This is such a classic ornament that everybody has a version of it. Martha and BHG both put beads in between each fold, I saw a paper version floating around somewhere this year, I think even the long lamented Carol…
Braided Candy Canes
A Christmas Sweets tree would be unworthy of the name without some prominent candy canes, so I’ve come up with a couple of different options. Today’s uses strips of fabric to make a nice substantial ornament, but it’s easy and…
Fabric Wrapped Candies
When I was a kid being dragged along to the grocery store, my sisters and I would hightail it to the bulk candy section and beg for the different Brach’s candies available there. I still remember the specific way I…
Visions of Sugarplums
This project is so simple I feel a little silly even posting it as a tutorial. But then I finally got around to reading this month’s Martha Stewart Living* and saw an article where she demonstrated how to make the…
Knit Gumdrops
I always look for ways to bring in as many different types of crafting as possible when I make my trees. For one thing, the contrast looks better, for another, it keeps me far more interested than churning out one…
Peppermint Discs
Peppermint is really what inspired this whole tree. Over the years I’ve seen so many gorgeous themed trees in that high contrast red and white and I knew I wanted some of that in my house. I couldn’t bring myself…
Paper Gingerbread Houses
Is there any Christmas sweet more iconic than a gingerbread house? Maybe a case could be made for the candy cane coming in first, but a gingerbread house is an absolute must. I went for a house that looked a…
Lollipop Ornaments
I originally made this as an ornament for my Christmas Sweets tree, but if you know someone who loves play food this is also a pretty great toy. When I was a kid and saw those giant lollipops in Willy…
Iced Sugar Cookie Softie
I made this little sugar cookie as a Christmas ornament, but since then I’ve made it a whole bunch more times for all my little friends who love play food. Including me. Sugar cookies are Bear’s very favorite treat in…
Rolled Candy Ornaments
A few months ago I asked over twitter what people’s favorite Christmas sweets were and then tried to think about ways to make them in fabric or clay. Some of them I gave up on – like Peppermint Bark –…