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Are you striving to make a little extra money around the holidays and have something creative you are making to sell? Are you looking for a unique gift ideas for family, friends, co-workers, teachers, or just about anyone?

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108 Days Until Christmas

If you are looking for easy ideas that your children can prepare to gift for teachers or grandparents, I might have an idea for you.  What about a reindeer towel?

NEEDS: plain white hand-towel and brown, white, black and red fabric paint. 

1. Wash the towel and dry without fabric softener or according to the paint directions.
2. Dip or brush the bottom of your child’s foot with brown paint.  Place their foot in the middle of the towel with toes pointing to the top.
3. Dip or brush the palm of your child’s hand with brown paint. Place the right hand to the top-right of the footprint and the left hand to the top-left of the footprint.
4. When the brown dries, use your child’s thumbprint dipped in white paint for the white’s of each eye.
5. Use their thumbprint in red paint for Rudolph’s nose at the base of the footprint.
6. When the white has dried, use the print of their pinkie finger, dipped in black, for the pupil of each eye.
7. Use the color of your choice to write or stencil “Merry Christmas 2010! Love, __________”

119 Days Until Christmas

Feeling creative but need a pattern for motivation?  How about some FREE patterns for crocheted shawls?  Check these out:

Sign up for the All Free Crochet Hooked on Crochet newsletter and receive “16 Free Crochet Shawl Patterns eBook” free. Click here and get started now. Of course, I would need to start now to crochet something for next year.

This is a great Christmas idea. Get the movies for a great price, fulfill the membership details and then cancel if you want. Disney movies make great gifts for just about anyone!

137 Days Until Christmas

FREE Tote Bag from VistaPrint ~ An eco-friendly carry-all for wherever you go. 100% canvas tote bags can be customized with your name and message. Choose from 36 designs. Only pay shipping.

FREE 8×10 Canvas ~ Every new customer receives a free $55 credit towards their canvas. So you can get a Free 8×10 Canvas. Only pay shipping on 8×10.

FREE Custom Rubber Stamp ~ Get a FREE Custom Rubber Stamp and save time on your Christmas cards!

FREE Crochet Patterns ~ Sign up for the All Free Crochet Hooked on Crochet newsletter and receive “Free Crochet Patterns: Crochet Stitches” free. Make someone something beautiful for Christmas.

140 Days Until Christmas

I love personalized gifts and my kids got the biggest kick out of the personalized books they received from my inlaws a few years ago. These books are very cherished possessions and I highly recommend them. The illustrations are incredible. The price might seem a bit high but I think it is worth it considering the love of reading that these books can help develop. Go take a peak and see what you think.

PLUS, you can score FREE shipping on all books with Coupon Code FSW715!

Just FYI: My children have My Very Own Name and My Very Own Fairy Tale.  Priceless!

141 Days Until Christmas

Shame, shame, shame on me. Last year, we bought each of our children a plastic shoebox and let them run wild through Target packing it with gadgets and toiletries for Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child. We spent over $50 on three shoeboxes. Now, I am not regretful that we were able to bless three children with gifts which they otherwise might not have received. What I DO regret is that we could have helped so many more with that same amount of money.

Watch this video and you can see what I mean. (NOTE: The distortion only lasts a few seconds.)

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148 Days until Christmas!

Looking for a great (but cheap) gift idea for grandparents?  How about turning one of your favorite family photos in a piece of art?  With Canvas People, you can get a FREE 8×10 canvas ($55 value) and only pay shipping which I think is $14.95.  Not too shabby!  Want a larger canvas?  They will apply the $55 credit towards the size of your choice.

This is one you DO NOT want to miss!

149 Days until Christmas

This week, Money Saving Mom, which one of my favorite blogs, is having Christmas in July and had a really great post (HERE) about having a debt~free Christmas.

“Oh no!” you yelp. “I don’t want to think about Christmas yet!”

If you are serious about celebrating Christmas (or any winter holiday) without accumulating new debt, then you better snap out of it and get started. (Sorry to be so stern.)

Here are some tips we use to have a debt~free Christmas:

1. Keep focus.  Remember the reason why you celebrate.  For us, we focus on the meaning of Christmas as the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
2. Set a budget for Christmas. We include our Christmas cards, postage/shipping, gifts, special baking, decorations and anything related to December 25th in our Christmas budget. We also have budget per person for gift-giving.
3. Use cash only. As I preach with everything else, cash only will keep you shopping smart and will help you avoid overspending.
4. Start looking for deals now. If you have a specific gift list, now is a perfect time to start watching those prices and keeping a Christmas price book. If you are waiting for inspiration, do not forget to browse the clearance section each time you visit a store. This includes office supply stores! I was able to score Cross pen gift sets ($29.99 value) for $5 each one year.
5. Don’t feel like you have to meet a price-per-person. If you get a deal on a gift, use the retail value as the cost to apply toward your budgeted amount per person. There is a person in my family who feels obligated to spend the same amount for each person and if this person finds a deal, they use the sale price and by more. Nope, nope. Remember that the true value of the gift is not the price you paid but the thoughts of love you had toward that person when you purchased it.
6. Be willing to go back for a price~match. We actually had to go back three times to Toys R Us last year to get them to keep matching the price on a particular item we purchased because they lowered it each week. That time of year is busy with errands anyway so it was no difficult to swing back by there with the receipt. Just verify that a store will offer you a price adjustment, the amount of time included in that policy, and whether or not you need to bring the items or just the receipt to receive the difference.

What are your tips for having a debt~free Christmas? I would love to hear them because we all need help saving money during the most expensive time of year.

Just in case you have been living under a rock or do not have a calendar, Father’s Day is Sunday. Hopefully, you can enjoy these links to entertain your children while making something fabulous for the father-figures in your life!

Give Dad a trophy ~ Choose from a gallery of craft ideas HERE.

Make Dad something for the office ~ Make a cute and easy Pencil Holder. You can fill it with pencils, pens, highlighters and more.

Make Dad a dessert ~ Sign up for the Mr. Food Recipe eNewsletter and receive “Mr. Food Decadent Desserts” eCookbook free. Click Here.

Still looking for something to do? ~ Check out this Father’s Day Crafts FREE e-book.

And, if you need a gift from you ~ Get 20% off Father’s Day gifts at RedEnvelope!