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Homespun Gifts from the Heart: More Than 200 Creative Ideas, 250 Gift Tags, & Easy Directions

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I have read lots of ideas on making your own gifts but I never seem to pull it off. This book is great because it doesn't just give you a zillion ideas. It also gives you the actual gift tag and any directions that you need to include. Now that's a package deal. I love the recipes and many of the ideas were ones that I hadn't read about or thought of before. The Pumpkin Dip was a big hit! Using this book is saving me money but even better than that I think it's just so hard to find a "unique" gift for people these days. This book will help.

The collaborative effort of Karen Ehman, Kelly Hovermale, and Trish Smith, Homespun Gifts From The Heart offers 200 simple projects for personally making beautiful and uniquely touching gifts, ranging from candy cane cappuccino, to window gardens and bridal baskets for happily engaged female friends. Black-and-white photographs and easy-to-follow instructions, and 250 gift tags combine to make Homespun Gifts From The Heart a truly first-rate craft creation guide suitable for all celebratory gift-giving occasions.

This book has lots of good ideas for thoughtful homemade gifts. Parents and grandparents will especially appreciate the time and love that goes into homemade gifts.

If you're tired of giving the same old-same old and want to give a gift with meaning and from the heart, this is it. The materials and instructions are easy. There is a great section on themed gift baskets.

This book is perfect for year 'round gift giving for any age. I found the ideas practical and easy to put to use. I have recommended this book to many of my friends.

Wanted to see what this book was all about because it comes up when you search for GIFT TAG in Kindle (GIFT TAG being the name of our book). So many terrific AND EASY ideas here-- we're proud to share in the search results! (P.S.: if you need inspiration for a poem to go along with the handmade gift that you make from reading this book, please buy ours, too. Laura Purdie Salas has a terrific poem about potholders; Julie Larios, a poem about a mom who knits; Ann Whitford Paul and Jeannine Atkins have poems about home-baked goods.) Gift Tag (PoetryTagTime)

The ideas in this book are helpful but I was surprised at the bible verses throughout the book. No where in the reviews or description of the book were the Christian overtones featured in this craft book alluded to. I find it a bit offensive that I was expecting a craft book and I received a "sleeper" bible. Some of the projects in the book I plan on using, but I wish the description of this book was more direct.

I recently purchased another homemade crafts book from Amazon and found it too to be filled with Christian rhetoric.