We always made gifts in my family, no matter how young we were we could make something. We all got one "store bought" item, almost always a book.
Gifts come from the heart, not the store. I love anything home/hand made - it shows someone is thinking specially about you. I'm not saying if you buy things to give you aren't thinking about someone, but I think what it says is you might think you dont have enough talent or aren't gifted enough to make something - like saying to yourself: "I can't can't make anything, I don't do anything special" You'd be suprised what you can do.
I still have a wall plaque my brother carved, a wild turkey. He was in HS. I have a painting of a landscape he made also. My mom used to make toffee for me and cream puffs for another brother for gifts cus we loved that so much. Homemade is wonderfil! sharet