Tennis players like funny gift ideas as well.

I've written before about gag gifts and funny gift ideas, sometimes it just has to be light hearted. And I've had a look at some golf gag gifts in the past.

Today it's gag gifts for men who love tennis. Nice cheap gift ideas for a laugh for a tennis player, because sometimes you can't afford a lot.

Why tennis? Well why not. Golf is one of the most popular sports in the world, but tennis isn't far behind, so why just stick to golf gag gifts?

Here's 3 funny gifts for men who love tennis. All very cheap, all could go with a more serious tennis gift for your man.

Why not make up a complete tennis gift basket and put a few small tennis gag gifts in the bottom.

Tennis gag gift idea number 1.

A tennis martini glass.

$12.99

Tennis gag gift idea number 2.

Tennis ball broken window. A bit like the bullet holes you see in cars that are stuck on, except that the broken glass is made by a tennis ball.

All stuck on of course.

$12.99

Tennis gag gift idea number 3.

The Tennis water bottle with tennis ball implanted. It's a stress ball for when he loses too many tennis games, or loses his cool.

$4.99

So if you're wondering what to get your man, and he's a tennis player, and he loves a good gag, there's a few ideas. So think about a larger tennis gift as well if you can afford it, or if you can't just buy him one or two of these and watch him smile. Read more

Sometimes the gift that means the most is the one that you take your own time to make. So why not sew gifts for him?

I've always been a big believer in home made gifts. I've talked a bit about home made gift baskets. That's because I always feel that a gift that you've put your own time, effort and sweat into is a gift of love.

It's not that hard to jump on the net, find a gift and buy it and the jobs done. It's his birthday, you've bought your gift. It's easy.

It's much harder to take your own time and effort to make him something with your own hands, and that's why I think it's a lovely gift. Because there's something of you in it.

I've been looking at sewing gifts, because if you're going to make him a gift you need to make a gift using a skill you have, and so many women like sewing and knitting. I've decided to look at sewing. So today it's the theme of sew gifts for him to show him you love him.

Not all women sew of course, but the principle applies to any skill you have. Use your skills to find a great way to make him a gift that comes from your heart.

Back to sewing gifts. I've browsed around a little at sewing websites to see what suggestions I can find for sewing gifts for men, because I always like to think of something a little different. Now of course there's no reason why, if you sew, you can't just sew him some great clothes, but that's the obvious idea. I wanted to find something a little out of the ordinary for a girl who wants to sew something special for her man.

So here's a few quick ideas from some of my sewing research. If you're proficient at sewing you probably don't need the patterns or instructions, but the ideas might be handy. Some are quite simple for those amongst you who love to sew but are still in the learning stage.

1. A mens bifold wallet.

2. An iPod cosy.

3. Photo bookmarks.

4. A camera cosy.

5. A dolphin toiletry bag.

6. A cable and tools bag.

7. A remote control holder.

And one that looks great to me. Sew him a quillow. Read more

Unique mens gift ideas. His own personalized dogtags.

I'm asked a lot for unusual ideas for mens gifts. Something that he wouldn't think of in a million years if you asked him what he wants for his birthday this year.

So here's one I've come across lately that I think fits the bill as pretty unique. Not something that would appeal to all men, certainly, but it will appeal to many I think. And you should know if your man is the type who'd love to have his own personalized dogtags.

Just like the army, except that you can choose the text for the dogtags. It will be imprinted for you, and you'll be able to select one of 4 different styles, choose your own  silencer color, choose the chain that it hangs on and hey presto, you've got him his own dogtags that you've designed for him, and which say what you want them to say. Read more

I'm amazed at how cell phones have taken off. And there's lots of great gift ideas attached to cell phones.

The world can't seem to get enough of cell phones. Technology talks, and we listen. But of course a cell phone is a fine piece of equipment, and incredibly useful too.

So what about cell phones as gifts? Well unless he's been living under a rock lately he's already got one. I mean who knows someone who doesn't have a cell phone now? So a cell phone is unlikely to cut it as a gift idea.

Now of course you could always upgrade his cell phone for him, there's new ones out every day and they get better and better all the time, and do more and more. However the newer cell phones aren't cheap, and so may be a little beyond your reach as a gift idea for your man.

How about cell phone accessories? I like cell phone accessories as a gift idea, because so many of them allow you to give him a gift that personalizes his cell phone but doesn't cost a bomb.

Take cell phone covers for example.

There's a stunning range available, including some great motifs that men would love. I've been browsing through some today (Hmmm, which one should I get?) Read more

Does he like to express his emotions when he's driving?

Last night I was stuck behind a big truck at night, going very slowly up a hill, nowhere to pass him. And to my surprise he pulled over to let me pass up the hill. A nice gesture and one which I rewarded with a couple of flashes of my hazard lights to say thanks.

That's about the best you can do to say thanks to someone else in another vehicle, or at least so I thought until today when a reader alerted me to a new device that would have been perfect in the circumstances.

It's called the car message sign and it's a small remote controlled receiver that sticks to the back window of his car and allows him to tell the driver behind that he's been nice to you, and thanks.

There's 4 different emotions to express by different smiley faces, or not so smiley faces, and you can of course choose which you want to use in which circumstances. Including one telling the driver behind that you think he's an idiot.

Well maybe he could say that with the traditional finger out the window, but it's hard to say thanks like that. Read more

Does your man love to cook? Does he love chicken?

I love to cook, I've said that before. I do the cooking for my family. And I love chicken. I cook chicken in just about every way I can, my favorite is probably roasted. Lately I've discovered corn fed chicken. Yum.

There are some wonderful chicken recipes around, you could spend your whole life trying to cook them all and only scratch the surface.

And of course there's all sorts of things that are wonderful to use to baste, stuff, marinate in and so on. Including such wonderful things as beer. Beer is a fine ingredient for some hot chicken recipes.

Today I was looking around Chefs Catalogue, one of my favorite sites for all things cooking, and came across the Vertical Chicken Beer Roaster which grabbed my attention.

Fill the cylinder with beer, (or something else yummy like a fruit juice, or use your imagination) and put the chicken over it and roast.

Maybe put some great spices on the cylinder and the outside of the chicken if you'd like to spice it up a little. Read more