Followup: Inexpensive Gift Ideas

These are applicable to holidays, birthdays, or a thank you for being a person in my life!

Thank you to those who submitted ideas and I came up with some on my own too...

-Sale section at Anthropologie (normally not a cheap store and i'm not sure about online but when I go into the store, I ALWAYS find something, I even found some awesome fabric to be used in conjunction with the wedding)

-Homemade bookmarks

-Various ideas with small canvases-painting, quotes

-Baked goods/candies/that sort of made-from-the-heart goodness

-A great place for picture frames (esp. smaller ones)-dollar stores

-Dollar Bins when you walk in at Target-have gotten some great stuff!

-Tricia...A great gift is to make bags of epson salt with oil and directions. Package them up pretty.

-Kristin...photo frames with inspiring words on them...either gotten from magazines or painted on...also-homemade ornaments...

-Brandy...suggests this site...http://www.gifts.com/finder for those who are hard to buy for!

That's all for now! If you have more or I forgot someone's please speak up :).

Today, I am thankful for: friends, family and God, finding a great dress for the weekend wedding and the holidays, getting all the holiday shopping done (I think) and the crowds not being too bad, and now a day for resting again-I think this cold/flu has never really left and I feel it coming on again-I hope I'm wrong!!

Love,

Rachel

I Need Help with Holiday Gifts!

Help!- I need some ideas! I am trying to think of inexpensive, thoughtful holiday gifts-they could be homemade (I'm pretty crafty and artsy), bought, whatever...any ideas?? This year my mind has been foggy and lacking for ideas!

An idea for you: last year I did little baskets with candy, microwave popcorn and a DVD of a movie specific to the person I was giving it to :)!

I'll share all the ideas in another post if you'd like!

Thanks so much :).

Back to studying-1 test down, 1 to go and 1 presentation. Wish me luck!

Today, I am grateful that I am functioning and feeling some better today, I am almost done with the semester, I am thankful to be back in school in general after so many semesters where I could not go, for family, friends, God and my study date yesterday with D ;).

Love,

Rachel

Uncommon Goods

I figured, you know, since I'm an 'interior design student' that I should share some fun knowledge...and actually I somehow found this company before ID school. I love looking at their products. Over the years, I've only purchased a couple things but desire more :). I may even do a small registry for the wedding there...not sure yet.

They have SUCH neat stuff-some gifts, some home stuff, some jewelry, a little bit of everything! And with the holidays coming up (geez it came so fast!), it might help a bit for some of the hard to shop for people.

It's called Uncommon Goods (just click on the words in this line and you'll get there!)

Enjoy...I know you want another thing to do to procrastinate.

Today, I am grateful for: too much to list and of course, God, fam and friends

Love,

Rachel