You make some great pendants. I also have a scrabble tutorial on my site for those that might like to try their hand at crafting them, too.

I think they would make great stocking stuffers or presents for the kids to give to their friends.

I make handcrafted pendants from recycled Scrabble game tiles. They are very economical to buy or make. I sell them for $6 each in my shop http://www.peachypendants.etsy.com.

Thanks for a great post!

Each project is a very minimal cost ($5-$10) and I don’t spend money when I am crafting at home.

I tend to buy those frames for my mother, but she has too many now. How do I figure? Because they adorn her bookshelves still with the store picture in them! LOL.

And food gifts… that is where I lack the time putting a food basket together. It’s a lot of work to bake! I had ever intention of baking small loaves of banana bread (even still have the foil pans in the shelf), but never got around to it. Maybe this year I will! Come to thinkin’… Trader Joe’s would be a perfect place to pick up stuff for a food basket gift. Thanks for the idea. And it will still be frugal.

Thank you for all the wonderful ideas! I will definitely add them to this list!

But some of the things that I love giving and getting are those little cutesy picture frames that I always see at Marshall’s and TJ Maxx. They also have great deals on kid’s books and photo albums.

Food gifts are always a winner with me too – cookies, banana bread, or savory items like herb infused oils or homemade seasoning mixes. I had a neighbor give us a box that had about 15 items in it including, cookies, chocolate balls rolled in various things, buckeyes, all sorts of yummy delights. That was one of my fave food gifts ever.

For kids, dollar stores are a great place to get coloring books and sticker books, stickers and craft supplies. I stock up when I see good ones.

Also magazine subscriptions. It’s something I love getting b/c I would never spend the money on it myself. But, it makes getting the mail so much more fun. If you Google “cheap magazines” you can find ALL sorts of sites that have subscriptions super cheap.

And no worries about your July/August mixup. I was thinking it was August nearly the entire month of July. I was so confused all the time. Not sure what my problem was!

I wonder if you can still ask for the white butcher paper from the grocer’s meat department? A person use to beable to get it for free. Make for some great FREE wrapping paper, too.

When I was researching potato stamping I can’t believe how intricate some people can be with their projects. I love the celery idea, too.

Please share your finished products. Would love to see. Maybe I will have to start a flickr group just for all these Christmas posts!

I am thinking of doing a combination of the wrapping paper, Christmas cards, and the picture frames. Very nice ideas!

Now… instead of my pondering on such great ideas, I need to move forward and start making them!