Christmas Crafts to Love

There are so many talented people making Christmas ornaments and crafts. These crafters also create some very cool looking items for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter, Fourth of July--and, well, just about any occasion you can think of.

Besides obtaining items that are well-made and unique, you can support an economy of "products made in the USA." So, where do you go to view and/or buy these products? Two mega sites that sell craft items are Etsy and Ebay. Etsy shop owners sell the cutest quilted ornaments ever. Check these out at

http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_query=quilted+ornaments&search_type=handmade

Ebay also offers many quilted ornaments:

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=quilted+ornaments&_sacat=See-All-
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Craft It Yourself

Many companies provide free templates and project ideas at their websites.

Folgers Coffee showcases some very cool looking ideas for decorating their coffee canisters. Just follow this link for templates and instructions

http://www.folgers.com/promotions-activities/can-decorator.aspx

Joann Fabrics offers many free project ideas--too many to list. Check out these ideas at

Joanne.com

Better Homes and Gardens displays this ribbon candy twist ornament and appliquéd heart ornament at their website.

http://www.bhg.com/holidays/christmas/ornaments/make-a-ribbon-candy-twist-ornament/

http://www.bhg.com/holidays/christmas/ornaments/appliqued-heart-christmas-ornament/

These cute little snowmen ornaments at Craft Elf are adorable. Instructions for making these can be found at

http://www.craftelf.com/Craft_elf_holiday_Christmas_Snowman%20ornament.htm

Family Fun lists a plethora of Christmas projects. Just type in this address to go have some Family Fun:

http://familyfun.go.com/christmas/christmas-decorations/christmas-ornaments/

Kaboose is another website that has some pretty nifty ideas. Love the polka dot ornament and the drip ball ornaments displayed at this link.

http://crafts.kaboose.com/polkadot_orn.html, http://crafts.kaboose.com/drip-ball-ornament.html

The Family Craft guide at About.Com offers great ideas for recycled ornaments.

http://familycrafts.about.com/od/treeornaments/tp/RecycledOrnaments.htm

How About a Country Christmas?

If you enjoy decorating your home in country style, then check out these Country style ornaments.

HGTV tells how to make Christmas ornaments from old shirts. http://www.hgtv.com/
handmade/how-to-make-christmas-ornaments-from-old-shirts/index.html

Sewing.Org shows how to make a heirloom fantasy tree skirt and ornaments:

http://www.sewing.org/html/heirloom-fantasy-tree.html

And, of course, who could forget the Queen of Homemaking--Martha Stewart. Martha show how to make star ornaments at http://www.marthastewart.com/
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