Maybe I really need to make a trip to the produce isle, because this week I've been salivating over all things tiny, dangling and food-resembling. Check out these tasty picks from handmade artisans on an internet near you.

This pair started off my obsession for the week. These are little felt bead earrings by Meaghan O'Malley of Oh Ginger. $15.00

Can you say 'juicy'? Tempting hand blown glass from bluembrownlee. $13.50

Peanut Butter and Jelly. Need I say more? Okay, maybe I do because Lauren Swingle at The Clay Collection can turn the jelly into marshmallow or bananas for ya instead. $20.00

Grape Ape. Grape Ape. Cute hand formed clusters of grapes from Sarah at Potato Face $9.90

"Ichigo ga kawaii desu yo ne?" That's Japanese for 'Cute strawberries, eh?!' Thank Tacky Teacup's crafty polymer clay skills and affinity for anime faces. Sugoi! $10.00

Clothes Pin Holiday Card Holders
What to do with all those holiday cards? Hold them up with clothes pins as dazzling as twinkling lights with this how-to from Kate Pullen.

Make a Gingerbread House
Ever want to create the perfect gingerbread house? Okay, I have yet to master this skill..but you can! Our Barbara Rolek will show you how.

How to Draw a Christmas Tree
Here is one that will come in handy for all those handmade cards. Master sketch artist Helen South will show you how to draw the perfect tree from start to finish.

Paint a Glass Ornament
Turn a plain glass ball into a work of stained glass art. Our Guide to Painting will show you how to create this delicate trimming.

Silent Night Cross Stitch Pattern
Don't just get cozy, get your stitch on. Create a Silent Night design with this free pattern from Connie G. Barwick.

Stitch a Pear Trio
Hang up something special in your home for that Thanksgiving gathering. This free 'Pear Trio' needlepoint pattern from Cheryl Fall is just what your walls needed.

Easy Christmas Ornaments
Start a tradition for the kids to make new ornaments each year. Sherri Osborn has the shape patterns and project ideas for these ornaments that reflect Christmas traditions.

Print Thanksgiving Placecards
Add some warmth to your table with these Thanksgiving place cards that will have your guests saying 'awwwww'. Barbara Crews has the free printable for you to personalize.

Wine Bottle Wrap Pattern
Instead of giving a bottle of wine in one of those skinny bags, make a felt wrap that the bottle can be displayed in all season. Phyllis Dobbs will show you how.

Make a Miniature Christmas Tree
Why are tiny things always so darn cute? Learn how to make a little pine tree with Lesley Shepherd.

Interchangeable Thanksgiving Pins
Sometimes you just can't commit to just one pin. With this interchangeable Thanksgiving pin by Tammy Powley, you can tell everyone when you're ready for pie...and when you're overstuffed.

Want to Join Make it Merry to show off your holiday crafts? We will showcase your crafts and recipes of all holiday traditions. Learn more.

Perhaps I'm moving at a speed slower than the rest of you, but I just discovered this cutie handmade site, Red Velvet Art. It was one of those happenings where you're just stumbling through blogs and suddenly you've found something really cool. Akin to surfing off the coast of Maui and slamming head-on into an old pirate treasure chest. Okay, that doesn't sound very fun.

At Red Velvet Art, they peruse submissions and online crafters to find goodies that handmade lovers want to get their hands on. For the buyer, this means not having to sift through lots of potentially shoddily-made baubles from inexperienced crafters.

Here are some of my picks from the Red Velvet shop which include an owl purse by Brooke of So She Sews (which I swear I've seen on Etsy before), an Autumn Leaves hair piece by the Red Velvet Art studio, and a cutie rib cage bag designed by Elsie and printed locally near the Red Velvet Art home base in Missouri.

What I like more than the sweet eye candy is that this is a real live store in Springfield, Missouri with shelves and a door and everything (imagine that!). We're all getting so used to consuming our handmade fashion online that it can sometimes be hard to fathom that real retail stores are out there buying up handmade items from crafters and selling them to the world.

The shop has a limited number of open slots available each month for new products. If you are a handmade artist, you may want to consider selling to a retailer like this one to get your products moving en mass instead of to the individual buyer as in Etsy and Artfire type situations.

In the tradition of excellent blog carnivals like Alexa Westerfield's Terrorific Tuesdays, we're starting a group for the holidays to help showcase all the excellent handmade holiday crafts from bloggers of every holiday tradition.

Every Thursday you'll find a new set of tutorials on how to make everything from personalized presents to festive tree trimmings. This will be a group of thumbnails and links to each project. It's an easy way to browse all sorts of holiday decorating ideas from like-minded crafters like you.

If you'd like to play along, just send me a link to your holiday tutorial at diyfashion.guide@about.com. The tutorial must have a photo of the finished craft so that I can include it in the group photo collage.

Each Wednesday night, I'll email you the HTML for you to post the Make it Merry code to your blog for the day. You'll simply paste the code into your Thursday blog post. Everyone else participating will have the same code, so it's a great way to drive traffic to your blog and network with the other bloggers participating in Make it Merry.

If you'd like to encourage other bloggers to join in, you can let them in on how to join by adding this square button to the sidebar of your blog and linking it back to this blog post (permalink). Adding more bloggers to the Make it Merry Thursdays will mean that your own craft is posted in front of more readers.

You can participate any week you like. We'll be running from November 5th to December 24th.