| Have you ever dreaded a holiday or birthday because | | | | or a dinner out and you've got a gift any busy mom |
| you don't want to contribute to someone else's clutter? | | | | will LOVE.Give a donation to a favorite charity. This is |
| Here are 10 great ways to simplify, create less clutter, | | | | especially appropriate as a gift for someone who has |
| save money, and still give great gifts people will | | | | everything and is getting older and really doesn't need |
| love.Give a unique skill you have to offer. For example, | | | | anything or already has everything! Just make sure it's |
| I know how to make websites, and am a pretty good | | | | to their favorite charity, not yours.Give a coupon for a |
| photographer. So for the 70th birthday party of a very | | | | trip to a Museum and lunch or dinner out. Or perhaps a |
| special lady I took over 250 digital photos. Then I made | | | | daytrip to a nearby city, or a picnic in a favorite park! |
| a website with all the best photos and emailed it to all | | | | Again, make sure it's something they really like to do |
| the attendees. Before the party, I bought a small photo | | | | and that you will go with them.Give a gift certificate to |
| album that had pages with quotes and space to write | | | | get a massage. Take the time to find out who their |
| on the left and photos on the right...it was under 10$. I | | | | favorite massage therapist is. Few people want to go |
| brought the album with me and had all the attendees | | | | to someone they don't know if they didn't |
| write a message on a page in the album. After the | | | | choose.Make a favorite dinner or desert for a friend or |
| party, I inserted pictures of people where they had | | | | family and deliver it to them.If you are good at |
| signed. The gift was priceless. She loved it!For a | | | | organizing, and you know they've been wanting help, |
| relative who doesn't see your children often, gather up | | | | give someone a day of your time to help them get |
| a collection of their best artwork, scan it into the | | | | organized - like cleaning out a closet or a garage.Make |
| computer and make a PowerPoint presentation, | | | | a plant with cuttings from your favorite plant for |
| slideshow, or put it on a public website like You could | | | | someone who has admired your plants.The key to |
| also make a little booklet and mail it to them, but then | | | | giving gifts that don't add to their clutter is to really pay |
| that could become clutter.Give a gift certificate for | | | | attention to everything they like to do, take notes and |
| something you know they've been wanting to do. Like | | | | offer gifts you know they will love. There is no more |
| a balloon ride, or a trip to a gaming / entertainment | | | | treasured gift in the world that the one that is given |
| complex like Dave & Busters.Volunteer to babysit for | | | | with love and real attention to a person's needs and |
| free. Combine this with a gift certificate to the movies, | | | | wants. |