Homemade Gifts

Now that Christmas is over I thought that I would post a few more of my homemade gifts. 

For Stephen’s parents I made a “Thompson” Frame.  He has 8 kids in his family and there are 8 letters in the name Thompson.  If there had only been 6 I’m sure we could have spelled family or something else, BUT this worked out perfectly with the 8.  The picture doesn’t really do it justice because of the lighting and the glass on the frame. 

Another homemade gift that didn’t quite get finished was Jacob’s Art book from Shutterfly.  I had taken some of his sketches and artwork from this year to make into a book.  But after looking at it I decided to wait to have Jacob help me finish it, so that I have all the pictures that HE likes.

Of course every year I have a little one that I can make a few colored batches of play-dough for.  It’s ALWAYS a big hit!!!  Some years I put in a few playdough toys, or pumpkin push-ins’.  This year I put in some of my old rubber stamps that I never use.

Homemade gifts are fun.  They are from the heart usually.  They are cheaper, a plus for my husband’s budget that he TRIES to keep me on.  HOWEVER, they do take some time to do!