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    10 Money-Saving Homemade Gift Ideas

    The holiday season is officially on! We've been spreading the holiday spirit all over the Sugar Network and you've all been chipping in with your creative homemade gift ideas. Black Friday isn't until next week, but you might want to get started early on some of these fabulous gifts, made and assembled by you. Check out the fun ideas that your friends and family will love, all while saving you the expense of store-bought gifts. Start the slideshow to see what some of your fellow TeamSugar members will be giving this season!  
     

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    to me, the time to make something isn't worth the money saved

    economically speaking, your time cost is 1/2 your hourly salary, so i would have to be saving tons of money and be able to do these things pretty quick to make them worth my while

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    Thu, 11/20/2008 - 12:31pm Report Comment
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    This is cool! Your loved ones will definitely be touched when they knew that you did it yourself just for them. Speaking of sentimental values.

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    A lot of these actually don't take that much time. I'm making a lot of lavendar eye masks and yea the first one took me a while, but now I can do it pretty darn quick. And being able to do it in my spare time doesn't cost me anything. I'd rather be making something special for my friends and family then watching TV or something.

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    Fri, 11/21/2008 - 6:36am Report Comment
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    I really love receiving handmade/homemade gifts! Prob my favorite gift last year was a scarf a friend knitted for me. Unfortunately, I have neither the time or patience to make gifts to give. I often buy handmade things as gifts, though!

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