My best friend is 50 at the end of next month. I don’t see her much but I wanted to buy her something lovely, unfortunately the lockdown meant that we had no income at all, and have been living off our savings. Theres really hardly any spare money left.
Shes really hard to buy for at the best of times, as she owns a gift and antique shop. Shes not into fashion and beauty, and although shes a keen reader, she volunteers in the library, and I know she’d hate to receive books.
Her favourite book as a child was Heidi, and we have a thing, that whenever things are going badly with our lives (mostly child related, as neither of our teenagers were easy), we’d say ‘shall we go to the mountain?’ Or ‘my bags are packed, the cabins booked’, silly things like that.
Before lockdown, i’d bought her a really old copy of Heidi, and I was thinking, to go with it, I could make some felt bunting with mountains, trees, a log cabin, and maybe a goat. Is this a stupid idea? Her home is more quirky and eclectic, than minimalist or modern. I think I have all the materials, can sew and draw a bit.
My family would definitely not think something homemade was an acceptable present, especially for a milestone birthday but i’d love some more opinions. If it sounds shit, i’d rather know!