Creativity comes in many forms. My daughter's creativity inspires my Christmas shopping. Her favorite pasttimes, besides the soccer field, are baking and photography.

If there's an inspiring baker on your holiday shopping list, consider a "baker's basket." The Pillsbury Holiday Cooking cookbook retails for $19.95 and contains festive recipes featuring cranberries and other holiday favorites. Find an apron that fits her unique personality, perhaps one with a touchy saying like "Be Nice to Me or I'll Poison Your Food." Include some new cookie cutters and other knicknacks, and you have a great, inexpensive gift package. For a different twist, if your baker is also a pet lover include some pet-oriented cookie cutters, some cornmeal and whole wheat flour and she's well on her way to becoming a renowned doggie treat master chef.

When it comes to the digital photo enthusiastic, consider some great computer software so they can put the finishing touches on their photo masterpieces. I recommend Corel PaintshopPro Photo x2 which costs approximately $100. Include picture frames so they can get their digital photos printed to be displayed throughout your home. Digital picture frames are the new craze and your truly creative teen girl may enjoy nothing more than the chance to display her talents through a rotating slideshow on her very own digital frame. While you may find one on sale, they sell for $80 plus and dependent on the brand, you may find mixed reviews.

Scrapbooking materials are a big hit also. Girls love gathering pictures of a family member or friend and putting together a keepsake book that reflects the other persons life. The look of joy on the receiver's face that someone would go to such lengths for them is priceless. To have a supply of scrapbooking materials available is truly a gift to a creative teen. There is software available to help design scrapbook pages. Consider buying your daughter a memory book and completing the first few pages, and letting her finish the rest. Perhaps a page for the first rose from that special boy, her first temporary driver's permit, all the little things that will bring back a smile years from now. Take a moment and write something meaningful and special to that wonderful creative teen of yours to include in the front of your book.

If your daughter loves to write, sneak a poem or other writing and have it personalized on a keepsake item for her. She'll be amazed to see her work engraved on a picture frame or other item. Personalization.com is a great website and she'll be surprised beyond belief to see her special words included on an item. If her love is photography, have one of her photographs memoralized on a canvas that she can hang in her room.

Consider a gift certificate to a craft class so she can learn new skills and ideas. Sewing, knitting and crocheting classes may give her a new creative outlet.

And of course, venture outside the traditional roles for your creative teen girl. Many craft stores have woodworking kits, rock carving kits and other items that may bring your creative teen girl to a new level of creativity.

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