I don't know what happened but somehow my parent's generation in my family is just NOT crafty. Both of my grandmothers were sewers and quilters so I grew up with all kinds of lovely personalized quilts and handmade dolls. Now....not so much!
I have trained my sister, though, in that all I want from her for Christmas & birthdays is stuff made by her 2 kids. She thinks I'm just "being nice" because she's a single mom on a tight budget but as I keep telling her...I really and truly LOVE every single little thing those kids have made for me. This past Christmas my husband & I each got a hand-painted ornament and also a hand-drawn card from the kids and it's one of the best gifts I've gotten. I will cherish those ornaments forever! I love that stuff and I don't have kids of my own so where else am I going to get refrigerator art!?!?
OH, my sister did make some coasters for me a few years back, with pictures of the kids. I refuse to set drinks on their cute little faces, though, so they're lined up on my mantle on display. LOL
My best friend, before she passed, would often give me her drawings just randomly as she finished them. She never thought they were good but I always cherished them so I ended up with a lot of them, and now that she's gone they're some of my most prized possessions. In fact I'm planning a memorial tattoo for her, based on one of her drawings.