Sanpete Spur & Silver Newsletter

VOLUME 1 / HOLIDAY 2005

FROM OUR HEARTS AND HANDS

Now with all of the spiraling costs of everyday living perhaps less is left to spend on giving. But whatever you spend, from a little to a lot, we have suggestions for your holiday list. So read on, and check your list for the perfect gift.

1. Give a gift of your time. It costs you nothing, and will mean more than you could imagine. Offer your time to help the elderly with their chores. Or offer to drive them to visit their friends. Offer to help your mom with the laundry or cooking or perhaps just take the baby off her hands for a day. Offer to shovel the snow or clean the garage for dad. Or just give a gift certificate, for your time spent on chores of their choice. These priceless gifts will be appreciated more than you can imagine.
2. Give a gift from the kitchen. Too many jars of fruit preserves this year? They make great gifts nestled in a basket with a loaf of home made bread or a dozen muffins. Large canning jars filled with the makings of a good soup are the perfect gift for the busy housewife or even the bachelor on your list. Find a simple recipe and layer rice, dried beans, noodles, dried vegetables, herbs and spices in a ready to use mix with instructions on a hang tag. Herbs from the garden, cloves of garlic or red berries can be infused in vinegar and decanted into a festive bottle for the salad lover. And don't forget the cookies. Shape them, decorate them, ice them or leave them plain. Put them on a Christmas plate and your gift will keep on giving year after year. Yummy!
3. Give a gift from the hands. Crafts warm the heart and make us stop to appreciate the beauty around us. Sew a simple denim skirt for your teen, knit a baby blanket for your granddaughter or make moccasins for your son. Bead a necklace, embroider pillowcases, paint wooden boxes, make a picture frame, enlarge a photograph, paint pottery, make a mosaic or stuff a Santa. A gift of crafts shows imagination and love.
4. Give a gift of nature. Gardeners will love flowering Christmas cactuses and bulbs, potted plants and even a potted fir tree. A gift certificate from a seed catalog will help warm the coldest winter evenings. A weekend in the country can be a priceless retreat from city life. Visit Spring City and come home to nature. Wait for a sunny day and take a loved one snow shoeing, hiking or even winter camping. Revel in winter& ;s beauty. Buy (or better yet, adopt) a pet. Even small pets like birds lift the spirits and calm the senses.
5. Give a gift of art. Visit Sanpete Spur & Silver for unique one of-a-kind gifts. Spurs for the cowboy, jewelry for Mom, tack for your horse and a vest for you finishes off your list. You'll find earrings, necklaces, bracelets, medicine bags, paintings, wood carvings, and western wear. You can even have your own designs custom made.

From our hands to your heart!