This holiday season, Deborah Norville's dining room table is piled high with the tools she's using to "make" gifts.

According to Deborah, one of the challenges of wintertime is keeping all your hats, mittens and scarves in one place. INSIDE EDITION's anchor suggests purchasing a tin bucket, like the one she picked up at Home Depot for $6. She painted it pink and then added a stencil she printed out from the computer to label it "Stuff." Deborah likes the finished result so much she's tempted to keep it for her family, but reveals there's a good chance that her sister might be unwrapping it for Christmas.

Gift and etiquette expert Leah Ingram says, "Homemade gifts can often be more valuable to store-bought gifts because it shows that you took the time to make something special as opposed to just running out to the store."

For the teenager on your list who made-at-home stuff might not go over well with, Deborah suggests a ribbon belt. The fashionable accessory is expensive at retail stores, but they are exceptionally easy to make at home.

Holding up a piece of ribbon measuring approximately 48" long doubled up, Deborah places fusible interfacing between the halves, and use an iron to fuse it all together. This step gives the belt some bulk and substance. Next, sew a pair of D rings on one end of the ribbon and stitch carefully along each side of the belt.

Headed to a holiday party? Deborah suggests a great homemade hostess gift.

In a colander filled with festive paper, Deborah arranges a nice bottle of olive oil, her favorite spaghetti sauce, a package of linguini, a set of wooden spoons and a spaghetti stirrer. For finishing touches, she wraps everything with a generous piece of cellophane and a festive ribbon.

So what is Deborah's favorite gift to give? It requires a little extra skill.  Deborah says she's been knitting mittens, scarves, and hot water bottle covers like crazy in preparation for the holiday gift-giving season.

She picked up the skill at 8-years-old after lessons with her mom, and now Deborah is going to teach you how to knit!