Beautiful and very practical gifts. Everyone would enjoy these. For a very special person, you can make a love message called "52 reasons why I love you." Use a deck of playing cards (old or new). Write one reason on the face of each card, and they'll enjoy going through the deck. You can still play with the cards, or not. To make it easier, pick 10-15 categories and draft the reasons on a sheet of paper. Then you can write them out quickly and avoid repeating. Merry Christmas!
I love to give from my spirit...I love filling a vessel beit a wicker basket , a pail, a weathered box something that has had a life prior but is now being repurposed ...this summer I dehydrated flowers, oranges, lemons, berries added essential oils and pine cones to make jars filled with potpurri , I also gathered chestnuts and roasted them to give as treats along with tins of home made shortbread cookies...and home baked mini loaves of cranberry bread wrapped with a recipe card ... this year I wanted to embrace the warmth of giving with deliberate thoughts of the people in my life....this year I wanted more than ever to show the love I feel and give more of myself in my gifts. Thank you for the lovely inspirations.
This year I am giving homemade spice blends in jars that I’ll craft up. Probably taco seasoning, creole seasoning...etc. I love doing it, and they love getting it. 🎄
I'm giving jars of homemade blueberry-lemon scone mix with a little jar of homemade jam, also embroidered bookmarks with a favorite book from my collection, and some hats or socks I knit.
That's a great idea, giving a book from your own collection. ( As well as the scone mix and jam.) I have acquired so many over my lifetime! If the recipient actually reads it, it gives you a great discussion topic for later on in the year. 👍
I like to buy an old pretty teacup and saucer from a thrift shop, I make a candles or melts in the usual way and add a few drops of essential oils that I like or that I know others like and a little glitter and let it set in the cup with the central wick or cut out a snowflake from scrap paper and wrap the melts to put in the cup. Also the same with a tea mixes in little sterilised muslin bags to put in the cups. Another one that’s popular with bird feeders - I multi dip a big pine cone onto which I attached a twine hanging loop, in grease or meat fat with all the seeds rolled in between each dip layer and let it set then wrap them up. I make up craft kits for the smaller kids to amuse them at Christmas for when they get bored of their presents, including salt dough kit and small cookie cutters - different projects in bags. I collect and glass paint lots items bought from thrift shops for flowers to pens or tealights. Etc Niamh’s recipe Homemade lip balms and foot balms are great too.
It wouldn’t be Sunday without “Fairyland Cottage”. This year i am gifting my granddaughter some plants , seeds, a moisture gauge and a gardening book from my collection. She is nine and just getting into plants. Her mom has a “black thumb” lol.
That is so special Sheryl... a lucky grandchild indeed. Maybe she can help you become green fingered! I’m honoured you love the videos so much. Thank you for the support.
Prayers needed for my father guys,I hope everything works out well,so so depressed and worried.hope papa will come home with minimal health conditions.
Our thoughtful daughter-in-law refills our large red holiday tin with homemade baked goods and candy each year. Our son brought it back to us last night. Such a kindness.
I definitely want to try this. I am thinking of a bird house made of bird seed pasted with lard on possibly a biodegradable paper or cardboard. Something like that. Have to think about this and/or do some research If anyone has any ideas; please let me know.. Thanks.
I love this. It reminded me of when my sister was alive, she always gave me handmade gifts. I loved them. They were a part of her. I think of her when I use the things she gave me. It brings back many happy memories. Thank you
I made juggling sacs for a coworker, crocheted frisbees. I reused a small box to make a mini first aid kit for a friend I bicycle with. I modified a thrifted silk shirt for someone too. Last year I did cookie kits!
I'm making aprons from secondhand fabric and then I've still got some handmade candles from lockdown to gift. The cookie mix is a great idea. A cake mix would be fun too
I can't believe its been 5 months since I found your channel, truly it has been the best 5months of my life because its when it all began for me. your videos literally induced a light bulb 💡 moment in my life and words will never be enough to express my gratitude. 1.Because of you, I appreciate a life I used to hate so much that I couldn't wait to get out of it 2. Because of you, I started living more simply and it has made a happier human being 3. Because of you , I started documentary my rural life which set the tone for my self acceptance journey Now I am Happy and I am free☀😁 You are indeed a blessing to our generation. Thank you for existing🤗💚
You are so kind with your words! Make sure you appreciate yourself and how far you have come in self acceptance. I had a look at one of your recent videos and you are shining your light with the world! Well done 💕🌟💕
In years past we made a simple homemade gift to put in each families basket they brought to our Christmas gathering. Due to the ban in Oregon on gatherings of more than six people, this year we will carry on the tradition but place our baskets on our front porches and hand deliver our goodies. Blessings to all.
I have spent my whole life creating things for my home, gifts for babies, gifts for my family! I can't even begin to tell what all I have made. I am older now and spend every single day making things. I knit, crochet, bead weave, paint, draw, sew, and do numerous other needlework etc. Right now I'm making some knitted dishcloths with cotton yarn. I make these all year and share them for Christmas gifts along with nurses I see at my appts. Anytime I see someone who might need a little gift I give them a set. Also, baby hats are a fun one for me to give away. I have given them to strangers if I see someone with a baby! My list is never ending.... Thanks for your suggestions, I enjoyed seeing them. Have a lovely day! :D Sharon from California x x
Lovely and fun! We're gifting several local restaurant gift certificates so they might have a chance of staying in business during this hard time. Our favorite is a restaurant that pays a living wage, donates a percentage of profits to non-profits doing good work (hospice this year), and has been extra caring of its employees. In the years when I can preserve apple butter, I like to give that, but my poor tree fared badly this year. I did manage to make a few goody bags with flower and veg seeds (jewelweed, forget-me-nots, cosmos, hibiscus, various squashes, green beans, and okra). Your videos are peaceful and beautiful. Thank you.
