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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?

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

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

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

I love homemade gifts

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

just kidding

Patsy

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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