The Holiday Contest entries are closed, and we have 10 lovely entries, consolidated here. Check ’em out! I’ll pick a winner, and we’ll also have a people’s choice award, so vote for your favorites below.. (Grab a nifty robot santa contest button below, too!)

You can see more views of the entries in the Dabbled Flickr Pool, and be sure to click through the links below for more information about the item creation, and for tutorials on some.

1. Mini Snow Globes (more, and tutorial, here),
2. Christmas Trees for a Mantle,
3. Purse from Sweaters,
4. Snowmen: Tink and Estelle (and The Colonel),
5. Retro Plaid Crossover Bag,
6. Wine Bucket Cozy, Coasters, and Table Topper,
7. Tree Skirt from Bridesmaid Dress (tutorial here),
8. Recycled Tree Stump Snowmen Ornaments (tutorial here),
9. Santa wooden centerpiece,
10. Forest Wool Hip Bag

Vote for your favorite 2 items in the poll, below!

Oh, and for the contest:
Diana Evans entered these adorable snowman ornaments and this nifty Santa centerpiece in the Dabbled Holiday Contest. See other entries HERE.

Some More Linky Goodness:
Edge Lit Holiday Cards at Evil Mad Scientist — detailed techie tutorial!
Nessa Dee has a lovely homemade Advent Calendar
Great Craft for kids to make for gifts: Monsters at Some Art Fabric!
Glass Finials at Hostess with the Mostess
Gorgeous Faux Bois Christmas cookies via Craftershock
Gingersaurus Rex cookies from TissuePapers!
Ornamental Birdies from Birds and Fishes also unique holiday gift wrap…and this great window treatment!
Handmade Christmas Cards at Chica & Jo.
Create a Snowstorm Garland With Two Supplies
Make colorful 3D stars! via Craft
Gumdrop Wreath and adorable ornaments at Creative Kismet
Recycle Wrapping Paper to Make This Elegant Ornament – from flickr user heartaday. Tutorial here.
Oh, and do check out these great mexican mirror ornaments by Diane‘s mom! How to here
Craft Addiction has some adorable fabric sweet treats!
A great crafty Hanukkah roundup at One Pretty Thing
Make your own marshmallows, and other edible gifts, at Slashfood

laurienrick enters several cool items! You can also find her etsy shop on the Shopping Links page!
Rows 1&2:
-a retro plaid crossover bag: “It began as a vintage wool dress that was all sewn together except for the hems around the skirt and sleeves – very Mary Tyler Moore. I appliqued some little flowers cut from a wool skirt over a few little moth bites, and it’s lined with a lovely brown bed sheet. “
–forest wool hip bag: “This little hip bag is made from a repurposed forest green wool sweater, a discontinued upholstery remnant, and an olive green woven belt. It has an interior pocket made from olive green corduroy.”
Last Row:
–Tink & Estelle: Their bodies were a tablecloth, the hats were a sweaters, and the scarves are a remnants of a red sweater and a piece of vintage fabric.
-The Colonel: The Colonel’s body was a tablecloth, his hat was a sweater, and the scarf was a remnant of flannel fabric… decorated with some cute little vintage buttons.
–Cute Cordoroy Christmas Trees: “They are made from a green corduroy shirt I found at Goodwill, and I strung some sparkly beads on them to dress them up a bit. “

Row 3 (Pic 1) and Row 5, from She’s Crafty (shop here)
Love this cozy sweater bag… it even has pockets!
Wine Bucket Etc: “Using 2 sweaters that were left over from from other projects, I created a wine bucket cozy along with a table topper and matching coasters.“

Rows 3&4, from Chica & Jo
Tree Skirt from a Bridesmaids Dress – So Clever! Check out the tutorial..
Make your Own Snowglobes! Such a fun little project with tons of possibilities! Check out the tutorial..

Links to all the pics above:

1. plaid crossover bag , 2. forest wool hip bag, 3. forest wool hip bag, 4. plaid crossover bag closer, 5. forest wool hip bag strap detail, 6. plaid crossover bag detail, 7. purse from sweaters, 8. Dabbled Holiday Contest – Tree Skirt from Bridesmaid Dress – 1, 9. Dabbled Holiday Contest – Tree Skirt from Bridesmaid Dress – 3, 10. Dabbled Holiday Contest – Tree Skirt from Bridesmaid Dress – 2, 11. Dabbled Holiday Contest – Mini Snow Globes – 2, 12. Dabbled Holiday Contest – Mini Snow Globes – 1, 13. Dabbled Holiday Contest – Mini Snow Globes – 3, 14. After: Upcycling Wine Bucket, 15. Detail: Upcycling Wine Bucket, 16. Tink and Estelle, 17. Colonel closeup, 18. Trees for Erin

I’ll be featuring the entries here on Dabbled as they are entered. Remember, any handmade holiday project — from gifts to decorations, or whatever — , which has some element of recycling/upcycling to it, is eligible. To enter, just tag your photos ‘dabbledholiday’ on flickr!

Full details here.

Tree Skirt from a Bridesmaids Dress – So Clever!

Make your Own Snowglobes! Such a fun little project with tons of possibilities!

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