Homemade gifts
We try to live on a very small amount of money. This is a decision we made a few years ago and it's working well for us. One of the things we do to cut costs is to make gifts for friends and family. This is a peg bag I made recently. I did one for myself and put a couple of them in the gift cupboard. I'd love to hear from you if you have any suggestions for simple homemade gifts that people love to receive.
Hi! That peg bag is a great idea. We are giving out worm wee in jars to our family at the moment. I am sure they will be thrilled with this as a present!!!
ReplyDeleteour neighbor often gives us homemade plum jam and applem butter made from fruit trees in her backyard. we love these treats because they're so pure and absolutely delicious.
ReplyDeleteI think knitted items make great gifts.
ReplyDeleteI'm planning to knit hats this year.
-- Jora
I like to use up my scraps of fabric and one year I made a dozen pot holders and gave those away, another year it was patchwork Xmas tree decorations.
ReplyDeleteDayla
For Christmas I made my nieces red velvet riding hood
ReplyDeletecapes. And for their birthdays I made felt finger
puppets and afelt cupcake kit
Normally I send flowers to my Grandmother on her
birthday but if you have a generous flower garden
you could give posies to nearby family and friends.
For teenage girls you could make beaded jewellery
or buy a cheap hardback notebook and decoupage
the cover.
you could use burlap, a knitting needle and strips of fabric scraps to make shag rag rugs...
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