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Gift Guide : For the craftster

Just cuz Gift Guide Number Three is our hump list (two more mini-guides will deliver last-minute tips right up to December 20) doesn’t mean we’ve been slacking. Some of our top style, eco and tech picks are part of this edition’s pages, so read (and shop) on!

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She wasn’t born crafty, but she’s trying really hard to get into this whole DIY thing – check out those leg warmers and try to question the commitment to her stitch ‘n’ bitch collective. Her homemade candles look like twisted soft-serve ice cream cones and her wobbly gingerbread house has serious structural integrity issues. Maybe one of these creative present picks will boost her dwindling do-it-yourself spirit.

1. Stash an arsenal of crafty tools in an oilcloth apron ($24.95, Winkel, 1107 Queen East, 416-465-4247).

2. If you can avoid the knots and tangles, Sparrow Kids owl bag kit stitches up into a cute felt purse ($31.95, Token, 888 Queen West, 416-516-9586).

3. Red Spruce horse-print top ($55, Freedom Clothing Collective, 939 Bloor West, 416-530-9946)

4. Grey winter leggings ($40, American Apparel, 499 Queen West, 416-703-5146, and others), blue-and-white-striped leg warmers ($17, Freedom Clothing Collective) and red satin ballet flats ($19, Joe Fresh, 10 Lower Jarvis, 416-703-4865, and others).

5. The Wacom Bamboo, a new line of Fun Pen tablets from the industry leader, is geared to mainstream computer users who want more accuracy when Photoshopping out their double chin in their Facebook photo ($219, Future Shop, 10 Dundas East, 2nd floor, 416-971-5377, and others, www.futureshop.ca).

6. Keep things clean with this stainless steel brush washer ($29.95, Curry’s, 490 Yonge, 416-967-6666, and others).

7. Pick up a pack of project-inspiring back issues of the Worn fashion journal ($20, Winkel).

8. If all else fails, pass off Cleo Half Penny‘s festive fabric cat as your own holiday creation ($15, the Rage, 13 Kensington, 416-588-5177).

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