| Although Christmas is synonymous to "gift-giving," it | | | | personal touches to it and give it away as a nice |
| doesn't mean that is has to be an "expensive | | | | Christmas present. |
| gift-giving" season. For those who are tight on budget | | | | 2. Home and custom-made stationeries. Combine |
| but would want to share something to the special | | | | unused ordinary envelopes, colorful bond papers, and |
| people around them, there are many inexpensive but | | | | unique specialty papers and you can create a |
| great Christmas gift ideas that would definitely put a | | | | custom-made stationary perfect for your recipient. |
| smile on your recipient's lips. | | | | You can also use colored pencils, watercolors, and |
| UNLEASHING CREATIVITY | | | | glitters to decorate your special stationary. |
| Indeed, the Yuletide season rekindles love, resurgence, | | | | 3. Christmas sweets and treats. Cookies, chocolate |
| and hope of people regardless of age, gender, or race. | | | | treats, sweet breads, and fruit cakes are surefire |
| Aside from sharing love to the ones around you, | | | | Christmas gift hits. If you can bake these goodies, you |
| Christmas time is also the perfect time to be creative | | | | can save money compared to buying them. You can |
| and be resourceful. Since you are on a tight budget, | | | | even warp these yourself by using nice jars and |
| visiting stores on sale or bazaars can definitely help | | | | boxes, by collecting nice and colorful gift wrappers or |
| you find inexpensive gifts to give out. | | | | by tying them up with used ribbons, and laces. |
| You can also create home-made gifts using | | | | 4. Hand-made or decorated ceramics, glasses, |
| inexpensive materials. Here's a short list of classy yet | | | | figurines, and cloth items. If you have an artistic knack, |
| inexpensive gift items you can give out this special | | | | buy a plain set of white ceramic figurines, clear glasses |
| season: | | | | or mugs and decorate them. By using a bottle of |
| 1. Personalized items. These are probably the most | | | | ceramic paint, you can decorate or color by hand the |
| popular inexpensive Christmas gift of all times. | | | | figurine. You can also draw Christmas-inspired themes |
| Personalizing something like a recipe book for those | | | | on clear glasses to make them extraordinary or you |
| who love cooking, a sketchpad for those who love | | | | can buy a simple set of fabric paint to decorate mugs, |
| drawing and sketching, a scrapbook for those who are | | | | shirts, and small cloth items. |
| fond of collecting and immortalizing memories, a | | | | 5. Home-made bath oils and perfumes. If you are into |
| notepad or journal for those who are inclined to writing, | | | | mixing fragrances, try to buy a large amount of |
| a photo album for those who love to keep photos, and | | | | perfume ingredients and create special fragrances, |
| the list goes on. | | | | perfume or bath oil for your recipients. You can also |
| Personalized items are inexpensive Christmas gifts | | | | purchase individual mini-bottles to put these pampering |
| because all you have to do is look for materials you | | | | products in. |
| can recycle. After recycling these items, you can add | | | | |