All my gifts will be locally-produced foodstuffs like relishes, hot sauce and beer. No supply chain problems there.
Not me, but my dad likes to make jelly and jam and give jars out to friends, family, doctor, etc. He does have a food handler’s license and follows normal food handling rules (mask and gloves) where necessary.
He has canning jars coming out his ears. But canning lids? He finally got enough for now, but I think he might buy more, because he doesn’t want to be limited by the canning lids. He makes 200-300 jars of jelly each year and cans vegetables as well, so that’s another 50-100 lids.
So it won’t ruin the holidays, but probably he won’t be giving out jelly to as many people, because he’s making sure he has enough for his friends first.
Wow! I’m impressed! I thought I was doing good to do 2 dozen jars of preserves a season.
I’m sure my holidays will not be spoiled. I don’t have kids, my brother and his wife don’t have kids, so that means I have just one child to buy gifts for: my best friend’s almost 11-year-old nephew. Given everyone else on my list to buy gifts for is an adult, I’m sure they’ll understand if this year’s gifts are heavy on gift-cards and pre-orders.
I do this too, so I already have most of the things I’ll be giving. I usually ship anything that needs to be mailed right after Thanksgiving so I’m not worried about that either.
I mail just before Thanksgiving since Hanukkah is usually sooner than Christmas.
I started working on Christmas last year, so I’m almost ready. No children to spoil and handmade gifts for the adults. I’ve mailed everything that has to be mailed so hopefully everything will arrive intact and by the end of the year.
Now, next year is looking problematic. I’m having issues sourcing certain over-dyed silks and if I can’t get them soon will have to substitute pearl cottons which will come with other problems. Needlepoint canvas is easy to come by, even count linens are getting scarce and pretty pricey.
If you ever need, I have a fantastic LNS near me. Heck, I even have a ton of spare fabrics kicking around - even weaves, hardanger, linen, and good ol’ Aida.
What a very kind and generous offer! I’m trying to support a small mom and mom place close to me, but if they can’t source what I need, I will certainly be in contact.
Or not. I’m going to the big Embroiders Guild convention next week. I’ve already promised myself and hubs that I won’t spend too much in the vendor’s room but you know how that goes. Its thread goshdarnit!!!
I’m not much into giving or receiving gifts. If I don’t get any this year, I will rejoice. However, I ordered myself a laptop in September that was supposed to ship in 3 days. Most recent update is that it’ll ship in December. This makes me cranky.
We stocked up on salt and bacon at our last supermarket run, so we’re all set.