Just looking for interesting homemade Christmas gifts. We've decided as a family to keep any purchased gifts to under $20 (total). The rest of the gifts we're making. So for example, the kids are writing letters of love and appreciation to grandparents as a gift (rather than a store-bought one). I've been busy knitting, etc. But I was curious what gifts you might suggest to make for Christmas this year. I've been surprised at the wonderful feeling this has brought to our family! The Lord gave of Himself, and this is being a neat way to try to do the same. But what ideas might you have for good homemade gifts?

I had an idea for home made e-gifts. I call them BellaOnline Bundles. I wrote about it in my column this week. Here is how you make them. They are good for long-distance family gifts.

Below are the directions for making a BellaOnline bundle.

*Open a browser window and go to BellaOnline. On the left side of the page, find Daily Click.
*Click on Postcards. Find one that your friend would like.
*Click on the postcard's thumbnail picture, and it brings up the postcard.
*Fill out the information and write your personal message.
*Open a second browser window and go to BellaOnline.
*Just above the Editor Recommended area (toward the bottom of the page) is an alphabetical site listing.
*Click on one site that your friend might like. Copy and paste the URL into your holiday postcard.
*Repeat until you have found all of the sites that you want. You�ve made a bundle of BellaOnline sites, or as I like to call it, a BellaOnline Bundle.
*Add any special touches like music, and then send it off! Easy!