The $5 Gift Thread!

girl_dee · 12-01-2013, 07:27 PM

i got a cool stylus pen for my ipad for $1.00 today!

Makes a nice gifty

Sweet Bliss · 12-01-2013, 11:01 PM

Remember to frequent local craft and art fairs.

Support your local artists.

Contact your local senior centers, many of them have arts and craft shows.

Local farmers markets have a large variety of goodies for sale.

Indoor flea markets.

Soft*Silver · 12-02-2013, 12:45 AM

I always try to support local crafters...so i give things like home made soaps, beaded jewelry, bird feeders or bird seed/suets, plants, etc.

My daughter a few years ago went and got HUGE coffee mugs and painted Mr Teah and Mrs Chris on them. Very cute!

She also started a tradition of gifting rubber chickens. Omg when I pulled the first one out of my stocking that year, I damn near died with joy! I couldnt put it down!

She also started a fun pen collection for me..fluffy pink flamingo pens, dildo pens, pens with flowers on them, pens that strobed light, etc.

small photo albums are going to be priceless someday. We rely on our computers and phones to store photos and when we have a collapse or lose them because of divorce or whatever, we lose all our recorded memories. To put together a simple small $2 photo album based on some event, or a year, or a friend, would be priceless..

PinkieLee · 12-02-2013, 10:25 AM

If you are on Pinterest, they have tons of cool ideas for gifts under $5. One of my favorite things....

Get a white ceramic coffee mug (from Dollar Tree for $1)
and decorate any way you want with a SHARPIE marker (quotes, monogram, or even a silly private joke). Then bake in the oven @ 350 for 30 minutes.

pajama · 12-03-2013, 07:10 AM

All the ladies in my office usually get each other a little something. With 13 ladies, that gets a little steep. So thanks for this thread.

Also, I don't know if it's just the TN Goodwill that does this....But the first Saturday of the month everything in the stores is 50% off. This Saturday (12/7) is the last one before Christmas. So I am going to see if I can find some plates, or mugs, or both and make some kind of gift like that.

Just giving y'all a heads up in case your Goodwill does the same thing.

Kenna · 12-03-2013, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by pajama

All the ladies in my office usually get each other a little something. With 13 ladies, that gets a little steep. So thanks for this thread.

Also, I don't know if it's just the TN Goodwill that does this....But the first Saturday of the month everything in the stores is 50% off. This Saturday (12/7) is the last one before Christmas. So I am going to see if I can find some plates, or mugs, or both and make some kind of gift like that.

Just giving y'all a heads up in case your Goodwill does the same thing.

Wish I could post pictures ...but you sparked a memory of beautiful bird feeders and baths made from coffee/tea mugs and plates or saucers. They used a tile drill to put holes thru middle of mug and 2 plates...then put a small threaded rod thru each, plate on bottom , mug in middle and the other plate on top like an umbrella ...on the threaded rod they used lock nuts to hold each in place....it was pretty cool with the "umbrella" ... some even used a small piece of copper plumbing pipe to cover the threaded rod. ...

Zimmeh · 12-03-2013, 08:47 AM

I love giving soaps and hand creams to my mom and friends. One of my favorite fragrances is from two years ago. It is by L'Occitane en Provence and is called Delices des Fruits. It is their Citron & Clementine fragrance.

It cost $2.50 for each soap at our company's outlet store and I bought several of them and put them in drawers throughout my house.

My mom will be getting this soap for Christmas, since she loves anything with Jasmine in it. It is made by Pre de Provence and it cost less than $5 at the Off 5th, Saks 5th Ave Store near my job.

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PinkieLee Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: I need ya boo, gotta see ya boo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Big Money Texas Posts: 4,708 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 24,309 Thanked 13,074 Times in 3,048 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	If you are on Pinterest, they have tons of cool ideas for gifts under $5. One of my favorite things.... Get a white ceramic coffee mug (from Dollar Tree for $1) and decorate any way you want with a SHARPIE marker (quotes, monogram, or even a silly private joke). Then bake in the oven @ 350 for 30 minutes.

12-03-2013, 07:10 AM	#5
pajama Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Klingon Preferred Pronoun?: She Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Just South of Nashvegas Baby Posts: 3,115 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,546 Thanked 7,476 Times in 1,808 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	All the ladies in my office usually get each other a little something. With 13 ladies, that gets a little steep. So thanks for this thread. Also, I don't know if it's just the TN Goodwill that does this....But the first Saturday of the month everything in the stores is 50% off. This Saturday (12/7) is the last one before Christmas. So I am going to see if I can find some plates, or mugs, or both and make some kind of gift like that. Just giving y'all a heads up in case your Goodwill does the same thing.