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    Christmas Craft: Handmade Ornaments

    On the Farm, we make our gifts. No store-bought doo-dad will do–not so long as we have minds to plan and hands to make. And it’s something different each year. This year we went with S’mores Kits and Popcorn Balls (more on that tomorrow), Cross-stich Lovelies and these Ornaments, to top them all. To start with, you will need rounds of wood, with the bark still attached. Now, you can either buy these online or you can make your own. And to do that is this: go into your woods and find a branch about three inches in diameter, saw it down and cut it into pieces, about a half-inch…