Frugal gift ideas...

[where]

Heavy cream is usually labelled as whipping cream. It still isn't as rich as British double cream, but it's the richest cream on the shelves.

hmmm... you poor deprived yanks

 

[hummermania]

Like most people, things are a bit lean for us right now. I am already stressing about the cost of Christmas gifts this year. I do want to get friends and family gifts even though money is tights. Any ideas for thoughtful gifts that are inexpensive but don't seem "cheap"? I have some ideas, such as a journal with a special inscription inside, but that seems like a bit of a cop-out creatively speaking.

Well you could always give head, then it wouldn't cost any cash!

 

[laZilla]

simple me...I was thinking getting a blow job would be a nice gift.

Family and friends my dear. You can get a blow job anytime. Just go down the road and buy me a bottle of wine, do the dishes and take out the trash first.

 

[pointless]

become an atheist and tell everyone to go fuck themselves.

 

[thør]

simple me...I was thinking getting a blow job would be a nice gift.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc1zqlQ4RO1qc6pb2o1_500.jpg

 

[neci]

this is a great thread. i need to subscribe.

i love cookbooks and recipes. in the past i have given bean soup mixes and recipes to coworkers. i love kybele's chocolate candy recipe. food is always a hit. i've made gifts in the past. last year i made a funky stainless steel bench for my parents. i put together with scrap metal, so it didn't cost very much. if you have kids, there are websites where you can make picture books for family. they come in hardback or paperback, and the cost is low. fleece tied blankets are so cozy and super easy to make. i have several at home, and love them. there is no sewing involved, and they can be made while watching tv.

 

[philosophygirl]

Like most people, things are a bit lean for us right now. I am already stressing about the cost of Christmas gifts this year. I do want to get friends and family gifts even though money is tights. Any ideas for thoughtful gifts that are inexpensive but don't seem "cheap"? I have some ideas, such as a journal with a special inscription inside, but that seems like a bit of a cop-out creatively speaking.

i make calendars. i know what theme or celeb they like and print on heavy stock paper. i use a hole punch make make five or six holes tie them together with colorful ribbon or string. i even put birthdays on there for them. makes a thoughtful cheap gift.

 

[Shagly]

Wimp! Fruitcake add lead to a man's pencil.

I get the point.

 

[Shugahhhh]

Last spring, a friend's daughter had bought some cartoon print cottons and was trying to make pillow cases for her kids with some kind of hand-held sewing thingie. I took the fabric home and made the cases on my machine, and embellished them with coordinating fabrics, ribbon, lace, tasseled trim, zigzag, even shirred some organza on one. The kids went nuts over them and, a few weeks ago, asked me to do Christmas pillowcases. My friend and her daughter also asked for a set. So I went crazy at the fabric store buying Christmas prints, picked up lots of trims in the dollar bin. Total cost per case is about $7, less if you sew and have trims, fabric remnants and such around the house.

 

[Shagly]

I want this for Christmas.

http://api.ning.com/files/xSjYrD-YOqxHTV0O6pyjhOjj8X8T1c69m-A72cSkYTa1uGuESZcOW3NqkZFeqyqdOa5DhXzc8-R3yxyDKVyP1kOeqOtDWPmZ/GR8REachday..flags.jpg

 

[save_marla]

I've been knitting hats. They're easy, finished before I get bored, and typically take only one ball of yarn a piece, at about $5. Homemade gifts are awesome, too, because the thought and the effort counts, even if they'll never wear 'em. But I've made some nice ones, this year.


For my Dad.

For my grandmother.

And this one, for my husband's boss, in his favorite team's colors - green and yellow. It's godawful, but he loves it.


Also, I've been giving my blowjobs away far too cheaply.

 

[Peregrinator]

I've been knitting hats. They're easy, finished before I get bored, and typically take only one ball of yarn a piece, at about $5. Homemade gifts are awesome, too, because the thought and the effort counts, even if they'll never wear 'em. But I've made some nice ones, this year.


For my Dad.

For my grandmother.

And this one, for my husband's boss, in his favorite team's colors - green and yellow. It's godawful, but he loves it.


Also, I've been giving my blowjobs away far too cheaply.

