- Child’s Growth Chart (from fabric, from plain wood, or from wood with embellishments)
- Mini Photo Album
- Placemats (from fabric or from greeting cards)
- Caramel Sauce (note storage details)
- Mango Chutney
- Jam & Balancing Spoon (buy or make a jar of jam, pick up some old silver spoons at a thrift store, bend them so they look like this, package up set. Google says you can bend spoons using a rubber mallet and dowel.)
- Tile Address Sign
- Aprons (via Consciously Frugal)
- Peppermint Bark
- Word Art (paste in words describing the recipient, an event, or the person’s interests, create, change shapes & colors as desired, print & frame)
- Tiny Pies Baked in Jars
- Plant-in-a-Mug (Buy a colorful mug and plant a small plant or succulent in it, or buy from etsy)
- Seedlings-in-a-Sack (Get a brown paper sack, glue a decoration of some sort to the outside, fill sack with dirt, and plant a seedling in it. Attach a tag with care instructions.)
- Burlap-Wrapped Bulbs
- Bath bombs
- Reusable Grocery Bags (via Consciously Frugal)
- Coasters (from tile or from acrylic with pressed flowers)
- Trivets (from mosiac tile or from wine corks)
- Dog Treats (for the dog lovers in your life)
- Jewelry Box
- Ring Toss Game
- Personalized Name or Number Art (shoot photos of found or arranged objects that look like individual letters or numbers, spell out a name or address by placing the resulting individual photos in a single frame)
- Wine charms
- Silhouette Portraits (using Photoshop or using scissors)
- Magnets (from rocks, Lego bricks, marbles, or bottle caps)
- Spray-painted seashells
- Vanilla Extract (takes at least 4 weeks)
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Love the new site!
Thanks
Thanks for the shout out, but I should add a note–all my crafty sewing ideas came from TipNut! That site is so fabulous (just like this one!).
I ironed on a pattern for a shopping bag (made the mistake of buying a few instead of making them–they really are too small for groceries. grrrrr) and will be stitching some embroidery to liven it up. I hope my friends will appreciate a learning curve and less than perfect gifts. Despite the mistakes, I am really having a great time making gifts this year.
I’ve never cared much for homemade gifts but… you’ve got some really fantastic ideas. Thanks for sharing!
CF, yeah I’ll have to check that site out in more detail. I meant though that I found them because of your site
Lawrence, thanks!