A Great House Warming Gift Idea For Every Budget & For Every Move

There is an old Celtic tradition which involves the humble snail.

Now the snail carries its house on its back and so it is never homeless; but more, the spiral design of the snail shell was always very special to the Celtic people, so it makes perfect sense that any kind of snail makes the perfect house warming present.

To be warm, safe, snug and protected inside one's own home is a wonderful idea and the snail symbol, or the more abstract spiral, lends itself to all manner of wonderful house warming gifts.

You can make a card very easily by cutting out a spiral and affixing it with glue; any snail motif on a greeting card, or a picture of a snail drawn or cut out from another source will make the house warming card special.

Snails are very popular as ornaments, so you can get an enormous variety of all sizes of snail figurines, from small brass snails to large garden ornaments made from marble and they're all easily found, online and off.

An exotic snail shell, or the shell of a sea snail is an extension of this idea and particularly good for beach front properties.

As the basic snail/spiral shape is natural and easy, you can even just find a beautiful stone and paint a spiral on it for a superb and extremely personal and lovely house warming present; further, it is the type of gift that the recipients will treasure and keep, and that will remind them of you and your good wishes every time they see it.

The Celtic snail can be a wonderful gift for children to help them settle in a new home too; but in truth, there is a magical child in all of us somewhere and that is why this house warming gift is so appreciated all around.

There are many other ways in which the snail design can be used for house warming gifts. If you really need to give a pot plant, you can decorate the pot in which it comes with a spiral. Any budding artist can make and paint a basic snail from self hardening clay; snail and spiral mobiles are easy and always fascinating, too. You can make a small painting that can be hung in a hallway and depending on the recipient, grandchildren can get involved, just the same as famous interior designers, artists and goldsmiths - it only depends on your budget.

I think that the idea of the Celtic house warming snail is a wonderful way to convey good wishes to someone in their new home, and to give them your intention that they should always be snug, happy, well cared for and safe.

Dr Silvia Hartmann is the author of "Oceans Of Energy" and "Project Sanctuary". You can get a free, beautifully illustrated ebook, The Enchanted World, free meditation downloads, stories, fairy tales and articles at http://SilviaHartmann.com

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House Warming Gifts: A Great Way to Say, "Welcome Home!"

Nothing is as exciting, or as exhausting as moving into a new home, and the perfect house warming gifts are the ones that allow the new movers to have a quiet moment of reflection. Many times, you want to give a house warming gift to someone moving in next door, or to someone you love who is moving away.

These are probably the toughest gifts to give, because you might not know the new movers, and you might not be in a position to visit your loved ones in their new home right away, if they are moving far away.

For house warming gifts for new additions into the neighborhood, consider collecting delivery menus from your favorite restaurants, buying coupons to your favorite cleaners, and create an address and telephone number book. Paste business cards, and create detailed listings (including directions) for emergency numbers, doctors’ offices, dentists’ offices, mechanic’s, the best butcher’s, or grocer’s, etc. Just make it a bit easier to find these places, and recommend the people you trust to the new neighbors.

For the perfect housewarming gift, add a basket with nice napkins, bagels, cream cheese, jelly, a set of nice coffee mugs, some nice tea bags, a jar of honey, or maybe a tin of imported ham, and a loaf of home-baked bread. Tuck the phone book into the basket, and your thoughtfulness will be long remembered.

For a great house warming gift to give loved ones who have moved away, consider using an online service to deliver a nice prepared picnic lunch to their door the day they are moving in. They certainly will be tired from the trip, and won’t have food in the house. If you make arrangements ahead of time, you can even use your home computer to make a video of the family, telling them you are with them in spirit.

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