I like to give candles as a gift with a hand painted card done on watercolour paper, lots of tutorials on yt for card painting and decorating. I like to buy a box of candles (the long type) and simply seperate them and tie string or ribbons around the middle of each one and a little homemade greeting tag. Another gift I enjoy making is a small dry bundle of sticks, sprayed with paint or left plain. Use a glue gun to hold together or just tie ribbons and string tight enough to hold together. They make nice table or tree decorations (depending how big you make them. Larger ones make nice wall hanging pieces, I would add little pine cones with florist wire to those.
I used to make heart pillows for my Friends as a teenager. Then fabric totes and other sewing projects. One year I planted some succulents in Jars I hard lying around and decorated them. This year I'm thinking of making fabric Coasters, and of course lots of cookies. Allô decorated with Clay ornaments Our 3yo Made earlier in the year
We made center pieces out of the Christmas trees bottoms that get cut off. We placed tealight candles / advent candles 🕯. Kept it rustic & natural to use all year long.
I have been making Irish Cream (in old wine bottles with a used Christmas card decoration on the front), doggie scarves (bandana style) & sometimes a matching one for the dog’s owner, and customized face masks with themed fabric for each individual. DIY gifts are so awesome in every way... I just need to remind myself to start earlier next year. (I say this every year... haha). Thanks for sharing these great ideas, I love to see what others are making 🎁
I always make edible gifts, everyone now expects them! Peppermint creams, fudge, flavoured oils, chutneys, chocolate bark, hot chocolate mix!! They love them all and it gives me such a warm feeling xx
i am a spiritual person and my family loves the smell of the herbs i burn from my garden to cleanse. so i made herb bundles for them so they could cleanse their house as well !
This was my first video of yours! I went back about 15 videos and had myself a mini marathon. I subscribed right away. Thank you for taking the time to share your life with us! 🤗
Those are wonderful ideas!!! For my daughter in law, I made a mixt of marjoram essential oil and coconut oil that she can used to massage her temples when she gets a migraine. It keeps for a longtime! I also put chai tea syrup into a jar! 🧡
And giving my son and his fiance a gift certificate for a spa day and camping gear - love the gift that creates experience. As well as yarn and a coupon for knitting lessons with me! 😉
Such beautiful ideas ✨ There is something about handcrafted gifts, even hand written notes, that say I care for you, so much more. Thanks for sharing 👍🏽🌱
Love these! Another baking option is to gift them cookies that are still as a lot of balls and frozen. They can keep them in the freezer forever and make however many they want any time
I like these ideas - thinking the cookie ingredient jars would be especially good for some people I know. I’m knitting dishcloths for my neighbors as Christmas gifts. They love them and make requests every year.
I found a small boy in the countryside making face masks using materials from all the favorite sports teams. It was fun trying to find a mask with everyones team but just in case you did not find the team you were looking for the little boy would find the material and sew one for you in only a few minutes. It makes a great gift for serious sports fans.
I appreciate your videos so much. I usually watch them with a cup of tea or eating a snack. Learning to live more simply in the last 6 months and going through 11 years of things we didn’t take the time to get rid of. The house we were renting was suddenly sold quickly and I was forced to minimize in order to move. Now I have a renewed sense of what I need, can reuse or repurpose and just live a less complicated life. The style of your more recent videos has a calmness about them that helps me feel relaxed and able to fully be present with what you are sharing since the music is minimal and subdued and so is your voice. Thanks for all you share with us!
Hello from NYC! What a beautiful peaceful video. Lovely gifts! I crochet and I always find it fascinating how a crochetter moves their crochet hook. So instead of moving the hook through the yarn, you actually move the yarn up and down the shaft of the hook whike the hook is still and it simply works for you. Love that! Lovely video, thank you .
Homemade gifts are the best! One year when both of my kids were in college and money was tight, I suggested that we have a "homemade" Christmas (no purchased gifts). It was so much fun seeing what everyone came up with for each other. That is a favorite Christmas memory!
All your gift ideas are appealing and easy to make. Am so over giving and receiving gadgets, ornaments etc so it's very refreshing to see items that will be used again (the jar).
Sustainable crocheted make-up remover pads and a face scrub in a jar would go well with the headband... We also like to gift local specialities of wines, dried meats, cheeses, flavoured mustards, chocolate, honeys, teas and so on, that are consumable. They can be a bit more expensive and so are appreciated because not everyone has the budget for them. My granny was my example; she always reused last year's cards wherever possible :) I do a lot of knitting as gifts and try to use stash wool as much as possible, but it takes longer than crochet. I am always amazed how popular my hand-knitted socks are, which is lovely. For the kids I stuff them like stockings with a mandarine, some nuts, sweets, trinkets like marbles, for adults I might put a pack of local herbal tea in. This year we're giving a special gift - my mom's 21st birthday necklace needed new chain on either side so we had that repaired/replaced for her, 60 yrs on...
