Gift ideas for a significant other

[Young_Scroller]

What better place to ask for love advice than a scroll saw forum? Long time no see yalls hope everyone has been doing well! Wanted to get some ideas on what to make for a girlfriend/wife for Christmas! I'm struggling more than I expected to come up with an idea but keep coming up short. SO my question would be what are some gifts you have made in the past for your significant others? Thanks and God Bless!

Joe

[Roberta Moreton]

I made my husband a display box with a glass top for part of his knife collection. 
I have also made him some shelves for some of his lighters, a checkerboard and checkers, he doesn’t play chess. I’m giving my daughter a box with a deck of cards, they play poker, Steve Good pattern. Also a Penguin puzzle, she loves Penguins.  I give my kids an ornament their trees. Grandaughter is getting a turtle box and a trivet. 
 

[Dan]

I made a bowl with my wife's initial inlayed into the bottom. She also stole (I guess that's what you call it) several of my mini birdhouses. I think if you make it she will appreciate it more than you think. Especially if it comes with a $100 bill or a gift card. 

[Scrappile]

You  wrote "girlfriend/wife"... which one are you most concerned about?

[dgman]

45 minutes ago, Scrappile said:

You  wrote "girlfriend/wife"... which one are you most concerned about?

I had the same thought!

[Dan]

Careful Joe. 

[Young_Scroller]

haha I appreciate the input. I was interested to see what kind of responses this might stir up and I am not dissapointed. Little too young to be married quite yet but still need to figure something for the girlfriend.

[jollyred]

I would bet that if you go to Steve Good's site, the Scrollsaw Workshop, and look over his pattern library, you would find a project that would be perfect for her.  And his patterns are free!  

Tom

[lawson56]

I have made several things over the years, but the one my Wife liked the most was a big keep sake jewerly box. about 5 x 10 x 4.

[don in brooklin on]

I second the box.  I did the one with my wives initial K awhile ago.  What looks like the band saw box I did on the scroll saw.

Sue Mey has some lovely fretwork boxes.  Steve Good has lots too.

You say "girlfriend/wife" maybe a small box with appropriate jewelry inside.

 

 

[Scrappile]

Will being serious, I would go with a box.... Most ladies seem to like boxes.. My wife is pretty, ho humm, about my hobby except for the boxes I have made.... she has laid claim to all but the one I have made specifically for my girlfriend....

[meflick]

23 hours ago, Scrappile said:

You  wrote "girlfriend/wife"... which one are you most concerned about?

Was my question too. You said too young yet for a wife, so to give you better ideas an “age” might be useful. What my teenage niece would like, versus, my 25 year old daughter, versus me, a wife of 35 years (who got married “young” by many folks standard but still over 20 ) would be quite different or not, depending on the item. Also you want to take into consideration what she enjoys, likes to do, etc. is she a jewelry  person for example, if she isn’t then a jewelry box probably not good. Does she collect things? The more you hone in on what she likes, what she enjoys, the better you will hone in on gift ideas. 

[kmmcrafts]

I agree with Melanie, Though you can hardly go wrong with a small box, basket, or bowl filled with a bag of her fav. chocolate candy.. Just be careful though as the chocolate is known to make your cloths shrink, LOL.  A portrait cutting of the two of you.. a homemade wood puzzle piece pendant that yours and hers fit together.. etc etc.. 

I made the wood coffee mug thing from Steve Goods pattern and filled it with my wife's favorite ( Dove ) chocolate for a Valentines gift several years ago.. I now sets on her desk at work empty of chocolates but full of pens / pencils paper clips etc.. Cut the rings from contracting woods and it was a real nice looking piece..   

[Puzzleguy]

Before i even read the responses - i was thinking a Jewelry box ( Thou I think Kevin has a good idea as well )

- guess scrollers think alot alike !

Id say find a gorgeous piece of wood , something with a nice figure

and not an impossible to cut hard wood - maybe Africian mahogany or black Walnut .

 

[crupiea]

I made a chest that sits on my nightstand.  About 18" x 18" square or so.  It has a bunch of different sized drawers.  The knobs are just round cheapo knobs glued on. 

Stained it all up and everyone loves it.  No spouse which is for another story but everyone who sees it loves it. 

Its really just a bunch of panels cut on the scrollsaw and glued together.  Used some fancy type tiny nails for extra support but seeing as its just 1/8" bb they dont really do much but look neat. 

Took me half a day.

 

[teachnlearn]

Make a box  and put a wedding ring in it. RJF

[FrankEV]

Look at the thread Gifts - Scroll Saw Challenge  under the heading General Scroll Sawing

Lots of Ideas.   I show three Items I made for my S.O.  You will find it near the bottom of the first page.

Edited December 23, 2020 by FrankEV