thrifty gifts for christmas 2012

karren

well this year I made pots of gold
twinks home made hob nobs with ginger and cranberrys and cinnamon
chutney
jam

for friends children who i no longer buy for as simply cant afford it but want them to know we care, I sent text out in aug explaining and parents agreed to stick to birthdays so i made goodies bags
with gold coins
reindeer food
snowman soup
candy canes
santa letters
and a home made peg reindeer
or a christmas ornament from poundshop as were 12 for a pound for a snowflake

and for my school fete, hospice fete and brownies fete i made
Snowman soup
reindeer food
santa letters
bracelets from leftover plastic beads from my jewellery hobbies

so need new ideas to make for next christmas

so if you have ideas to share please let me know so i can pop things away through the year as its going to be tight in our houshold this year

madvixen

I'm currently making Clementine and Cointreau Marmalade for some of next years presents using the leftovers from the fruit bowl and some Cointreau that my Nan bought over. I'm going to add some edible glitter (leftover from the Christmas cake) to give it a bit of festive sparkle.

karren

madvixen wrote: »

I'm currently making Clementine and Cointreau Marmalade for some of next years presents using the leftovers from the fruit bowl and some Cointreau that my Nan bought over. I'm going to add some edible glitter (leftover from the Christmas cake) to give it a bit of festive sparkle.

wow! sounds brilliant ive never made marmalade is it hard?

my other half made chilli vodka omg it was foul!!!!!!

ill make werthers ready for next year x

madvixen

karren wrote: »

wow! sounds brilliant ive never made marmalade is it hard?

my other half made chilli vodka omg it was foul!!!!!!

ill make werthers ready for next year x

It's not seeming too difficult, and it smells fantastic. It should be finished this afternoon so I'll let you know how it turns out but here's the link to the recipe if you fancy trying it ....

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3384/clementine-and-cointreau-marmalade

I've never tried making chilli vodka but I made limoncello this year and I'll be doing some Turkish Delight vodka for next year as someone bought me a box of the stuff and I can't stand it :eek:

How do you make the Werthers vodka?

karren

madvixen wrote: »

It's not seeming too difficult, and it smells fantastic. It should be finished this afternoon so I'll let you know how it turns out but here's the link to the recipe if you fancy trying it ....

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3384/clementine-and-cointreau-marmalade

I've never tried making chilli vodka but I made limoncello this year and I'll be doing some Turkish Delight vodka for next year as someone bought me a box of the stuff and I can't stand it :eek:

How do you make the Werthers vodka?

bottle of vodka and pop werthers sweets in, there are recipies on mse x

madvixen

karren wrote: »

bottle of vodka and pop werthers sweets in, there are recipies on mse x

I might have to try that one. The Clementine marmalade tastes fantastic by the way. I had to keep licking the spoon and I don't even like marmalade :rotfl::rotfl:

karren

madvixen wrote: »

I might have to try that one. The Clementine marmalade tastes fantastic by the way. I had to keep licking the spoon and I don't even like marmalade :rotfl::rotfl:

i shall have a go at that then for next years hampers x

karren

the chilli vodka is foul!!! would not reccomend it to anyone ever!!!!