First things first: Anyone else out there have any family traditions they’ve continued since childhood? My mom sent me this first thing this morning. She would say this to us every Christmas, when we were so excited. It makes my year every. single. time.
Anyone else out there feel like this? :: raises hand::
We know the holidays are rounding the corner and closing in fast. Yesterday, Jamin and I were doing a little scrambling ourselves. Next year, Santa will have a deadline for all this last minute star wars nerf gun toy request stuff. I mean, what’s up with that?
So in the spirit of lighting a flame under our bootays, thought it’d be fun to highlight a few of our fave crafty ‘lil gifts we’ve stumbled across. Whether your neighbors gave you an unexpected gift and now you need to save face, something last minute you feel like whipping up, you’ll have a few moments to do something fun with family over the holidays, or you could care less, and are completely over it ;}…
I felt like these are great little projects for now… or later. So whether you have a lot of time…or just a little…here’s some eye candy inspiration for you today!
Gift tags as gifts! Who knew? via
cleverly packaged family recipes: original link apparently not available, but found through pinterest.
Sometimes, it’s seriously all about the presentation. via
{totally for valentines, but you get the idea}
Who wouldn’t love this as a gift? via
and just a few gifts of our own from super easy to a little elbow grease… from left to right, top to bottom…1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Merry Christmas, to you and yours…And hurray for all things last minute!

























































Ha! Our family does something similar! Tomorrow, we’ll all wish each other Merry Christmas EVE EVE! So Merry Christmast EVE EVE EVE to you!
haha merry christmas eve eve eve!
Fantastic ideas! Thanks so much and have a very merry Christmas.
My husbands family all says “Christmas Eve gift!”
I still don’t know the story behind it but it’s endearing.
I love your inspiration posts! I’m addicted to pinterest like everyone else, but sometimes I don’t feel like “weeding” so it’s nice when you do it for me!
I’ve been waiting for some inspiration how to use a monogram letter I’ve had for-eva to be used to create something for a friend – now I have it ! Off to find a frame and some spray paint pronto! (I’ll probably back it with some pretty paper though…)
Merry Christmas!
~H
so glad! happy crafting! ;}
idea explosion!
Ashley,
Are you on Pinterest and if so, how do I find you? I’m so lost on there. Gah!
So I just saw the the pinterest link right over there…to the right. Duh! I need my 23 year old brain back. Merry Christmas!