CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEA THREAD

I am going to be making shadow boxes with vintage family pictures for my family, and sending cards to friends...

Pretty Confession By Kimberly Rae

This is an example of the one I made to go on my credenza in the upstairs foyer of my home...

Anybody for resurrecting this? Time to get busy. Christmas will be here before we know it. I've just found this, and have had the best time reading through it all, and have gotten some really neat ideas. May have to try to name frames, altered tins with cards and some other stuff.

I am interested in resurrecting this thread. This is such a great idea! I went down to part time work this year, so Christmas is going to be tight. Plus, I think that personal, homemade gifts mean more sometimes.

I just printed out a copy of the pattern for the French Fry box AND saved it to my favorites. Thanks ! My nieces and nephews will love these with candy in them.

I plan on doing the french fry boxes for the kids in my dd's class this year. What a cute idea! Going to get started on that soon!

Yeah. I thought that the french fry box was a great idea. I am definetly going to use them for Halloween or Christmas.

Well i have got most of my things prepared
i am making
- Note pads
- colouring books (for the little ones!)
- candy boxes (for the kids)
- Lipstick (for the girls of course! there are some great homemade recipes!)
- Candles
- Christmas card
- bookmark
- cookie box (for the older ones!)
- Calender (for the older ones)
- Magazine (for the girls!)

now let me think a magazine you can make but takes up to much time so i might just by my friends favourite magazine aand put it in a cute box! (the box will be handmade!!!!)

Homemade lipstick sounds fabulous, I will have to look for that. My daughter is 2 and she loves chapstick and pretending with lipstick, so if I make some homemade stuff she can pretend.

I am sure she would love that!

i'm not a very good artist, but a coworker of mine is, and he creates his own comics and stuff like that, so i commissioned him to make a comic book for me. i gave him a story idea and he helped me write the full story and dialogue and he sketched it out and i gave him feedback on each page of what i wanted and stuff like that and then he inked it and scanned it into his computer and touched it up, added the text etc and it is now ready to print (he may have printed it over the weekend i haven't talked to him since friday)
it is for my brother, he is the main character of the comic. was supposed to be a birthday gift but it wasn't done in time so i'm saving it to give him for christmas instead.

i will need to start coming up with some ideas for the rest of the people on my list though. last year i made christmas ornaments for a friend in NC but customs tore them apart, how nice. so i need to come up with something that i can ship over the border without customs destroying on me. that was hours of tedious work shredded... i was pretty p/o'd
my mom has been talking about wanting a small apron type thing for clothespins for when she's out hanging laundry, so i will probably make her one for christmas even though she won't be able to use it til like june lol

but here's the big one, for my husband's family we decided since there's so many of us and money is tight for everyone we now draw a name every year and only shop for one person. this year i drew my brother in law who is a performer currently living and working in Tokyo. i need something he can take back with him that isn't too bulky and that will remind him of back home. i might do a small scrapbook with family photos but i need something else also

For Christmas, I'm making ball ornaments filled with tinsel and the paper rolled up.
I'm thinking of making little boxes of cards to be used throughout the year; with birthday, thank you, condolences, and thinking of you cards.
I would really like to make calendars, but I can never decide on what pictures to print out. Does anyone have any ideas?
Last year I did Frappacino bottles filled with candies.
This year I might do picture cds so the families can print out the pictures they want. I found cd/dvd labels at the dollar store. I'm going to test them out tonight.

Love this thread....

love the all occasion card idea - great gift - especially for older people

There are some cute Christmas Ideas here

and thanks for sharing all of your cute ideas!

Psssssssst:

You might want to check out this thread
http://www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/15192...

hee.hee.

Last year I made glass oraments as gifts. I did several different kinds. Instead of using rolled up paper I used curly ribbon, sequins, glitter, and flowers.

For this ornament I used a sparkly flower from Joanne's and hot glued it on top.
Second Ornament By La8ebug

This one I filled with ribbon and scrapbooking flowers. It's my favorite because the color changing ribbon really catches the light.
First Ornament By La8ebug

Here are some other oraments. On the last ones I used sticker on the outside for Baby's 1st Christmas.

Mom's ornament By La8ebug
Joy Ornament By La8ebug
Ben's First Christmas Ornament By La8ebug

This is a great thread I really love all the great ideas.

I really liked the altered clocks but I have no idea how to make one. Does anyone have instructions?

• La8ebug Said:

These are adorable! I like the way you personalized them. Same technique, yet they look very different.

Cindy

Thanks. I asked family and friends what colors they usually decorate their tree then I went to Joanne's and picked out different colored flowers.

