Michaels - DIY holiday gifts : 30 best-kept-secret homemade holiday gifts to make on a budget!

If you hear Holiday songs in your ears and think aboutrunning away to Mexico for a few harried months, this book is for you. Youretired of the rough aisles on Black Friday, the packed malls on Holiday Eves,and the general tension lingering in everyones face during the months ofNovember and December. These are supposed to be our most beautiful months: thedays in which we linger with family and friends to laugh over eggnog and forgetour woes and regrets. With the Holidays becoming our only real fear throughoutthe year, we clearly must alter the ways in which we live our gift-givingmonths.

This book, DIY Holiday Gifts, brings over thirtybest-kept-secret ideas for your gift giving needs. Release your hands from thesteering wheel. You dont have to leave your house to create these gifts. Infact, so many of the directions in this book include supplies you currentlyhave in your house!

Beauty supplies, around the home decorations, kitchenrecipes in a jar, do-it-yourself kid gifts. This book is pulsing with richinformation that you cant get anywhere else. As you fold yourself into thecalming scents of creating your very own essential oil-rich beauty gifts, andas you mix together a beautiful pre-made jar of brownies, youll begin toforget the stunning hatred you have for December 25. In fact, you might justopen up to it a little bit. Find yourself singing Jingle Bells on the ride towork. Find yourself talking about Santa without irony. Who knows? Anythingcould happen.

Not a single design in this book costs over $30 tocreate. In fact, most of the gifts outlined in this book are less than $10eachseriously cutting down on your gift giving expenditures this year. You canpersonalize many of the gifts to suit the needs of your friend or familymember, as well, which is pretty essential in this age of personalized licenseplates and name tags. But honestly: when youre used to getting nameless gifts,gift cards, and run-of-the-mill clothing items, wouldnt you rather thatsomeone thought of you, personally, when giving you a gift?

With these gifts, youre becoming an intrinsic part ofeveryones gift-receiving experience. They dont expect the same-old, same-oldfrom you. In fact, they expect something rich, something vibrant from you andyour creative mind. Create beautiful things from the budget you have and dontspend a nickel more. Show your love and adoration for the people of your family,and allow your crafty side to take hold. Meet your people in the shadow of theHoliday tree without a shade of stress in your mind. The old, materialisticways of Holiday are past. Aim for a rich, penniless future full of fun, hope,and lots of hot glue to keep it all together.

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