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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
 Posted - Nov 04 2008 : 2:02:52 PM
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How about knitting or crocheting some quick scarves? Or you can do Christmas ornaments! I know a way to make Christmas ornaments using a styrofoam ball, squares of fabric, and pins. It ends up creating these fantastic ornaments that look quilted!!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl
1547 Posts
Angie
Buckley
WA
USA
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Posted - Nov 04 2008 : 3:25:44 PM
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The girls and I have been making the cutest pens with sculpey colored clay. It works out to be a really adorable, but very inexpensive gift item. I am making them for Christmas to put with handmade stationary and cards.
Farmgirl #208
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K-Falls Farmgirl
Chapter Leader
2096 Posts
Cheryl
Klamath Falls
Oregon
USA
2096 Posts |
Posted - Nov 04 2008 : 4:57:37 PM
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Cookies. Slide them in a nice brown bag that you can decorate with scraps of cloth or ribbon. Tie on a tag and there ya go.
http://www.k-fallsfarmgirl.blogspot.com/
Cheryl #309
Farm girl sister
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Nov 04 2008 : 6:26:21 PM
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I teach and I always like to give all the principals, cafeteria workers, custodians etc a gift and it can get very pricy. About 6 years ago I started making all of them a handmade ornament of some kind. It was handmade, took a little time but wasn't overly expensive. Every year I get comments on what I make and how they always look forward to what I will come up with next year! It has been a big hit.
Farmgirl Sister #17
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palmettogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
571 Posts
sue
camden
south carolina
USA
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Posted - Nov 05 2008 : 05:58:08 AM
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| hey, just remember, it's the thought that counts! i've given my kid's teachers a variety of things. last year i gave the guy teachers a bag of pretzel sticks and a bottle of a fancy mustard to dip them in....everyone seemed to like it. sometimes bath & body works will run specials with hand cream....i gave a bunch of women teachers a tube of that in vanilla/brown sugar with a few sugar cookes (handmade) wrapped up in a cute bag with ribbon. |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4741 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Nov 05 2008 : 06:24:08 AM
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How about Truffles? The kids can help you make them too. There's lots of simple recipes out there to make them. I put them in the small decorative party bags & tie them with a colorful bow. People love them.
For the ladies, you could make bath salts. There's lots of simple recipes, cheap but pretty containers and again the kids can help you assemble them.
Have fun making something for everyone. It is the thought that counts & a little handmade something shows how thoughtful you really are!
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Forrester Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
703 Posts
Ann
Belmont
MI
USA
703 Posts |
Posted - Nov 05 2008 : 06:34:00 AM
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Great ideas. Mini bread loafs are great too - banana bread or cranberry bread seems to always be a welcome gift. I love using the white lunch bags with a raffia bow for packaging (after you fold the top down and hole punch the openings). Cookies, homemade candies, etc. are always a hit.
Ann
Forrester Farm
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velvetcadi7
True Blue Farmgirl
54 Posts
Amy
Galva
IL
USA
54 Posts |
Posted - Nov 05 2008 : 07:03:00 AM
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| My kids make a variety of candy - chocolate covered pretzels, fudge, turtles. We make a couple of things a day for about a week and then mix and match goodie bags for everyone. |
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Homespun Livin
True Blue Farmgirl
409 Posts
Brenda
Louisiana
USA
409 Posts |
Posted - Nov 05 2008 : 07:10:51 AM
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Hey Alee,
Could you email me the directions to make the ornament you mentioned?
"Love one another." |
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Nov 05 2008 : 07:11:00 AM
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I always liked to give some thing to eat. If you had 35 kids and if everybody gave you a ornement or a scarf you had you had 35 scarfs for ornements each year time 20 years. With food you could freeze and enjoy for a while.
Diana
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StarMeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
940 Posts
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MI
940 Posts |
Posted - Nov 08 2008 : 11:58:48 PM
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| I usually give all my secretaries ornaments too. It's kinda become a "tradition" for me. I usually pick them up in KY when I visit at Thanksgiving. I've found this wonderful woman locally who always does a small craft show and paints ornies. One year I bought out her patriotic wooden Santa stars and the other I cleaned her out of these adorable snowmen made out of lightbulbs! I like cookies though. Cookies just scream holidays. One year though I helped my girlfriend make homemade caramels. Yum! |
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