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The Rural Voice, 1982-12, Page 48RURAL LIVING Making your own gifts by Gisele Ireland Gift giving at Christmas time should not be a burden on the giver. Both the giver and the receiver should receive pleasure from the exchange. In these times, when the dollar has to be stretched a dozen ways, it makes sense to plan practical and useful items for the people on your gift list. Now is the time to plan for the festive season and enjoy the pleasure of making them and the pride in giving them. The plastic drawered cabinets that are inexpensive to buy lend themselves to a variety of gift ideas. For men, who are always hunting for different sized nuts and bolts, they are a great organizer of these items. The whole family can get together and fill the drawers with the items he uses the most. The fronts can be labelled to show what each drawer contains. In the barn these cabinets are also useful. They will hold a variety of medical supplies like needles and syringes, suture equipment and small pliers that are used for clipping teeth. The items are easy to find and all stored together. For mother, these cabinets will hold needles, thread, buttons and elastic. The sewer will have all the items at her fingertips instead of all snarled together in a drawer. The drawers can be labelled to determine what colour thread is in each section. Another item for the home sewer could be a box made of sturdy material that had dividers the exact size of pattern envelopes that would enable the patterns to be filed in an upright position and easy to leaf through. They could be decorated in a floral design Don't co through Blyth without stopping at Yvonne's for Homemade Hamburgers Milkshakes Ice Cream Cones Take -Out Dinners (Also tables inside) Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Mon. to Fri. 8:00 a.m.-9:00p.m. Sat. 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sun. Yvonne 's Take -Out At the Sunoco station, in the centre of Blyth, east side of Highway 4 PG. 48 THE RURAL VOICE,' DECEMBER 1982 Head for Monkton and enjoy a home cooked meal and the friendly atmosphere at the Red 411P Maple Delicious home baked pies. HOURS Mon. - Wed. 11:30a.m.-9:OOp.m. Thurs. - Sat. 11:30 a.m. - 12 midnight Sunday 12 noon - 9:00 p.m. Red Maple Dining Lounge Highway 23 Monkton. Ontario Licensed under L.L.B.O. or made of grained wood that can be sanded and stained. This project can be handled by a child with some supervision. If Dad or Mom wear coveralls a lot, a new pair with their name embroidered on them or fancy decals on them make a nice gift. Warm, hand knit, mittens and hats are always welcome to those who spend time outdoors in the chilly weather. Aprons are not only for the kitchen. One constructed of a heavy fabric, with a few large pockets, is a handy gift for the barn. No one, especially the ladies, ever has enough pockets to carry all the items needed when treating animals. These aprons will allow you to save your clothes while treating animals and carry all the items with you that you need. Your imagination can go wild when decorating these gift items. Large empty cans make wonderful gifts if they are used with imagination. You can cut out lids, from wood with a knob glued on top, and decorate to match the kitchen for a handy set of cannisters. The same Targe can, can be left open and decorated and filled with handy utensils like wooden spoons and spatulas and slotted spoons and kept handy where they are used the most. You could take one of these cans, make a lid for it and decorate it for a cookie jar. For a child who loves cookies, fill it with their favourite and attach the recipe so it can be replenished. If you have a lot of time, consider one of the yarn tied quilts. They can be layered with a lot of filling and are relatively quick and simple to make and are so cuddly on cold nights. You can get hockey players for the sports enthusiast and cuddly animals for another. Children will remember the giver when cold winds blow. No child ever has enough warm mittens or hats. If the child is old enough, consider giving them a simple pattern, yarn and needles and offer free instruc- tions for learning to make their own. This will be a great pastime in the winter months as well as learning a useful skill. The only boundary in gift giving is your imagination and supplies available. Take the time now to plan gifts that will pleasure the receiver and won't dent your pocket book.