Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Homemade Christmas Gifts


If you were anything like my mother, when it came time to give gifts to friends and acquaintances like teachers, pastors, and neighbors, you filled baskets with homemade jam and fruit bread. If you were anything like my grandmother, you spent the year knitting scarves and hats and gloves and even homemade Christmas stockings with each person's name spelled out across the top to give to your children and grandchildren. (That Christmas stocking is probably my favorite ever homemade gift.)

While I'm not "Mrs. Crafty Homemaker," I still manage to make homemade gifts. So what did I make this year? Chocolate covered pretzels and nuts, and caramel corn (you can find the pretzel recipe here and the caramel corn recipe here). I handed them out to church members and friends and even managed to save some for around the house. Next year I'm hoping to find something my five year old will be able to help make.

And guess what? I even received a homemade gift from my husband. A homemade toilet paper holder. Yes really. You may wonder why my husband didn't simply buy me a toilet paper holder. Well, first because he's really handy and enjoys woodworking, and second because this one looks great with the custom cedar trim in our bathroom.

So what about you? Do you have a favorite ever homemade gift? Or do you have an example of a really great gift that you've made? I'd love to hear about some new ideas.

3 comments:

  1. Is your little picture of your TP holder? I can't see it on any browser so wondered if it didn't load right.

    I've made gifts, whether they were really great??? I made a storybook out of some silly pictures my sister and Mom and I took in a wax museum shhhhhhhh, it only looks like we jumped the ropes. I've knitted dishcloths, made pretend build a bear kits, a scarf, numerous things as a child.

    My favorite homemade gift is peanut butter bon-bons. It's the absolutely only dessert I like with peanut butter in it, and as I told Ross yesterday as I polished them off, I have no idea why his brother bothers making the other candy (peanut brittle, cookies, coconut bon-bons, etc) because they pale in comparison, and I told Ross that if he didn't eat the last 4 before tonight, they'd be gone! :)

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  2. Thanks Melissa, knowing me, the TP holder pic probably didn't load right. Sigh. That's me and computers for you. Hope you can see it now.

    And it sounds like you've done your share of homemade Christmas gifts. Feel free to send some of those left over bon-bons up this way. :)

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  3. Yep, I see the picture now.

    And there is no such thing as left-over bon-bons.

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