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It’s so easy to use inexpensive tea towels to sew up your own charming gift bags. These bags make a perfect hostess gift when filled with pistachios. You can even use the bags as a drying or scrubbing mitt afterward!

Painted and hand-carved Dala horses are a traditional Swedish handicraft that can be displayed any time of year. But seeing them always puts me in the holiday spirit. I've made these adorable ones from popsicle sticks and toilet paper tubes and a bit of paint. Decorating them is so much fun!

I'm using some of my favorite items from the shops at Colonial Williamsburg to put together a rustic yet chic holiday table! I love incorporating oranges decorated with cloves as we used to make in Norway when I was a boy.