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anthologie is on -
1. Buy nothing new. Instead, support charity shops and thereby contribute to
their beneficiaries which are hospices, disabled persons, homeless persons,
homeless other animals, and hundreds of others who are left behind in this
awful dash for excess.
2. Spend nothing at non-local establishments like Kmart, Costco, WalMart,
Safeway, Whole Foods, Macy's, Mervyn's, Penney's, any of them. If you feel
you must buy something, go local.
3. Shop from your home. Look around you for things you like that would mean
something special to someone you love. Share your stuff; let others have a
turn at the pleasure of it.
4. Make things with your own hands, with someone special in mind as you
create. Then, every time your loved one uses or wears your gift, they bless
you with a smile and a loving thought, remembering your generosity. If you
like to cook and bake, make boxes of goodies, invite folks to home-made
dinner, share your mother's oatmeal cookie recipe, amaze your friends with
your culinary imagination.
5. Give presents of presence. Make little coupons for "a ride to the store,"
or "babysit your dogs," or "help in your garden," or "organize your closet,"
redeemable during the year at mutually convenient times. Take someone you
love to the theatre or ballet or a concert, or for a hike on the coast to
fly kites, or down to San Francisco to visit all the labyrinths there, or
the art museums or secondhanding on the Haight with a picnic in the Park, a
soak at Harbin Springs. Read a troubled friend their tarot cards, play
canasta or bridge or Fictionary together. Take someone old and infirm to a
lovely church service, or a singing of carols.
6. Support local craftspersons and caregivers. Attend local crafts fairs and
buy directly from the makers of unique gift items. Buy gift certificates for
massages from local therapists, haircuts and facials from your favorite
shops. Buy books directly from the authors, turn someone on to your great
acupuncturist, etc. (hey, this means buying stuff fromwiwiff and amaranthe. :) )
We're actually doing a good bit of this. I've gone thorugh my knick-knack's shelf, and cleared it off - a lot of the stuff is in excellent condition, but I simply don't need it anymore. I'm moving in a year, and I have to start getting rid of stuff, honestly. I doubt whereever josh and I move to is going to be as big as the trailer, so we're simply going to have to pare stuff down. and a lot of our stuff is unnecessary, anyway. or a lot of my stuff is. :)
plus, we're doing the candle thing. which is just so much fun (I know, I know, but it is!) playing with colors and shapes and stuff. and they're unscented, which is almost impossible to find. if you want to scent them, you can - just put some essential oil on the top. then they can smell like what you want them to smell like. and I'm thinking about making a doll for my niece, but we'll see if that actually happens or not. I'm also supposed to be making drapes over the holidays for extra money (pimping myself out, yes I am).
anthologie is on - 1. Buy nothing new. Instead, support charity shops and thereby contribute to
their beneficiaries which are hospices, disabled persons, homeless persons,
homeless other animals, and hundreds of others who are left behind in this
awful dash for excess.
2. Spend nothing at non-local establishments like Kmart, Costco, WalMart,
Safeway, Whole Foods, Macy's, Mervyn's, Penney's, any of them. If you feel
you must buy something, go local.
3. Shop from your home. Look around you for things you like that would mean
something special to someone you love. Share your stuff; let others have a
turn at the pleasure of it.
4. Make things with your own hands, with someone special in mind as you
create. Then, every time your loved one uses or wears your gift, they bless
you with a smile and a loving thought, remembering your generosity. If you
like to cook and bake, make boxes of goodies, invite folks to home-made
dinner, share your mother's oatmeal cookie recipe, amaze your friends with
your culinary imagination.
5. Give presents of presence. Make little coupons for "a ride to the store,"
or "babysit your dogs," or "help in your garden," or "organize your closet,"
redeemable during the year at mutually convenient times. Take someone you
love to the theatre or ballet or a concert, or for a hike on the coast to
fly kites, or down to San Francisco to visit all the labyrinths there, or
the art museums or secondhanding on the Haight with a picnic in the Park, a
soak at Harbin Springs. Read a troubled friend their tarot cards, play
canasta or bridge or Fictionary together. Take someone old and infirm to a
lovely church service, or a singing of carols.
6. Support local craftspersons and caregivers. Attend local crafts fairs and
buy directly from the makers of unique gift items. Buy gift certificates for
massages from local therapists, haircuts and facials from your favorite
shops. Buy books directly from the authors, turn someone on to your great
acupuncturist, etc. (hey, this means buying stuff from
wiwiff and amaranthe. :) )We're actually doing a good bit of this. I've gone thorugh my knick-knack's shelf, and cleared it off - a lot of the stuff is in excellent condition, but I simply don't need it anymore. I'm moving in a year, and I have to start getting rid of stuff, honestly. I doubt whereever josh and I move to is going to be as big as the trailer, so we're simply going to have to pare stuff down. and a lot of our stuff is unnecessary, anyway. or a lot of my stuff is. :)
plus, we're doing the candle thing. which is just so much fun (I know, I know, but it is!) playing with colors and shapes and stuff. and they're unscented, which is almost impossible to find. if you want to scent them, you can - just put some essential oil on the top. then they can smell like what you want them to smell like. and I'm thinking about making a doll for my niece, but we'll see if that actually happens or not. I'm also supposed to be making drapes over the holidays for extra money (pimping myself out, yes I am).
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Date: 2002-11-26 06:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-11-26 08:56 am (UTC)I am also giving rice-bags as gifts this year - you take a hand-towel (a dish towel works too) fold it in half, sew into a "pillow case" put about 1 to 2 cups of white rice inside, stitch shut and you have the most heavenly microwaveable (1 min 30 secs) moist-heat pad. (use one of your own hand towels or get them from thrift, and the rice at a local fruit stand! lol..)
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Date: 2002-11-27 05:51 pm (UTC)Let's start talkin'...
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Date: 2002-11-30 03:36 am (UTC)Yeah, my family's in town, but it shouldn't be overly busy (esp. because Phaedra will be out of town right around Christmas). My weekends are pretty packed, but I'm flexible during the week ("even" for the drive to Athens).