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Paige M
I live in temecula CA. I cant afford christmas this year what should i do. If you know some one who can help me with my situation please leave a comment. thank you!
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A Do-It-Yourself Christmas: 34 Great Gifts You Can Make Yourself
Thursday, 13th November 2008 (by J.D.)
This article is about DIY, Frugality, Hints and Tips, Shopping
If you're new here, you may want to learn what this site is about. I encourage you to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Last month, I asked readers to share their favorite frugal Christmas ideas. You responded with over a hundred fantastic tips. One common theme for saving money and adding meaning during the holiday season was to make gifts yourself.
My wife and I are lucky to have many crafty friends. Every year, Iâm delighted to see what they create for the holiday season. I drew on our own experience, pulled some of your best tips from the past, and scoured the web for new ideas, in order to produce the following mammoth list of do-it-yourself Christmas gifts. But remember: in order to complete many of these, you need to get started soon. Enjoy!
1. Almost everyone loves homemade truffles, says Mo. âMy husband and I made them last year, and they were a big hit. I had no idea how easy to make they were, and we covered them with different kinds of crushed nuts and such. It was really fun! We then went and bought blank little white boxes and I decorated them with just some wrapping paper (glued) and ribbon. I think all together, we made about 15 boxes of truffles (9 truffles each box) for under $30. And we used good chocolate to boot!â Upside? Yum! Downside? They should be made only a short time before giving, and eaten soon after. If youâve never made truffles before, try this recipe from Alton Brown.
2. JM has a great suggestion, one that many of you may have already seen: â[My mom] gives some people unbaked, made-from-scratch cookie kits. Basically she gets most of the dry ingredients to her favorite cookie recipes together, along with a mason jar, a note card, and some âcountryâ style ribbons. She then layers all the dry ingredients in the mason jar, screws on the lid and prints the recipe on the notecard in an old-fashiony looking font, and then ties it to the jar with the ribbon. The result is cool looking, because the ingredients are layered in the jar.â
3. Create a secret hollow book. Find a cheap musty old classic at your nearby Goodwill or used bookstore. Glue the pages together, use an X-Acto knife to hollow out the center of the book. Now the recipient can store his treasures!
4. Martha Stewart has a great idea: create a recipe booklet containing a collection of your favorite holiday recipes, and then include it with a small assortment of samples. âPass your culinary traditions on to your friends.â
5. Live in a cold climate? Give your friends the gift of warmth with a homemade hand warmer. If you know how to make a beanbag, you know how to make a hand warmer. Use wool or cashmere or felt material, but instead of filling the bags with beans, fill them with ceramic pie weights. To use these toasty treasures, simply microwave them for a couple of minutes and then slip them in your pockets.
6. Itâs difficult to go wrong with themed gift baskets. Did you can your own pasta sauce over the summer? Use a colander for a basket, add some garlic bulbs, gourmet noodles, and a wooden spoon â a little taste of Italy. Or consider a breakfast basket. Or a breakfast basket (syrup and pancake mix), a movie basket (popcorn, candy, and a movie rental coupon), or a gardening basket (a trowel, a gardening hat, and some packets of seeds).
7. If youâre artistic, GRS-reader Beck suggests giving memory drawings: âDraw a very simple black-and-white picture of a memory that you have of you and the person (e.g. me and my dad playing NES back in the day). This could be a very simple (think Shel Silverstein) drawing. Frame it and gift. The great thing about this (besides being cheap) is that you can give it multiple times to the same person. They will have a growing collection of âmemory drawingsâ from you.â Beck reports this gift is very well received by family members.
8. Elizabeth has another artistic idea, one that was very popular with readers when she suggested it: âIâm a graphic designer, so this year Iâm creating a booklet that Photoshops my 6-year-old nephew onto cheap stock photos of world landmarks, such as the Great Wall, so it looks like heâs traveled the world.â This home-made travel brochure is perfect for adventurous young minds. (Come to think of it, I think one of those would be fun for me â and Iâm no longer youngâ¦)
9. Give the gift of experience. The Gift Weblog suggests, âThereâs nothing like giving someone the gift of experience, it is something they will always remember.â Sample gifts of experience: sky diving, scuba lessons, hot-air balloon rides, cooking school, lunch with a hero, etc.
10. What could be cuter than a stuffed pig? This project from Martha Stewart allows those who are handy with needlework to assemble an adorable, docile pet from felted woo
A Do-It-Yourself Christmas: 34 Great Gifts You Can Make Yourself
Thursday, 13th November 2008 (by J.D.)
This article is about DIY, Frugality, Hints and Tips, Shopping
If you're new here, you may want to learn what this site is about. I encourage you to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Last month, I asked readers to share their favorite frugal Christmas ideas. You responded with over a hundred fantastic tips. One common theme for saving money and adding meaning during the holiday season was to make gifts yourself.
