Homemade Gifts- Yes or No?

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:54 pm

What's the general consensus on getting and giving homemade presents?

I personally would rather have a handmade gift but I never seem to get any. I made bath salts in pretty jars one year for friends and birdhouses another year. I like those "recipes in a jar" that people make and of course any kind of edible is always good.

Do you appreciate homemade gifts or do you cringe at them?

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:57 pm

I love handmade gifts, especially from the children:-6 I used to make a lot of gifts for people but in the end it was working out a lot more costly than buying something

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:14 pm

It's cool as long as it isn't fruitcake. De ja vu all over again..

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:15 pm

Off children yes, if hubby made me somat id divorce him:mad:

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:57 pm

I love homemade gifts

I made a few last year - everyone loved them & still display them. fools:wah:

just kidding

Patsy

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:08 pm

I love receiving and giving home-made gifts...Last year I made home-made t-shirts with photos on them for my family and years past I've helped the kids make crafty gifts....I love them and wish I had more time to do things like that.....I like the thought of someone caring enough to take the time and effort to make me something....just me....:-6

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:52 pm

My husband does woodwork...and trust me...you would want one of his home-made gifts. He makes dollhouses, covered wagon lamps, fireplace lamps, hanging planters. He enjoys making them.

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:11 pm

Along-for-the-ride

Can I PM you and put in my order ? We'll do our own package exchange - you send the Fruitcake to Red etc..:wah:

Thats a art - love wood work

Patsy

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:38 pm

Patsy Warnick;735027 wrote: Along-for-the-ride

Can I PM you and put in my order ? We'll do our own package exchange - you send the Fruitcake to Red etc..:wah:

Thats a art - love wood work

Patsy

:wah: Sounds like a winner!

usernew · Post by **usernew** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:07 am

I love homemade gifts because it made in home and It means It made with lots of love.

farmer giles · Post by **farmer giles** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:14 am

usernew;1197739 wrote: I love homemade gifts because it made in home and It means It made with lots of love.

yeah but howabout if that person was angry and made a poisened cake for a person that had pizzed them off huh that would not be loving wood it

:D

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:43 am

I always value a homemade gift more. When my dad was away during WW2, my gramps carved me a wooden revolver. The only moving part was a wood cylinder that turned. He painted it gray and the grips were white. I wish I still had it.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:34 pm

I love and cherish homemade gifts. I'm not very good at making them but I sure love to receive them. One of the nicest and most meaningful gifts was from a 9 year old boy who walked up and down a creek bank, searching for a rock with just the right shape that he could paint to look like a papoose, for my Indian collection.

Victoria · Post by **Victoria** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:14 pm

I too love homemade cards and gifts, I think it shows that the person really thought of you and took time for you, in this day and age thats special.

I just worked my last day at a womans house who had a hip replaced. She does craft work and she gave me a silk scarf that she made.

Now I dont wear silk and will never wear the scarf but I was touched that she had taken the time to make it for me.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:26 am

homemade are the richest......someone has taken time.