I don't celebrate Christmas but on my favorite festival ( I am Hindu, and the festival is Diwali) I gifted my loved ones handmade notebooks and plants.
Lovely gifts! I'm crocheting some scarves as gifts and since we are in lockdown I can't be with my family this Christmas so I'm making cookies to box up and give to my family members.
I've been having a lot of fun making gifts this year. My roommate said she'd be happy with a cool rock from the ground, so that's exactly what I found. I painted an Among Us character on it to personalize it for her. Then I found a hand crafted wooden plate at the thrift store. I restored it to use as a crystal/gemstone display plate. I'm also going to make a honey sugar scrub and put it into a fancy candle jar. Handmade gifts are the best!
I have spent a wet Sunday afternoon making homemade fircone firelighters to give to Friends instead of Christmas cards. I save leftover wax from candles throughout the year. They smell lovely.
I made Christmas stockings out of felt and little mitten ornaments out of felt that I am giving to friends. I also bought second hand books for my mother. I may also take home made cookies (biscuits) or carmal popcorn to neighbors.
Sounds lovely I never thought to do felt ornaments! Have you ever tried rolling or mixing popcorn or nuts with mincemeat and finely chopped bits of dried fruit and baking it spread out on a baking sheet for a little while - it goes really crispy and is yummy, packs nicely in bags as a gift too.
Just wanted to take a minute and tell you that I really like your content, its soothing and calm and lovely and it is on the top of my you tube feed every Sunday morning. It's how I start my Sundays.. while my coffee is brewing. Thanks from the states. 🙂
The gifts you make are so thoughtful. I am not making anything this year but I thrifted a few items. I found a carafe in a thrift store to keep my water hot throughout the day for tea! One of your tips. 🎄
These were some really lovely gift ideas. I made an at home spa kit for my best friend made up of all natural products I made. (A vegan milk bath, some Epsom salts, a room spray and a salve - all lavender, peppermint and rosemary scented).
I love homemade gifts, especially at Christmas. Wish all my relatives were into this. It means so much to have a gift from the heart. I love nature so I love to root plants and give them away. I also make candy as gifts. As we get older, we don't need more "stuff", so something homemade, either food, plant or a craft is a wonderful gift.
I love the idea of repurposing Christmas cards I have received as gift tags/notes, and the cookie or muffin mix in jars. A propagated plant is a thoughtful gift as well!
Perfect! I am going to make all of these. I love to sew, soooo I am making quilted place mats for the family that includes me in their holiday feasts and quilted casserole carriers for another dear friend and MYSELF oh my. Love the baking mason jar idea because it works for even fellas! So easy💕 I also made several no sew quilted Christmas ornaments-a tutorial on TH-cam from Shabby Fabrics- and donated for a raffle at church-they were a hit and I have requests for more! Making gifts is the best!
I LOVE the headband ! 💞 This year I made some mugcake's prep, face scrubbing, body butter, and some cookies. I love DIY gifts. I put my heart into it and I can adapt the recipe for the person. 😊
This year, I got my partner a vintage shirt he wanted and altered it to be his size! I'm also making homemade felt ornaments, infused honey, shower fizzies, spiced nuts, granola, and biscotti for other people! I've never been one to buy gifts.
Warm greetings, Niamh! I always look forward to your cosy videos every Sunday - moments of tranquility, indeed. All of these are thoughtful and lovely gift ideas. I like to donate to animal charities on behalf of friends and family. 😊
I bet not one handcrafted gift has ever gone to waste! Some one will use it eat it read or treasure it even if not the actual person gifted.Ty! Loved this post! 🌲🏠🌲🏫🌲🍄🌲
This year I made a few DIY gifts to send my family. I made Golden Milk spice mix out of ground cinnamon, turmeric, black pepper, cardamom, clove, and ginger. This way it just needs to be whisked into some milk of choice with maple syrup, honey, or other sweetener. I also made homemade hot cocoa mix, homemade essential oil candles, homemade lip balm, homemade vanilla extract, and some lotion bars. I decorated all of the jars and packaging with fabric scraps, jute twine, and dried orange/apple slices. This was the first year I've made diy gifts, I was super inspired by your channel to give it a go ❤️
I've never heard of the Golden Milk mix but it sounds terrific! Thank you so much for this idea. Wow, you have beautiful gifts you've created. How lucky the recipients. 👏👏👏
@@urvashityagi3404 thank you. Very interesting. I have a brother w severe arthritis. He doesnt take much medication, but I think he may like this. Do you have any suggestions?
I took an old cinnamon spice tin and an old tobacco tin and turned them into scented candles, I dehrdrated onions and peppers from my garden and make season blends, I also made bath salts. My favorite was glass ornaments that I filled with dried flowers. I also made some stockings from some material my grandmother left my mother years ago before she passed away. I love making gifts for everyone.
I love to crochet small dish cloths and face cloths, they are quick to make, made with cotton, and I make a stack of them throughout the year then give a little bundle tied with a ribbon as gifts. Simple and pretty
I am giving homemade jams and jelly as well as healthy bird suet cakes...made with peanut butter, dried fruits, nuts and bird seed. I love your videos; you have a lovely calm voice and the music is sweet and peaceful. Thank you. Blessings 🙏💕🎄
In our family we always use the same gift tags every year and just put them back in the box afterwards. It’s quite hilarious using ones the our daughters made when they were little (now mid twenties), and looking for old favourites. This year I’ve been making everyone produce bags out of old net curtains with the drawstring tunnels out of various pretty leftover and repurposed fabrics.
