Last weekend my family visited us here in Cincinnati, and my mom brought my 5 month old son the most wonderful gift from my Great Aunt Vernie: a hand-painted china baby bootie. Aunt Vernie (Urban's Great-Great Aunt!) is 82 years old, and has been painting china for 40+ years! I hope that I am still creating 40 years from now. I love the dainty cursive writing she used for Urban's name, birthday and height/weight and the vintage look of the flowers. What makes this gift so utterly special to me is that my identical twin sister and I have little booties with our names and birthdays painted on them from Aunt Vernie as well. I got mine out to compare with Urban's, and the painting is just as beautiful on the the new bootie as it is on my 32 year old one. What sort of handmade gifts do you treasure?