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MichelleW
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Posted: Oct 17 2006 at 3:25pm \| IP Logged

Seriously. We have no money for presents this year. I have $225 to spend on 15 people. For my extended family good present=love. My in-laws have made clear that they don't consider food presents "real" gifts. HELP!!

I have lots of sock yarn (from when I found it on sale and had visions of making socks for everyone--NOT happening) it is nice and stretchy and very thin. I have some cotton yarn (not much) and some of that nice Homepsun. I also have some felt (I was thinking maybe Nativity felt finger puppets for my nephews who are 2 and 3). For stocking stuffers I was going to can some apple cakes in little jelly jars.

Ok, creative friends, I need your brains!

Michelle

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Posted: Oct 17 2006 at 3:39pm \| IP Logged

Those really thin scarves seem popular this year, can you really loosely finger weave or knit a few scarves? Mary Ellen has inspiration here.

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Posted: Oct 17 2006 at 4:36pm \| IP Logged

Family portraits nicely framed make a nice gift for adult family members. You can do the portraits fairly cheaply by having a frind use a digital camera and then printing on photo paper. Then the main expense is just the frame.
For babies hand stitch a little bit on a blanket, like a decorative edge and a name, etc.
For kids try decorating hats, tees, or sweat shirts, making them personalized somehow. Even embellished sneakers, flip-flops or tote bags can be cute.
I've seen some really pretty hand made and embellished journals.

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MaryMary
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Posted: Oct 18 2006 at 10:39am \| IP Logged

Could you group families together and purchase one gift per family/married couple? We had to do this as our gift list was enormous. Now we try to buy a simple gift for each family - like a board game etc. something that they can all enjoy together.

Hope that helps some,

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