I poured some candles from left over wax that I still had, I made spiced apple jam, I made a macramee market bag and I'm drawing lots of paintings. I love your videos so much! They are always so peaceful and calming. Thank you!
I usually give money to my loved ones But it's just too much for me. I'm thinking to buy some cheap stuff an put in a stocking an l might make some pot plants to give aswell an some peanut brittle l will make for everyone. It will be a sad Xmas this year as l have lost my Dad recently. But he will always be remembered by us all. Have a great Xmas Niamh an all. Hope 2021 is alot betta for all of us. God bless. 🙏😇❤️💐
This year I gave all gift cards, and one artisan made ceramic ornament I bought on vacation last year. I made the gift tag 🏷 using a die and all of my fancy paper scraps, like cards, fancy envelopes, and catalog covers-especially metallic papers that aren’t good for recycling. I too save scraps of pretty ribbons and string and use those to tie the tags on-it’s amazing how much ribbon comes in on this and that.
Lovely gifts. I make some gifts every year, this year it's been hand knit socks, knitted dish cloths and kitchen towels topped with a crochet section where it can button around the fridge or stove handle, and we always do some baked goods as gifts. My girls have made beauty care scrubs. Merry Christmas!
I usually also make candles, I’ll use the leftover was from any candle (of the same colour) throw it together and make new candles out of them, either by wax dipping or by pouring it into a mould. I sometimes make soaps too that are gentle on the skin with lavender petals, rosemary or other plants. Really like the video!
Wonderful ideas! I actually love the cutting up the Christmas cards to use as tags. I usually make edible tags with inscripted cookies :) as a biiig baker all my gifts usually are things to consume like a nice liqueur or cookies. my parents and grandparents always give Christmas cards with the text written on a paper inside, so you can actually use the card again 😃 I don't know of that is a general thing in Germany or only them being frugal but I love it!
I love DIY videos, they're my favourites. Some really great gift ideas there. What sort of gifts do your family and friends give you? I don't mean to pry, I'm just intrigued as you seem to be able to resource and make everything yourself 🥰
Wonderful ideas! My daughters could use the scrunchies and headbands. I usually make our married daughters their favorite cookies, and include a restaurant gift card to take their husband on a date. ❤
These are emotions not just treats❤human connections especially with that cookie jar 🍪 Loved those headbands I'll make those for my mum ❤just loved all the ideas 💡 loads of love and happy festive season 🌟
I would rather receive one of these handmade gifts than any store-bought item! Love it 👏
Beautiful and very practical gifts. Everyone would enjoy these.
For a very special person, you can make a love message called "52 reasons why I love you." Use a deck of playing cards (old or new). Write one reason on the face of each card, and they'll enjoy going through the deck. You can still play with the cards, or not. To make it easier, pick 10-15 categories and draft the reasons on a sheet of paper. Then you can write them out quickly and avoid repeating. Merry Christmas!
I love to give from my spirit...I love filling a vessel beit a wicker basket , a pail, a weathered box something that has had a life prior but is now being repurposed ...this summer I dehydrated flowers, oranges, lemons, berries added essential oils and pine cones to make jars filled with potpurri , I also gathered chestnuts and roasted them to give as treats along with tins of home made shortbread cookies...and home baked mini loaves of cranberry bread wrapped with a recipe card ... this year I wanted to embrace the warmth of giving with deliberate thoughts of the people in my life....this year I wanted more than ever to show the love I feel and give more of myself in my gifts. Thank you for the lovely inspirations.
This year I am giving homemade spice blends in jars that I’ll craft up. Probably taco seasoning, creole seasoning...etc. I love doing it, and they love getting it. 🎄
I love that idea! 🎁
@@FairylandCottage thank you 🙂
Love it! Great idea 😍🎁 Thank you! 🌲
That's what's up...
Omg thank you so much! Now I will make them
The DIY gifts are simple yet so meaningful, thoughtful and makes one feel the connection of emotions.
So so true
Ikr
I'm giving jars of homemade blueberry-lemon scone mix with a little jar of homemade jam, also embroidered bookmarks with a favorite book from my collection, and some hats or socks I knit.
That's a great idea, giving a book from your own collection. ( As well as the scone mix and jam.) I have acquired so many over my lifetime! If the recipient actually reads it, it gives you a great discussion topic for later on in the year. 👍
I'm making crazy quilts for my two little grandkids with material scraps that they love featuring their cartoon characters.
O how amazing for them to have!
Oh my god amazing! Wow!
I like to buy an old pretty teacup and saucer from a thrift shop, I make a candles or melts in the usual way and add a few drops of essential oils that I like or that I know others like and a little glitter and let it set in the cup with the central wick or cut out a snowflake from scrap paper and wrap the melts to put in the cup. Also the same with a tea mixes in little sterilised muslin bags to put in the cups. Another one that’s popular with bird feeders - I multi dip a big pine cone onto which I attached a twine hanging loop, in grease or meat fat with all the seeds rolled in between each dip layer and let it set then wrap them up. I make up craft kits for the smaller kids to amuse them at Christmas for when they get bored of their presents, including salt dough kit and small cookie cutters - different projects in bags. I collect and glass paint lots items bought from thrift shops for flowers to pens or tealights. Etc
Niamh’s recipe Homemade lip balms and foot balms are great too.
