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Handmade Gifts For Genealogists

Christmas is just a few weeks away. This year, there seems to be a trend towards making handmade gifts for friends and family. It’s a good way to save money, if you happen to be creative. It is also a great way to find the perfect gift for loved ones who are hard to shop for. If you start this weekend, there is still time to make handmade gifts for the genealogists in your family! Start by figuring out where your talents lie. Can you knit, crochet, or sew? Are you good at drawing, or better at doing arts and … Continue reading →

Too Many Gifts

I love Christmas, I really do, but I can’t help but wonder how much longer it will be the holiday we all remember from childhood. Every year the stores bring out the decorations earlier and earlier. Christmas trees are up in the stores before the school supplies are even gone. Everything is advertised as that perfect gift for someone on your list. Have we forgotten what Christmas is about? All day long I hear people talking and read online about the shopping, shopping and more shopping. The amount of debt Americans take on every Christmas is staggering. I’m as guilty … Continue reading →

A Simple Edible Chistmas Gift

There’s nothing nicer than a gift someone has taken the trouble to make for you. At our recent Ladies’ Christmas evening at church to which a large number of ladies come faithfully every year, there was a display up the back of the hall of handmade gifts. Some included handmade wreaths for the front door made out of colored material, Christmas tree ornaments, the traditional Christmas cake, my chocolate ginger slice wrapped up in a basket of colored cellophane, and a patchwork quilt. There were others but I can’t remember them. Other ideas are bookmarks, photo frames, and children’s mobiles … Continue reading →

Gifts from the Garden- Part 2

Most people love fresh herbs. Why not give a pot of fresh herbs to someone this Christmas? Of course if you can take a piece of an established plants but one that has roots is even better. You might want to give a selection of herbs like mint, parsley, chives, etc. Basil, sage, thyme, tarragon, and rosemary are other herbs you might want to consider including in your gift. Parsley and mint are great herbs. We have both growing. Both are from rooted plants from our previous house. The parsley is right near our back door on the back patio … Continue reading →

Gifts from the Garden

In the food blog I looked at the idea of handmade Christmas gifts, but what about some Christmas gifts from your garden? If you started off cuttings now, it gives them a few weeks to get established. We have three huge hanging baskets near our back door filled with the most beautiful plant that flower in mauve flowers rather like a violet only larger and they flower all year round in the shade. They look brilliant. They all started from one little cutting from a friend that grew to be enough for one hanging basket. We then took cuttings from … Continue reading →