Homemade Christmas, Hawaii Style

This year, most of my Christmas gifts to everyone were homemade. That is just what I had the funds for, and also the way I think Christmas should be. I am inspired by Little House on the Prarie I guess. Anyway, my sister and I made a pact that we would only give homemade gifts to each other. I want to share mine with you. They are just beautiful. She printed off 4 photographs that she and my mom took in Hawaii. She played with the saturation a bit, and they are beautiful works of art. I finally figured out where I wanted to hang them today.

I have horrible picture hanging skills. The photo in the middle came about b/c of some crazy unevenness that I came up with, but it makes me happy to look at, and that is all that matters!

The middle photo is a Hawaiian hand carved frame that she gave me for my birthday, and I had just stuck Noah's necklace she gave him on there too, but I took it down. I should have included in the photo, right under it is my beautiful beads she got me from there, one of my favorite things ever. I am going to have to include that and my hand carved dolphin bowl sometime. I tell ya, it is pretty cool having a sister in Hawaii...we get the neatest gifts!