Homemade Gifts - Simple Gift Guide

July 20th 2010 13:25

Discovered a new gift/craft site recently. Really Long Link

They have a wide assortment of homemade gifts to make for your friends and loved ones. One that particularly interested me was the wire birthstone angel pins. I think these are absolutely adorable. (Full instructions can be found here.)

This crafting project seems really simple to make, and probably is quite inexpensive, but is a personal, unique gift you can make for someone you love. The supplies required are: brass wire, rhinestone, pearl seed beads, pin, needle nosed pliers, and glue.

This project could also be easily adapted to make Christmas ornaments instead of pins.

Be sure to visit AllFreeCrafts.com for more gift making projects.

Happy Crafting!

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Home Made Gift Baskets

December 22nd 2009 21:38

So, I know my last post was about NOT giving gifts. But I also know that we are all going to give them. We just need to try to keep the costs down on all the gift giving. A really fun way to do that is to make home made gift baskets. There are so many different ways to do this. Each basket can be personally made for the person it will be given to. You can even buy shrink wrap to make the basket look more professional.

Gift Basket Ideas

Food always makes a good basket. Fruit is a really nice (and easy) basket to make. Just choose a pretty basket, or plastic bowl (some nice holiday ones are available for as low as $1). Fill it with apples, oranges, pears, whatever fruit you think the recipient will like. Then wrap with plastic wrap or shrink wrap, add a bow and you have a beautiful fruit basket.

Another food idea is either coffee assortments or cocoa assortments. Add some nice mugs and you have a gift that will be appreciated. Tea also works for this one.

Popcorn and a movie! A large bowl for the popcorn, several microwave bags, a DVD or two, and you have a nice movie basket.

Cookie mixes and cookie cutters. Maybe some frosting and put it all in a large mixing bowl. Add some sprinkles, chocolate chips, measuring cups --- whatever you think will help.

The only limit to giving gift baskets is your imagination.

Happy Gifting!

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Homemade Gift Bags

September 15th 2009 03:38

One of the best parts about gifts is the wrapping! Here's an adorable homemade snowman gift bag (and a link to the instructions to make it).

Snowman Gift Bag

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A Homemade Cleaning Kit

August 12th 2009 04:54

This is one I haven't seen before - not as a gift, anyway. But, it's kind of a neat idea. (Maybe THIS one will be for my new daughter-in-law.)

SeriousMoms.com has a homemade gifts page, and they suggest a Cleaning Book - a collection of recipes and suggestions for homemade cleaning supplies. This is a kind of novel idea

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More Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas

August 11th 2009 13:43

Still on the lookout for homemade Christmas gift ideas. In my last post, I had found some recipes for homemade flavored coffees and teas. I plan to make several of these for my new daughter-in-law, and put them in a nice basket with mugs or tea cups. I might also use this idea for a couple of nieces.

An idea I really love is the cookie mix in a jar. This is one I've seen before, but most recently on the homemade gifts page of gifts.com. (they include a pretty picture

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That Time Of Year

August 11th 2009 04:31

It's that time --- the kids are about to go back to school, and I'm about to start planning homemade Christmas gifts for everyone on my list. Usually by this time of year, I already have ideas for most everyone, but I've been busy planning a wedding (it's finally over!) and getting a new website up and running (well, almost!).

So now I need to start planning. Oldest son and his new bride are getting a special printed scrapbook from their wedding, but they'll also need individual gifts. Mother-in-law will get her annual family calendar. (Even if I wanted to give her something else, I better include the calendar too - cuz she expects it EVERY YEAR

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Personalized Candy Wrappers

July 27th 2009 19:21

I found this website while looking for Work From Home Opportunities. It's advertised as a home business opportunity, but it's a great gift idea!

This is something you could do for profit, but it would make a wonderful gift for just about anyone. Making personalized candy wrappers is probably something you could figure out how to do on your own. If you're interested in templates, then you might want to consider ordering the product
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Gift for Gardener

July 11th 2009 01:53

Is that special someone in your life a gardener? A really nice gift for the gardener in your life is a personalized gardening gift basket.

Things to include: seed packets, gardening gloves, gardening tools, decorative garden markers. Basket ideas: a watering can, a pretty planter, or a nice basket

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Simple Home Made Gifts

July 6th 2009 22:43

The New Homemaker presents Homemade (and cheap!) Gifts.

Listed on the site are instructions for making bath salts, bath bombs, scent jars, and cocoa and cookie baskets. If you're looking for more ideas for easy to make, inexpensive homemade gifts, be sure to check out the New Homemaker's Homemade (and cheap!) Gifts.

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Home Made Herbal Bath Salts

June 30th 2009 22:07

This makes a wonderful gift for your best friend, sister, daughter or mother. (Or any special someone in your life, really.)

Put the following ingredients in your food processor

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