Well, I hate to toot my own horn, but I have some pretty darn good gift ideas for y’all! Whether you want to make something homemade, give the gift of a career or health change, or want something you can click and order, look no further. I have some great ideas for you!

Buy One- Get One Free Certified Herbalist Course!

I have been teaching herbalism for a long time. It is important to know how to heal oneself and others, as well as animals. It is such an empowering feeling and it is necessary wisdom on a homestead. My Certified Herbalist Correspondence Course follow my newly edited textbook (available on Amazon along with recipe books and much more for your learning process!) with easy to follow instructions and study. We work together through the process. You fill out the answers to the questions at the end of each chapter and submit them to by email. Call, text, or email questions, ideas, etc. I give you additional homework as well. Take all the time you need. I know life gets crazy. Use the text book or recipe books to access any remedy for any ailment! Hang up your shiny certificate! And now, do it all with a friend! $250 includes TWO correspondence courses! (Text books not included; available on Amazon at AuthorKatieSanders.com) Call 303-617-3370 or email me at Katie@PumpkinHollowFarm.com to get started! Give someone the gift that could truly change their life!

I don’t put advertising on my page because I, myself, do not like reading blogs and articles where there are lots of advertisements. I make money as a writer by selling my books. I have some great books, Friends, something for everyone. They are newly edited and revised and at now lower prices!

Farmgirl School; Homesteading 101 was my first published book and I really enjoyed living it. It was the first two years of our life homesteading and farming and the book covers how to do many of the things that we- as born in the city folks- had to learn, often in humorous and difficult ways. What resulted was a tome of how-to do just about anything from canning, to gardening, or milking, to cheese making, to candle making, to homeschooling, making homemade gifts, how to make herbal remedies, how to….the list goes on and on and is filled with fun anecdotes. I hope it inspires you to become a homesteader! Get it here!

Cherokee Home is my first novel, but it is based on true happenings during the dust bowl, amongst Cherokees, and many of the experiences are ones that my mentors told me about or that I experienced myself. Think Little House on the Prairie meets Cherokee life circa 1930’s. It follows the life of family and is filled with memorable characters, history, loss, but mostly love. Order it here!

The Making of a Medicine Woman; the Memoirs of Bird Woman is my own memoir and story of how I began walking the medicine way. From childhood fears, to being an intuitive and sensitive teenager, to meeting the medicine people that would form me and teach me, and filled with my own awe inspiring experiences. I hope that others like me will recognize themselves within the pages and know that there is nothing wrong with them. We are all just greatly gifted. See it here!

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My trio of herbal remedy teaching books and recipes are a great addition to any bookshelf. The Herbalist Will See You Now; Your Complete Training Guide to Becoming and Working as an Herbalist is my comprehensive text and work book. The Homesteader’s Pharmacy; The Complete Guide to Creating Your Own Herbal Pharmacy is my best seller by far! It contains dozens and dozens of my original recipes from my first apothecary including how-to instructions. And my newest book, The Medicine Person’s Guide to Herbalism; Healing with Plant Medicines, Stones, Animal Spirits, and Ceremony is filled with all new recipes and how-to plus insight on how look deeper into issues and other ways to heal a person. Go to Author Katie Sanders to order all three!

From Mama’s Kitchen With Love is my compilation of family recipes and stories. It will surely be appreciated by home cooks and those that love family and great food. From my mother-in-law’s recipe for Apricot Kugel, to my own mother’s amazing Stuffed Peppers, and my own additions, like Oyster Mushroom and Goat Cheese over Homemade Pasta, there is something to delight diners on each page! Click here!

And finally, perhaps my favorite, is my children’s book, Featherheart Finds Medicine. In this delightfully illustrated book (watercolors by my daughter, Emily), a young girl and her grandmother set out to search for medicines and along the way meet willow, mullein, and others. The reader and the child learn local plants that are used for medicine. The book honors the relationship between a granddaughter (my granddaughter’s Indian name is Featherheart) and her grandmother. Engage a child!

Homemade Ideas!

Don’t have cash to purchase much this year? Me neither! So most of the gifts I am giving are homemade. I would love to show you what I am making but my children might read my blog! But here are some ideas all the same: Click on the links to find instructions.

• Crochet some finger-less gloves, a handkerchief for the hair, or candle cozies. Don’t know how to crochet? Pop into a local yarn store; there are always ladies there willing to teach you.
• Paint something for someone. Or print off a photograph and put it in a nice frame.
• Write a letter! A hand written note about what a person means to you is more beautiful and relevant than anything on a Walmart shelf.
• Do you can? Create a little food basket with pasta, a bread recipe, and spaghetti sauce, with a few hand-sewn napkins.
• Sew a wall hanging. Just sew blocks of the same size, right sides together, into rows and sew a back on. Quilting is art, and art doesn’t have to be perfect.
• Paint an unfinished box from a craft store and put loose photos or an old heirloom piece of jewelry in it.

I made these gnomes yesterday. I just designed the pattern as I went. Children do not care if they are perfect, just that they are soft! They turned out adorable and were not expensive at all to make.

Have fun! Give coupons for coffee in bed or housecleaning or childcare. Give a sincere hug or a phone call.

Click here for even more ideas! Happy Holidays!