Making gifts is hard. I have made many useless gifts in the past and I will definitely make many more in the future. The perfect gift is somewhere at the intersection of what one likes to give and what the recipient likes to receive. And the longer it takes to become junk for the recipient, the better. Figuring that out requires a great deal of empathy. Add minimalism to that, and it becomes hopeless. If we all kept public wishlists, the disappointment in the world would be less. Same for the waste. My wishlist would include (your) time, (your) art, and (your) care. But all of that is crazily expensive. As a simple alternative, some good food will do, too ;-)

And great food typically involves time and art anyway