You've made it to the gallery for: a year of handmade. This year I committed to making only handmade gifts. After my son gave me a delicate garland of hand cut snowflakes for Christmas, it dawned on me that handmade gifts are literally constructed with intention and presence and meaning. There is no other way to make something by hand. It is this effort that imbues handmade gifts with value in ways that store-bought gifts just cannot have. Inspired, I became determined to make all my gifts this year handmade. You can read about the original inspiration here, or the details here along with my favorite handmade gifts from 2011.
If you want to join me in my handmade pledge, or if you want to share handmade gifts you've made, I would love to see them. Please share your beautiful handmade gifts in the a year of handmade flickr group.
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I love it! I'm trying to do the same... but have not declared it officially -- look at the magic you've created. Bravo. Beautiful...
ReplyDeleteWow love the crocheted rocks!
DeleteI don't know a.thing about it.:)
Beautiful work.
Chandice
ps... I am a.embroiderer :)
I too make all my gifts handmade! It started two years ago at christmas. Everyone was over the moon about their gifts. And ever since then, any gift we give is handmade!
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DeleteI'm so glad to hear that. Yay - to the power of handmade!
Oh my gosh, those are beautiful! I wish I could make homemade gifts, but I just don't know how to crochet or knit, and I think it would be way too hard to do it without knowing how.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. Ten of the above gifts don't require any knitting or crochet. The tutorials are straight forward and easy to follow. Give one a try!
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