Each year for the last many years, I have made a set of edible Christmas gifts to give out to people such as employees at Eric’s work for whom Eric is their boss, religious education teachers, our piano teacher, various therapists, ballet instructor, and the like. Some years, I have also made a gift basket for family members, in addition… Read More
10 Handmade Christmas Gift Ideas
I really enjoy being able to give handcrafted or homemade gifts for the holidays. Today I thought I would look back on ten suggestions that I have made in the past for homemade or handcrafted gifts. 1. A Craft Kit – If you’re not super crafty or are running out of time, one idea would be to grab unused supplies… Read More
Make Ahead Gift: Handmade Christmas Scrapbook
Yes, I am aware that I’m posting a Christmas scrapbook project and it’s the end of June. While this may seem a little funny, this is about the time that I started this project last year. I made eight of these albums (five square ones, two circles, and one rectangle, because I was just trying to use what I had… Read More
A Yummy Treat with a Ruined Cake
We recently made a cake so that we could make mini wedding cakes during our school day. (Okay, maybe it wasn’t recently. It was actually in March on the Feast Day of St. Joseph.) After we used a large circle cutter to cut out layers for our mini two layer wedding cakes, we had a lot of cake leftovers. I… Read More
Easy Candle Craft
This week my children will all be seeing their various teachers – dance, piano, Religious Education – for the last time before Christmas. We still have time to make some quick and easy gifts for them. What we have planned are candles in recycled glass jars. You will need an 8 ounce glass jar with lid, tissue paper squares, Modge… Read More
13 Homemade (or Almost Homemade) Gift Ideas (TT #15)
Thirteen Homemade (or almost Homemade) Gift Ideas 1. Photo Note Cards: To do this, I have some of my favorite photographs printed and then use blank cards from the store (like Hobby Lobby or Walmart) that come prepackaged with the envelopes. I just adhere the picture to the front, and then package up a whole set of cards and envelopes,… Read More