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While I haven't officially started decorating for Christmas yet, I am craving the scents of the season. Cinnamon, Balsam Fir, Winter Pine - you name it, I love it. So I found three simple ways to add the sweet aroma of the holidays to our house.

First up is this eco-friendly dish soap from ECOS: Earth Friendly Products.

Their limited edition holiday DishmateTM dish soap is available in a fresh Winterpine scent. (Ecos.com; $3.49). My dishes and kitchen have never smelled so festive!

I always stock up on cinnamon sticks before the holidays. I simply break them in half, add them to a pot of water and simmer on my stovetop for hours. Sometimes I sprinkle a little ground cinnamon on top for good measure. These were $1.00 per pack at The Christmas Tree Shops.

Last up is this Evergreen Forest candle from Everyday Lune. I picked it up from Marshall's ($6.99) and OMG, it made the entire house smell like a fresh-picked Christmas tree. We've been using an artificial tree for years now, so this is a welcome scent in our home. It brings back memories of the real trees we always had in my childhood home for Christmas.

How do you make your home capture the scent of the season?

Jeanine

Note: I was provided a sample of ECOS dish soap for review; however all text, opinions, etc. are my own.

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Sharing a few more Xmas tart tins I made last week. Told you I was slightly obsessed with making these!

While some of my friends on Instagram are already decorating for Xmas, I'm content just crafting and planning on where to display these when the time comes. The little reindeer and feed sack are from Michael's. Had everything else I needed.

These guys are also from Michael's. I added the 25 Bingo chip and faux moss.

I have (eep!) one tin left. I gave some to my 9 year old so he could make his own. He used Lego pieces for his and they came out quite cute. I'm still figuring out what to do with my lone survivor...

Jeanine

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I bought a bunch of tart tins from our local thrift store a couple of weeks ago.

They were too new for what I had in mind, so I searched Pinterest for a recipe on how to age them. Some vinegar, salt and water gave me exactly the look I was going for, so I could turn them into...

Xmas magnets!

I used random pieces to get three different looks. This one is my favorite.

Or is it this one?

I can't decide. Each has its own little personality.

I must confess: I'm a little obsessed with making these now and have some others in the works.

Jeanine

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Wishing all of my bloggy friends a very happy Halloween!

Jeanine

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I know Monday is Halloween, but who isn't already thinking about Christmas projects? I know I am.

I'm battling my first cold of the season, so I had some down time this week to do some crafting.

I used an old spaghetti tin to make this pretty. First I added some sheet music as my background. Then I picked the pretty French image (from the Graphics Fairy) and glued that on the sheet music.

Next came the fun part - and I do say that with a touch of sarcasm. I added some cheese cloth to the front of the image. Not exactly an easy task to do while handling a hot glue gun. Ouch! I then added some lace, burlap trim and buttons.

My finishing touch was the Scrabble letters to spell out Noel.

Happy to say I had everything I needed on hand for this quick Xmas project.

Jeanine

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I'm happy to report that I have FINALLY figured out why I couldn't comment on many of your blogs. And it did not take a Ouija board to do it. Something to do with enabling cookies, java script and a whole lot of other techie words I don't know. Anywho, I fixed it and am ready to roll again!

Jeanine