1.  Make a wooden KEEPSAKE box and ask family and friends of the recipient to send you favorite memories to put inside.
 

2.  Have family members write their favorite RECIPE on an index card and send it to you so that you can give someone a decorative recipe box full of family favorites.
 

3.  Did someone just have a BABY? Do some research on the Internet and write a letter detailing the weather, local happenings and world events on that special day.
 

4.  Write a LETTER to a friend or family member detailing a favorite day you spent together (picking apples, baking banana bread) and give it with a similarly scented homemade candle.
 

5.  Make a wall QUILT for which each member of the family designs a different square of a shared memory. Even the least sew-savvy relatives can trace the shape of the childhood dog, an orange basketball or a school of fish.