With the budget tighter than ever, and the profligate gifting season fast approaching, this seems like a great place to ask:

What have y'all done for low-cost/homemade gifts?

I'm pretty handy with a sewing machine and I can cook, and back when we had fruit-bearing shrubs, we did very well with making up batches of jam to cover small gifting obligations (housewarmings and hostess gifts). But I'm low on both fruit and ideas right now, and Christmas looms! I'm contemplating lavender sachets... I'd love to know what folks here have tried in this line-- and which ones were flops, and which ones were well-received?