Newsday's guide to handmade gifts

Need a little help deciding what to buy? Our first-ever holiday guide to handmade gifts offers finds by local designers, artists and makers of all stripes.

Buying the wares of many of these Long Islanders is like investing in their hopes, dreams and creativity. That alone can make a gift extra-special.

So this year, avoid all those cookie-cutter gifts and forget about buying another impersonal gift card.

Here's a look at some of the most imaginative and unusual items around, all of which can be ordered online.
Newsday

July 25, 2008

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<b>BETTER WITH A BOW:</b> Kelly Walker of Middle Island became fascinated by hair bows after her fourth child -- and only daughter -- was born. "I wanted to find pretty hair bows for my baby that didn't involve silly headbands, Velcro or glue,” she says. She guarantees her Bald Baby Bows will hold baby-fine, barely there hair in place. She welcomes custom orders. Cost: $3.50 and up at <a href="http://www.betterwithabow.com" target="new">betterwithabow.com</a>.
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BETTER WITH A BOW: Kelly Walker of Middle Island became fascinated by hair bows after her fourth child -- and only daughter -- was born. "I wanted to find pretty hair bows for my baby that didn't involve silly headbands, Velcro or glue,” she says. She guarantees her Bald Baby Bows will hold baby-fine, barely there hair in place. She welcomes custom orders. Cost: $3.50 and up at betterwithabow.com. (Newsday / November 28, 2007)

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