Did your friends just move into a new home or apartment? Planning a visit and need a housewarming gift idea? Today you'll learn that instead of plants or something mundane, they'll more enjoy something you made! Skip the blender and get creative. Buy a magazine rack and fill it with home decorating books and magazines or a selection of ?do-it-yourself? books. If they have a fireplace, bundle up some logs. If not, take candles and incense sticks instead! Wrap a few disposable cameras and label them ?unpacking?, ?our first dinner party?, and so on. Sensible gifts are always appreciated, too. Assemble a selection of maps and info to help them navigate their new neighborhood. Other helpful gifts include a ?power outage? basket with candles, matches, a flashlight and a hand-crank radio or a bucket of gardening tools and gloves. Depending on their age or handyman quotient, they might like a toolbox with the basics included. Plants and appliances are impersonal and don't express the love and care you came to share. Something creative and thoughtful does!