Show MADE HOME GIFT BEST t MORE APPRECIATED THAN ONE BOUGHT AT STORE I I Some Suggestions That May Prove Helpful for Those Undecided What to Give for Birthday Remembrance brance Simple brance-Simple Simple and Easy Very often we are at a loss to know what to give as a birthday remembrance brance or to a friend who Is leaving for an extended trip Some am small all trifle made by yourself Is usually more mare appreciated than an elaborate dab dab- orate gift purchased at the shop Here are given a few suggestions which may prove proc helpful They are arc extremely simple to make and tho handy woman will experience experience ence little difficulty in duplicating them Personal taste and originality may maybe be considered when designing your yourn own n gifts I The first suggestion Is for tor a letter letter- I band banel There are always some few tew letters letters let let- wo we desire to keep A dainty let let- terband would be a welcome gift An oval of ot cardboard Is carefully and neatly covered with silk or satin The edge Is finished with fine silk cord A pretty flower design done in Watercolors watercolors watercolors wa wa- ter-colors ter decorates the top Narrow white elastic is attached to the oval ovaland ovaland ovaland and firmly holds the letters In a neat I packet i I Pale yellow satin decorated with j link pink roses makes an attractive letter- letter letteri j i band and They may be neatly lettered Paid I j Bills Old Letters Unanswered Letters Betters or as your fancy tancy desires A pair of ot pretty hangers for a blouse would be appreciated by any anyone one When going away for tor the weekend week the he suitcase will not permit taking the large arge hanger These may be he fastened to the freshly laundered blouse which may be packed packed pack pacts ed without requiring any additional I space pace Two loops of at narrow satin ribbon 2 inches long are atta attached hed separately separate- separate I ly y to safety pins The ribbon rl bon Is Is' decorated with a smaller mailer design done with Ith watercolors I Fi j V. V vS I vp Any tint is lovely used for these hangers hang ers em rs I IA A strawberry shaped emery bag Is pretty retty made from silk and decorated with tiny flowers It Is much more dainty and attractive attractive tive ve than the conventional red re strawberry strawberry straw- straw berry erry emery mery Th The next design Is is' is isa a bodkin holder bolder I A piece of or narrow ribbon is folded tc together together to to- gether an and stitch stitched ell up at the Iho sides The top is turned down and finished i by b- two rows of at stitching Through this is run a n piece of at baby r ribbon which draws together forming a tiny bag for the bodkin A decoration painted with water watercolors colors adorns this his fairylike b hag bag g. g The last suggestion is for tor n a a. bag to contain the powder puff pull It is fash of f satin ribbon the corners rounded A design of or flowers done with watercolors water colors artistically decorates the bag Every Everyone one of ot these makes a lovely little remembrance and costs almos almost nothing They may be fashioned from odds and ends of ot silk and nd ribbon mu much h toe small for a anything else |