Edible

• Give a homemade granola mix with a jar of preserves for a breakfast fan.Jupiterimages/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images
  
  Use a wide-mouth jar that is approximately quart-sized for a thoughtful do-it-yourself gift. Fill a jar with the layered dry ingredients to make your favorite roll-out cookie dough. Attach instructions to complete the batter, and tie a cookie cutter around the lid with a festive ribbon. Or, in a tall jar, place large pretzel sticks dipped in white or milk chocolate and rolled in your choice of chopped toppings, such as peppermint, toasted pecans and candy sprinkles. Homemade jams, spiced honey spread or lemon curd, each in its own jar, all make a luxurious gift for the foodie in your life.
  
  

Pampering

• Attach a wooden spoon to your jar of loose bath salts for dispensing.Jupiterimages/Creatas/Getty Images
  
  Give a homemade glass jar full of gifts that make her feel special. Mixing sea salt and baking soda with food coloring, glycerin and your choice of essential oil creates a customized gift most people will enjoy. Print your own stick-on label, and affix it to the jar with a length of hemp rope tied around the lid with a bow for an earthy touch. Skip the food coloring, fill purchased bath ball molds with bath salt mixture, allow the snowball-like spheres to dry and place in a tall canister. Attach a snowflake-shaped gift tag to add to the winter touch of this special treat.
  
  

Far Away Friend

• Roll up a few gift certicates, and place them in a jar for an added surprise.Brand X Pictures/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images
  
  If you have a friend or family member who has recently moved away, fill a glass jar with special certificates that are rolled like scrolls and tied with ¼-in.-wide ribbon. Start weeks in advance, and ask friends and family members to write several different notes with personal sentiments. This gift is perfect for that first birthday or Christmas when your friend is far from home.
  
  

Gardening Fun

• Place seeds from your garden in cellophane bags with homemade tags.Jupiterimages/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images
  
  Fill a large, wide-mouth glass jar with useful surprises any gardener will appreciate. Stuff in a pair of cloth gardening gloves, a stack of miniature peat pots, a handful of tongue depressors to use as plant tags, gardening twine, seed packets and any special root cuttings you wish to share from your own garden. Tie a tube of hand cream to the lid with raffia to spoil your gardening friend.
  
  

Beach Memories

• Sand dollars and miniature starfish make beautiful additions to the jar.Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
  
  Give newlyweds or your own spouse a memory from a honeymoon or recent vacant to the shore. Fill a glass jar with white sand purchased at your local craft store, and place items that serve as reminders of the trip. Sea shells, small pieces of driftwood, beach glass, conch shells and a few pebbles from the shoreline make appropriate fillers. Glue the lid in place to keep the contents intact.