Another idea for easy Christmas appetizers: mini skewers. Find the how-tos HERE at gimme some oven.
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Inspiration: Gamer Cookies
Ah, the perfect cookies for the gamers in your life! Find the post on these controller cookies and tips on how to decorate them HERE at the always-clever Not So Humble Pie.
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Iced Fruitcake
Now here’s a gorgeous fruitcake… Find tips on frosting a fruitcake HERE at Savour Fare.
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Gift Idea: DIY Cupcake Totes
What a great homemade gift for a foodie or baker: DIY cupcake totes. Find the instructions HERE at craftster, the idea originally from Nichole Heady, HERE.
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Decorated Christmas Cookie Collection
Total self-promotion, but if you’re looking for easy decorated Christmas cookies (and this is the place to look for such a thing, after all), check out the collection I created for Reader’s Digest, including Rudolph, candy canes, stockings, trees and more. Find the collection with how-tos HERE. Also, please note, my original title of edible crafts editor at Craft Gossip … Read More ...
Candy Cookie Mix
For a pretty handmade gift, find a recipe for candy cookie mix HERE at Skip to my Lou, including a free download for this cute label.
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Peppermint Carnation Centerpiece
As found via Gordon Gossip, find tips on creating a peppermint themed party HERE at bliss tree, like this peppermint carnation sundae.
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Christmas Goodies
Check out this cute slideshow of Christmas goodies from All You, including how-tos for making these Christmas cupcakes from store-bought candy.
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Binary Cupcakes
Oh so nerdy clever are these binary “Hostess” cupcakes from Not So Humble Pie. Find the recipe HERE.
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Chocolate Bacon House
Now here’s a unique twist on a classic: a chocolate bacon “NOT gingerbread” cake house (with a salami door!) Find the instructions HERE at Almost Bourdain.
We love Bacon here at Craftgossip, in face we actually created a Pinterest board just for Bacon. THE WORLDS BEST BACON RECIPES.
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Shipping Baked Goods
Serious Eats offers great advice on how to best ship cookies, cakes and cupcakes. See the post HERE.
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Edible Gift Boxes
Check out these edible gingerbread gift boxes at Canadian House and Home. Find the instructions HERE, found via The Party Dress.
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Meringue Roundup…
… at the kitchn. Find five ideas for using meringue HERE, like these peppermint meringues from Martha and these snowflakes from bhg. 
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Tiny Gingerbread Houses for the Rim of Your Mug
This brilliant idea from not martha awes me completely: tiny gingerbread houses that perch on the rim of your mug. I mean really. Can anyone in existence think of anything cuter than this? Find the how-tos, tips, and a pdf of a pattern HERE.
Looking for Christmas themed Cookie Cutters, then check these out.
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Bear Cupcakes
My favorite, quirky, clever cupcakatier (is that a word? no?), Clare Crespo, tells us how to make her bear cupcakes HERE at Yummy Fun. These cuppies are from her fabulous book, Hey There, Cupcake!.
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