Easy Homemade Gift Ideas

Countless times throughout the year, I find myself brainstorming new easy homemade gift ideas for my friends and family. I’ve knit enough striped scarves to keep me warm on a trek up Everest, and its just not cutting it anymore!

Plus, it is just awful getting a homemade gift that obviously was filled with love and hard work from its creator, but have no use for it. The gift might live on your mantel for a month, then make its way out to the garage, and eventually, after enough dust has built up, it goes in the trash. The gifts on this page are designed to be easy, inexpensive, adorable, and most importantly, something that people can use!

So if you’re looking for something a little different this year, here are some of my favorite homemade gift ideas for any holiday or celebration!

Wine Cork Trivets & Bulletin Boards

I love upcycling whenever possible, but I also don’t want that trash to look too trashy.  My favorite reusable trash has got to be corks from wine bottles.  I started saving them the year I was planning my wedding, thinking they would be used for place card holders, but I went with fortune tellers instead [...]

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