Gifts suggestion for Xmas, made in the US

by jam 13 Replies latest jw friends

  • jam
    jam

    Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide

    Americans with minstrous piles of cheaply produced

    goods. Make this year different, with American labor.

    Try to think outside of the box, people.

    Some suggestion.

    1)gift certificates from your local hair salon or barbar.

    2) gym membership

    3) car detailed and car wash

    4) lawn mowed for the summer

    5) driveway plowed all winter

    6) game at the local golf course

    7) gift certificates, local restaurants or half

    dozen breakfasts at the local breakfast joint.

    8) oil change for their car, truck or motor cycle.

    9) computer could use A tune up.

    Anyone care to add to the list?

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  • jam
    jam

    Sorry ; Monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods.

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  • mrsjones5
    mrsjones5

    Something handmade like a scarf or handwarmers...something from the heart.

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  • N.drew
    N.drew

    A portrait by a local pro photographer.

    A pet portrait.

    A house portrait or drawing.

    Good ideas jam!

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  • jam
    jam

    Yes, good idea, there are local craft shops, people

    spin their own wool and knit them into scarves, they

    make jewelry and pottery.

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  • jam
    jam

    I like the house portrait or drawing, that,s A

    good idea.

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  • watersprout
    watersprout

    I love craft fayres! I love to buy unique, handmade, recycled items... I hate mass produced things, if I do buy anything like that I have to really love it! I also love things that have special meanings behind them... Something silly but if it brings back a lovely memory, that is the best gift you could give/receive.

    I popped to the local shopping centre earlier to get some food shopping and it made me ill! The negative energy was awful, I still feel rough now! Yet I had done the Brownies xmas fayre earlier on in the afternoon and it was fabulous! Really enjoyed it!

    In todays society it's all about greed, who can get the biggest and most expensive gift... No thought is put into it! There is nothing like receiving a handmade gift, something that was made for YOU! Something that when the person making it thought ''Sprout is going to love this, it's soo her''.

    Peace

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  • Band on the Run
    Band on the Run

    I collect European glass ornaments. Democratic western countries. And artisan felt sculputal ornaments by Glady Bolt, an American.

    There is a Mennonite shop, near me, called Ten Thousand Villages, which is full of Fair Trade items.] Pendleton is an American clothes co.

    I buy books, which may be American.

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  • bsmart
    bsmart

    Pendleton shirts and blankets are made in the US....

    tickets to a movie or a concert

    food gifts are fun and clutter free

    Magnalights (flashlights) are US made and good quality

    If you are crafty something you made at home is good but its too late to finish something so I have given IOUs for an almost finished item

    Back rubs are a favorite from my sweetie

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  • mrsjones5
    mrsjones5

    Items made by local craftspeople is a nice idea.

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