Nancy, do you mean you are hosting others at your home for a craft meeting? Balls of yarn in a basket would be a great gift for your dgd.
Had to rush on a special gift's wrapping, so I cut off the die-cut edge of some tissue giftwrap paper and taped it around the inside of a small gift bag's top so it looked like a ruffle at the top of the bag. Then with the rest of that tissue sticking out of the bag along with some regular white tissue, it all matched.
I'm considering making a pattern from a pair of simple pants that works well for me. The same company has gone to a much skimpier cut in their pants that isn't comfortable. I realize this would take, probably, the better part of a day to get just one pair completed. Sigh. Thinking.