If you haven’t finished your Christmas shopping, you still have time to get some presents!  There are two sections to this post – the first section will focus on helping you buy different personal gifts for the people remaining on your list, the second section will help you if you need to give the same gift to many, with lots of ideas on how to still make them personal and really fit the recipient. 

Tips for Last Minute Shopping for Getting Different Presents for Each Recipient

In order to minimize stress, I suggest making a list of the people that you still would like to get presents for, then look at each recipient and write down a few things about them that come to mind.

For instance:

Lauren – Loves hats, skinny scarves and strong coffee; has new job and new home; enjoys knitting.
Tim – Loves …read more

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Bakerella is the cake pop queen and I blogged about her Easter cake pops I thought they were so adorable. Admittedly, this recipe for Super Dad Cake Pops looks more complicated than not but the results…wow!

So, if you are a baker, have faith, patience or all of the above, I would love to hear about your experience. Send pics even!  I want to try making some of her various pops at some point but my kitchen isn’t so conducive to baking at the moment so I’ll just have to wait…but they call to me.

Homemade gifts are terrific because whenever you put time, effort and love into something the result is wonderful, even if it isn’t perfect.  There is seldom any more personal present than …read more