Sometimes a whole basket of little things that one needs are helpful. Stamps, writing paper, an assortment of all-occasion greeting cards, etc., are all welcomed by the homebound.

How about something from 1926? I did an ebay search and saw several items. I especially liked the Ladies Home Journal from 1926! She might get a kick out of seeing what women were talking about the year she was born.

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If you really want to give her a birthday gift which will be unique gift also. then i must assure you that here your search can be completed.

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Adam

For my Mom's 60th Birthday I used "CelebrationJar.com" to create a unique gift for her. This website allows you to create a type of memory jar for a special person, but the best part is that the memories all come from their friends and family...not just you. So, I had my mom's dearest friends send in their favorite memories and stories of my mom from the many years they have known her. What a hit! My mom was blown away when she read all of the fabulous messages. Definitely, one of the very best gifts I've ever given! She will forever know how very loved and special she is to so many people.

So my DH and I collected current family photos (including pets!) and we created a banner poster. I used Powerpoint software to create the headline of "Happy Birthday, Hana!" and a simple color shading, then placed the scanned photos as .JPGs across the banner.

We mailed it up to my cousin so she could 'unroll' it during the party, and it was a big hit!

Does anyone have any other recommendations?

That's sure getting up there, I'm 22, so I'm a LONG way from that age!

Thanks again for some good ideas!!!!

Create something personalized and memorable for her, that has little monetary value but a lot of personal meaning and worth.

I did made a book at CelebrateAHero.com and invited my family and friends to join and add their wishes and photos of the person we were celebrating. They absolutely loved the gift, it was a big hit.

Celebrate A Hero gives you the option to download and print the book yourself or you can have them do the work for you and mail it to you doorstep.

I know that not everyone feels the same way that I do, but I think that a goodly number would. Be sure that YOUR 80 years old really wants a big party, etc. before you plan it.

The problem is that my mother recently moved away from many of her long-time friends, so I couldn't easily travel to their homes to make the recordings. So, to get the recordings I sent all my mother's friends and family an email asking them to call a toll-free number and record their favorite story involving them and my mother. I got the number for a fixed price from a company called LifeOnRecord. They took the recordings and made a CD.

People told stories on the CD of how Mildred had inspired them and how much Mildred meant to them.

We laughed at the stories, we cried, and it was a terrific celebration of who she is.

I think most of us like things like this best. When I turned 50, my husband got everyone he could think of to write a memory of me, and he put them in a pretty album. I treasure it. We did something like that many years ago for my parents' 40th anniversary; it sure is easier in the internet age.

My dad had Alzheimer's, so in the year or two gifts were a real challenge -- he really couldn't understand the idea of a gift anymore, but I wanted something that would give him pleasure. I came up with two good ones: for their 50th anniversary, the fruit of the month club -- they could both enjoy that -- and for his 75th birthday, when he could no longer chew solid food, a good blender.