by MacKenzie Geidt, Sunset assistant travel editor

This year is all about D.I.Y. holiday gifts, so I'm on the hunt for treats that are as fun to make as they are to give. That's why I'm loving the Stitchable Journal kit from The Curiosity Shoppe on San Francisco's Valencia Street.  It's perfect: I get to indulge my crafty side (and try out needlepoint!), and someone special gets a cute retro-looking monogrammed journal.  Brilliant.

Wouldn't you be more inspired to keep a journal if it was personalized just for you?  Kits are $22 (including pencil, 3 colors of thread, and alphabet stencil), and there's way more where that came from on The Curiosity Shoppe's online craft room.