your life.

And remember this motto to live by:

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming ~ "WOO HOO, what a ride!"
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rainmac

Thanks northernlass

mary43

Did another 'safe keeping' jar yesterday...........filled with dried beans, blue gingham top and I found a little cottagey kitchen image on internet for the label.........................then had a look at the rest of the projects on the site
www.craftysayings.com on the projects section. Loads of stuff thats easy to do. I must have spent hours looking through it...............lol
So, have now washed out two more jars.......................lol:rotfl:

northernlass_2

mary43 wrote: »

www.craftysayings.com on the projects section. Loads of stuff thats easy to do. I must have spent hours looking through it...............lol

sorry Mary but i cant find and projects. Can you describe where on the page they are please.
thanks
NL

Siren137

Hi all!
First time spotting this thread but I thought it would be the perfect place to share a dilemma of mine!
I was intending on making pickled bums for my younger brother and a mate of mine so I have been saving any jars that I could in the cupboard. When we moved house I packed them up and then to my horror when I unpacked them they stink!! The jars had pasta sauce in them and they were thoroughly washed when I popped them into storage.
Is there anyway of getting rid of the smell and making them usable or have I been saving jars for nothing?