Excelle

I am looking for all those "crafty, creative" woem out there who can make the holidays happen with a rediculously small budget.   I know that you are out there..  Looking for creative inexpensive ideas for gifts, gift wrapping, entertaining.

Where is the creative ingenuity that broguht this country into being? 

There has to be scrap bookers,,candlemakers, yarn specialist,quilters, garment makers, photographers, cooks  out there with some ideas, can't we brainstorm and help each other out?

I refuse to allow the current economic downturn to spoil my celebrations.  Those who lived through the depression found a way and so can we..WE HAVE TO PULL TOGETHER   COME ON BRAINSTORM!

Been out of work for almost a year so money is almost non existent.  I am sewing some corduroy rompers for my great niece, some  fleece throws and a few caftans. I have done some gift baskets in the past.  A friend with children so her basket contained garden seeds ( she kept a garden to help feed the family) , nutri grain and cereal bars, dry soup mixes  she said it got her family through the rough spots in the winter and the garden provided for them in the summer and fall.  But there are young men to consider and I'm not sure what to do for them.  My sister in law received a scrapbook of her life from her  younger sister one year and loved it.

When I was supervising, I held a contest between the crews on my machines.  There were three gift baskets, one had board games,boxes of JuJu Beans, Hot Tamales, Ike & Mike and a few others, and 2-2 liter bottles of soda, one had a  1 year Bible, Strongs concordance, two Bible games , juice boxes and snacks, the last one was like yours a movie basket with goodies.  They were awarded to the top three scores for remembering their Safety & Service talks for a quarter (I even had Union cooperation). I had to laugh the top two had to do a bonus question because both wanted the Bible basket.  I enjoy making gift baskets.  I was trying to locate a picture of a lifelong friend of mine that I took at her first wedding.  It's a picture of her mother, her grandmother, her great grandmother and her.  I wanted to do a shadow box with the picture, some lace, loose silk flowers, maybe a string of costume pearls.  I'll keep looking.  I need to start gathering.  I have a couple of readers, need to make a list.  Thank you!!!!!!!

Our library system has a similar program. Ours is called the Museum Adventure Pass. And with ours, you only get 2 free admissions... but with another library card, you can get 2 more admissions. There are all sorts of places on the freebie list- historical sites, cultural and heritage museums, art museums, arboretum and gardens, science museums, the childrens museum. Sponsored by Macy's stores. It really is a fantastic program- I have taken advantage of it several times. Thank you library system, and thank you Macy's.