Catlady

The cutest thing I ever got was a pair of little blue
dragons kissing and their bodies formed the shape of a
heart. Hubby gave it to me several years ago.

Mousie

aww, gramqults, I would have cried to!:wink:

Mousie

:oops: LOL :!:
welcome snoozigal...not sure how you got your nick, but since I drop off to sleep, even at pc...that nick could fit me a lot of the time, lol! :mrgreen:

Mousie

That sounds very sweet, catlady!
I told hubby earlier that when we get some moolah, he has to buy me something little, too.
The diamond has come out of my engagement ring!
Been married 32 1/2 years, and almost never take it off, so I guess that proves I am a hard worker! :wink:

Catlady

It was sweet, made me cry too. He gave it to me at
Christmas with such a sappy sweet card I teared up. Every
now and then he gets me like that. We've been married for
25 years and he still thinks I'm beautiful! I'm not really but
he thinks I am and thats what counts. I hope I never lose
my diamond. Maybe yours will get you a new one soon!

Mousie

My set was not expensive at all as we had a lot to do, when getting married. We had been saving every penny.
It was a very small diamond but appeared larger bc of the setting.
Never mattered to me though, but you can kind of tell it is missing, so I would like to replace it eventually.

Boston1954

It took me a while but I finally have an answer. Jim gave me a little snow globe with a sign that says I (heart) NY. I do love New York and when I heard the story of how he got it, I was even more impressed. I am sure they don't sell them here in Oklahoma. One of the higher-ups where Jim works went to New York and bought one for him. I thought it was sweet of BOTH of them.

Charlee

Least expensive? Cutest? A pincushion that my sister has had for probably 30 years, that if she hadn't given it to me most likely would have been tossed when they moved the first part of December! Shirley knows I love old sewing notions and saved her for me. It's a ceramic or porcelien doll, the top of her hat is the pincushion, she has a place for a thimble and scissors...absolutely adorable and I love it! It was most likely a gift to her those many years ago...so it probably qualifies as the least expensive! ;)

quiltswithdogs

I agree with everyone that homemade gifts are the most wonderful to receive, no matter if no cost or much. It's the love and effort and from children, the sweetness that makes those gifts so special. I'm having a very hard time downsizing all those. I've managed to save them in beautiful condition, even my grownup daughters' childhood drawings.

Now, I'm going to switch around your question to what inexpensive gifts did I give this year. You see, knowing DH and I are going through bankruptcy/losing our home (loss of my income+high medical costs+DH's dropped income), my wonderful family thoughtfully gave gifts that don't need to be packed and to give us some fun; we got tickets to the movies, a concert, Netflix... all big. Last year I made each of them a small, framed quilted landscape but did not have time this year to handmake gifts. They all said they didn't need gifts, but Giving at Christmas is sooo fun I just had to. So, here's my great idea that everyone really loved! I took many of my own books to some used-book stores where you can trade for up to 75% of value. Believe me, I spent hours searching for the perfect choices and spent very little. Considering I didn't make them their presents, I found a way to happily surprise them.... very fun.
I hope this gives someone a non-quilting gift idea.

Mousie

I love this. Your DH had to really think about, "What does she really like? What would she think was cute - pretty - interesting?", and it didn't bother him as a man, to ask another man to do this. I'm with you, it was sweet of both of them! aww!:-D