I just love the pair of snowman socks I got.
Someone gave me a handmade ornament that I love too.
I always, love the cards my grandbaby makes for me.
Big things are exciting, but I love my little ones too.
Not only would I love to hear what small things you got, and how you feel about them, but
it will help me make a list for stocking stuffers and the like for this year :lol:

My best two gifts were from my GD's. The 5 yr old drew a picture of our home with stars, which she had just learned to make, and it was heavily wrapped in a coloring book page and of course tape. The 6 yr old wasn't going to be out down by her cousin. I had given her some fabric pieces in the late summer. All the females in the family got braclets cut in a variety of shapes some with wrist holes most not. But mine fit just right and had a unique design in the cutting.

Got to love the little ones

My daughter made me a bracelet with shrink plastic she printed pictures of my grandaughter on it then baked it is shrank into little pictures and she attached it to a silver chain. Now I can show off at work I love it.

Our 14 year old GD loves to draw. She gave us copies of her recent black & white drawing. There is nothing like a home made gift, from those we care for. Here is just one example of her drawings. Enjoy everyone!!
:D :D :D :D

The nicest and cutest gifts I got were pictures of my 4 grandsons. ( I don't have any granddaughers). I also got a really warm pair of blue socks with snowflakes on them. I didn't want to take them off!

Wow! she draws great! Does she hire out?

WOW!!! Sulabug!!! :shock:
She is very talented!!!
Have you introduced her to
fabric painting yet :wink::D:D

I keep a box in the closet where I put little things all year long that I pick up for gifts. When I find some little cute thing that reminds me of someone, in it goes :D:D:D
It could be a necklace, pair of cute socks, a charm, tshirt, keychain, miniatures....no rhyme nor reason...just something that catches my and and says "so and so would LOVE this" :D:D:D

My MIL got me a bottle of Cabernet. She told me that she wanted to get me the brand I like but she couldn't afford it, so I would just have to settle for the cheap stuff. I cracked up. (Her choice is actually not bad.)

Best gifts were pics of granddaughter and toe socks.

WOW! Sulabug, she is already an artist. Is she planning on going to art school later on?

What a great idea...ok, I have to start me a "so and so would love this - box!":wink:
I just love little things, and to know that it was bought with me in mind. I don't care if it costs fifty cents. How thoughtful Amma.
It must be fun to go through them when Christmas rolls around.

A very nice person gave me a big bag of Butterfingers! :)

The best thing we got this year was a long narrow box from only grand daughter and her hubby. Inside was a pink ribbon and a blue ribbon. Telling us she is pregnant and we have to wait 16 weeks for the Ultrasound.

Sulabug - That young lady has talent!!!

My DGS is 10 and knows that I love penguins and he is always on the lookout for them. I got penguin socks, 3 little penguin ornaments made from red jingle bells, a foam penguin ornament and a little necklace made with silk yarn and foam snowflakes with a little penguin in the middle. It is adorning my light in my sewing room. He helped his mum make all of them except the socks! AND he directed his Poppy to the penguin calendars (got a small one for my sew room) when they went Christmas shopping together!

Believe it or not -- my cutest gift was a 5-gallon bucket (LOL). I'm a huge University of Georgia fan, and my daughter bought me a red bucket from Home Depot with the UGA logos on it! I can use it for any number of things while tailgating next fall.

wow, Dix, that would make me cry,...and of course I would keep them forever. A million things can be conveyed by something so little and so beautiful such as two ribbons in a box:wink:

yummers, they are a nice person!:-P

they're just so many wonderful things here, and I love to hear the 'sound' in your words describing what they mean to you all.
Each post is just awesome and touching. I hope there are more to come :-D

She is quite talented. I would treasure that. Both my kids painted pictures for me this year. I love them.

She is really talented. Beautiful drawing.

I always enjoy gift cards. They allow me to buy whatever I want. I also enjoy new pictures of my grandchildren. I love new ornaments, and I really love the keychain from my son that is solar powered. It has my name on it.

a beautiful picture of my 2 DGS.

My daughter had a little book made up, about size of wallet photo....on cover was me holding my youngest granddaughter the day she was born (she turned 16 mo old today). It had about 12-15 pages in it and each page was another picture taken during her life to date, some with her older brother. The back page was taken week before Xmas and she was bundled up outside playing and was waving at me.....so cute. Loved it. I also got soft snuffy blanket (lap size) with huge picture on it of her and her big brother. I cried like a baby on both gifts.

Meant snuggy blanket, not snuffy blanket...sorry.

Also my youngest daughter gave me 1941 Singer sewing machine that her friend found in their attic. She found two, one in cabinet and other in portable box. I got the portable. Sweet surprise....I already have old Singer treadle base I made table out of so will go perfect on it....best part was it was free.

Well I sincerely think that the gifts I have gotten in my life that meant the most were ones that someone really put some thought into.
Like I collect thimbles, love artsy things (art supplies, ceramics and fabric) so something related to that, oh and even just a simple greeting card that says something that is so right on and relative. I think the most fun ones were from the fifties or older.

It is like you say, whether it is fifty cents or something more. I just want to know they thought about me when they bought it, made it or gave it.

Wow Sutabug your granddaughter is extremely talented. Okay my favorite (a little pricey) was my 4 children got together and had a picture taken of them, and I wanted one for so long. It means alot since 3 are stepchildren.

the cutest gift for me was penquin car seat covers from my DIL. We had a good long laugh over them.

Oh I had to jump on this one! The cutest gift I received was a ceramic angel with a tea light & fragrance tart. It would have been my favorite gift EXCEPT I had given it to my dear daughter-in-law LAST Christmas and she'd never opened it!!! The only thing that saved her was the label on my gift said it was from the granddaughters. LOL!!!

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.

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

: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:

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:

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!

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.

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.

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! ;)

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.

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