5 Homemade Bath Salts & Soaks: Here are five different recipes for making homemade bath salts and soaks. You can mix the recipes and package them in nice jars to give as gifts. Posted on Tipnut.com.

5 Homemade Foot Soak Recipes: Know someone that works on their feet all day? These foot soak recipes are the perfect gift idea. Easy to make and economical too, a total of five different recipes provided. Posted on Tipnut.com.

50 Plus Fabric Scraps & Remnant Ideas & Free Patterns: An incredibly large and useful list of items to make using small pieces of fabric and fabric remnants. Loaded with great ideas, most (if not all) could easily be made into wonderful homemade gifts. Very frugral helper this one! Posted at Tipnut.com.

56 Free Apron Patterns: Large list of apron patterns you can make to give away as gifts. You’ll find aprons for children, men as well as vintage styles, full aprons, half aprons, and more. If you sew, aprons are a great gift to make and give away. Posted on Tipnut.com.

Appliqué Pillows: Simple and easy project to make, perfect as a gift for that hard to buy for teenager on your list. Make these especially cozy for lounging and movie watching. Posted on Tipnut.com.

Basket Purse: This is a nice project to make, it’s more like a tote than a purse (to me) but can definitely be used as a purse. The bottom is made from a plastic woven place mat and the rest is fabric. Very nice! Posted on Tipnut.com.

Bath Spa Headwrap: Here’s a pattern for a headwrap just like those found in the spas. Nice gift for teenagers and adults alike. Easy to make, and economical too. Posted on Tipnut.com.

Bed Caddy: Here’s a nice pattern for a bed caddy you can make. Great gift idea for those who like to read in bed. Can also be used to hold tissues, glasses, remote controls, whatever the person likes. This one tucks underneath the mattress. Posted on Tipnut.com.

Bottle Cap Pincushions: These are too cute! And would make a nice gift for your favorite sewer. Nice stocking stuffer too. Posted on Tipnut.com.

Buckwheat Hull Pillows: These are a nice gift idea for someone who may suffer from headaches, a sore back or shoulders on a regular basis. These take a little getting used to, but those who use them swear by the healing powers. Posted on Tipnut.com.

Canvas Photos: These make interesting photo blocks on canvas that can then be displayed on shelves or wherever you like. Use your printer to print out photos on the canvas, then staple onto a wood frame. Posted on Tipnut.com.

Cell Phone Charms: These are especially popular with teenagers and young adults plus they make great stocking stuffers too. Also see this technique for making shrinky dinks to make your own charms out of melted plastic. Posted on Tipnut.com.

Chocolate Dipped Spoons: This is a very easy gift to make for the coffee lover on your list and they’ll love them too. Nice stocking stuffer idea. These chocolate spoons will melt chocolate in the hot coffee as they stir it. Economical gift! Posted on Tipnut.com.

Concrete Lightbulbs: Instructions for how to make concrete lightbulbs, this can be a great gift for that hard-to-buy-for person on your list. Great piece to use as a paper weight or desktop item. Posted on Tipnut.com.

Crafty DIY iPod Cases: Four different patterns and styles here to make an iPod case, the first is an easy sewn felt case found here: DIY iPod MP3 case. The second pattern is a cute and cozy one: Knitted iPod Cozy With Armband. The third pattern is DIY iPod socks that you knit and they include a pocket for the earphones, very nice! Martha Stewart has a cute pattern for a Suede iPod nano cover. Great gift idea for anyone who has an iPod.

Crayon Nibbles: Here’s a great crafty homemade gift to make for children, these turn into nice round circles of crayons that younger children can use to color with. No more pieces of broken crayons to pick up! Mix the crayon colors up a bit for a neat tri-color crayon (if using 3 colors). Posted on Tipnut.com.

Crochet Corner Bookmark: These corner bookmarks can be whipped up in no time, very pretty too! Nice gift idea for the bookworm on your list–great stocking stuffer too. Posted on Tipnut.com.

Crocheted Cottage Bag: I made this bag and love it! It’s large and roomy and quite attractive. Very easy pattern to crochet. Perfect for the beach, as a work tote or to hold craft projects together. Posted on Tipnut.com.

Cupcake Candle: Very sweet candle that’s made into a cupcake shape. You could decorate the candle into a Christmas theme (say candy canes, wreaths, santas) to make a nice holiday gift. Posted on Tipnut.com.

Denim Craft Bucket: Is there a crafter on your list? Here’s a nice project using an old pair of jeans to make a big ol’ craft bucket. Handy to keep project supplies together, and cute to boot! Posted at Tipnut.com.

Designer Post-It Note Holder: Here’s a cute idea, make a post-it note holder out of an acrylic photo frame. Quite an easy project and a lovely accessory for someone’s desk. Great gift idea for students, home workers and office workers. You can personalize these any way you like. Posted on Tipnut.com.

Double Pointed Needle Pouches: Another nice gift for your favorite knitter, this project is for making a pouch to easily store and organize double pointed knitting needles. Easy project! Posted on Tipnut.com.

Exploding Craft Box: This is another great personalized gift to give someone. Fill it with pictures of loved ones and special moments and whoever receives this will treasure it forever! Posted on Tipnut.com.

Fabric Card Holder: Another cute stocking stuffer idea, fabric card holders can be made to reflect the recipients personality perfectly. A great gift idea for the business person, entrepreneur or anyone who carries business cards. These can also be made for anyone who has a lot of cards to carry around (like shopping cards, etc.). One idea presented was to use this as gift card holders, great idea! Posted at Tipnut.com.

Fabric House Slippers: Cute project that would make a nice gift, these are fabric slippers to wear around the house. Posted on Tipnut.com.