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spiritwoman45
22314 posts
12/9/2013 2:08 pm
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I just finished my nieces gifts. Teens are so hard to buy for I usually do cash but this year I came up with the following idea. I took plain cotton tote bags and "personalized" them with fabric paint. The girl's names are in the upper left but hidden as SFF will reject the photo otherwise. I filled them with the fun girlie things (nail polish, tee shirts, phone cases, fancy undies etc.). After the gift is "unwrapped" they will have a bag to carry things in or can add it to their reusable grocery bag collections. The bags have the same design becasue my nieces are identical twins but in different colors so they can easily find theirs.

The idea is equally useful for boys with a change of design and contents the guys like. Works well for adults as well. I usually give my sisters home made tamales for Christmas and will make appropriate bags for that this as well.


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ltw222 75M
7793 posts
12/9/2013 3:17 pm

Personalized bags are unique gifts. Do you want a nephew?

Lee
Live today as if it is your last
For tomorrow will soon be in the past


1gasilverhead2 83M
4003 posts
12/9/2013 3:51 pm

 WOW, you have a very creative mind lady. I am sure your are racking up memories for those nieces,,,good job.
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Abelle2 83F
31251 posts
12/9/2013 4:09 pm

 Well you said you once belonged to Beta Sigma Phi so that makes us sisters...you gonna make me homemade tamales now??? I haven't had any of them in many years.


Simpleladyb2 74F
14822 posts
12/9/2013 4:37 pm

 Those are a very precious gifts Spirit. I hope they will treasure it!

Thanks for posting!/SIZE]
"The only way to have a friend is to be one."


dinty3 80M
3364 posts
12/9/2013 5:02 pm

 A useful gift filled with fun things. Well done Spirit.


Hawkslayer 88M
13358 posts
12/9/2013 5:47 pm

 Very unusual bags, I'll bet they love them!

Alfie...
It only takes a drop of ink to make a million people think. There are many stories.


GLUMO 90F
9749 posts
12/9/2013 5:52 pm

 Very good idea, Spirit. Nice gift for teenagers and adults.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.(Khalil Gibran)


spiritwoman45

12/9/2013 8:07 pm
    Quoting ltw222:


    Personalized bags are unique gifts. Do you want a nephew?

    Lee
As long as you don't call me uncle!!!!!
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spiritwoman45

12/9/2013 8:09 pm
    Quoting 1gasilverhead2:
    WOW, you have a very creative mind lady. I am sure your are racking up memories for those nieces,,,good job.
Thank you. I am fortunate to have teen age nieces who actually like being around me - especially since we all wear the same size and have the same tastes in clothes.
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spiritwoman45

12/9/2013 8:11 pm
    Quoting Abelle2:
    Well you said you once belonged to Beta Sigma Phi so that makes us sisters...you gonna make me homemade tamales now??? I haven't had any of them in many years.
If you can come and get them! When my daughter lived in Germany she missed Christmas tamales so much I had to send her the stuff to make them with becasue they don't sell it there.
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spiritwoman45

12/9/2013 8:11 pm

 Thank you
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spiritwoman45

12/9/2013 8:13 pm
    Quoting Simpleladyb2:
    Those are a very precious gifts Spirit. I hope they will treasure it!

    Thanks for posting!/SIZE]
Not sure about treasuring them since kids don't get that part yet but I know they will enjoy them.
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spiritwoman45

12/9/2013 8:17 pm
    Quoting dinty3:
    A useful gift filled with fun things. Well done Spirit.
Thank you. I enjoyed putting them together
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spiritwoman45

12/9/2013 8:19 pm
    Quoting  :
I enjoyed buying the girlie things. I love to shop for them but only need so much for myself.
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spiritwoman45

12/9/2013 8:26 pm
    Quoting GLUMO:
    Very good idea, Spirit. Nice gift for teenagers and adults.
The good part is that they can be filled with whatever things the individual likes.
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spiritwoman45

12/9/2013 8:27 pm
    Quoting Hawkslayer:
    Very unusual bags, I'll bet they love them!

    Alfie...
The symbol on the bags is the goddess - becasue we all know teen age girls are "goddesses"
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spiritwoman45

12/9/2013 8:29 pm
    Quoting  :
And as much fun to make as receive.
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spiritwoman45

12/9/2013 8:31 pm
    Quoting  :
Tamales are traditionally for celebrations. When you get back out this way I will celebrate by making you some.
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spiritwoman45

12/9/2013 8:33 pm
    Quoting  :
I'd do OK size wise becasue the girls, their mother and I all wear the same size but it is more fun to shop for the girlie things.
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spiritwoman45

12/9/2013 10:52 pm
    Quoting SilverRosi65:
    I love the idea, Spirit. Great when kids outgrow stockings. I can see the fun in putting them together also. Something you can work on all year long. Homemade tamales, sigh. There was a mother at the school where I used to teach. She sold her tamales every Friday morning at school. I love tamales. But it has been a long time since I have had any as good as hers. I make other Mexican food well, but never did learn how to do tamales. So thanks for the memories. My taste buds are working overtime right now.
I did stockings for the kids into adulthood. My youngest was a mom herself and we were still doing them. Mostly fun, joke stuff but always good for laughs. I guess the tote bags are kind of an extension of that. One year my dad played a joke on a neighbor by filling a pair of panty hose with everything imaginable we could round up and hanging it in her doorway while she was out.
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