In case you missed it, I launched my 2009 Holiday Gift Guide on Sunday. I’m really excited about all the products included and hope you find it useful. Many of the merchants kindly offered to give their products to you so I’ll be hosting giveaways all week and into next week too!
Today, the giveaway is for a handmade olive branch wreath from Lindsay Olives. You’ll find these featured in the Gifts that Give Back section HERE.
A Little About the Product: Lindsay Olives is offering gift-ready wreaths in two sizes, each a fragrant restyling of the traditional olive branch wreath. Holiday shoppers can give a charming 14-inch round wreath, or an impressive 18-inch round wreath. The wreaths are hand-woven from freshly harvested olive branches, universally recognized as a symbol of peace, along with branches from bay and eucalyptus trees. The branches are harvested from California groves and, over time, dry to a beautiful silvery green. Fragrant bay and eucalyptus branches add that special holiday aroma. Each wreath is packaged gift-ready in holiday red tissue paper with a personalized gift card. Buy them online HERE. All proceeds benefit Meals on Wheels
Why I Like this Product: When I opened the box I couldn’t believe how wonderful the wreath smelled. It was amazing. It was also beautifully woven together. I plan on using mine as a centerpiece however you could easily use it as a wreath. I’ve had it about 2 weeks and it is slowly drying however it hasn’t lost it’s luster. This would make a wonderful gift and you’ll also be helping Meals on Wheels with your purchase.
Today I have a one wreath to give away. Ready to win? As usual there are 3 methods of entry:
1. Leave a comment telling me one of your favorite things to hand make over the holidays. I love making gingerbread cookies to take to family gatherings.
2. Subscribe to Saving with Shellie via RSS feeds, email or Facebook. If you already subscribe, leave a second separate entry saying you do so.
3. Follow me on Twitter and feel free to Tweet about the giveaway. Be sure you leave a separate entry with your Twitter address.
The giveaway will end on Saturday 12/12 at 11:59pm CST. I’ll announce the lucky winner on Sunday 12/13.
Good Luck!
Shellie loves to share her frugal living tips as well as deals and bargains to help you get more with less. A spender at heart, she balances her frugal lifestyle with the occassional splurge. 
My children and I enjoying gathing food from our pantry and taking to our church on Sunday morning for the church food pantry for the needy.
My boyfriend and I do not purchase gifts for one another, and instead purchase for a 6 member family each year. The tradition has caught on with each of our families, and it gives us more quality time to enjoy with one another on Christmas morning.
I love making traditional cookies with my children and sharing them with our neighbors who are so helpful throughout the year. Thank you for the chance to enter.
Maria
i keep a bag at the ready for all of the great freebies i pick up, and once or twice a month i deliver them to the food pantry. they are usually thrilled to be getting toiletries, as they don’t have many.
My family tries to make cookies together but it seems as they get older it winds up just me. We used to make popcorn with cranberries for the tree and we used to make paper chains for the tree. Now our children have to keep up the traditions with their families.
I like to make chocolate dipped pretzel rods decorated with sprinkles to give away to friends!
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I make goodies for friends and fam. Cookies usually. I have yet to get creative and crafty with my time!
We love to create our own creche.
I make cookies and candy each year for my kids (especially when in college), aunts and uncles who are recovering from illnesses or death in family (lost 2 more extended family members this year), and neighbors who are shut in or have fell on hard times. Everyone throws diets to the wind during holidays and splurges on a little sugar!
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I love making Christams cookies with my family
My aunt used to make us Almond Roca when I was growing up every Christmas. When I was in my 20′s, the torch was passed to me & I now have the fun of making it for our entire family. Since we moved to Texas, I’ve added a bit of the South to it & it’s now Pecan Roca.
What a beautiful wreath. Since my son is still young, I love making handprint decorations for the family.
I like to hand dip chocolates at Christmas time
My son and I make swags to hang on friends’ doorways or mantles!
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We love making decorations for the house!! We have never had a ton of extra money to spend on decorations for the house for Christmas or any other time of year so I started having the kids help me hand make things as they each got old enough. Now, even if I could go buy decorations, I don’t want to because I love the things the kids make!!
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I make cookies, banana bread and fudge. So yummy!
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We love to make homemade buckeye candy
I make cookies and banana bread for family, friends, and neighbors. This year I’m also giving homemade salsa!
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My sisters and I along with my mother and all of our kids have a baking day where we make all kinds of goodies to keep and give away!
I love making swags out of fresh greenery to hang on the front door.
The two “must makes” in our family are gingerbread boys and girls, and homemade tea toddy – great to ward off the December chill!
hey shellie,
i love making handmade cards at christmastime and giving them as gifts with a sheet of postage stamps. these are great gifts for the grammas that love to send bday cards and appreciate something homemade!
i subscribe to your email updates and am a facebook fan!
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Oh and my favorite thing to make during the holidays is caramel apples. Who said they’re only a fall treat?
Beautiful wreath – would love to win it!
I love to make gingerbread houses at Christmas.
I love making ornaments! This year I’m trying out felt ones…Sesame Street characters for my little man!
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I love making Christmas themed sugar cookies with the kids.
I like making mulled spiced apple cider and baking anything yummy…being warm at night with my family….and away from the stores and crowds.
My mom and I make baskets of soaps, shampoos and other goodies to give to the woman’s shelter (moms need gifts too!).
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I love making a different kind of cookies and decorate the house.
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My nephews and I make rice krispie treats in the shapes of cookie cutters (usually trees or angels ). We decorate them and then give those out. ( The boys are 3 and 4 so they feel they are giving great gifts because they love rice krispie treats themselves)
I love making cookies and decorating them with my son.
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I pull out my grandmother’s old fashioned candy recipes and make candy to give as gifts.
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i love making all kinds of homeade treats. breads, cookies, carmel apples and pretzels, and whatever else sounds good that day and giving them to friends or taking them to my husbands work (they all love me because I take them treats!)