Used to be that if you liked someone you made them a tape. You know like in cassette. You threw songs on there that meant something to you or to them or to the both of you. Now it’s CDs. Whether it’s a birthday present or one of this year’s Christmas gift ideas, making a CD for someone is means making something that they can have with them everywhere they go.
There’s No Accounting For Taste
Hopefully you don’t have poor taste in music if you’re going to be making CDs for people. That or make yourself entirely familiar with the music that they love and throw that on a CD. There’s nothing like a CD with favorite songs by different artists. You can throw that puppy into your CD player and hear all of the best by the best without even having to reach down and change the CD. You’ve got to love that. Particularly when you’re driving it’s nice not to have to change CDs whenever you want to hear another artist. When you think about it it’s even a safer way to go when you’re driving. All your attention can be concentrated on your driving instead of pulling out the CD that’s played, looking for its case, rummaging around for the next CD, opening it and inserting it in the player…ugh, it’s exhausting—not to mention distracting.
If Making Music Isn’t Your Deal
There are endless possibilities for homemade/do-it-yourself Christmas presents. Here are a couple of suggestions: Memory jar-contains pictures and mementos of your history with the recipient through the years (particularly nice for grandparents from the grandkids); if your recipient is into candles you can give the term ‘tea lights’ a whole new meaning (you’re going to need some pretty specific supplies from the craft shop involving maybe a light scent or several, candle wicks, candle wax and a way to melt it safely). Buy an old/pretty/antique looking teacup and saucer from a 2nd hand shop or rummage sale then pour melted wax, scent and place wick in the teacup. Add another color or more of the same color as wax hardens and settles.
Very nice and truly one of a kind.
