It was a very Pinterest Christmas

I have always been one to make Christmas presents for the family but this year the whole family decided to get into the crafting spirit thanks to a little help from Pinterest. It was neat to see what everyone and I believe that this was one of the best Christmas's ever as we all got to see how good it feels to give something that you make instead of something you simply go to a store a buy.

These first three were given to Em from her Aunts :)

Chalkboard

It's your life, color it! - Crayon Melt and Scrabble Tile art

Magnetic Board with her Initial

 This pretty ornament was compliments of my Mom. :)

Loove the colors!

Painted Ornaments

 My contribution was photo blocks which I am so in love with! However doing 42 of those babies(yes I did them for everyone in all our families!) was a little much but well worth all the work!!

Photo Blocks

 Snowflake I made for my sci-fi loving Son!

Storm Trooper Snowflake

 One of our gifts from Nana - a painted Christmas Tree on canvas.

I received this from my sisters. I love it and can't wait to hang it in the office!

Burlap wreath with Initial on an antique window

I have to admit as awesome as each gift was and as proud I am of the family for what they did my favorite gift of the evening was the Aprons that Nana had made from my Papa George's button down shirts. Needless to say we were all surprised and emotional when we opened them! Each family member received one and my new nephew got a bib that matches his Mom's apron --LOVE!!

Here are the kiddos modeling the ones TheHandyMan and I received.

Memory Aprons from Papa Georges Shirts

We had a fantastic Christmas and I hope each of you did as well.

What was something unexpected you received this year?

I have some great things lined up for the New Year and can't wait to see what 2012 holds for everyone!

Crafted with Love

Do you have some people on your gift list that you have a hard time shopping for? If so I have learned that most people love getting ornaments -- I mean who doesn't love adding extra decorations to their Christmas tree each year? I know I for one love love love ornaments and I LOVE making ornaments even more!

If you recall I stumbled across some fabulous silver glass ornaments last week while Thriftiquing and I could not decide what to do with them until I was looking for something totally unrelated in my scrapbooking stuff and found some lovely Christmas rub-ons that I knew would be perfect for the ornaments.

DIY Christmas Ornaments

1. Start with clean GLASS ornaments.
2. Pick out rub-ons in your color choice.
3. Gently(key word as I broke the first one!) apply rub-ons randomly on ornament.
4. Peel off paper and waalaa there you have it -- Simple yet Beautiful! 

1. Hope
2. Peace
3. Joy to the World
4. Word Montage


I enjoyed doing these ornaments and am now on the lookout for more to add to my own tree next year!
What are some things that you enjoy making for others and for yourself as well?