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"6 hours to make a tie blanket Are you hand making the fleece?"

heh, i think they were 8ftx5ft fleece, and yeah, i'm probably pretty bad at it :-p

11/29/2009 11:02:17 PM

uhhhhhh how bad? cuz that shit should take you an hour. tops.

11/29/2009 11:02:57 PM

lol that's what I'm saying.

11/29/2009 11:03:46 PM

apparently i do the work of one dropdeadkate in 6x the time

11/29/2009 11:03:50 PM

Kill for it? Really....hmmm....I'll have to think of someone who needs a pair of cement galoshes

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"OMG my dad would kill for that!"

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11/29/2009 11:03:50 PM

continuing to post in this thread probably makes my sexuality suspect, but this is something i've done in the past:

get a meaningful picture with you and the the person receiving the gift. something with a back-story or shared experience. then you can write a little poem or reflection on that time (or the person in general). worst case you can copy some shit off the internet if you are that unimaginative. put it in a frame and get it all pretty.

kind of like this:



(except obviously not about your pets )

11/29/2009 11:28:46 PM

The cookie tin is always a good choice. My German grandmother always makes the best cookie tins



Always love opening one up and seeing what's inside.

11/29/2009 11:38:47 PM

there was this cool piece of homemade candycane vodka in these cool jars but we (me and my gf no homo) can't find the jars anywhere. anyway, we were going to bring it to my sister's xmas cocktail party. 10 days to go!

11/29/2009 11:39:59 PM

What do the jars look like?

11/30/2009 3:58:35 AM

how about writing on a piece of paper how much you like the person
that would be nice, you could even put it in a jar

11/30/2009 2:49:41 PM

I used to do the cookie tin!!! Everyone got so excited around the holidays because they knew my cookies were coming.

I'm poor now, so no cookie tins

11/30/2009 3:22:08 PM

It's organic. Too risqué?

11/30/2009 6:15:28 PM

^^ Hell yeah, if I wasn't so far away and poor that's probably what I'd do this year

12/1/2009 7:42:57 AM

not gonna get you a diamond ring
that sort of girl don't mean anything
not gonna get you a fancy car
girl you gotta know you're my shining star
not gonna get you a house in the hills
a girl like you needs something real
wanna get you something from the heart
it's my dick in a box!
my dick in a box girl

12/1/2009 7:55:42 AM

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"i made some cute fridge magnets several years ago. i saved beer bottle caps and cut out cute shit from magazines, or celeb faces and pasted them in there with rubber glue i think (bc it doesnt ripple the paper) and then hot glued small round magnets to the bag. "

i use to make something like this, called marble magnets just for fun with the kids i babysat. but you could make great gifts out of them also.

like this :




google image search marble magnets and youll find a bunch of cute ideas,

all you need is clear craft glue, magazines, magnets, and scissors
<--- this one has the same kind of bags NCSUWolfy used to package hers

ive always used a decorated altoid tin to have the kids gift them to someone in

[Edited on December 1, 2009 at 9:51 AM. Reason : asdfads]

12/1/2009 9:46:50 AM

I wanted to give out packs of homebrewed beer, but most of my family only likes things like bud light.

12/1/2009 10:57:50 AM

^^ i like those. those are actually really pretty!

i think these homemade wine racks out of tin cans are cool. these don't look as cool as i envision i'd make one though. i would want to make it look less junky but i think they are still really cool. all you need are tin cans and STRONG glue!




plus with different sized cans you could make a lot of unique shapes

you can also do a lot with empty wine bottles. vases and lamps and stuff. some requires cutting glass (EEEEK) but some doesn't. you can paint (or just decorate) wine bottles and just stick christmas lights in them either to make a unique cool looking light (someone made one for us once)

12/1/2009 6:53:49 PM

12/1/2009 7:29:42 PM

Those marble magnets are super cute. I like the ones made out of maps.

12/1/2009 8:00:53 PM

^if you google image search them there are tons of cute ones, some people even did holiday ones, might be a gift idea for a grandma or aunt

12/2/2009 2:11:27 PM

I've got 8 jars of this
and then some of this

and some canned apple pie filling that I'll package with streusel topping and baking directions

I will probably do up an approximation of this "Desert Tea" drink mix that I got last year at the Grand Canyon (the base is cider, tang, and cinnamon, and I've just about fine-tuned all the other ingredients) and give that to the people I know who like it.

I might make bacon jam - what say TWW? Yay/nay?

I've been saving soap slivers and will reform it all into handmade soap. For some masculine bars, I'm gonna add some cedar oil, and for some of the girly bars, I'll add oatmeal to them.

And of course, the frame-one-of-my-pictures gifts

oh yeah
a fuckton of breads and cookies

[Edited on December 3, 2009 at 4:48 PM. Reason : sdfg]

12/3/2009 4:47:24 PM

^xtine! should i bring my bottle caps so we can try making those magnets??!

