A few nice Homemade Gifts images I found:

Shanghai Birthday Shingidinanigans

Image by Jenn Farr
Shindiginanigan /ˈshin-dig-nan-i-guhn/

–noun Slang.
a party that involves Drag Queens, cupcakes, karaoke, homemade party hats, dumplings, free champagne and prizes

Origin:
2010, Pat Dennyism

** NO GIFTS – seriously**

Come for dinner.
Come for karaoke.
Come for both!
… and stay for free champagne & cupcakes @ midnight !!

♥ Dinner first:
7:30 to 8:45 pm
we’ve got seats for at least 12… since many of us are fashionably late and the kitchen stays open till 1am I think we’ll be fine no matter how many wanna eat

♥ Then drinks and karaoke!
Show up any time after 8:45pm
NOTE: the place can get packed so don’t dawdle!
NOTE ALSO: Kitchen is open til at least midnight 😀

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10:00pm
Prize for the best homemade party hat!

12:30am
Trophy for the best karaoke performance!!!

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Frame for Alexis

Image by Photos by Portland_Mike

may

Image by Chiot’s Run
We celebrate a simple Christmas with my family. We don’t spend much money and we try to make homemade gifts or use our talents to make gifts for others. This year I decided to make calendars for everyone. It’s something useful and it won’t clutter up the house, use it for a year and recycle it. I’ve been sorting through all of my photos picking out the best ones for each month and I think I finally settled on a design (it sure was hard narrowing down the photos).

I finished up my calendar yesterday. I made them public on Lulu. I have a large one (13.5 x 19) and a small one (11×17). I ordered a bunch for Christmas gifts and I even ordered an extra to giveaway on my blog! All you have to do is comment on this post and I’ll hold a drawing when the calendars arrive in the mail. Good Luck!