A Homemade Christmas!
October 21, 2008
We’ve received homemade gifts, and we have given homemade gifts – and this year is going to be especially homemade!
What is a Homemade Christmas?
A Homemade Christmas is where you give gifts that have been made with your own hands. It is sweet to receive a gift that you know the giver spent time making, so why not pass that sweetness around?
There are all sorts of things you can make for others! Aprons, scrapbooks, paintings, quilts, bags, wall decorations, foods, etc. The list could go on and on.
Not all the gifts you give away need to be homemade (there are some things you just can’t make!) to have a homemade Christmas. It doesn’t have to be elaborate or made from expensive supplies. One of the nice things of making something yourself, is that it will save you money.
I encourage you to make something (or a bunch of different somethings!) to give away this Christmas.
So . . .
. . . are you going to have a homemade Christmas?
This is a great place to share your ideas! I’d love to see what you’re creating this year!
A Homemade Christmas begins this Thursday. Each Thursday until January 1st, I will post about a homemade Christmas gift. There will be a Mister Linky there for you to sign, linking to your post. Not only can you post about the present gifts you are making, but also the past ones and ideas for future ones! Or even homemade gifts that you’ve received! Make sure you don’t post them all at once – there will be 10 opportunities all together!
If you want an icon to put in your post or on your sidebar, just click here (there are a couple to choose from).
You are welcome to spread the word about this, and I hope you participate!
BTW, There will be a couple giveaways coming up soon!
Lord willing, this will be an annual event. Next year’s will begin near
the beginning of October and last until the end of December!
I’d love to have you come back!
While living the life my Lord has blessed me with, I am at home with my family enjoying being a daughter, homemaker and artist. My highest goal is to give glory to God and enjoy Him forever. It is He that has saved me with His amazing grace and is continually molding me; to Him I owe everything. Read more . . .
Hi Emily Rose! This is great. I was hoping to post my homemade Christmas gifts at my blog anyway and now I can link up and see everyone else’s ideas as well. Thanks! I added your banner square on my sidebar. I don’t know if I will be ready THIS Thursday but I hope to get crafting soon. (Most of the supplies are waiting. I have been making Fall crafts now!
Have a great week!
In Christ’s love,
SchoolinRhome
Hi Emily Rose! What a fantastic idea. I love giving homemade Christmas gifts. I look forward to all your ideas. God bless, Sarah.
Hey I would love to do that with you. I have a lot of past christmas gifts and present christmas gifts.
miss Emily
How neat! that is a cute meme… I don’t know if I am crafty enough to join though! haha… will think about doing it though.
LillieGirl has been wearing the green dress ever since she got it! ;)
Thanks for coming by!
Love,
Amanda
This is so sweet! I just love it. :) I’m not going to do much this year in the way of homemadeness. I do have a somewhat homemade idea for my sister, but that’s probably it. I made two complete scrapbooks last year, and that about put me (and my kids) over the edge.
I did something else the year before, though, that my family members LOVED. Maybe I could post pictures. I wrote a tribute to each one (my mom, my dad, my sister, and my brother). For my dad I wrote thank you for… (and filled an entire page). For my brother it was more of a memories with him page. Anyway, I decorated each page scrapbook style and framed them. Everyone loved their tribute. :) It was one of my favorite gifts EVER to give.
I have rambled on long enough! :) I have to get some school in here somewhere today among apples, cleaning, dinner, and blog surfing!
:) Ami
What a wonderful idea…I just read your profile and you sound like such a sweet young lady!
Our large church is also adopting this “home made” approach with making gifts this year, enjoying more old-fashioned, family traditions and giving a some of what we might have spent to a special mission group that gives clean drinking water- along with the gospel- to those countries in need!
I am not overly talented with crafts, but I really hope to try to make a few things this year, so I will be checking in to get ideas!
Also, if you are interested, you are welcome to join in on the Home School Open House that I hope to do monthly, starting this coming Tuesday. (You can find out more on my post)
Blessings!
~Tammy
Greetings,
this is such a wonderful idea! I make homemade Christmas gifts almost every year.
I was thinking about posting some, but I wouldn’t want the person who is getting the gift this Christmas to look at my blog…hmmm… have to think on that.
Your calandar is so cute! Lovely job.
Sincerely,
Brielle
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Hi I joint the homade Christmas thing I cant WAIT till thursday!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This looks like ALOT of fun.
By the way your calender idea is REALLy NEAT I would Never have thought of that.
~Lilie~
Hi Emily Rose!
I hope you are planning on doing Homemade Christmas for 2009! I would love to be apart of it! It is a great idea!
Elizabeth