Create Beautiful Gift Certificates Onlineby Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 09 Dec 2007 01:08 PM There is no doubt that making your own gift certificates is a great way to be frugal during the holidays. You can customize your gift to fit anyone. The best part about creating your own gift certificate is that you can choose to give a gift of time, something that may not cost any actual money but will make a large impact. Regiftable.com, a website that is dedicated to the art of re-gifting, offers beautiful gift certificates that you can customize and then print out as needed. They have some really nice designs. The gift certificate maker in under a page called "Don't Want to Re-gift," which just had to make me laugh. If you do want to re-gift, you can check out the entire website, which gives you the 411 on the rules of re-gifting. There is even a re-gifting blog and also, plenty of re-gifting stories you can read. Re-gifting is coming into vogue these days, with even those fancy entertainment news shows offering re-gifting tips and ideas now. But on to the gift certificates. You simply fill out a form and then view and print your gift certificate. There are five different designs to choose from, and they all look amazing and professional. Here are some ideas for time-related gifts that you could give: Two or more hours of yard work A trip to the mall A batch of cookies A car wash Baby sitting A home cooked meal A house cleaning Grocery shopping Clean laundry A day to do nothing (while you take care of everything else) A shoveled driveway or walkway A hair cut (if you are talented in hair cutting) A couple of weeks with a walking companion Errand runs (to the dry cleaners, etc) Take a pet to the vet What ideas can you think of? What gift of time would you like to receive? Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here. Related Articles: A Great Gift that is Frugal and Patriotic Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantfrugal tags User Comments No comments on this article yet. Be the first to comment! Community Tags christmas, gift certificates, Gifts, holidays Discuss this article
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