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Homemade Gift Ideas: Handmade Gifts Everyone Will Love (PHOTOS)

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The trick to a great homemade gift idea is getting the end result to look as if it was professionally made, and, believe it or not, that's an easy thing to do! From leather phone cases to high-end lotion bars, we've found 17 deceptively easy homemade gifts that are sure to impress. Just click through the slideshow below and start crafting!

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These miniature bistro chairs are a perfect hostess gift! They can be hung on the tree as ornaments or can be used to hold place cards around the dinner table. Visit Craft Snob for the full tutorial.

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DpetalsSingapore
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06:10 AM on 03/29/2012
Hand made gifts are really very eye catchy and impressive. I think it is a good idea to give hand made gifts to soeone who is very close to your heart.
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mmcti88052
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03:32 PM on 12/13/2011
This isn't a gift idea- it's a great decorating tip. Like many others, I receive a million- (well, maybe not a million) Christmas family/kids picture cards. I always would hang randomly on fireplace, walls, archways, etc. They looked good- not great. However, I thought of a way to display where they look gorgeous! On my dining room table, I put either red, green, or gold linen Christmas cloth. On top of it I put a clear plastic- and, as the pics arrive, I put them under the plastic- right on the table. Always makes a huge hit will all of my guests! Also, they can all be seen at once- and nobody misses any. Doing this now for about 5 years- and so many of my family and friends now do the same. Oh- I forgot- I say a solid color, so pics are easier to see, and, certainly doesn't have to be linen!
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PATTYBIN
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11:30 AM on 12/13/2011
This is great stuff...already have tried a few and I can't wait to give them out.
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smily1118
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09:14 AM on 12/13/2011
how about cookie mix, soup mix, or even homemade hot chocolate mix in a jar... those always make good home made gifts too...
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kapalabhati
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09:29 AM on 12/11/2011
The button bobby pins and the Scrabble (tm!) coasters are awesome!!
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Sprinks678
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09:48 AM on 12/13/2011
I really like them, too, but I wonder where you can get Scrabble tiles without taking them from a game?
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kapalabhati
Lokah Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu
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09:58 AM on 12/13/2011
I have extras from old games from which the board has been damaged.
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lineinthesand
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10:09 AM on 12/14/2011
Good Will, Salvation Army, any Thrift shop will do and, garage/yard sales (when in season)!!
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jamsie
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05:13 AM on 12/11/2011
Receiving home made gifts are the best kind. Knowing someone was thinking about you while taking the time and trouble to make a cute, functional or a down right silly gift is so very nice. Those types of gifts are the ones I always remember.
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