*pounce*

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

Like most people, things are a bit lean for us right now. I am already stressing about the cost of Christmas gifts this year. I do want to get friends and family gifts even though money is tights. Any ideas for thoughtful gifts that are inexpensive but don't seem "cheap"? I have some ideas, such as a journal with a special inscription inside, but that seems like a bit of a cop-out creatively speaking.

Get a cheap mp3 player. Thirty or so bucks nowadays for about 4 gigs last I heard.

 

[save_marla]

*pounce*

Too slow!

 

[Peregrinator]

Too slow!

Don't challenge me like that. I'll be at your door before you know it, acting out one of our mutual fantasies...

 

[laZilla]

I've been knitting hats. They're easy, finished before I get bored, and typically take only one ball of yarn a piece, at about $5. Homemade gifts are awesome, too, because the thought and the effort counts, even if they'll never wear 'em. But I've made some nice ones, this year.


For my Dad.

For my grandmother.

And this one, for my husband's boss, in his favorite team's colors - green and yellow. It's godawful, but he loves it.


Also, I've been giving my blowjobs away far too cheaply.

THose are awesome! I wish I could knit hats. I have tried a few times and I suck at it. I am good at scarves though, I just don't have time to knit with a 1 year old running around the house!

 

[Shagly]

All of my girls get one of these.

http://www.discretely-yours.co.uk/images/N1114-jelly_rabbit_integral.jpg

Now chewable.

 

[neci]

All of my girls get one of these.

http://www.discretely-yours.co.uk/images/N1114-jelly_rabbit_integral.jpg

Now chewable.

you give your girls frugal sex toys?

 

[cookiejar]

I've been knitting hats. They're easy, finished before I get bored, and typically take only one ball of yarn a piece, at about $5. Homemade gifts are awesome, too, because the thought and the effort counts, even if they'll never wear 'em. But I've made some nice ones, this year.


For my Dad.

For my grandmother.

And this one, for my husband's boss, in his favorite team's colors - green and yellow. It's godawful, but he loves it.


Also, I've been giving my blowjobs away far too cheaply.

Thanks for the links. I made afghans last year but hats are quicker.

 

[warrior queen]

lately, i've been giving gift-on-behalf pressies.
oxfam and others like that do goats for poor farmers, sewing machines for poor women..... things to start these people back on the road to self-sufficiency.
i gave the goats last year, so i might do wells in africa this year.
each family member gets a certificate of donation on their behalf

 

[~hellbaby~]

i make calendars. i know what theme or celeb they like and print on heavy stock paper. i use a hole punch make make five or six holes tie them together with colorful ribbon or string. i even put birthdays on there for them. makes a thoughtful cheap gift.

I always wanted to make a calendar of people in cars picking their noses and sell them to one of those koisks at the mall during holiday time that sell all kinds of stupid calendars. Of course to be fair I would blackmail the people first to not be in it..

 

[_prudence_]

I've been knitting hats...[/COLOR]

Knitty.com is one my fave sites for free patterns.

I'm knitting the Steggy jumper atm.

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring09/PATTsteggie.php

To be really frugal, look in second hand shops for hand knits. Unpick them and reuse the wool. If you can't be bothered with the hassle of that, you can make cushions from old jumpers.

http://creatingfromscratch.typepad.com/feltedcushion.pdf

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

this is a great thread. i need to subscribe.

i love cookbooks and recipes. in the past i have given bean soup mixes and recipes to coworkers. i love kybele's chocolate candy recipe. food is always a hit. i've made gifts in the past. last year i made a funky stainless steel bench for my parents. i put together with scrap metal, so it didn't cost very much. if you have kids, there are websites where you can make picture books for family. they come in hardback or paperback, and the cost is low. fleece tied blankets are so cozy and super easy to make. i have several at home, and love them. there is no sewing involved, and they can be made while watching tv.

Recipes are kewl. I haunt old recipe books and old newspapers for outstanding recipes. Recipes and housekeeping tips were regular features of newspapers circa 1900.

 

[tactful]

Flea markets and yard sales, have nifty stuff, clean it up and poo,f almost like new instant presents.

 

[rosco rathbone]

I'd say something handmade that a lot of effort went into.