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Secret Santa

Secret Santa

Our family doesn't keep secrets from each other except for those special days leading up to birthdays and Christmas. There has been a lot of behind-closed-doors crafting over the past week and I enjoyed following along with Soule Mama's A Week of Elving posts as it mirrored much of our ...

Christmas Gifting 2010

Christmas Gifting 2010

Our Immediate Family First off, no homemade gifts for our kids this year. You can read on to see what we bought them but I decided to put my gift making energies into extended family gifts this year. Last year I made something for each of them. A doll dress ...

Paper, Prints, Pen & Paints

Paper, Prints, Pen & Paints

{Just a reminder that today is the last day to vote for FIMBY. Thanks} You might categorize a post like this under "gifts you can make for Christmas". The projects I'm sharing are not all necessarily going to be given as gifts, though some are. This crafty themed post is ...

Handmade Holiday Grab Bag

Handmade Holiday Grab Bag

At long last, all the great gift ideas, created by YOU. If you just tuned in today please read this post for an explanation. Thank you everyone so much for sharing your creative genius. I am definitely coming back to some of your ideas for inspiration for my own gift ...

Handmade Home Book Giveaway

Handmade Home Book Giveaway

My idea to gather together a list of blogs with handmade gift ideas (a Handmade Holiday Grab Bag) was a bit of a gamble. Bloggers are busy people and maybe no one would want to participate. I wanted to create a resource here at FIMBY of great handmade holiday gift ...

FIMBY's own Handmade Gift Ideas

FIMBY's own Handmade Gift Ideas

Some people express their love with gift giving, I am not one of those people. My dominant expressions of love are doing things for people (acts of service) and verbalizing my feelings towards them (words of affirmation). What I like about giving handmade gifts is the doing part. The making ...

Handmade Holiday Idea Exchange ~ Get Ready

Handmade Holiday Idea Exchange ~ Get Ready

Want to know something crazy? if you plan to make holiday gifts for loved ones it's time to get going. You super crafty types are already well aware of this and have probably been making gifts since July. The rest of us however just recently said goodbye to summer (and ...