Reusing the cards is such a brilliant idea! I'm going to make some hand balms as gifts this year.
It wouldn’t be Sunday without “Fairyland Cottage”. This year i am gifting my granddaughter some plants , seeds, a moisture gauge and a gardening book from my collection. She is nine and just getting into plants. Her mom has a “black thumb” lol.
That is so special Sheryl... a lucky grandchild indeed. Maybe she can help you become green fingered!
I’m honoured you love the videos so much. Thank you for the support.
Prayers needed for my father guys,I hope everything works out well,so so depressed and worried.hope papa will come home with minimal health conditions.
Username Not detected...thinking of you and your papa, hope all goes well. Sending positive vibes. ❤
I hope his health gets better, praying for you and your family. Sending love and light❤️✨
Prayers sent for your dear papa! 🙏🏼❤️
AMIN, wishing him get well soon and be with his loved ones this holiday season. XOXO
Blessings for his health and well-being. Xxx
Our thoughtful daughter-in-law refills our large red holiday tin with homemade baked goods and candy each year. Our son brought it back to us last night. Such a kindness.
This year I am preparing birdseed Christmas ornaments, so they can be placed outside for our little friends during winter🌲🥰🐧🐦
That sounds great, I’ll have to look that up
Pine cones or fat balls dipped in fat and seeds - they love them
Great idea! The birds will love 'em.
I definitely want to try this. I am thinking of a bird house made of bird seed pasted with lard on possibly a biodegradable paper or cardboard. Something like that. Have to think about this and/or do some research If anyone has any ideas; please let me know.. Thanks.
@@thedoreahamilton300 You can find a lot of great ideas on Pinterest 👍🏡🐦😊
I love this. It reminded me of when my sister was alive, she always gave me handmade gifts. I loved them. They were a part of her. I think of her when I use the things she gave me. It brings back many happy memories.
Thank you
I made juggling sacs for a coworker, crocheted frisbees. I reused a small box to make a mini first aid kit for a friend I bicycle with. I modified a thrifted silk shirt for someone too. Last year I did cookie kits!
I'm making aprons from secondhand fabric and then I've still got some handmade candles from lockdown to gift. The cookie mix is a great idea. A cake mix would be fun too
My mother bought amaryllis bulbs on sale at the hardware and planted them in recycled pots. She will give these as Christmas gifts.
I love that! My grandmother would gift them at Christmas. Fond memories of the flower coming out!
Can feel the soul
I love your gift ideas.
I make jars of fresh lemon curd for breakfast on Xmas morning
Ohh love that!
That my friend, is a labor of love 💘 . I've canned lemon curd for long term storage. My arm was so tired from stirring forever.🙂
I can't believe its been 5 months since I found your channel, truly it has been the best 5months of my life because its when it all began for me.
your videos literally induced a light bulb
💡 moment in my life and words will never be enough to express my gratitude.
1.Because of you, I appreciate a life I used to hate so much that I couldn't wait to get out of it
2. Because of you, I started living more simply and it has made a happier human being
3. Because of you , I started documentary my rural life which set the tone for my self acceptance journey
Now I am Happy and I am free☀😁
You are indeed a blessing to our generation. Thank you for existing🤗💚
Mayo Utuk...loved your comment and then loved watching your channel. New subscriber. ❤
You are so kind with your words! Make sure you appreciate yourself and how far you have come in self acceptance. I had a look at one of your recent videos and you are shining your light with the world! Well done 💕🌟💕
In years past we made a simple homemade gift to put in each families basket they brought to our Christmas gathering. Due to the ban in Oregon on gatherings of more than six people, this year we will carry on the tradition but place our baskets on our front porches and hand deliver our goodies. Blessings to all.
I have spent my whole life creating things for my home, gifts for babies, gifts for my family! I can't even begin to tell what all I have made. I am older now and spend every single day making things. I knit, crochet, bead weave, paint, draw, sew, and do numerous other needlework etc. Right now I'm making some knitted dishcloths with cotton yarn. I make these all year and share them for Christmas gifts along with nurses I see at my appts. Anytime I see someone who might need a little gift I give them a set. Also, baby hats are a fun one for me to give away. I have given them to strangers if I see someone with a baby! My list is never ending.... Thanks for your suggestions, I enjoyed seeing them. Have a lovely day! :D
Sharon from California x x
Lovely and fun! We're gifting several local restaurant gift certificates so they might have a chance of staying in business during this hard time. Our favorite is a restaurant that pays a living wage, donates a percentage of profits to non-profits doing good work (hospice this year), and has been extra caring of its employees. In the years when I can preserve apple butter, I like to give that, but my poor tree fared badly this year. I did manage to make a few goody bags with flower and veg seeds (jewelweed, forget-me-nots, cosmos, hibiscus, various squashes, green beans, and okra). Your videos are peaceful and beautiful. Thank you.
I like to give candles as a gift with a hand painted card done on watercolour paper, lots of tutorials on yt for card painting and decorating. I like to buy a box of candles (the long type) and simply seperate them and tie string or ribbons around the middle of each one and a little homemade greeting tag.
