Monday 22 December 2014

Awesome Gift Ideas for a Crafter

Rushing around last minute for your holiday shopping?
Oh and you have one of those friends or family members with a birthday so close to Christmas (or actually ON Christmas) that you'd hate to leave out one or the other?
I'm sure I'm missing a lot of ideas but here's the ones I can think of!
Here's a list of awesome gifts for crafters in your life:
  • Any craft:
    • Organizing boxes for craft supplies
    • Labels for boxes
    • Notebooks 
    • Magazine subscription (or e-magazine subscription) to their favourite magazine.
    • Gift card or vouchers:
      • Etsy
      • Zibbet (similar to Etsy)
      • Local craft supply or yarn shops
    • Tickets to a craft exhibition or event
    • Art or handcrafted item made locally or from a favourite artist.
    • Baby-sitting time so if the crafter is a parent - they can actually craft! :)
  • Seamstress (sewing): 
    • Voucher to fix or tweak sewing machine
      • Or a gift card to the local fabric shop
    • A new sewing machine or serger
    • Thread
    • Fabric
    • Patterns or books filled with patterns
    • Scissors
    • Measuring tape
    • Chalk or washable/fading marker
    • Pattern paper (I hear this stuff is pretty expensive - so most people use baking paper or newspaper to trace patterns.)
    • Pin cushion or magnet for pins
    • Pins 
    • Seam ripper
    • Pinking shears (they're the scissors with zig-zag edges to prevent fraying)
    • Container for haberdashery
  • Knitter:
    • Needles 
      • Interchangeables
      • Circular
      • Straight sets
      • Double-Pointed Needles (DPNs)
        • There's different materials too!
          • Bamboo
          • Wood
          • Plastic
          • Metal
          • Stainless steel
    • Yarn
      • Or a gift card to the LYS (local yarn shop)
    • Patterns - printed and put in a binder or paper-free and e-mail them to him/her.
      •  Books - either full of patterns of techniques
    • Knitting kit - something you could put together yourself (and also applies to a crocheter):
      • Stitch markers
      • Measuring tape
      • Stitch holders (moreso for knitting than crocheting)
      • Row counter
      • Gauge and/or needle measuring tool
      •  Pouch for needles/hooks for travelling 
      • Pencil
      • Notebook
      • Small crochet hook for picking up dropped stitches
      • Little toppers so stitches don't slide off the needles.
      • Needle holders - come in a wide variety. 
  • Crocheter (Many gift ideas are applicable from the Knitter):
    • Hooks
      • Tunisian crochet hooks
      • Double-ended Tunisian crochet hook
      • Sets
      • You could buy cheap metal ones and use polymer clay and bake creative handles for them.
    • Patterns, books or technique books 
    • Yarn
      • Gift card to a local yarn shop or online shop
  • Drawing tools:
    • Paints
    • Cleaning products
    • Sketch books
    • Brushes
    • Sponges
    • Pastels
    • Pens
    • Paper
    • Pencils
    • Erasers
    • Canvases
    • Frames
    • Markers
    • Carrying case for portfolio work or finished pieces
    • Carrying case for drawing utensils
    • Refills (i.e. Copic Ciao Refills) 
  • Scrapbooker:
    • Paper
    • Scrapbook albums
    • Plastic refill cover pages (these are used to protect the individual scrapbook pages - usually 12x12 inches (30cm x 30cm) )
    • Inks
    • Stamps
    • Washi Tape or other decorative tapes
    • Gloss paint
    • Crackle Paint
    • Embossing folders
    • Stickers
    • Rub-on Transfers
    • Embellishments
    • Hole punch of various shapes
    • Embossing powder
    • Embossing heater
    • Glue
    • Double-sided sticky tape/squares
    • Pens, markers, water-colour pencils, pencils
    • Die cuts
    • Gift card
  • Cosmetics Maker:
    • Essential oils
    • Silicone molds for soap shapes
    • Jars with lids for lotions/body butter
    • Little tins or tubes for lip balm/salves
    • Digital scale for weighing ingredients
    • Gift card to purchase other ingredients
       
Enjoy and I'll try to update this every now and again! :)
BIMU

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