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I can identify with low funds for christmas! I have worrying about what kinds of gifts I can afford for a month already.

I am making photo collages for everyone special. I have been using my camera to take some extra special photo's for them. I saw a great article in a craft magazine about making some pretty photo collages and I am going to try it out - maybe using some scrapbooking kind of ideas to make them really beautiful.

IF there's enough money left over after photo printing and materials then I can have them framed :)

What about cookie mixes in a jar? We have done these for years. You can get the instructions off the web. They are super easy and quite lovely. Also get some Christmas fabric for the lid makes it extra special.

If you have children, you can have them make the adults some pretty pictures and frame them cheaply? Sorry, I am not very artistic or creative.

I am crocheting afghans for people this year. In the past I have given away jars of home canned apple butter, salsa and spaghetti sauce. I have also gone to the Family fun website and looked for gifts kids can make. They have many good ideas there! I always give plates of cookies and baked goodies. Last year my sister in law gave beaded necklaces and bracelets to all the girl children. They were thrilled! Have you thought of personalized gift certificates? Many people would love an afternoon of free babysitting or yardwork. Just use your imagination and I am sure you can come up with something!

I can not think of any ideas off hand but here is the link to a page that I check often for craft ideas http://www.allfreecrafts.... I hope it helps inspire you

I am making sweatshirts and t-shirts with my sons handprints and feet prints for his grandparents and uncles and aunts. It's his first Christmas and my only child, so I wanted to make some-
thing that they all would remember. I'll am also going to make hot chocolate spoons for everyone.
Good Luck and happy crafting!

Well, my solution was to spend the little money I have on gifts or little toys for the kids. And for the adults I gave checks or cupons for services, from babysitting, cleaning their desk, doing their dishes, or washing their car, and also to things like 10 cups of coffee and conversation to get together at least once a month and have a good time. These ideas were very successful with friends and family. Also with my friends I did cupons for dinner parties at my house. Whoknows? maybe the'yll like it!

Here's some of my favorite last-minute-cheapo ideas:
Pin Cushions made from felt or scrap material (I recently made a felt wedding cake cushion for a friend who just got married)
Wet felted flower brooches (wool roving is pretty cheap in comparison to how many flowers it can make, and these can be put onto pins or sewn to hair bands for a neat fancy pony tail holder)
if you know how to crochet or knit, wristbands work well for a younger crowd, and don't take up much yarn or knit time.
Though decoupaged frames are all well and good, I usually prefer to decoupage mirrors with wooden frames. For some reason, most of these that I have given as gifts have ended up in bathrooms.
The all-fabulous glass magnets are cheap as can be! The most expensive part of this project are the magnets, and they're not very expensive either.
Occasionally I'll do topiaries by taking apart flower garlands, gluing them to a styrofoam ball, putting that on a fancy stem aparatus, and putting all that into a cheapo clay pot. It is a little more expensive than the rest of these ideas, but the costs really break down if you make more than one. And you can usually get about 5, depending on the size, out of the flowers on a garland.
If you like any of these ideas but need more information, send me a message, and I'll give you a deeper explanation :)


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What sort of craft do you do?

I do scrapbooking and this Christmas I am planning (and i use that word loosely) to decorate canvases for family and photo frames.

I got 6x6 cnavases here for $2 each and photo frames for $3.30 each so that should price the present at roughly $10 which is cheap but handmade is always nicer.

What sort of craft do you do?I do scrapbooking and this Christmas I am planning (and i use that word loosely) to decorate canvases for family and photo frames.
I got 6x6 cnavases here for $2 each and photo frames for $3.30 each so that should price the present at roughly $10 which is cheap but handmade is always nicer.