Milky Lavender Bath Treatment

Create a moisturizing and lovely scented bath treatments using milk powder and lavender flowers. I like to blend these inexpensive ingredients and pour them into a clear tea canister. They're a great gift idea during the cold season. I pack them with lavender sachets. Simply pour the treatment into the sachet to make clean up easier. A relaxing bath treatment isn't so much so when you're required to clean after yourself.

Gifts of Lessons

Rather than giving a one-time gift, consider offering a gift that keeps on giving such as dance lessons, cooking classes, singing lessons, poetry class, etc. A lot of us have these interests but don't always justify paying for it ourselves, rationalizing that our money should be spent more wisely. It'd be a great treat for a friend.

Gift of Time

If you're handy around the house, you're artistic, or you think you possess something of possible value to others, consider offering the gift of time. I have a friend who's considered the handyman out of our friends, and I've gotten end tables, stools, chests, coffee tables, and seats. I have another friend who's an artist, and I love receiving her art pieces.

Movie Lovers

For movie lovers, consider creating a gift basket centered around that theme for birthday or Christmas presents.

Two or three favorite movies and I like adding a wild card (a movie you think s/he might like)
Gourmet Popcorn
A selection of concession stand candy (I recommend a combination of chewy, chocolately, sweet, and sour combination)
Soda
Maybe even something salty and crunchy like chips

Gift Baskets: For Food Lovers

For a simple and affordable gift for food lovers, create a gift basket that contains homemade jam, bread, vinegar, marinated olives, beef jerky, etc. You can even narrow it down to a specific ingredient such as raspberries (raspberry jam, raspberry jellies, raspberry vinegar, dried raspberries, etc.)