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     My little Kindergartner was super excited to get her library card the other day.

       She was concerned she would loose her new library card, and she wanted to make sure she had somewhere safe to keep her borrowed books. (A real concern with 3 little siblings, and a house full of books)  So I made her a special library book bag.

I made it out of a pair of old jeans. Actually 3/4 of a pair of old jeans, I used 1/2 of a leg for a different project. It’s a simple messenger bag with a few special touches.  The front has a great decoration I embroidered on to a piece of felt, using a pattern from Urban Threads. I just zigzagged around the edge to keep it in place.

On the inside, there is a pocket for the library card. I cut a pocket off of the butt of the pants, and sewed it into place. We were nervouse the card might fall out and get lost, so we put as little hole punch in the card, and tied it on with a ribbon.

It has lots of room for all her special library books, and she loves it very much. She has already taken it to school for show and tell.

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Geek Crafts reader and Etsy seller babywalls has these water-colored Christmas cards for sale. The Dalek from Dr. Who transforms quite well into a Christmas tree. (She also has some great fruit paintings – fruit amuses me to no end.)

• Dalek as Christmas Tree

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Craftster user poe poe etched the Magic: The Gathering logo on a set of glasses for a lucky friend for Christmas. She also put manna symbols on the bottoms of each glass – click through to see more photos. Maybe some day I’ll dig out my glass etching kit and give this a try.

• Magic: The Gathering Etched Glasses

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