Another gift I enjoy making is a small dry bundle of sticks, sprayed with paint or left plain. Use a glue gun to hold together or just tie ribbons and string tight enough to hold together. They make nice table or tree decorations (depending how big you make them. Larger ones make nice wall hanging pieces, I would add little pine cones with florist wire to those.
I used to make heart pillows for my Friends as a teenager. Then fabric totes and other sewing projects. One year I planted some succulents in Jars I hard lying around and decorated them. This year I'm thinking of making fabric Coasters, and of course lots of cookies. Allô decorated with Clay ornaments Our 3yo Made earlier in the year
We made center pieces out of the Christmas trees bottoms that get cut off. We placed tealight candles / advent candles 🕯. Kept it rustic & natural to use all year long.
I have been making Irish Cream (in old wine bottles with a used Christmas card decoration on the front), doggie scarves (bandana style) & sometimes a matching one for the dog’s owner, and customized face masks with themed fabric for each individual. DIY gifts are so awesome in every way... I just need to remind myself to start earlier next year. (I say this every year... haha). Thanks for sharing these great ideas, I love to see what others are making 🎁
I always make edible gifts, everyone now expects them! Peppermint creams, fudge, flavoured oils, chutneys, chocolate bark, hot chocolate mix!! They love them all and it gives me such a warm feeling xx
You’ve inspired me so much. I appreciate your consistent content over the years Niamh 💚
Ah thanks. I appreciate the consistent support too 💚🌟
i am a spiritual person and my family loves the smell of the herbs i burn from my garden to cleanse. so i made herb bundles for them so they could cleanse their house as well !
Such a thoughtful gift. I’d love to receive that!
This was my first video of yours! I went back about 15 videos and had myself a mini marathon. I subscribed right away. Thank you for taking the time to share your life with us! 🤗
Those are wonderful ideas!!!
For my daughter in law, I made a mixt of marjoram essential oil and coconut oil that she can used to massage her temples when she gets a migraine. It keeps for a longtime! I also put chai tea syrup into a jar! 🧡
And giving my son and his fiance a gift certificate for a spa day and camping gear - love the gift that creates experience. As well as yarn and a coupon for knitting lessons with me! 😉
Such beautiful ideas ✨
There is something about handcrafted gifts, even hand written notes, that say I care for you, so much more.
Thanks for sharing 👍🏽🌱
Thanks 🎁💕✨
Love every one. And love the reusing of the Christmas cards as tags and glass jars😍👍
Thank you 💕😊
Love these! Another baking option is to gift them cookies that are still as a lot of balls and frozen. They can keep them in the freezer forever and make however many they want any time
Oh, that is so clever! Greetings from South Africa
Great idea!
I am doing hampers with the food, limoncello and jam I preserved during the year
I like these ideas - thinking the cookie ingredient jars would be especially good for some people I know. I’m knitting dishcloths for my neighbors as Christmas gifts. They love them and make requests every year.
I found a small boy in the countryside making face masks using materials from all the favorite sports teams. It was fun trying to find a mask with everyones team but just in case you did not find the team you were looking for the little boy would find the material and sew one for you in only a few minutes. It makes a great gift for serious sports fans.
Dear Niamh, I wish I was a good friend of yours to get one of these amazing gifts! ❤
My spider plant has tons of offshoots. Propated those and replanting them in pots for Christmas gifts.
I appreciate your videos so much. I usually watch them with a cup of tea or eating a snack. Learning to live more simply in the last 6 months and going through 11 years of things we didn’t take the time to get rid of. The house we were renting was suddenly sold quickly and I was forced to minimize in order to move. Now I have a renewed sense of what I need, can reuse or repurpose and just live a less complicated life. The style of your more recent videos has a calmness about them that helps me feel relaxed and able to fully be present with what you are sharing since the music is minimal and subdued and so is your voice. Thanks for all you share with us!
Love these Niamh❤️
I like to give some homemade soap or bodycream or this year some homemade notebooks. Thanks for your videos. Very nice the idea of the cake mix. 🎅🎅👋👋
Such lovely ideas! 🌟❤️
Hello from NYC! What a beautiful peaceful video. Lovely gifts! I crochet and I always find it fascinating how a crochetter moves their crochet hook. So instead of moving the hook through the yarn, you actually move the yarn up and down the shaft of the hook whike the hook is still and it simply works for you. Love that! Lovely video, thank you .
Homemade gifts are the best! One year when both of my kids were in college and money was tight, I suggested that we have a "homemade" Christmas (no purchased gifts). It was so much fun seeing what everyone came up with for each other. That is a favorite Christmas memory!
All your gift ideas are appealing and easy to make. Am so over giving and receiving gadgets, ornaments etc so it's very refreshing to see items that will be used again (the jar).
Sustainable crocheted make-up remover pads and a face scrub in a jar would go well with the headband...
We also like to gift local specialities of wines, dried meats, cheeses, flavoured mustards, chocolate, honeys, teas and so on, that are consumable. They can be a bit more expensive and so are appreciated because not everyone has the budget for them.
My granny was my example; she always reused last year's cards wherever possible :)
I do a lot of knitting as gifts and try to use stash wool as much as possible, but it takes longer than crochet. I am always amazed how popular my hand-knitted socks are, which is lovely. For the kids I stuff them like stockings with a mandarine, some nuts, sweets, trinkets like marbles, for adults I might put a pack of local herbal tea in.
