Stockings.
I bought an old, torn quilt at our local thrift store for $5
and made 6 or 7 stockings.
At the time I didn’t even have a sewing machine and sewed
them by hand. It’s funny to realize how desperate I must have been because I do
NOT sew. But they turned out quite cute.
Food Gifts
It’s the gift everyone can use, it’s thoughtful and it’s
inexpensive. Our homemade, braided loaf bread with berry butter was a hit that
year. Honey butter is also an easy, yummy addition.
Stationary
You can do a lot with a printer. Everyone loves personalized
gifts and a set of note cards with stamps in a basket is a great, useful gift.
(Be sure to buy your printer ink on line for maximum savings.) We also watched
Hobby Lobby for the sale on blank note cards.
Homemade skin products.
This is the actual basket I gave as a gift that prompted me
to start our skin product business. The tile pot was inspired by a bunch of
broken tile my husband had found on a remodeling job. (We also made some mosaic
trays that year with the tile.)
Homemade Candles
Creativity isn’t utilized nearly as much as it is when you
have no options but to use what you have. This candle was made from old, broken
candles (I began asking if people would save them for me), an orange juice
container for the mold, and leaves I collected in the fall, dipped in wax, and
saved to make gifts. I brushed the leaves on with hot wax and a paint brush.
Gift Wrapping
We didn’t buy wrapping paper, ribbon or bows that year. We
wrapped with brown paper bags, fabric, maps and newspaper. We garnished with
pine cones, leaves, hand prints in paint, shapes cut from fabric, and anything
else we could think of.
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