Gift Ideas

Now that the economy is very bad, it is hard to even buy a nice gift for someone for any occasion. No one has the money to just spend on their friends when they can hardly afford their house payment. A good way to get gifts for your friends and family without spending much is to make it yourself. Besides, making the gifts yourself makes it so that the gift comes from your heart and is appreciated.

A good project to do is to find a cookie recipe of any kind on the web or from a recipe book and get all of the ingredients and put them together in a jar with the instructions attached to the jar. This is nice because the person you're giving the gift to does not have to pay for great cookies, but still gets to have fun baking them. Another great project is the basket gift. Go around your house and find anything that you do not use. Then put them in a basket and wrap the basket in tulle or ribbons. This is very cheap but it looks expensive.

A really nice treat for someone is to make them jewelry. You can create it to match their personal style and it is inexpensive. All you have to do is buy the beads and string which is under five dollars most of the time. Then put together a bracelet, necklace, ring or even some earrings. It will look professional and it will make them smile. These are all cheap projects but very meaningful gift ideas.