This year we're giving a special gift - my mom's 21st birthday necklace needed new chain on either side so we had that repaired/replaced for her, 60 yrs on...
Your videos are always so calming, I love all these ideas and the presentations of each gift with the tags, cords and ribbons are so pretty.
Awh thanks glad you liked :-)
I agree!! Such a calming beautiful voice and all the scenery of nature and warm cozy home soothes my soul!!
Beautiful gifts, and not a speck of glitter TG.
So right!
I don't celebrate Christmas but on my favorite festival ( I am Hindu, and the festival is Diwali) I gifted my loved ones handmade notebooks and plants.
Beautiful xxx
Lovely gifts! I'm crocheting some scarves as gifts and since we are in lockdown I can't be with my family this Christmas so I'm making cookies to box up and give to my family members.
Ohh scarves and cookies!
I've been having a lot of fun making gifts this year. My roommate said she'd be happy with a cool rock from the ground, so that's exactly what I found. I painted an Among Us character on it to personalize it for her. Then I found a hand crafted wooden plate at the thrift store. I restored it to use as a crystal/gemstone display plate. I'm also going to make a honey sugar scrub and put it into a fancy candle jar. Handmade gifts are the best!
Ah these are really lovely ideas so much better than handing a box of sensations to someone x
I have spent a wet Sunday afternoon making homemade fircone firelighters to give to Friends instead of Christmas cards. I save leftover wax from candles throughout the year. They smell lovely.
I made Christmas stockings out of felt and little mitten ornaments out of felt that I am giving to friends. I also bought second hand books for my mother. I may also take home made cookies (biscuits) or carmal popcorn to neighbors.
Sounds lovely I never thought to do felt ornaments! Have you ever tried rolling or mixing popcorn or nuts with mincemeat and finely chopped bits of dried fruit and baking it spread out on a baking sheet for a little while - it goes really crispy and is yummy, packs nicely in bags as a gift too.
Very nice homemade gifts. Ty for sharing 💕🎄🎅
Just wanted to take a minute and tell you that I really like your content, its soothing and calm and lovely and it is on the top of my you tube feed every Sunday morning. It's how I start my Sundays.. while my coffee is brewing. Thanks from the states. 🙂
The gifts you make are so thoughtful. I am not making anything this year but I thrifted a few items. I found a carafe in a thrift store to keep my water hot throughout the day for tea! One of your tips. 🎄
So wonderful! Simple ideas, easy to make...what could be better than gift made with love?❤
My sister is my KK and she's super into low waste living ... she'll love that baking mix! Thanks for the great ideas 🌼🌸🌼
Ohh great! 🎁🌹💝 lucky sister!
Plant markers from wine corks and seeds I collected from my garden.
So interesting the wine corks! Clever. The seeds from your garden are so special to receive.
I feel SO loved when someone makes homemade lip balm, or a homemade yummie (dessert, jam, cookies), it's all a blessing!! 💕
These were some really lovely gift ideas. I made an at home spa kit for my best friend made up of all natural products I made. (A vegan milk bath, some Epsom salts, a room spray and a salve - all lavender, peppermint and rosemary scented).
I love homemade gifts, especially at Christmas. Wish all my relatives were into this. It means so much to have a gift from the heart. I love nature so I love to root plants and give them away. I also make candy as gifts. As we get older, we don't need more "stuff", so something homemade, either food, plant or a craft is a wonderful gift.
Yaaaay!! I love gifting plants and receiving plants as gifts!! ✨
I love the idea of repurposing Christmas cards I have received as gift tags/notes, and the cookie or muffin mix in jars. A propagated plant is a thoughtful gift as well!
Perfect! I am going to make all of these. I love to sew, soooo I am making quilted place mats for the family that includes me in their holiday feasts and quilted casserole carriers for another dear friend and MYSELF oh my. Love the baking mason jar idea because it works for even fellas! So easy💕 I also made several no sew quilted Christmas ornaments-a tutorial on TH-cam from Shabby Fabrics- and donated for a raffle at church-they were a hit and I have requests for more! Making gifts is the best!
I LOVE the headband ! 💞 This year I made some mugcake's prep, face scrubbing, body butter, and some cookies. I love DIY gifts. I put my heart into it and I can adapt the recipe for the person. 😊
This year, I got my partner a vintage shirt he wanted and altered it to be his size! I'm also making homemade felt ornaments, infused honey, shower fizzies, spiced nuts, granola, and biscotti for other people! I've never been one to buy gifts.
I love your gift ideas!
I'm making mini quilts from fabric I have around the house from other projects. The quilts are for cats and small dogs owned by my extended family.
Warm greetings, Niamh! I always look forward to your cosy videos every Sunday - moments of tranquility, indeed. All of these are thoughtful and lovely gift ideas. I like to donate to animal charities on behalf of friends and family. 😊
Love the idea of using one year’s cards as tags the next year. Great gift ideas, too! Thanks so much. ❤️❤️
I bet not one handcrafted gift has ever gone to waste! Some one will use it eat it read or treasure it even if not the actual person gifted.Ty! Loved this post! 🌲🏠🌲🏫🌲🍄🌲
This year I made a few DIY gifts to send my family. I made Golden Milk spice mix out of ground cinnamon, turmeric, black pepper, cardamom, clove, and ginger. This way it just needs to be whisked into some milk of choice with maple syrup, honey, or other sweetener. I also made homemade hot cocoa mix, homemade essential oil candles, homemade lip balm, homemade vanilla extract, and some lotion bars. I decorated all of the jars and packaging with fabric scraps, jute twine, and dried orange/apple slices. This was the first year I've made diy gifts, I was super inspired by your channel to give it a go ❤️
I've never heard of the Golden Milk mix but it sounds terrific!
