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Put your creativity to use with things you have in your craft supplies or kitchen, and add some extra warmth to the winter holidays by making gifts to give to family and friends! The titles below provide ideas and inspiration for a variety of makers, from beginner to expert.<\/p>\n

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\"DVD<\/a>Craft in America. Holiday<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0[DVD] by PBS Distribution <\/strong>2013 (745.59412 CRA)<\/p>\n

Embraces familiar and new winter celebrations as part of our American experience with the handmade. Celebrate some of our most important cultural and religious customs and get inspired to discover your own creativity.<\/p>\n

\"Book<\/a>Crafting with Nature: Grow or Gather Your Own Supplies For Simple Handmade Crafts, Gifts, & Recipes<\/a><\/strong><\/em> by Amy Renea\u00a0<\/strong>(2016) (745.5 REN)<\/p>\n

A beautiful and practical step-by-step guide to growing and gathering plants and using them to fill your life and home with natural homemade creations.\u00a0Crafting with Nature<\/i> offers an incredible collection of easy projects using natural materials you can gather or grow and form into beautiful and useful crafts. \u00a0The book has a total of 58 detailed step-by-step tutorials and 44 quick-and-easy inspiration ideas and crafting techniques. Amy Renea is the founder of A Nest for All Seasons, chosen as the reader’s choice best gardening blog in the Better Homes & Gardens Blogger Awards.<\/p>\n

\"Book<\/a>The Complete Autumn & Winter Cookbook: 550+ Recipes for Heartwarming Dinners, Holiday Roasts, Seasonal Desserts, Breads, Food Gifts, and More<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0by America’s Test Kitchen<\/strong> 2021 (641.564 COM)<\/p>\n

Celebrate the season with this treasure trove of cozy cooking and baking recipes, from soul-warming soups and simple dinners to showstoppers and weekend projects.\u00a0When the temperature outside dips, it’s time to heat up the kitchen. The staff at America’s Test Kitchen share cozy recipes, from soul-satisfying soups and simple dinners to slow-simmered weekend projects and showstopping layer cakes. You’ll feel inspired– and eat well– all season long!<\/div>\n
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\"Book<\/a>Gifts in Jars: Homemade Cookie Mixes, Soup Mixes, Candles, Lotions, Teas, and More!<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Natalie Wise\u00a0<\/strong>2016 (748.82 WIS)<\/div>\n
Learn to make dozens of unique gifts packaged perfectly in glass jars of various shapes and sizes. Do you have an aspiring gardener on your list? Make a “plant bomb” jar with your favorite flower seeds or an adorable terrarium featuring easy-to-grow air plants. Headed to a bridal shower? Pamper your friend with a manicure kit or mint mojito lip scrub. Who wouldn’t love some homemade sugar cookie mix or healthy and delicious granola in an attractive and reusable jar? Complete with tips for decorating jars, suggestions for gift tags, and inspiring full-color photographs,\u00a0Gifts in Jars<\/i>\u00a0is here to make your holiday gift list a whole lot more fun.<\/div>\n
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\"Book<\/a>Handmade Gifts<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by DK Pub.\u00a0<\/strong>2013 (745.5 HAN)<\/div>\n
Containing more than 70 projects, from candle making and crocheting to paper-crafts and baking,\u00a0Handmade Gifts<\/i>\u00a0is the perfect guide to making handcrafted items that people will love. Each project is clearly explained using simple step-by-step images along with photographs of the finished item and variations on how to make each piece unique. There are even ideas for green and up-cycled gifts.<\/div>\n
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\"Book<\/a>A Happy Book of Little Gifts to Make<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Sarah Hand\u00a0<\/strong>2022 (hoopla eBook)<\/div>\n
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This book features easy-to-follow step-by-step projects, creative inspiration, and prompts, all designed to be done at home using affordable, accessible materials. Best of all, the projects are small-scale, so they are portable, giftable, adorable, and fun! The small size of the projects makes them manageable even for beginning crafters and artists, and kids will love working on the projects too (possibly with a little adult help). The art is adorable and whimsical and appeals to artists of all ages and skill levels, including beginning crafters, DIYers, crafty families, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>Holiday Baking: New and Traditional Recipes for Wintertime Holidays <\/a><\/strong><\/em>by Sara Perry <\/strong>2012 (hoopla eBook) – Holiday Cooking<\/p>\n

The holiday season is alive with tradition, and nothing brings a family together faster than baked goods pulled fresh from the oven. Holiday Baking celebrates the six major events of the season with new and traditional holiday treats everyone will love. The recipes mix and match easily, whatever the holiday. Whether the plan calls for old-fashioned favorites or entirely new inspiration, the eighty-plus festive recipes in this baking compendium will bring everyone home for the holidays.<\/p>\n

\"Book<\/a>Jewish Holiday Baking\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by Uri Scheft\u00a0<\/strong>2020 (hoopla ebook) – Holiday Cooking<\/p>\n

Bake your way through the Jewish holidays with 25 insanely delicious, foolproof recipes-including Poppy Seed Hamantaschen for Purim, Coconut Macaroons for Passover, Apple Babka for Rosh Hashanah, jam-filled Sufganiyot for Hanukkah, and so much more. These dishes from master baker Uri Scheft, author of Breaking Breads, capture the Old World\/New World\/out-of-this-world flavors of contemporary Jewish and Israeli cuisine. A handy resource for classic Jewish holiday baking recipes (with flavors from both Europe and the Middle East), plus some with a creative twist, from a world-renowned baker, in this new addition to the Artisanal Kitchen series.<\/p>\n

\"Book<\/strong><\/em><\/a>More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts <\/strong><\/em><\/a>by Joelle Hoverson\u00a0<\/strong>2010 (746.43 HOV)<\/p>\n

An elegant collection of 30 projects organized according to the time it takes to complete them, from less than two hours to more than eight. Among the projects featured are sachets, bracelets, ornaments, mittens, gloves, hats, sweaters, baby blankets, and throws. Understanding that knitters today love to personalize their projects but also need guidance along the way, Hoverson showcases many of the projects in several colors and yarn weights, and with optional embellishments and creative ideas for gift-wrapping.<\/p>\n

\"book<\/a>Sew Many Gifts: 19 Handmade Delights to Give or Keep <\/a><\/strong><\/em>compiled <\/strong>by Karen M. Burns\u00a0<\/strong>2016 (746 SEW)<\/p>\n

Quick and easy, bright and delightful — these are gifts you’ll love to make and give! Whether it’s for a birthday, anniversary, home warming, or “just because,” you’ll want to make these thrifty and nifty gifts for every special occasion!<\/p>\n