6th Day of Holiday
I can hardly believe we are one week down, and 1 to go with Bj's days off of work. I love having him home, and I am very grateful for these perks of his employment.
Okay, on with today's ramblings.
Today is a creativity call to everyone out there. Each year we all give neighbor/friend gifts, and each year we have to come up with new ideas. So, here is my hope....I will offer you my ideas, and I ask that you comment with your ideas too. If you have a picture, just email it to me, and I'll post it for you, or put it on your own blog, and leave us a comment with a link. I have a great hope that this will give us all ideas for neighbor gifts for years to come.
Neighbor Gifts
This is this year's offerings. I made cookbooks for everyone. I got this great idea from my fabulous friend Katie Hughes. I must say, if you are going to take this one on, give yourself a little more time than I did. As I read through these and see all the imperfections, and hear about recipes left out (from my family), I think it would have been nice to have the time to spend editing and proofing it. Alas, it is done, and I have a great collection of recipes from my family members (even if there are some quirky moments).Last year I made banana bread, and gave this recipe card to go along. I love this banana bread.
The year before I made these hot pads. Seriously, this was fun to do, and it took a long time! This is a great way to start quilting, if you are new to it.
Other ideas:
gourmet hot chocolate (I did this a couple times, I loved it. Fast, easy, non messy, great)
plates of cookies (I did this one year and realized I really need to wear shoes on a tile floor when baking all day).
CD compilation
wrapping supplies: this year I found some fun square stickers, and made some to/from stickers for some of my friends. Here are just a few examples:
So, what are your ideas? what did you give? What did you get?
4 comments:
Oh, I love this idea. I don't think I have any pictures, but here are some things I've done:
- Mexican Hot Cocoa Mix or Chai Tea Mix in jars
- Crocheted kitchen towels (to hang near the sink, you know?)
- Crocheted scarves
- plate of cookies/candies (or tin or basket, etc)
- Gifts in Jars (cookie mix, soup, etc.--I have a whole cookbook!)
- Jams & Canned fruits
That's all I can think of...I'll be back if more ideas come to mind!
Can I be your neighbor? *wink*
We usually give homemade jam
My sis-in-law does yummy homemade salsa and puts cute feliz navidad labels and wrapping.
really cute cookbook idea to give to neighbors.
We gave a bunch of little clementine oranges with a little note about having sweet holiday moments or something like that.
Sharing recipes is a great idea that I ought to do next year.
So excited... going to try your bread recipe tonight or tomorrow.... look yummy! Thanks for sharing.
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