I just stumbled upon this while searching for a chipboard album. Go to the superstore and search "Giftmaking" It is amazing how many kits and gift ideas they have. And a lot of things are on sale. Check it out.

Using the handprints of the grandchildren, use the quote, Best Grandma, Hands down!

• sandra03 Said:

Sandra, my Mom used to have a bag that had a cord to attach it to the clothes line (she had a drawstring type) and it hung there and stayed as she pulled the line to the next empty area. she had that for years. It was made of a light colored denim-heavier type fabric. I think she made it from a recycled pair of jeans- or a cut off leg from shorts? Then my Sister made something like it but an over the shoulder style bag to hold clothes pins. She decorated hers with her favorite colors.
Just some extra ideas that might help

oh what a good idea.
my mom just has one of those retractable lines not the type that you pull but there are hooks in the fence so she can run it across and then back again to get twice the hanging space, so she could just hang a bag off one of those. i think though that she'd want to keep it in the house anyway, we get a lot of rain up here.
although, if i made it from waterproof material like from an old umbrella and put a closure on it that might work..

i had been wondering if an apron was really such a good idea cause she'd have to bring it in and out every time

Wow.... there are tons of great ides here!!! Thank you evryone for sharing!!! I have no clue as to what i am making this year, I am usually done by now though. ugg..... I am only up to pg 6 and everything is so inspirational!!!

I decided to make altered letters and altered coasters this year. But I've never done either before. Can anyone who has done them before give me instructions? I want to use scrapbook paper on them but I'm not sure how to do it. Do I just glue the paper onto the wood then seal it with something?

Here an altered letter I made for my niece.

Altered Letter By La8ebug

My First Altered Letter By La8ebug

Some very cute ideas.

Here's something I made for my MIL for Christmas....I will be making a few more for gifts, as they are so simple! Hope you like it! Also, if you have any tips or ideas to improve on the idea, please, by all means, let me know!


ivy bowl candle holder
By Lori...ProudArmyMom

Some really great ideas here!

Love this thread!

Hi girls! I posted a fun tutorial on my blog on how to make cool glittery Christmas ornaments with the kiddos. They are beautiful gifts for people like teachers or friends. I hope you like it!

Check it out http://creativeruminations.blogspot.com/2009/11/christmas-crafting-with-kiddos.html.

I do daycare... I'm making the moms a mini album titled...
"While Mom's away..."
And including photos of all the things we do in the day, so their mommies can be in the know.

Awesome ideas ladies!

A Christmas gift that I have made before is the cookie mix in a jar. All of the dry ingredients are layered in a jar (like the jelly jars), then you decorate the top of the jar with fabric and attach the recipe and directions. (This is where the crafty scrapbooking part comes in. You can make the recipe and directions as fancy or as simple as you like.) All the person has to do is add the liquid ingredients to the mix and bake the cookies. My mom and I started doing this for my teachers when I was in school and I have continued as I have gotten older!
Jennie

Great suggestion Jennie. These make nice house warming gifts too or for a college person to mix and bake their own snacks.

Nice idea, Christmas always sneaks up on us.

I found this just now and may start Christmas early. I just wanted to let you know I love your detailed instructions regarding the kids. tfs

• catzscrapper Said:

Thanks Catzscrapper! Who doesn't love receiving food as a gift! Especially cookies

Just want to bump this post lots of great ideas

thanks ladies,
Bonnie

I have read a lot of great ideas. I need to start on Christmas gifts soon. I always run out of time.

Thanks for all the ideas everyone!!
Lori

Question...can I do the cookies in a jar now...to have them still fresh at Christmas? I am a rural school principal for the old one room schools left in Cherry County and have 11 teachers. I like to get them something for the holiday, but don't have lots of extra money or time. I love the idea, just wondering how long you all thought they would stay fresh?

i am think maybe make a shadowbox for my mom from are vcation for her christmas gift.

hello i have some very nice Christmas digital papers and sticker for download. Please come and check it out.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/57844317/holiday-digital-paper-pack-12-sheets-for

well i finsh my christmas gift for my mom and grandma i have to take the pic. i made them a shadow box from are vcation we took

i have made 2 8 by 8 albums, and am making another as gifts. i am working on 2 12 by 12 albums for gifts, about to start some paper bag albums for teachers and maybe a gift bag album for another gift.

I am working on some things for my carport craft sale. My favorite little thing I'm making so far are the cute gift card holders. So easy! Got the instructions from http://www.dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com Also making post it note pad covers, photo albums made with clear envelopes, and all kinds of stuff! Will try to post pics as I make the items.