creative Christmas

this Christmas my mother-in-law and I decided to exchange hand made gifts...we didn't make to many rules, we just wanted to do something a little more creative and original than years prior...PINTEREST made this very very easy for me.  I stalked her "to make" page and found some things that I knew were on her radar to create whenever she got some free time.  I found this amazing birch branch decoration that could be cute for any occasion really, but it seemed perfect for Christmas.  Here was the inspiration...

and here is what I came up with...

I am already looking forward to next year:)