Comments on: Will you make it a handmade holiday?

By: here.

here. — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:14:02 +0000

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By: Cat

Cat — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:20:39 +0000

I have got some great ideas from this site. I love doing handmade gifts but I do think that there needs to be a balance, some gifts should be brought. If you are gonna buy something or make something mske sure the person recieving will actually use it

Here are some ideas –

1. Baskets of goodies – buy some old baskets, wash them and then fill them with loads of treats that the reciever would really want. E.G. If the person loved gardening fill it with packets of seeds and hand painted pots

I will write down some more ideas later

By: dogmother01

dogmother01 — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:44:24 +0000

I also made home made gifts for Christmas, although I did not plan to do so. It is a nice feeling! I spent all spring, summer, and fall in my garden. I took pictures of butterflies and other wildlife in my back yard when the weather was nice. I also tried canning for the first time this fall. I was able to savor these hobbies over winter by giving them away as gifts for Christmas. I printed some of the most stunning photographs, and put them in frames for my family. I wrapped up numerous small jars of green tomato salsa for my friends. Everything was a big hit and very personal!

By: Jane Church

Jane Church — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:14:22 +0000

That’s great, I never thought about handmade holiday like that before.

By: doug

doug — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:04:50 +0000

hehe haha she knows where my money is.hehe.:)))

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:52:49 +0000

Hey Tom thanks for the tip!! All my girl friends would love that stuff for Christmas! However, I think I might go green vs. homemade this year… check out GreenHome.com. They have some pretty awesome money saving gift ideas. Check it out I promise you won’t regret it!

-Rebecca

By: tom

tom — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:06:02 +0000

Since I am horrible with creating gifts from scratch, I’m having a company make custom jewelry for my entire family and it’s only costing me $2.50 per item which is awesome because the price is low and you can’t make the product for any cheaper than what they are selling it for. I highly recommend jujucaps.com plus they are sincerely nice people and respond very quick!!!

By: Soledad

Soledad — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:30:33 +0000

I’m definately thinking about going homemade this year. With the economy the way it is … it’s impossible to just make ends meet (especially sine I’m not working due to my maternity leave).

So I was going to make themed gift baskets for my family each being geared to something they are into. So far I have a movie night at home theme, beauty theme, beer theme, tired parents theme, and a bath tub theme. I might do a candle theme too.

But yeah that’s the way I’m going on this holiday since I’m not made of money.

By: Someone

Someone — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:45:12 +0000

Wow, I’m sure glad my family isn’t as selfish as some of you! I’ve always made Christmas gifts, ever since I was three years old. To this day, my mom puts up my “wreath” that I made when I was 3! “Do I have to display this in my home?” No, you don’t, you can be heartless and throw it out. Jeesh people, get some compassion. I bet it’s people like you that make the Christmas shopping season miserable for the rest of us.

By: diyod

diyod — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:25:30 +0000

I’m making all my Christmas gifts this year, but I have been making just about all of them for the past few years.

I’ve got about half of my gifts completed, and hopefully have enough time for the other half. So far I’ve made 2 hats, 1 scarf, 1 felted purse, 7 collectible dishcloths, 1 pair of fingerless mitts. I’ve got to finish 1 pair of slippers, 2 pair of fingerless gloves, 2 knitted dolls, a needle felted frog and 4 needle felted dove ornaments to place on gifts for the different families.

Hopefully I have enough time. I seem to be knitting the fingerless gloves pretty quick, and needle felting doesn’t take too long.