Creative, budget friendly gifts for all those extra people on the list

The holiday gift list seems to get longer and longer each year... Family, teachers, bosses, employees, the list goes on. So if only we had endless budgets to spread the cheer.

The REAL-ity is we must remain cheerful and get creative... And that is just what I was busy doing this morning.

These teachers gifts are a simple, practical and fun, not to mention extremely reasonable. I bought a multiple pack of clipboards from Office Depot . To be honest I wasn't crazy about the traditional brown, but sometimes we must let practical needs outweigh creative desires and in the end I think it turned out just fine. For the ribbon I relied on some of my existing resources and a 50% off sale at Michael's. Just create a layered bow, hot glue it to the clip (being sure to not interfere with the tip of the clip for functionality reasons) and then personalize as you wish. I used the teacher's names, but a simple generi message such as #1 teacher, would work just as well.

Have fun and be cheerful, because you can now cross a few gifts off your list!!