Thank you so much for this idea.
Wow, you have beautiful gifts you've created. How lucky the recipients. 👏👏👏
@@kathleenstetler609 it's a beverage Indians have been drinking to cure any sort of illness, it's called haldi ka doodh there
@@urvashityagi3404 thank you. Very interesting. I have a brother w severe arthritis. He doesnt take much medication, but I think he may like this. Do you have any suggestions?
I can watch all your videos over and over. Especially after work. We don't know each other , but you are a blessing to me.
How lovely to hear. So so glad to hear how much the videos mean to you. You are a blessing to me x
I took an old cinnamon spice tin and an old tobacco tin and turned them into scented candles, I dehrdrated onions and peppers from my garden and make season blends, I also made bath salts. My favorite was glass ornaments that I filled with dried flowers. I also made some stockings from some material my grandmother left my mother years ago before she passed away. I love making gifts for everyone.
I love to crochet small dish cloths and face cloths, they are quick to make, made with cotton, and I make a stack of them throughout the year then give a little bundle tied with a ribbon as gifts. Simple and pretty
I am giving homemade jams and jelly as well as healthy bird suet cakes...made with peanut butter, dried fruits, nuts and bird seed. I love your videos; you have a lovely calm voice and the music is sweet and peaceful. Thank you. Blessings 🙏💕🎄
Your videos and wisdom are my gifts! Thank you! 🎄
I made hand knitted Christmas stockings , jam, and soap for presents this year
In our family we always use the same gift tags every year and just put them back in the box afterwards. It’s quite hilarious using ones the our daughters made when they were little (now mid twenties), and looking for old favourites. This year I’ve been making everyone produce bags out of old net curtains with the drawstring tunnels out of various pretty leftover and repurposed fabrics.
I poured some candles from left over wax that I still had, I made spiced apple jam, I made a macramee market bag and I'm drawing lots of paintings.
I love your videos so much! They are always so peaceful and calming. Thank you!
I usually give money to my loved ones
But it's just too much for me. I'm thinking to buy some cheap stuff an put in a stocking an l might make some pot plants to give aswell an some peanut brittle l will make for everyone. It will be a sad Xmas this year as l have lost my Dad recently. But he will always be remembered by us all. Have a great Xmas Niamh an all. Hope 2021 is alot betta for all of us. God bless. 🙏😇❤️💐
I’m sorry to hear you lost your Dad. Peanut brittle sounds great gift! God Bless to you my dear xxx
This is amazing 🤩 gifts that one would actually need: Soothing, Heathy, Natural, and Homemade 😊
Love this❤️
I made bath salt with epsom salt, dry flowers, coconut oil and sometimes essential oil :)
I make pound cakes for family, friends & coworkers. They all look forward to receiving the sweet treats.
This year I gave all gift cards, and one artisan made ceramic ornament I bought on vacation last year. I made the gift tag 🏷 using a die and all of my fancy paper scraps, like cards, fancy envelopes, and catalog covers-especially metallic papers that aren’t good for recycling. I too save scraps of pretty ribbons and string and use those to tie the tags on-it’s amazing how much ribbon comes in on this and that.
Lovely gifts. I make some gifts every year, this year it's been hand knit socks, knitted dish cloths and kitchen towels topped with a crochet section where it can button around the fridge or stove handle, and we always do some baked goods as gifts. My girls have made beauty care scrubs. Merry Christmas!
I usually also make candles, I’ll use the leftover was from any candle (of the same colour) throw it together and make new candles out of them, either by wax dipping or by pouring it into a mould. I sometimes make soaps too that are gentle on the skin with lavender petals, rosemary or other plants. Really like the video!
Love the autumn winter seasons dislike summer intensely, born in November think that’s why ! Love your crafts
Wonderful ideas! I actually love the cutting up the Christmas cards to use as tags. I usually make edible tags with inscripted cookies :) as a biiig baker all my gifts usually are things to consume like a nice liqueur or cookies. my parents and grandparents always give Christmas cards with the text written on a paper inside, so you can actually use the card again 😃 I don't know of that is a general thing in Germany or only them being frugal but I love it!
I love DIY videos, they're my favourites. Some really great gift ideas there.
What sort of gifts do your family and friends give you? I don't mean to pry, I'm just intrigued as you seem to be able to resource and make everything yourself 🥰
I love the natural gifts. Very thoughtful and easy to do and great to give and receive.
The first gift idea is brilliant!! I may do that as an extra last minute gift for some family members!
Your ideas are excellent...so full of personal touches
Wonderful ideas! My daughters could use the scrunchies and headbands. I usually make our married daughters their favorite cookies, and include a restaurant gift card to take their husband on a date. ❤
These are emotions not just treats❤human connections especially with that cookie jar 🍪
Loved those headbands I'll make those for my mum ❤just loved all the ideas 💡 loads of love and happy festive season 🌟
Ah that’s so true. Emotions not just gifts 🎁❤️🤍
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