tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post2480471656580801440..comments2024-03-23T21:38:31.368-04:00Comments on Coffee Tea Books and Me: Living the Pantry Lifestyle - Food GiftsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-894283791875690702013-11-25T08:58:59.292-05:002013-11-25T08:58:59.292-05:00Hi there! I found your lovely blog through Deb @ M...Hi there! I found your lovely blog through Deb @ Mountain Musings. Love the gift ideas, and you're right, a gift from the pantry is a good one. Have a great week!magnoliasnteahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517995125207145961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-4428322705555031172013-11-24T08:26:20.495-05:002013-11-24T08:26:20.495-05:00All so true, and I LOVE Melissa's suggestion i...All so true, and I LOVE Melissa's suggestion in her comment, about the candy canes!BECKYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184458949017900541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-76089311387197225152013-11-23T22:59:36.484-05:002013-11-23T22:59:36.484-05:00I love to receive these type of gifts! It is fun t...I love to receive these type of gifts! It is fun to think of the giver as I use them! I make freezer meals for my elderly mother year round and do special recipes at Christmastime along with her favorite coffee. <br />Brenda, I am sipping Candy Cane Lane as I read your blog! :-) DeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-10269389572033533802013-11-23T22:36:41.555-05:002013-11-23T22:36:41.555-05:00Brenda, I enjoyed this post with all of your very ...Brenda, I enjoyed this post with all of your very usable suggestions! I wrote a gift post that will come up early next week and will link to this post. I loved your last line about sending gifts to Goodwill so you can purchase them later. LOL!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03843672826198310903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-1396943364158631872013-11-23T21:10:12.166-05:002013-11-23T21:10:12.166-05:00Great ideas!
We enjoy the West Ladies dvds. We l...Great ideas!<br /><br />We enjoy the West Ladies dvds. We like to learn new things and this is a great series to watch with kids.<br /><br />I love gift giving, but only if it is meaningful to the receiver of the gift.<br /><br />DeannaDeanna Rabe - Creekside Cottage Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16133684514103206137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-49525997670282144182013-11-23T19:36:20.895-05:002013-11-23T19:36:20.895-05:00Very good ideas here! Please tell where you got th...Very good ideas here! Please tell where you got the tin of holiday tea and the organic canola oil. I've been looking for organic canola oil and haven't found any.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-55296212895577439522013-11-23T19:29:17.950-05:002013-11-23T19:29:17.950-05:00In case you can't find a good price on the Can...In case you can't find a good price on the Candy Cane Tea, here is my suggestion: I buy the red and white stripped "Bob's" soft mint candy sticks for about $1.00 a bag and use that all year long in my tea. Plus it makes a great little gift for the kiddies, because the peppermint stick is like a straw when you put it in hot tea or even hot chocolate!Instagram.com/melissasnoteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389672466065251231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-73985558200583765742013-11-23T18:38:12.591-05:002013-11-23T18:38:12.591-05:00Wonderful ideas ! Thanks for sharing. I think I wi...Wonderful ideas ! Thanks for sharing. I think I will give it a try!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049996909414471501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-37293889809560934852013-11-23T18:08:00.054-05:002013-11-23T18:08:00.054-05:00I love all of your suggestions Brenda - I love to ...I love all of your suggestions Brenda - I love to give gifts and for a while when our finances became just so tight I thought that I could not longer really 'give' and it hurt me so much. Since I've always made lots of homemade gifts I just went back to doing that, but even than I was apologizing for the fact that it was homemade! A sweet friend set me straight (even though my hubby had been trying) and taught me the grace of heart felt giving once again! Heather Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563913535839786305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-83638264150863560222013-11-23T17:46:15.340-05:002013-11-23T17:46:15.340-05:00These ideas are especially good for any elderly pe...These ideas are especially good for any elderly people on your list. My mom in law is no longer able to bake and the last thing they need is more Things to clutter their house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-72248576458371293112013-11-23T16:02:38.685-05:002013-11-23T16:02:38.685-05:00This year I am making a variety of food gifts. In ...This year I am making a variety of food gifts. In the summer I canned tomato jam to give since everyone raves about it so much. I also made green tomato salsa to give. <br /><br />Yesterday I made whipped honey butter with organic Trader Joe's Honey that had crystallized. The almost full bottle of honey was at church and the person I was cleaning the cabinet with wanted to throw it out. I said I'd take it so it wouldn't go to waste. At home I squeezed into a Pyrex measuring cup and heated it in the microwave and now I have perfectly fine honey.<br /><br />Shortbread will be another gift since I was able to get 40 lbs. of flour for less $4 and butter for $1.69/ lb. I have 3 stoneware shortbread molds that I have picked up thrifting that will make lovely shortbread!Kim Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06079087429197428381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-57399092162815480192013-11-23T15:30:46.439-05:002013-11-23T15:30:46.439-05:00My daughters, especially the younger one, love to ...My daughters, especially the younger one, love to open gifts. Their main birthday gift is always a check, but two years ago I began a tradition with the younger one of filling a basket with "tea time" goodies. The basket is lined with a napkin made from my fabric stash that I crochet a simple edging on. I filled it with things I know her budget does not allow..flavored coffees, small boxes of tea, boxes of special tea time cookies, her favorite "K bars" shaped in a heart and dipped in chocolate, packages of special flavored coco and plastic spoons dipped in chocolate and decorated in some way. AND..chocolate covered coffee beans. I also add things that I pick up like small calenders, tea bag holders,etc. She loved it and enjoyed it all winter. My older daughter loved the basket so much she asked if she could have one too..so now I give them each one. It makes memories, I have fun doing it..and they love it. They are also my favorite gifts to give...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-44032992123427792532013-11-23T14:18:23.487-05:002013-11-23T14:18:23.487-05:00Good suggestions all! I remember your talking abou...Good suggestions all! I remember your talking about watching this family...there were some snippet videos somewhere...must look for them again. Perhaps I should do some shopping at Goodwill, though it's not the same anymore...Goodwill that is. Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-3193876160461582762013-11-23T13:40:41.296-05:002013-11-23T13:40:41.296-05:00We have a large raspberry patch, so we make jam an...We have a large raspberry patch, so we make jam and jelly for gifts. This year we had a bumper crop, so we will be giving multiple jars to friends and relatives. <br /><br />I have a friend, who gardens, and makes pickles. Every year, she gives a case of pickles to her brother, and that is his favorite gift.<br /><br />An inexpensive gift basket, of things you know people will like, is appreciated by most. You can make it pretty with cellophane and a pretty ribbon. <br /><br />I have purchased plastic bags of beautiful bolts of ribbon at Goodwill for a few dollars, and it is used on my gift baskets.<br /><br />nancyrEchoes From the Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03012454336216415478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-10033175019340279612013-11-23T13:30:37.649-05:002013-11-23T13:30:37.649-05:00Yes, Yes, Yes! gifts of food stuffs are always ap...Yes, Yes, Yes! gifts of food stuffs are always appreciated! Homemade goodies or put together baskets. Jelly or jam with a loaf of homemade or even good store bought bread. I was blessed to find the bread Dvd for $1 this fall. I felt I hit the jack pot! I keep looking for anything I can use for gifts at the used stores. As you said it is amazing how many things unused you can find at the stores. It takes looking throughout the year but we give small gifts to many people and it really helps. Also you find unusual things you could not other wise find or afford. I also scout out ideas in magazines and in such good blogs like yours!!! Sarah Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com