your best and worst homemade holiday gifts itt

my scent blends are coming along quite nicely btw
there is a verdant green one and an earthy strong one so far
not many people are into str8 florals so i am staying away from that (and also patchouli even though i personally kinda like it in a blend, florals too really)

oh and also a mint-green one for tired feet

my scent blends are coming along quite nicely btw

misread as 'scent glands' and was all WHAAAA?

i am growing extra scent glands to give as xmas gifts
what
bad homemade gift?

It would be perfect for me!

then i will grow one (or two) 4 u

<3 you da best
cannot wait for my homegrown olfactory action

when I was a kid i made my dad a journal by cutting blank sheets of paper and taping them over the pages of a dogeared copy of The Great Gatsby.

i then went to b dalton booksellers and found out i'd wasted my time

I am working on cabled mitts now. I thought, oh! I'll just cut out a repeat of the pattern, they don't need to be that long, but I forgot there are rows of decreases to do.

Not a holiday, but this summer I knit a toy chicken with little chicks in eggs for a friend's birthday.

In his final years, my grandfather referred to me as "the girl that made these socks for me."

Worst homemade gift was definitely for Mother's Day when I was in high school. I played and sang my mom two Indigo Girls songs on the guitar, but here's the thing are the things:

I printed out the chord charts from the internet right before I sang them for her and had to stop and squint a few times because the font was small and I didn't always remember what was going on anyway.

I was pretty much still high from the night before.

Also I don't think she really listened to the Indigo Girls very much except when my little sister bought her their CDs.

played and sang two Indigo Girls songs for my mom

oh that is a classic

lol

HEY rockandroll -- are you still going to photoshop my dog onto kinski helmet head for me? i can provide better quality images if you need them...

no pressure btw

I am here but I forgot! /asshole. I can! Let me bookmark this thread & write that on my hand for doing tonight. Yay!

hey, no rush, just wanted to see if you were still going to help me out :)
thanks!! (webmail works btw, but i think we're fb friends too right?)

Yes we are! I'm Lex if that wasn't obvious :D

Best: Lamps made from old trophies. This was fun for me and there was a lot of room for creativity with looking for cool trophies all year and lampshades to match the lamps. Then the year after that I made lamps from tiki mugs (without handles), with handmade bamboo shades I put together. Gave them to friends who had not received trophy lamps, went over uber well. But after that I was at a loss.

I didn't do the photoshopping last night, but I have tonight off so I think I can! I think I can!

I remembered the best homemade gift I ever made: in high school, friend & I modified dollar store Barbies to look like each of our friends, made props, etc and stuck them in Barbie-esque boxes with the person's name and interests on the front. This was in the dark ages, before digital cameras, so I have no pictures :( Sigh!

^^I went home and fell asleep and was sick for several days after this. Blah.

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they should print about 2x3 inches

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i made my housemate a homemade harun farocki boxset bc he's always complaining about the one they sell at the whitechapel gallery giftshop that doesn't have english subtitles

the box used to have linda mccartney vegetarian sausage rolls in it

omg that is SO CUTE

i can't wait to make my labels!

THANK YOU

you're welcome! I'm glad you like!!

i made candied pecans this year, they were pretty easy and are delicious.

finished the vinyl coasters with my sister last night. turned out pretty cool imo!

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