Okay, so you scoured the malls and the big box retailers and the internet for gifts that will please your recipients, pamper your purse, and above all, not look like everything else that everyone else just found and plopped money down for.

If you cherish the uniqueness of friends and family, you want to give them unique gifts, right?

Here’s some ideas to get you started… and yes, the basic materials or even the gift itself could be found at resale, thrift and consignment shops. It doesn’t have to be new to be wonderful.

But then again, you know that.

For the relative with a relatively-chill dog:

For your sentimental daughter:

For the new homeowner who needs some holiday decorations and who loves wild animals:

I dare you to present your famous Christmas cookies on a plate for the neighbor family to keep!

Fashionista BFF needs boot bracelets, I’ll bet!

The best gift of all: One-on-one time with the kids. Gift them with the pipe cleaners, then make these together: