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The Best Frugal Gifts To Buy Mom This Mother’s Day

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It may not feel like spring outside yet, but Mother’s Day is quickly approaching! Before you know it, it will be time to find mom the perfect gift and a way to show her how much you appreciate all that she’s done for you over the years. If your mom is anything like mine, when you ask her what she wants, she’ll say anything is fine. While getting her anything is the exact opposite of what she wants, what do you get your mom? If you are looking for a frugal gift that she will absolutely love, I’ve got you covered!

 

  1. Funny Mom Mug
  2. Yanch Compatible Apple Watch Band
  3. Mother’s Day Mom Necklace
  4. Nothing Fancy: The Art of Having People Over
  5. Essential Oil Diffuser
  6. Weekender Overnight Bag
  7. Bath Bomb Gift Set
  8. Coconut Milk Bath Soak
  9. Rustic Wood Mom Sign
  10. What I Love About Mom Journal
  11. Mom Personalized Keychain
  12. Yoga Mat
  13. Yoda Mom Mug
  14. Personalized Coffee Spoon
  15. New Mom Wine Label

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Hanukkah Cross Stitch Projects

Hanukkah is a great reason to pull out your cross stitch fabric and thread and stitch up some fun seasonal cross stitch patterns. 

If you have trouble spelling Hanukkah (I know I do!) you’ll want to stitch up the How Do You Spell… project from SKB Cross Stitch Design. This one includes a bunch of different ways to spell the holiday, along with some symbols like a dreidel and menorah. (Technically I think all the ways to spell it are “correct.”) The pattern includes full, fractional and bask titches, and measures 8.5 by 7 inches, or 21.6 by 17.8 cm. It has the date for 2004/5785 but you can easily change the year or leave that part off. 

Another project with some fun word play is the Words to Live By chart from Sam Brie Stitches. This one includes Hanukkah related symbols and word presented crossword puzzle style, which is fun to stitch and to display. The design uses 10 colors and measures 74 by 103 stitches. It’s shown worked on 18 count fabric. 

I may have shared these before, but the Hanukkah patterns from the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery are so cute they’re definitely worth sharing again. Happy Hanukkah features a menorah, dreidels, gelt, stars and candles, and it fits in a 6-inch hoop. At 75 by 75 stitches, it comes out to 5.4 inches/13.4 cm on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen. They also have this cute little dreidel stamp cross stitch pattern, which is 39 by 49 stitches, or 2.8 by 3.5 inches (about 7 by 9 cm) on 14 count Aida or 28 count linen. 

Works By ABC has a lot of great patterns for Hanukkah, but here are just a couple to get you started. The Rules for Dreidel design is fun for kids and adults and shows the different sides of the dreidel and what it means when you land on them. The stitch count is 62 by 94 and its shown worked on 32 count linen. It calls for three colors. I also like this menorah one, which measures 44 by 49 stitches and uses two colors along with coordinating seed beads. On 32 count linen as shown (equivalent to 16 count Aida) it measures 2.75 by 3.1 inches, or almost 7 by 7.8 cm.