12/3/2009 4:49:35 PM

yes

12/3/2009 5:05:44 PM

ok! added to my packing list

12/3/2009 5:06:29 PM

i did the marble magnets too, i just forgot about them

and the altoid tin as a gift box is awesome, i think i wanted to do that but didn't know how i wanted to decorate them.

maybe i'll do this next year. i already did all my shopping so i'm done for now

it should be noted that magnet space on refrigerators has decreased dramatically with the growing popularity of stainless steel appliances. you can only use the sides!

12/4/2009 8:27:23 PM

Altoid tins are really small. What can you fit in them?

12/5/2009 8:59:38 PM

jewelry

12/5/2009 9:01:26 PM

i wish i had more time to make things, i want to do a scrapbook for my mom

12/15/2009 9:33:44 AM

^ i did that one year for my mom and my two sisters. made scrapbooks of their entire lives.


started them in august before xmas though

12/15/2009 9:35:07 AM

yea i worked at A C moore for 3 and a half years in the scrapbook and fine art section so i have TONS of scrapbook stuff, but never actually use the stuff

12/15/2009 9:43:31 AM

I'm making most of my cookies in a jar and bath salts tonight orange scented!!! I think finding some glycerin will be hard though... I'm going on the hunt at Wal-Mart at lunch so we will seeee

12/15/2009 10:24:05 AM

finished all my homemade items...

bath salts (orange scented)



teacup candles (my fave):



and finally, butterscotch chip cookies in a jar (with instructions):





[Edited on December 21, 2009 at 11:33 PM. Reason : .]

12/21/2009 11:33:13 PM

where'd you find the tea cups? and how'd you make the salts?

12/21/2009 11:34:12 PM

my mom found the teacups in this little house in Goldsboro that said "antiques." She got 6 sets for only $10

I made the bath salts using essential oil (I ordered mine off amazon), food coloring, glycerin, and epsom salts:

- 3 drops yellow food coloring, 2 drops red
- 1 tbs glycerin
- 1 packet epsom salts
- a few drops essential oil... I pretty much just shook the thing til it smelled good enough

12/21/2009 11:35:53 PM

[Edited on December 21, 2009 at 11:40 PM. Reason : -]

12/21/2009 11:37:05 PM

how come the bath salts and candles look 1/3 empty?

12/21/2009 11:37:57 PM

Yeah, I don't like mirrored images.

12/21/2009 11:39:04 PM

I only had a certain type of jar for the bath salts and I underestimated the amount of wax I needed for the teacup candles. I gave bmel one of the teacup candles though and I'm actually happy with the way they turned out... because they're lower they make a pretty glow (which I guess they would have done anyways once they burned down, but oh well, I didn't feel like spending another $10 on wax just to top them off)


Oh and the candles are raspberry scented

12/21/2009 11:39:51 PM

that bath salts idea sounds awesome. i might have to try that sometime.

12/21/2009 11:40:17 PM

I didn't really expect anyone to try to read the ingredients....

^ The only expensive thing was the glycerin - $15!! I had to get a 16 oz bottle though because that's all they had..

12/21/2009 11:41:22 PM

so creative Samwise16, that's pretty cool

12/21/2009 11:42:02 PM

did you shake everything up in the jar or....? i have no idea, i'm not really crafty

12/21/2009 11:43:09 PM

I put everything in a big mixing bowl and after everything was all blended, spread the stuff out on a pan covered in a flattened paper bag. I let them dry while I mixed up the next batch, then I used to bag to make a funnel and pour them into the jar

12/21/2009 11:44:53 PM

im gonna pirate some movies and tv series and give them as presents

12/21/2009 11:46:06 PM

^lol, nice. I'm working on a dvd with a bunch of christmas shows we watched every year on it for some of my family

12/21/2009 11:47:54 PM

the bath salts sound like they smell good and i like the teacup idea for the candles. i wasnt trying to hate just axin yo

12/22/2009 12:04:18 AM

I love my presents! Thanks Samwise16

12/22/2009 12:06:38 AM

^2 I know, just answering why they looked a little jipped - I thought 1 lb of wax would've been enough for 6 little teacups then I was filling them up and was like oh shit 2 of them look normal but 4 of them are lacking. At least they smell like raspberries!


^


Oh and I'm making a recipe book for my bff... That seems to be taking the most time.

twoozles -- If you're really interested in the bath salts idea, they were by far the easiest one to do. It took me less than an hour to do all 6 jars.

[Edited on December 22, 2009 at 8:13 AM. Reason : .]

12/22/2009 8:12:55 AM

i might have to do that as an end of year gift for some co-workers. even though i kinda don't like them. i still want them to think i'm nice.

12/22/2009 11:09:08 AM

set 'em up

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