This year, I set out to make as many of our gifts as possible. My theme of a handmade Christmas made everyone feel warm and fuzzy, and my parents said it was one of their most favorite holidays of all time. Today, I’m sharing pictures of the handmade presents.
Above, there’s a pic of the pumpkin cookies we made for all the dogs in the family. Between us and our parents, there are nine of them! We bought the jars from Walmart, I made the labels, and my husband made the actual cookies.
I squealed when I stumbled upon this tutorial for “polaroid” coasters and I immediately decided to add it to my handmade gift list:
I was inspired to make some peppermint foot scrub {tutorial found here}, lemon cupcake body scrub, and brown sugar lip scrub for all the ladies in the family:
These mugs stole my heart and it was such a simple DIY that I created some at the last minute for the coffee and tea lovers in the family:
And, I saved my favorite for last. I picked out pictures that I knew certain people would love, got them printed off at Staples and then transferred them onto canvas. I loooooooooved the way they turned out:
What about you? Did you end up making any Christmas gifts this year?
What fantastic gifts! Looks and sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas, sharing your creativity with your family. I would love to hand make all of my gifts…maybe some year! Thanks for the links to the tutorials.
Thanks Kathleen! I love giving handmade gifts. I think it makes the other person feel extra special. 🙂
Wow!! Everything you made is AWESOME!!! Lately my boyfriend is into making wine and raw crackers (an odd mix! I know 🙂 and I like inventing tea blends. So we decided to make gift baskets full of edibles, Port wine, 2 kinds of raw crackers and handmade tea bags http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2011/09/loose-leaf-tea-make-your-own-tea-bags-.html
And I’m still working on some presents for my friends that I will be seeing on New Years Eve, jewelry and paintings 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration…just pinned a bunch of your pics on Pinterest!! 🙂
Great ideas. You must have been working on these homemade presents all month. But we already know you’re super productive. I love the photos on canvas, especially since you made them black and white.
I did work on them off and on a lot during December…but it was fun.
What awesome gifts!! You never cease to inspire me. I love the Polaroid coasters, and I’m actually very curious as to how you transferred photos onto canvas? What an amazing effect!
Thanks Ruth! I’ll share the canvas transfers as a DIY soon. 🙂
Those are awesome gifts to give year round. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
I thought that this year I would make our holiday Eid this coming August ( we don’t celebrate Xmas) handmade. It’s always more warm+fuzzy when gifts and decorations come from the heart. I’m already getting a jump on it now. Will you be posting DIY blog posts for these?
Some I will, but I’ve linked to the tutorials for the projects I found on the web.
These are all amazing!! LOVE the pumpkin dog cookies! Would love to make some of those for my dog loving friends next Christmas! 🙂
Thanks Dana! Our dogs looooooove the pumpkin cookies!
Hi April
I would love the recipe for the pumpkin cookies … would you care to share it with us? Thank you!
Hey Jacky! It’s not my recipe to share. I got it out of The Organic Dog Biscuit Cookbook. I highly recommend that book–we use it all the time! 🙂