Hi, I am your guest host for this week. WAYWO, What Are You Working On, is a community diary series for all things crafty, in a variety of mediums and techniques.
You may volunteer to guest host by signing up at this yahoo group ( http://groups.yahoo.com/...), which is checked from time to time. Also by joining this group, you will receive one email a week when the diary is posted. If you wish to write a WAYWO and would like directions go here: (http://www.dailykos.com/...)Looks like the old tags don't work like they used to....Oh well.
Personally, I have always preferred homemade gifts. It is like giving a piece of yourself. I have always enjoyed handmade items and love to receive them as they are more unique and less commercialized.
Unfortunately, not everyone feels the same...so now I am selective in who receives my handmade items and who gets the ubiquitous "gift certificate".
My sisters and my friends seem to enjoy my handmade items, so that is what they receive.
My in-laws and my one daughter-in-law have explicitly told me that they don't want the handmade "junk".
Oh well.....gift certificates then.
So, for my friends and my sisters and their families...homemade jelly and jam!
Some will receive my handmade pottery teapots and cups this year.
A couple will even get doilies.