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Ever Thought About Making Your Own Christmas Gifts?

10.27.2009 · Posted in Home and Garden Articles

Christmas is coming again and you might be wondering if there are ways to save money while still being able to send memorable gifts to friends. Try making the Christmas gifts yourself! Not only you would be able to save money, you can also make the gift more personal and sweet.nnMaking your own gifts would definitely surprise your friends and family with the originality of your gifts. Lack of ideas? Below are some suggestions that you can consider.nnGift Basket – Find a basket with your desired size, then decorate it with colored tissue paper (red and green would be a festive color to use). Think of a theme for your gift basket. For example, you might use “spa” as a theme if you are making the gift for a female. Put in some bath soaps and a cute bath towel. Add some scented candles or home fragrance if you like. Wrap the basket with a nice little ribbon and you have a fancy gift ready to send out. For a male, you might considering sending a basket of wines or nice beers. The key here is to find out what your intended receiver likes and just go with a theme that fits his/her taste.nnA Gift Jar – Find out what snacks or food that you friend like and get them into a nicely decorated jar, you can buy them from stores. This is the best gift for a cookery lover. You can get ingredients of a dish and put them into the jar, together with instructions on how to cook the dish. Show your creativity when putting things into the jar.nnTailor-made Recipe Book – Like the jar, you can get great recipes from magazines and websites and make a personalized gourmet book for you friend using binders. For example, you can get recipes for making different types of chocolate if your friend loves chocolate. Well-decorate it and it will look great.nnA Photo Album – For ‘kidults’, go through their childhood album or Facebook to get pictures of them when they were kids. Putting the pictures in chronological order with decorations, this will make them feel happy as you remind them of their sweet memories. This can be a good gift also for you mother, father and grandparents, if you put yours photos into the album.nnThese are just some of the idea. You can create our all list. When you beloved receive the gifts, they will know how much you love them. D.I.Y. Christmas gifts is unique, cost-effective and fun.nnSo, don’t hesitate and start making your own Christmas gifts. From now on, you no longer have to run around different shopping malls, spending a huge amount of money on Christmas gifts.

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