My wife and I are lucky to have many crafty friends. Every year, Iâm delighted to see what they create for the holiday season. I drew on our own experience, pulled some of your best tips from the past, and scoured the web for new ideas, in order to produce the following mammoth list of do-it-yourself Christmas gifts. But remember: in order to complete many of these, you need to get started soon. Enjoy!
1. Almost everyone loves homemade truffles, says Mo. âMy husband and I made them last year, and they were a big hit. I had no idea how easy to make they were, and we covered them with different kinds of crushed nuts and such. It was really fun! We then went and bought blank little white boxes and I decorated them with just some wrapping paper (glued) and ribbon. I think all together, we made about 15 boxes of truffles (9 truffles each box) for under $30. And we used good chocolate to boot!â Upside? Yum! Downside? They should be made only a short time before giving, and eaten soon after. If youâve never made truffles before, try this recipe from Alton Brown.
2. JM has a great suggestion, one that many of you may have already seen: â[My mom] gives some people unbaked, made-from-scratch cookie kits. Basically she gets most of the dry ingredients to her favorite cookie recipes together, along with a mason jar, a note card, and some âcountryâ style ribbons. She then layers all the dry ingredients in the mason jar, screws on the lid and prints the recipe on the notecard in an old-fashiony looking font, and then ties it to the jar with the ribbon. The result is cool looking, because the ingredients are layered in the jar.â
3. Create a secret hollow book. Find a cheap musty old classic at your nearby Goodwill or used bookstore. Glue the pages together, use an X-Acto knife to hollow out the center of the book. Now the recipient can store his treasures!
4. Martha Stewart has a great idea: create a recipe booklet containing a collection of your favorite holiday recipes, and then include it with a small assortment of samples. âPass your culinary traditions on to your friends.â
5. Live in a cold climate? Give your friends the gift of warmth with a homemade hand warmer. If you know how to make a beanbag, you know how to make a hand warmer. Use wool or cashmere or felt material, but instead of filling the bags with beans, fill them with ceramic pie weights. To use these toasty treasures, simply microwave them for a couple of minutes and then slip them in your pockets.
6. Itâs difficult to go wrong with themed gift baskets. Did you can your own pasta sauce over the summer? Use a colander for a basket, add some garlic bulbs, gourmet noodles, and a wooden spoon â a little taste of Italy. Or consider a breakfast basket. Or a breakfast basket (syrup and pancake mix), a movie basket (popcorn, candy, and a movie rental coupon), or a gardening basket (a trowel, a gardening hat, and some packets of seeds).
7. If youâre artistic, GRS-reader Beck suggests giving memory drawings: âDraw a very simple black-and-white picture of a memory that you have of you and the person (e.g. me and my dad playing NES back in the day). This could be a very simple (think Shel Silverstein) drawing. Frame it and gift. The great thing about this (besides being cheap) is that you can give it multiple times to the same person. They will have a growing collection of âmemory drawingsâ from you.â Beck reports this gift is very well received by family members.
8. Elizabeth has another artistic idea, one that was very popular with readers when she suggested it: âIâm a graphic designer, so this year Iâm creating a booklet that Photoshops my 6-year-old nephew onto cheap stock photos of world landmarks, such as the Great Wall, so it looks like heâs traveled the world.â This home-made travel brochure is perfect for adventurous young minds. (Come to think of it, I think one of those would be fun for me â and Iâm no longer youngâ¦)
9. Give the gift of experience. The Gift Weblog suggests, âThereâs nothing like giving someone the gift of experience, it is something they will always remember.â Sample gifts of experience: sky diving, scuba lessons, hot-air balloon rides, cooking school, lunch with a hero, etc.
10. What could be cuter than a stuffed pig? This project from Martha Stewart allows those who are handy with needlework to assemble an adorable, docile pet from felted woo
what should i get my boyfriends mom for christmas?
BABY_BOO90
i really really want to get my boyfriends mother something nice, i was thinking any where form $20-30 bucks, i want to not only show him but to show her, that i will be there for them no matter what.
any ideas? i was thinking of complementary jewelry with her name on it.
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For my boyfriends mom, we got her a pair of nice boots with a small heal.
She really likes pictures and memory things, so i was thinking of getting her one of those picture frames that hold more than one picture, and putting in pictures of her cat..
I love giving gift baskets. You could get her a small giftbasket with a bunch of things, gift cards, nail polishes, jewelery, pictures, sample perfumes, body wash and other shower things. . . Theres alot of stuff that you could throw in there, and depending on what you buy im sure you could keep it under $30.
Hope this helps. :)
For my boyfriends mom, we got her a pair of nice boots with a small heal.
She really likes pictures and memory things, so i was thinking of getting her one of those picture frames that hold more than one picture, and putting in pictures of her cat..
I love giving gift baskets. You could get her a small giftbasket with a bunch of things, gift cards, nail polishes, jewelery, pictures, sample perfumes, body wash and other shower things. . . Theres alot of stuff that you could throw in there, and depending on what you buy im sure you could keep it under $30.
Hope this helps. :)
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