For me, the countdown to Christmas is as much fun as the day itself," says Caroline. "I love creating homemade advent calendars for friends and family, and filling them with specially tailored treats.
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These look beautiful hung on ribbon on the tree or displayed at a window," says Michele. "Once made, stiffen with a sugar solution or starch. This is taken from 'Learn to Crochet' (Rowan Yarns, £6.99).
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I love to make these from vintage-style papers and aged sheet music," says Kelly. "Arrange in a wreath for a unique centrepiece or run a little glue around the edges and frost them with silver glitter.
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For this Christmas, I decided to have a bit of creative fun and print my own cards each one will be unique," says Chris. "You can find all the equipment needed in good art shops, such as Cowling & Wilcox.
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I seek out vintage postage stamps from car-boot sales and markets to create these pretty designs," says Emma. "You could also take this idea a stage further and decorate sheets of plain wrapping paper.
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These will make a gift feel particularly personal," says Lauren. "I started sewing my first designs two years ago and now friends and family hang them up every year.
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This is wonderfully simple to make and can turn a plain bottle of red wine into an individual present, says Louise.
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Homemade crackers are a wonderful addition to the Christmas table as you can choose paper to fit your scheme and hand-pick the gifts that go inside, says Caroline.
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Baking a batch of these has become one of my favourite traditions," says Alison. "The recipe stays the same but I vary the shapes, then decorate the tree with them.
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I came up with the idea for personalised stars as a special way to remember family members at Christmas, says Julie
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I create different patterns every year using a simple potato print on brown paper," says Celia. "This design uses two star motifs in contrasting colours.
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I try to come up with an idea for a different type of gift wrap every year," says Ben. "This Christmas Im using tissue paper leaves and brown paper to create a festive, patterned effect.
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