Make It Merry

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Make It Merry originally appeared on About.com Candle & Soap Making on Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 12:03:38.

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