When Hannah Deez’s Christmas gift budget started to push £1,000 every year, the savvy mother-of-two knew she needed to find a cheaper way.

So last year, Hannah, 32, took matters into her own hands and made more than 100 food, craft and beauty products for her large circle of friends and family.

The gifts were such a hit that everyone has asked for the same again, so Hannah, from Warwickshire, is making all her presents herself - and saving hundreds of pounds in the process.

“I have a big family and I love to be generous especially at Christmas but I was spending between £20 to £50 per person. It was quickly adding up to £1,000 before I had bought for my husband or two children,” she says.

“I have always been a crafty type and I knew I could make much of what I was buying at home for a lot less, so I thought I’d give it a go. It’s actually really easy. I make Christmas cards with the kids. And I’ve made soaps, chutneys, bath bombs, candles. My bank account now thanks me - and I love doing it!”

With four great grandparents, four grandparents, six uncles, five aunts, nine cousins, two siblings and two siblings-in-law, Christmas was never a budget affair for Hannah.

She would buy fancy soaps from farmers’ markets, expensive candles, hampers and festive sweet treats, splashing out up to £50 on relatives.

For her own children, Oscar, four, and Fliss, two, Hannah buys them some toys which she cannot make, as well as homemade gifts.

And she always purchases the latest video game for her husband Chris, who works as a university administrator, but he loves her homemade sweet treats too.

Hannah began her first crafty Christmas last year by making soap at home. It saved her £15 after she bought all the ingredients.

“I was so shocked at how quick and easy it was. It's all done in the microwave so a good one to try out with children too. All I use is food colouring, skin safe fragrance oils, melt and pour soap base, any decorative extras, and mica powder. I pour the melted soap, add the colouring, mica and fragrance then pour into the mould.

“I use an old cake tin lined with clingfilm and add any decorative touches then I set it in the fridge. Once it’s solid, I chop it into shapes - or even use a cookie cutter if I want to get really inventive.

“It’s such a simple craft so I then wrap them in parchment paper and maybe find a pretty soap dish and hand cream to go with them too as I love making little sets for people like that.”

When it came to the foodies in her life, Hannah knew she would have to make something that would impress them, so she made her own chilli jelly and hot honey.

She spent “pennies” on the ingredients and reused empty jars, rather than fork out £20 for shop-bought ones.

Hannah has already made her first batch of Christmas chutney this year, so it has plenty of time to mature and she’s also going to attempt making pickled vegetables from her garden.

“I plan early. I keep jars all year for making jams and chutneys. I am always noting down an idea I think someone will love and working out how I can make it.

“Both my brother-in-law and my uncle are real foodies and they love spicy food, so I make my own chilli jelly. They loved it and have requested it again.

“It’s a Christmas staple in our house - it’s good in a brie sandwich on Boxing Day after possibly one too many mulled wines the night before. It’s a tweaked Nigella recipe and she has never once let me down.”

She also makes her own fudge, using milk, condensed milk, light brown sugar, butter and flakey salt. “Loads of the people on my nice list have a sweet tooth so a batch of fudge is something I always make this time of year.

“Not only does it keep costs down, a jar of home made chutney costs me less than a pound to make, I can recycle things we don't use and give old items a new life, saving me pennies and the planet,” she added.

Hannah gives her own children a mix of homemade and shop-bought presents as she jokes that making a plastic Spider Man figure is “beyond” her to make.

They get homemade cosy bears (rice filled microwaveable teddies), DIY felt play food for the play kitchen and her homemade fudge and chocolate.

Hannah is also making bath bombs as they are obsessed with “fizzy baths”.

Meanwhile, Chris already has Hannah’s homemade men’s beard oil in his stocking.

“So far this year I have made chutney, men's beard oil, Christmas cards with the children, botanical ornaments, a body scrub, gingerbread granola and a DIY Potion kit for the children.

“Crafting is my self care, no matter how busy the world is, I always find that taking time to make something with my hands makes me feel so much better. Even more so if I'm crafting with a friend over some good coffee and a sweet treat.

“I have made everything from foodie gifts to hand sewn projects, soap, photo frames and even candles.

“I have had such an overwhelming positive reaction, I'm so lucky that my family and friends know it's the thought and effort that goes into a gifts not the cost, I have even had requests for the same gifts again for my foodie gifts, and a few friends have offered to buy gifts off me to give to their children's teachers.”

Hannah keeps costs down by recycling old jars, upcycling items and sticking to charity shops for decor like wool and crochet hooks.

She picks up acrylic paints and plain pillar candles from the pound shop, and is able to create something beautiful that would have cost so much money if she had bought it from the high street ready made.

Hannah estimates that she saved more than £500 by crafting Christmas presents last year - and she presents them all in handmade snowflake gift bags which she makes using plain brown paper bags, glue, scissors and pages from an old paperback.

She also documents her Christmas crafts on her Instagram page @MamaHollywood_ for her 14,700 followers, sharing her tips, tricks and instructions for how to create the ultimate festive homemade items.

“I can make things really personal, with people’s favourite colours, fragrances and flavours. I can match things to peoples homes and styles perfectly,” she says.

“Plus it helps my mental health - let's face it this time of year is hectic and I would much rather spend a few hours at home in the calm than racing round the shops or endlessly scrolling for the perfect gift, crafting is definitely my therapy.”

For more Christmas inspiration, visit @mamahollywood_ on Instagram