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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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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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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How to Ship Homemade Baked Goods Without Them Arriving as Crumbs
There is nothing more heartbreaking than spending an afternoon baking for someone you love, wrapping everything up carefully… and then finding out the parcel arrived as a sad box of crumbs. Ask me how I know.
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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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Homemade Candy Canes
I’ve never even thought to make my own candy canes, but now I definitely want to. Learn how to make them HERE at CafeMom.
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Cookie Packaging Ideas
Visit Martha for a slideshow of cookie packaging ideas, such as using kitchen molds or mailer tubes.
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Pepperidge Farm’s Cookie House Contest (a BIG Prize and a BIG Donation)
I have a special fondness and weakness for all things Pepperidge Farm. I grew up on their Goldfish, as is my 2-year old currently, and I have distinct memories of my grandmother always having milano and chessmen cookies in the cupboard. Oh, and don’t get me started on how much I rely on the puff pastry.
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Salt Dough Christmas Ornaments
As my 2-year old recently discovered “baking” (standing on the kitchen chair helping me spoon stuff and add too many eggs to dough), we’ve made tons of salt dough ornaments this year. But her creations–much as I see them as brilliant–can’t quite compare to these gorgeous snowflakes at katy elliot from even*cleveland. Find the how-tos HERE.
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Holiday Cocktail Roundup
Just a tiny sampling of holiday cocktail ideas from the web:
1. Find 15 cocktails at Saveur.com, like a Santa Hat, Reindeer Martini, and Hot Toddy.
2. Find a recipe for a candy cane cocktail at Let’s Entertain. 
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Gingerbread Partridge in a Pear Tree
After spending two days decorating a traditional gingerbread house and accompanying family, I can’t get over how much I love love love this twist on the usual: a partridge in a pear tree from not martha. The how-tos are HERE.
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Gingerbread and Fruit Garland
Find instructions on crafting this beautiful garland from gingerbread and dried apples 
and oranges HERE at Homemade Mamas.
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