Are hand made gifts a thing of the past?

I think hand made gifts are sooo cool... Last christmas my son and I recieved hats and scarfs, and little socks, from my aunt... I was soo suprised.. It was one of the nicest gives I recieved in a long time.. Its easy to go to the store and buy something, wrap it up, and then forget about it.. But for someone to sit their and make a give a gift, there is so much more throught and charactor in the gift.. I have in the past made cross-stiched pictures for people.. I just have not had the patience, time, or all of the supplies that I need to do it.. Maybe one day.. Your son did a wonderful job on the kleenex box.. Thats AWESOME!!

im pretty young and i have always been creative and liked to keep my self occupied. i do knitting, french knitting, croceting(cant spell), cross stitching and card making. at the minute i am doing card making but i do find that i am not very imaginative so i do struggle a little but also some of the things like peel offs, stamps and equipment can be pretty expensive but i was lucky that my aunt sent me a load of stuff down for me earlier this year =]. i tend to have a habit though of, for example - i would stamp the same image tones of times then pant it then cut it out then do another image and so on. and then make a lot of things quilling and then cut around my peel offs so they are all individual so i tend to do all that but it is not very often that i seem to actually make any cards =]

I love handmade gifts. I used to make baskets and stuff. I haven't done something like that in a long time to. I just don't have the patience and energy to do something like that anymore. But they are thoughtful and nice gifts too.

It is beautiful. I believe that persons does not appreciate hand crafts anymore and because of this the value that place on it is less. My mother used to crochet for a living and her pattern and designs used to have persons coming for them to be send aboard. I have not seen anyone crocheting as much as when I was growing up. I believe that the emphasis that are place in schools is that these are things of the past and so no one will be interested. Even art and craft seems to be inactive. I love to see hand made crafts because it help you to appreciate the person who are making it because the time and the loves that they put in what they are making shone right through it.

The last time i was given a hand made gift was last year they were dresser mats to stand my make up and perfume on.They were made by a 70 year old lady who lives in our street,made with cotton so very small designs on them.So i made her a hand made card to say thank you as she knew that i had lost my things for my dresser what my nans friend had made me befor we moved.

You know I do receive some hand made gifts from my children, and I have a good friend that does beading she made me some beautiful ornaments for the Christmas Tree. They really are a treasure because they're such a personal gift when someone takes the time and effort to make them. I value the hand made items way more than any store bought items,.. though I am always thankful to get a gift either way. Thank you for sharing your beautiful tissue cover from this lady and I wish you the very best.

My kids and I are big on scrapbooking. We are always putting something together for someone. I'm almost never without my camera and I'm not shy about taking pictures of everything and everyone. As much as I love the internet and chat and email for staying in touch with all my people, I love to send little things through snail mail to give them something to smile.

i make a number of my own gifts that are given to teachers, friends and family members. we dont have a ton of extra cash and i am pretty creative, so this way we kill two birds with one stone. i have fun making it and it usually doesnt cost much.

I'm only 23 and I do mainly hand made gifts. I am really into beading and crochet. Currently I'm making my brother a crocheted blanket that has the UCONN Huskie crocheted onto it. It is looking really good so far.

I like to make them actually. I am making socks for my boyfriend at the moment and I like hand made cards a lot. My mother-in-law knitted me some really cool socks for Christmas, I really love these.

How nice, and great that the active woman is still so...so active and artistic.:o) Wonderful gift for your son to buy you, esp. from the woman that you got to meet.:o) I enjoy crocheting, but haven't made such nice boxes yet. I love hand making gifts, as they are filled with lots of love and stitched with care. I love it when people really, truly appreicate them like you do.

I don't think so. Most hand made gifts are masterpieces on their own. They're may be novelty but they are more precious than mass-produced items.

It's not a thing in the past, it just some people now days has little time and creativity to make one. I am one of them. When it's time for presents, I'll storm the gifts shop and made them wrap one for me (see, they even wrap it, I don't have time to do it myself) I love handmade items, especially the one made by my love ones. They are full of thought and love and only has one in this world, made just for me. If I can find time, I want to do it myself too.

While not many people give hand-made gifts anymore, I love them. A gift that someone created themselves is just so much more personal and you know that person really thought it through and thought about you when making it. I create jewelry and other nick-nacks and have made it a goal to hand-make all of my Christmas presents this year.

my favorite homemade gift is something I can eat lol. My aunt puts together these tins with all kind of different homemade gifts. They are so yummy and they are nice enough to leave the ones with nuts out since I can not stand cookies and stuff with nuts in them. I think its nice b/c they really don't have to give me anything at all but if they want to bake yummy goodies I won't complain.

It really nice to hear that you have received such a wonderful gift whic is handmade. I am interested in crafts since childhood and have the habit of giving a personal touch to whatever gift I give someone.I get handmade greeting cards from my niece and nephew... but there are few elderly people who give handmade gifts, they mostly prefer to buy and give gifts which has not much emotions attached to it.I used to get sweaters from mu aunt who unfortunately is no more but I have them with me even if I don't wear some, since they don't fit me anymore.I personally feel handmade gifts adhers to the memory of the receiving person some great feelings, which shows the love of the giver.... which no readymade gifts in the world can give.

no,hand made gifts can never be outdated as they are genuine efforts of person who wants to give u something special and takes a lot to get it done

I don't think so. Hand made gifts are more lovely and has more warmth than expensive ones.

To tell you the truth,I almost made every gift myself hehe.The main reason is that I want to be creative and different!People who receive my gift alawys say that they see my true heart through my gift that makes me really happy. It is not that difficult .If you have time, try to make a gift yourself! Happy today

wow that sure is nice of that old lady. i do give out hand made gifts, particulary ladies chokers and earrings.