A quote from the post above:
"The holidays cost big bucks, bigger bucks than some of us out-of-work elves and cash-strapped consumers can afford.
But if you don't have the cash to pay for Christmas, Chanukah or Kwanzaa gifts this year, especially during these difficult financial times, you can make lovely gifts from what you might otherwise trash. (Even this post has been recycled from one I did last summer.)
The Christmas tree ornaments below, for example, can be made from found fabric and repurposed paper—skirts to shirts, magazines to maps."
To read more, click the link:
http://reinventingtheeventhorizon.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/a-holiday-ecology-making-ornaments-from-recycled-trash/