This next neighbor gift might take a bit more time and money than the previous two ideas but I still LOVE it. Grab some flour sack towels (or any other kitchen or hand towel) and spruce them up with some embroidery or a cute applique. Here are a few I made a while back with fabric scraps for wedding gifts.

(Yes, I do have a yellow oven. Jealous? Yeah, me neither.)

Here are a few great tutorials and ideas on different ways to embellish hand towels:

Embroidered Hand Towels

Patchwork Towels

Birds or Monogrammed Towels

Iron-on Transfer Towels

I actually haven’t used this idea for neighbor gifts but I’ve used them primarily as housewarming gifts (but also as thank you and hostess gifts) and they would work just as well for neighbor gifts. These coasters are cute and you could put a Christmas spin on them with Christmas themed paper. Also, they are super easy (cut paper, lots of mod-podge, seal, glue on felt and you’re done) and cheap (the tiles are about .16 a piece at Home Depot). The tutorial can be found here.

Around this time of year I’m always looking for cheap inexpensive and easy gift ideas for my neighbors and church friends. In that vein, I thought I’d share with you past ideas and ones I may use in the future.

Last year I ran across this tutorial and knew it’d be the perfect gift: useful, easy, and inexpensive. I wrote the family name of the recipient over and over in different fonts for a personal touch and also made a few generic ones (just in case). It was a hit and who doesn’t love a cute AND functional gift?