Frugal hostess gift using coupon scores!
Hopefully you guys won’t think I am the CHEAPEST person in the world. I prefer the term “frugal”. Hee, hee!
Okay, so a couple of weekends ago we went up to Washington to visit with some of my family. I was looking for a last minute, totally frugal Christmas gift, and searched through my fully stocked pantry. (New readers: I’m a crazy coupon lady.) Remember all of the photos of the brownie mixes that I picked up for practically free back in September? And, have you noticed that I have been stocking up on chocolate chips lately (I must have about 7 bags!)? Well, I formulated a plan.
Oh, please don’t judge me. I’m just a busy mom. And, a bit of a faker. This is what I did:
I had to bounce the jar on the counter to get the brownie mix to settle enough so that there was room at the top of the jar for the chocolate chips. A lot. I think I ended up having enough room for about 1/4 C. of chocolate chips.
I just took some fabric I had already. Made it pretty!
That’s just a rubberband.
And some twine that I grabbed from the junk drawer I was standing next to at the time. But then, I did actually walk across the house to get some real ribbon and this label off the printer . . .
(Designing this tag would be the only un-lazy thing I did for this gift. BTW - I’m a digital scrapbooker, in case ya didn’t know.)
And, this is what I ended up with! Now, when the sweet neighbor lady comes by with a roll of cookie dough (yummy!), I can hand her this jar of brownie mix that I whipped up just for her! (Yeah, right. Thanks Betty C!)
Have you been stocking up on brownies and chocolate chips?
Do you need a last minute gift?
Can you fake it?
If so, then here ya go. Grab this 4×6 set of tags, print it out on your home printer (or upload to a photo processor) and fake it like me!
(Just click on the tags and it will take you to the download page.)
A special Thank You to Danielle Engebretson for permission to use paper and elements from her digital kit, Holly Jolly.
Come back tomorrow for a gift card holder freebie that I created with the same digital elements and my Mini Envelopes Template Set. It’s so cute!!
I’m linking this to:
Tasty Tuesday at Balancing Beauty and Bedlam
Get Your Craft On at Today’s Creative Blog
DIY Day at A Soft Place to Land
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I LOVE THIS!! No, your not cheap…smart and crafty.
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Fabulous! I don’t think you are cheap in the least! I think you are fabulously frugal and creative!!!
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Your DIY is DE liciously lovely!
Have a merry and bright Christmas.
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What a wonderful gift idea
Merry CHRISTmas!
Gail
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Your presentations are always classy and thoughtful! Not cheap at all!
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Great Idea!
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What a fun idea! I have seen brownies before but I like it with the tag in the jar. I think neighbor gifts should be cute and cheap!
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I think you are the coolest person ever. This is a great idea!
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Fantastic idea! One year when money was VERY tight my DH & I gave jars of home-grown & dries herbs. I saved small jars, made labels on the computer & they made great gifts. It’a amazing what we can find around our homes to give with just a little thought, time & creativity, heavy on the creativity.
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Thank you! I needed to do something easy like this. Thanks for sharing!!!
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I, too, am a crazy coupon lady and *LOVE* this idea.
My “mix” for this holiday season? Chocolate Mousse (aka: 1 box pudding mix + 1 envelope ReadyWhip powder in a jar with a tag)
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Genius! What a great way to have the cache of made-from-scratch, but not all the work. As a mom of 3 with barely any free time I need ideas like this. Thank you!!
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very cute and cleaver
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I am a total coupon person and what a great way to use up some great bargains for Christmas gifts!
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this was so clever! i wanted to make gift jars this past christmas, but only found recipes from scratch and didn’t have all the ingredients. however, i always have brownie mix and chocolate chips on hand to make for my kids. next year everyone is getting one of these “frugal” jars of brownies and it will save me tons of time and frustration…
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