| Archive for Crafty Threads 'n' Yarns The Friendly UK Board that invites Knitters, Crocheters, Dressmakers, Quilters, Patchworkers, Jewellery makers and Paper Crafters to join in our chat about Craft |
| n |
Food as giftsAll I can think of is chutney!n |
| Glynis |
Home-made mincemeat is very easy to do. If you splash enough booze in no-one cares what else went into it! |
| cazzie |
Home made chocoates or other sweets (coconut ice) for someone with a sweet tooth 
Or for someone who likes baking - find a biscuit recipe - mix together the dry ingredients - package in a pretty jar - tie on some biscuit cutters and the recipe with pretty ribbons |
| Auntie Noo |
homemade Pickles? |
| Binty |
I used to make hampers for my family (a few years ago now) They would include home made and bought times.
I used to love doing these and would buy the stuff over several weeks with my weekly shop and they keep an eye out for baskets to put it all in. |
| Glynis |
That's a lovely idea too Binty. |
| cazzie |
I like that idea too Binty - given me an idea for a relative who we can never think what to get for christmas |
| Binty |
I loved making these - for my mum and dad they love port and cheese so that would be the "bought" part of their hamper.
Then I would make chicken liver pate, a small home made bread, then a selection of chocolate sweets - I also do turkish delight as this is my dads fav sweet!! I buy the greaseproof paper and ribbons to pagkage everything. I have to say it really is great fun putting them together and thinking of what each group of people likes. |
| blueadt |
When DD was a baby & I was at home with her I used to make Christmas fruit cakes as presents. I ended up making about 12 every year but had to stop when I started working as I just didn't have the time anymore. Each one was different as some people didn't like nuts, or figs & the alcohol changed as well as some people loved rum & others whisky. |
| janice |
Black Bun every year my dad would make several, two would be divided into quarters and sold at the Church Fete and one would be quartered for the family to get a piece each Very tasty Last year my dad din't bother cos
1) people were wanting to pay as little as possible at the fete and my dad felt it was just unappreciated all the hard work that went into making it 
2) He knew that miss Piggy here was the only the one in the family who liked it  DS2 doesn't like raisins and things and DH doesn't like spicy, alcholic cake
For those interested here is a site showing a recipe and a picture of a Black Bun. My dad whould make his in one of those big round cake tins with the removeable bottoms He used an old recipe which used a bit more alcohol and I'm positive he also put black treacle in it too
|
| KnittingLadybird |
My mam makes me the best fudge at crimbo...rum and raisin too (now i'm old enough   )
|
| carolinne |
my sister once got a sweety jar and covered it in cotton wool and made a papaer mache head also covered in cotton wool to look like snow man then she filled the jar with sweeties and i do believe she knitted a scarf and that was my chrissie presie one year..............very nice too. |
| Piglottie |
I like to give little food hampers at Christmas. I tend to include the following (all home-made).
Christmas cake - I tend to make a large rectangle one and then cut decent sized slabs off and decorate them individually so I can make a few mini-Christmas cakes. These go down really well, especially in families where only one person likes Christmas cake (so therefore they dont usually buy a big one). Chutney, jams and lemon curd - When making batches for home, I tend to also make some little jars to use in the food hampers. The lemon curd needs to be made very late on though as it only has a shelf life of about 3 weeks. Sweets and chocolate - fudge and truffles usually, although again the truffles tend to be made right near the end. Speciality nuts - buy packs of plain nuts and then spice them up. I make spicy nuts, and often sweet ones like honey glazed. They go down great 
|