Kathreen of whip-up has put together a very nice two-part series of favorite handmade holiday crafts, compiled by the site’s contributors — one set to buy and one set to make. I sent in four of my all-time favorites and here they are!

I love everything at Star Wars Kids Crafts but the Droidel and TIE fighter ornament are especially cool…

and Alicia Paulson’s Santa Lucia dolls are absolutely gorgeous.

Diane’s gingerbread houses podcast, co-starring her mom, is fantastic!

And I love Sarah of Mama and Jack Jack’s button tree.

Check out the entire list of faves here at whip-up, and on the subject, I’m planning to repost an updated/expanded version of my December 2006 holiday crafts mega-post, which was a lot of fun to do last year!

I’m off to a holiday cookie exchange party and then to catch the tail end of the Debbie Stoller Son of a Stitch ‘n Bitch book signing at Powell’s… hope you have a lovely night too.