|  | From Kate Pullen, your About Arts & Crafts Editor With Mother's Day rapidly approaching, I've been browsing our pages looking for some projects and tutorials for handmade gifts. I've found some great ideas using a range of different and unusual techniques. I hope you will find some inspiration here for gifts to make for Mother's Day. Happy crafting! Kate | | Recycled Gift Card Necklace Here's a great idea for making a necklace from recycled gift cards. If you enjoy recycling this way then this tutorial shows how to make earrings from credit cards - Credit Card Earring Tutorial. | Make a Photo Candle Adding a copy of a special photo to a candle makes a lovely personal gift. Learn how to make a custom photo candle for Mother's Day with this photo tutorial. | Make an Origami Dog This is a fun idea for a low cost gift. Make some origami dogs and puppies from paper. This project is also suitable for children to undertake. | Printable MOM Card Template Make a layered card spelling out the word MOM for Mother's Day and fill it with keepsakes, mementos or written messages. | | | | Related Searches | | | | Featured Articles | | | | | | Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics | | | | You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Arts & Crafts newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com | | | | DIY Gift Packaging Ideas | | Advertisement | |