handmade gifts:

1. A birdseed ball. 
   
2. A book of quotes that make you think of someone. 
   
3. A calendar for the family with everyone's photos and birthdays. 
   
4. Babysitting coupons for new parents. 
   
5. Books on CD 
   
6. Calligraphy - Get a book on calligraphy from the library and make personalized gifts by writing a poem, or if you are not that confident, the recipient's name on delicately colored paper or card. Add a pressed flower or two and mount in a bargain frame. 
   
7. Carved stamps 
   
8. Collect meaningful photos for the gift recipient, make colour photocopies, and create a collage. 
   
9. Create coupons for a massage, spring-cleaning, child-minding, manicure, etc.
   
10. Frame pieces of your artwork. 
    
11. Fudge 
    
12. Greeting cards 
    
13. Hand-made soap or candles. 
    
14. Home Made Fridge Magnets 
    
15. Home Made 'Throw' - Throws, which are very much in fashion these days, are very expensive to buy. A large remnant or a number of them patch worked together and edged with fringing, makes an excellent and unique throw. 
    
16. Homemade candles. 
    
17. Homemade Stationary - Melissa Henney did this last year 
    
18. Make pillows or stuffed animals. Cut out soft pieces of felt and hot glue them on to the pillow to personalize them with messages or make cute faces. 
    
19. Mini loaves of quick bread. 
    
20. Mix CDs!
    
21. Paint an empty wine bottle with non-toxic paint and fill with olive oil. Top with an oil pour spout that can be found at a gourmet cooking shop. 
    
22. Personalized Recipe Book - Copy favorites in your neatest handwriting 
    
23. Salt dough ornaments 
    
24. Videotape and interview your elderly parents about childhood memories, how they met, etc., and give to siblings or children. 
    
25. Write a poem 
    
26. Write and illustrate a book for the young people in your life.