Crafting Madness!!!

There are so many amazing idea's on pinterest and though on the one hand (as I posted on facebook recently) it makes me feel like the most unorganized and uncreative person in the world, on the other hand I am in awe of what some people think up! My SIL Erin is amazingly creative like that and last year she made us these uber fun family rule boards... LOVE LOVE LOVE! I wish my renovations were done so I could put it on the wall already but that's a totally different post lol! On the Bevans side of the family we usually try to do homemade gifts for each other, a tradition that started a few years back. I must say my in-laws are pretty creative, especially my SIL's. A good idea I once had for our gift exchange was a family tree Christmas tree skirt. The great thing about this gift  (I gave this to Luke's parents) is that I can add to it with each addition to the family. This year was a little different with all the crazy schedules we decided to have a board game gift exchange which was great because it still encourages family time together.

On the Dautel side we are given the option of what we want to do but there is a lot of creativity and thought on my families side too. This year I had my brother for our gift exchange and I made him a chest filled with things we enjoyed together as children. I took a wood chest and covered it in crafting paper, then added pictures of their own family over top of the paper. I filled it with Lego, pick-up sticks, and books. My brother had me as well and I got a huge pail of farm honey for my food storage as well as some fun Christmas decoration blocks. I think it is so fun how everyone has their own personal touch to whatever gift they give.

So this leads me to next year and I feel like I should kick up the creativeness factor. I have found several fun ideas on Pinterest that I hope to try. One I want to do are a box of homemade ornaments for each member of the family..... maybe if I start now I will be done by December or maybe it will just be a really small box lol.

Another fun idea I saw that I thought might be a cute gift (especially for the kids) is a crayon letter of the first letter in their name. Though I am still undecided as to what exactly I want to do, I am grateful for other peoples creativity for inspiring me.