Ever since I can remember, everyone starts hunting for Christmas gifts as the holiday season approaches.  Great care is invested in shopping for these presents but they are soon forgotten as soon as the big day is over.

As a child I’d always looked forward to giving and receiving presents but it has always saddened me of how we all forget about them shortly after and lock them in our cupboards.

Now for the past couple of years I try to give gifts which would be used year round and still not look boring.

This year my ideal gift is going to be silk scarves for all my friends.  I am going to make these scarves myself with great care.  Being a big fan of simplicity and neatness my scarves will be white in color so they can be unisex. This type can easily be worn with a blazer, skinny jeans, or an oxford for a casual yet professional look anytime of the year.

Hope my friends like my idea as I want them to remember the message of Christmas by wearing these scarves year round.

If there is snow outside and you want to enjoy some hand freezing fun time then follow these simple steps:

Props needed:

Snow – Carrots or cherries – Stone or coal -

Wood sticks – Buttons – Hat – Scarf

Steps:

1)     Rollout a very big snowball for the lower body of the snowman

2)    Rollout a smaller ball for the middle section

3)    Rollout another ball smaller than the other two for the head.

4)    Place the three balls on top of one another so the biggest is at the bottom, the second largest in the middle and the smallest at the top

5)    Use carrots or cherries to make the nose

6)    Make eyes with stones or coal

7)    Place wood sticks around the torso to make arms

8)    Stick buttons vertically around the belly to look like a sweater

9)    Top off with a hat on the head

10) Tie a scarf around its neck

Da Da Da the Snowman is ready!

One of the most fashionable wear of all times has been the “scarf” and all generations have used it as an accessory of adornment.  It has served as a reflection of social and economic status and as a necessity of desirable clothing.

Scarves combine knitwear with warp and weave reflecting ethnicity on one hand and rebellious sporty trends on the other end.  In short, they make you create your own individual look and style by mix and matching fabulous patterns, shapes and colors to make you look beautiful.

Today, the scarf industry is a highly profitable business growing at a tremendous rate and has become a major component of the international fashion industry.  The rise of world-renowned fashion houses and fashion magazines has brought about new attractive styles of shawls and scarf accessories.  Pashmina and silk scarf have become a-la-mode and are used for a variety of purposes be it protection from the weather, birthday presents or as Christmas gifts.

The Christmas tree becomes the main attraction of every private as well as public place.  Everyone enjoys decorating it and wants their tree to look the best.  Bells, balls and light hang everywhere lighting up the gloomy winter atmosphere.  Christmas carols are heard everywhere and jingle bells makes you feel like jingling too.

Once the initial phase of selecting and decoration a tree are done the focus shifts to making massive gifts and placing them beneath the tree. Shortly after presents of all shapes and sizes start appearing and filling the base till the big day approaches and the mountain of gifts are opened.

The entire family takes part in this fun gift opening activity and admire each other’s gifts no matter if it is as big as a diamond ring or as little as a silk scarf.  The main objective is to exchange love and enjoy the warmth of Christmas.

It was a lazy Saturday day with nothing much to do but stay indoors and watch TV.  I lay sluggishly on the couch wearing my teddy bear pajamas and a pashmina shawl scarf thinking of Christmas gift ideas.  The sky was gray and the visibility outside was becoming zero as the clouds thickened.  All of a sudden a soft white cotton-like ball seemed to have fallen from the sky but disappeared in the cold mist.  Following it more and more of these cotton balls seemed to be showered from the sky till everything outside was covered with white feather like fluff.  My still heart started to throb with joy as I was witnessing my first snow fall ever.  It was the prettiest sight of my life as everything outside including house tops, bare tree branches, the sidewalks and all were filled with snowflakes.  Falling from the sky, the snowflakes lay thick and soft on the coats and hats of all the people outside.  Wrapped in warm shawls and scarves all walked hurriedly towards their destinations as the fast gathering snow filled the air.  Soon after it started to get dark and one could barely see through.

I wanted to freeze time and stop the darkness from blocking my view of the wonderful snow-land outside but could not control nature.  This would be one of the most remembered days of my life as I had just experienced my first ever snowfall, something I had always read in books and seen in movies.

I want my presents this year to be unique so the message of love I portray though them lasts all year round.  My thinking-hat has advised me to make small silk scarves for everyone.  I am thinking of using the color red for the men (bold and beautiful for the cold winter) and silver for the ladies (serene and sophisticated).  Each red scarf would have a silver trim and the silver would have red trims.  There would be wrapped with silk ribbon of the opposite colors with small bells tied around the knot.

Now that I have brainstormed my gift ideas I want the holidays to start so I get going with my silk scarf gift project while enjoying my coffee.