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Home Made Gifts Ideas
Thoughtful gifts with touch...
- Make your own tasty gifts. Wrap up some of your favorite home made cookies in pretty packaging. Choose containers, ribbon, and papers as memorable as the presents themselves.
- Party Favors. Fill take-out containers with nests of tissue paper or raffia and tuck treats—chocolates, an ornament, or a little toy—inside. Secure each box with a colorful ribbon and stack on a cake stand until guests depart.
- Spicy Infusions. Oven-dried fruit imparts subtle flavor in both Black Apple Tea and spicy Chai Tea Mix; metal tins, with colorful papers liners and airtight lids, keep these gifts fresh. See our recipe page for Mixes.
- Cookie Sampler. Wrap up variety of homemade cookies such as Orange Ginger Crisps, Chocolate Macadamia Cookies, and Fruit Triangles in a small pretty basket.
- Tea Party. Slip peonies of green tea into cellophane envelopes and bestow them to friends along with ceramic teacups.
- Sugared Jelly Candies. Like a miniature candy counter, a framed shadow box of homemade sugared raspberry, lemon, and apple jellies sparkles, shimmers, and tempts. See our recipe page for Treats.
- Hot-Chocolate Mixes. Fill jars with the mixes, cover the lids with a festive swath of fabric, and include peppermint “stirring” sticks for added flavor and color. See our recipe page for Mixes.
- Apricot Brandy. With four weeks of foresight, some dried apricots, and a bit of brandy, this spirited gift is ready for giving. For holiday serving, transfer the liquid into pretty bottles topped with stoppers made from vintage glass Christmas-tree ornaments. See our recipe page for Drinks.
- Fish-poaching Kit. A well-crafted pot or pan makes a practical luxury for someone who likes to cook. Dress it up with a band of colorful paper and seasonings for preparing a tasty dish. A fabric-wrapped bottle of dry white wine, dried lemon slices, and a jar filled with mustard seed, pink and black peppercorns, coarse salt, and star anise complement a fish poacher.
- International Spices. Send a lucky recipient on a world excursion with a mélange of cooking spices. Use small unusual shaped jars and ribbon to present this unique gift. See our recipe page for Mixes.
- Citrus Gravlax. Reward a generous holiday host with the immediate gratification of salmon cured with citrus, herbs, sugar and salt. See our recipe page for Treats.
- Cake-Decorating Kit. The avid baker will appreciate a kit stocked with essential equipment and treasured cake and frosting recipes. The time-pressed novice, too, will be grateful for the premade decorations, colored sugars, and clearly written instructions. Either way, find a metal box (such as an old first-aid kit or lunch box), corked vials, small plastic containers, and cellophane envelopes and use them to organize a handy Birthday Cake Decorating Kit.
Country Living, December 2002 issue, Volume 25 Number 12, page 25
Country Living, December 2002 issue, Volume 25 Number 12, pages 122, 125-126
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