Paper Cone Angel
Make this pretty paper cone angel to decorate your table or tree. The angel is easy to customize and personalize using your favorite festive rubber stamps!

Goofy Reindeer Ornament
Need a little silly on your tree? This easy ornament from Tammy Powley will lighten the mood on your tree this year.

Curly Branch Paper Tree
These are a recycler's dream and can be made from a used pencil or colored pencil and a sheet of any paper or curling ribbon in any color - try used gift wrap or ribbon to make a wonderfully stylized forest.

Little Tree Cross Stitch
Stitch a tiny, tiny tree using this pattern by Connie G. Barwick and add it to a card or gift tag. Or, add more pizazz and decorate the tiny tree with sequins and beads.

Christmas Tree Pillow
This easy to knit pillow has a simple Christmas tree motif on one side, and plain red and green stripes on the other, so you can use it all winter long without feeling too mired in Christmas decorations.

Puzzle Piece Ornaments
Create your own unique ornaments for your Christmas tree or other holiday decorating needs by recycling old jigsaw puzzle pieces. You can use the ideas and directions I provide on these project sheets to create a variety of ornaments. Use my projects as inspiration to create your own designs.

Christmas Scrubby Soaps
This project from David Fisher is a simple variation of his Animal Melt and Pour Scrubbies project - except with Christmas themed nylon scrubbies.

Sparkling Holiday Pin
This elegant sparkles pin from the Bliss Tree blog is really easy to make, especially if you start with a pre-formed pin with drop loops.

Recycled Christmas Needle Book
From the Craftside blog, create this needle book out of scraps from recycled wool felted sweaters. HTis is the perfect gift for the stitcher in your life.

Painted Christmas Cards
Imagine receiving not just your average Hallmark card, but one hand painted by a dear friend. Spend a cozy night painting a few cards with the instructions and technique guides from Marion Boddy-Evans.

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I know you remember it from the 1960s and 70s, but Soap on a Rope is actually a really cool novelty...and makes a great gift. Because it keeps the soap from sitting in any water, your soap lasts longer...and is always ready at hand. And with the variety of molds, ropes, scents and colors available, you can make your own classic soapy-rope creation.

Time is growing short for Christmas projects and gifts. Brambleberry has several really cool soap and stocking stuffer kits that they are featuring...including Glitter Soap, and a Sweet and a Spice version of a Stocking Stuffer kit. Really fun stuff!

Many of us have been spending a lot of time in the kitchen the past few weeks. I've made a few of batches of soap - pretty standard stuff - one with a blend of spearmint, clove and neroli essential oils, my Tea with Vita blend; one with a spicy, pepperminty, sugary holiday fragrance oil that I've had for a few years and used the last little bit of; and some melt and pour single-use Poinsettia Leaves soaps. What have you been making? What do you still have left to make? Click on the "comments" section below and tell us!

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