Organically Inclined » gifts http://organicallyinclined.org encouraging happiness through a love of children, a love of the earth and a love of being frugal... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:37:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 More Great Homemade and Cheap Gift Ideas! http://organicallyinclined.org/2008/11/06/more-great-homemade-and-cheap-gift-ideas/ http://organicallyinclined.org/2008/11/06/more-great-homemade-and-cheap-gift-ideas/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:08:08 +0000 Mish http://organicallyinclined.org/?p=398 I love creative – and cheap – Christmas gift ideas! So, I spent the morning looking around for some gifts that I could make and give to my teens too. I found some really wonderful sites with some fantastically creative ideas. This, then, is my own little blog carnival of great Christmas Gift ideas:

1. A Scrappy Belt – for teens.  This is from the blog Juicy Bits and is such an amazing idea!

My 15 year old daughter just loves funky belts to wear with those low-rise jeans I love so much! There are a lot of instructions, so visit the site to find out how to do it.

2. Fingerless mitts – these are great for guitar players and any teen who is just too cool for you (that would be all of my teens). I knit these for my teens last year and they loved them, but Elemental Stitches has a great way to make them without knitting – you just need an old sweater or two!

3. A Laptop Sleeve – from Living Creatively. This is a great idea, especially for teens and college students who are always taking their laptops around. Make a bunch of different sleeves in a variety of colors for quick style changes!

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]]> http://organicallyinclined.org/2008/11/06/more-great-homemade-and-cheap-gift-ideas/feed/ 1 Homemade Christmas Gifts http://organicallyinclined.org/2008/09/08/homemade-christmas-gifts/ http://organicallyinclined.org/2008/09/08/homemade-christmas-gifts/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:30:29 +0000 Mish http://organicallyinclined.org/?p=242 OK – It’s September – and what does that mean around here? It means that I have to start preparing for Christmas! Well, don’t get too annoyed with me, it’s not like I make it a full-time job or anything, but I do, at this time of year, start thinking about and working on my homemade Christmas presents. Also, because I have a lot of kids, I try and start picking up purchased items as well.

It’s a lot easier for me to pick up a gift card at the grocery store with my normal grocery trip in September, than to buy five gift cards in December! I’m not a fantastic saver, so I try and space things out a bit. I also start looking on eBay for great gift ideas.

I do make up cookie baskets for a lot of my acquaintences and clients at Christmas. I love to bake and I try and bake a wide variety of interesting cookies that we don’t normally make at Christmas. Then, I drive around town one day before Christmas and drop-off the baskets. It’s a really fun tradition.

I also love to knit, so while I do not punish :-) my children by giving them only homemade presents – I do try and make them each a little something. For example, last year, I found a cool lime green and black yarn and knit my middle son a pair of “wristies” – those fingerless mittens that kids seem to love.

I’ve knit pillowcases and hats and made preserves and picture frames and scrapbooks. In fact, I just found a great project that I’d like to try this year at Jane’s Apron.

They’re pillowcase loungepants! Is that not the cutest thing ever? I can’t wait to get my sewing machine and try making a pair!

Anyone else have a great homemade Christmas gift idea? Please share!

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