24 April 2008
Do You Know What happened on the day you were born?
Posted by tom under: Hobbies-Crafts .
Do You Know What happened on the day you were born?
Birthday parties are great fun even when you are a little bit older than you want to admit to. You can have a birthday cake decorated in the one-candle theme and it will still be a lot of fun. Kids, of course, delight in having all their friends around for their birthday celebrations.
We are all a little intrigued about what life was like when we were first born so if you find out what happened on the day you were born it can be fascinating to both you and your friends. A suick and simmple search on the internet can yield some amazing results. If you type ‘news month day year’ - inserting the correct date details - into any search website. The results you get back will be intriguing news items corresponding to events on the day you were born. Other interesting search criterion you might like to investigate include celebrity birthdays, historical events, scientific breakthroughs and famous artist’s birthdays. You can check out some of the horoscope websites and see what the prospects were on the day you were born and see if any of it has come true.
Just looking over today’s news you can see how significant events are happening every day. This was just as true on the day that you were born as well as for everyone else you know. It makes for fascinating reading.
The internet makes it easy to research the archives of your own home town newspaper and gather more material. You can research large newspaper archives from around the world for things that were happening around the world. If you have relatives who came from abroad then you can find out what was happening in their original country on the day they were born.
If you are imaginative and thorough in your search you can turn up some really great facts that are special for the person you are wanting to surprise so for example - If you Aunt has a beautiful rose garden, search horticultural websites for a prize-winning roses introduced in the year of her birth or if you have a cousin who loves photography, find out which famous photographers might have been born on his birthday or if there are any born locally.
When yu have done the research you can easily compile this information in a lovely gift presentation. If you have actual newspaper clippings or printed information gathered on the net, all of your research can be inserted into a large scrapbook. If you take your purchased scrapbook to a printer or embossing shop you may be able to have the cover printed with the person’s name and some words, such as ‘What happened on the day I was born’. This gift idea is guaranteed to be a hit and it will be treasured by the recipient for all their life. You should make sure you leave space in the scrapbook for future additions.
This research can be so much fun and you will want to do it again and again. With practice you will get better and better results results and by checking out scrapbooking websites which are chock full of beautiful ways to enhance your presentation. You will also gain lots of tips on topical categories which may provide additional ideas for your research.
Start off with research on the day you were born and that will inspire you to do new research topics suited to gifts for others. Give it a try and see what you think.
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