As is my wont at this season, I'll be making some recommendations on holiday gifts for the sexually adventurous set. And since the economy SUCKS, most suggestions will be of the low-budget variety.
One of the coolest ways to save money this season but still give someone a spectacular gift is by re-purposing or altering stuff you already have or things you can pick up on the cheap at a yard sale, thrift store or low-end retail shop.
If you've ever visited Etsy you know there are thousands of people out there who are selling stuff they simply modified. You'll find people who take plain hats and dress them up with trim, braids, or pins, or took a cheap purse and hand-painted them. If you have any craft skills whatever you can alter or modify virtually every decor item, and quite a lot of clothing too. If you're handier with power-tools than craft supplies, consider altering furniture or building something cool.
These days, there are so many craft supplies and do-it-yourself kits that even if you have two left hands you can find something you're good at. A glue-gun works wonders too. The key is to give yourself enough time to get it done. Put another way: START NOW. Also, don't get overly ambitious: budget your time carefully and put yourself on a crafting schedule. While others are at the malls fighting crowds, you could be merrily crafting kinky presents in the comfort of your own home. Egg nog optional.
My first E-Z and inexpensive suggestion of the season is to gift your kinky friends with original dungeon decor in the form of hot and kinky wall art.
You can pick up original bondage photos and vintage postcards on eBay for reasonable prices. Once in your possession, you may manipulate it into art of all types: blow it up to poster size and mount it on foamboard; photocopy it for use as a notebook cover or make a mousepad; colorize it in PhotoShop and do an Andy Warhol-type set of copies. See how easy?
Depending on your own creativity, your pervy friends will think you're a genius if you present them with a one-of-a-kind piece of SM erotic art history. Or use the image as is and do something fun with the frame -- bits of chain, rope, barbed wire, etc., can transform a cheap frame from the dollar store into an original work of BDSM art.
To get you started, here are a few eBay vendors who specialize in rare erotic photographs and postcards.
Chambre Close: Vintage French postcards
Lusitania: Vintage nude postcards
Xotique: Original vintage BDSM pictures
Postcard Pigs: Risque gay pictures
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