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    Home » Archive

    20 Impressive Handmade Gifts

    by Patti Estep · Oct 12, 2014

    Check out 20 impressive handmade gifts that you can make for the holidays, give as hostess gifts or anytime you want to thank someone.

    20 Impressive Handmade Gifts

     

    Are you thinking about the holidays yet? Halloween is just around the corner and once Halloween is over, the many festivities of the holiday season begin. I'm already starting to think about the gifts I am going to buy and more importantly, the gifts I am going to make.

    20 Impressive Handmade Gifts

    Bayberry candle
    Bayberry for Luck

    Every year I make unique gifts which cost me around $5-10 to hand out to just about everyone. My family, friends, coworkers, my hairstylist, the ladies who help me clean and sometimes I make them for party favors. You can imagine, that means making quite a few gifts. Last year I think I made around 60 bayberry candles.  Have you heard the bayberry saying about burning a bayberry candle on Christmas Eve brings you good health and luck the new year?

    Pressed Flower Wreath

    This year I started making different items on the blog to inspire my readers and will continue to post handmade gift ideas through December. One of the first posts was all about pressed flowers.

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    Luckily for me, this caught the attention of a Community Manager at Hometalk. She asked me to curate a board for Hometalk regarding handmade gifts which they would put on their newsletter. I was thrilled.

    If you haven't heard about Hometalk you are in for a treat. It's a home and garden website similar to Pinterest in that you can “clip” images to a board. You can set up an account for free and post your own content, or just browse and clip others. In addition, you can comment, ask others in the community questions, even experts, regarding gardening or decorating, and you can also give your opinions and advice too. Sign up at  Hometalk Sign-Up

    You can view all of the gifts on my clipboard by clicking the link below. It's filled with a lot of great ideas that are sure to get your creative juices flowing.

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    1. Ronda Chesser Porter

      October 19, 2014 at 4:27 am

      Love these handmade gift ideas. But more than that thanks for the heads up on Hometalk. I have never heard of this site, and I love it! Coming to you from the Sits community Link-up. Sharing this on my social media!

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      • Patti

        October 19, 2014 at 9:41 am

        Hi Ronda,
        I'm glad you like Hometalk. There is so much to see and do there. Thanks for stopping by.

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