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Holiday 2008: Our Favorite Ornaments
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Published on November 21, 2008 in Etc 		Photo by

soleilgirl

We gave you a daunting Etsy Holiday challenge: you had to pick one ornament from a pool of 60 items chosen by Etsy's blog. There was a lot of variety and this was not an easy choice. It was, dare I say, overwhelming! The voting was very, very close.

We're happy to announce soleilgirl's Leaf Peace Symbol felt ornament - Emerald Green won! You can see the 21 top ranked items below. Look for some of these excellent handmade goodies in the Gift Guides too. Check out all the results here.

See which Holiday Cards were voted in as favorites last week!  Coming up on Monday, November 24 ... stockings!

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Nov. 21, 2008 at 12:36 p.m. rikrak

woohoo! supercongrats, soleilgirl! you make such fabulous goodies!
what beautiful ornaments etysans craft! :)

Nov. 21, 2008 at 12:36 p.m. BooneBooks

what great selections...i'm so excited for the holidays! congratulations to soleilgirl and all the other winners!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 12:41 p.m. AmandaYuDesign

wow, its amazing, soleilgirl's Leaf Peace Symbol felt ornament is beautiful and PEACE, Yes!

I am especially like "I am Christmas" GiftsandStars and "Christmas Scandinavian from Ravenhill.

The others are also gorgeous!!!!!
Many congralutions to all of you! :)

Nov. 21, 2008 at 12:45 p.m. oldworldprimitives

Congrats to all of the winners! I found some new ornaments to add to my wishlist via this challenge. :) Thanks again for including me in the challenge, and I am very excited to be listed in this post!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 12:47 p.m. XbyLeinaNeima

Congrats to winners, some lovely new founds for me :)

Nov. 21, 2008 at 12:48 p.m. oneplaidaunt

How lovely! You've made all of us ornament makers proud!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 12:50 p.m. puffluna

These are all wonderful! Congratulations! I would love to have an all Etsy ornament tree!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 12:56 p.m. KathrynRiechert

Congratulations to all the winners! I love so many of these ornaments!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 12:57 p.m. ingermaaike

Congrats to all , such sublime ornaments!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 12:58 p.m. tortillagirl

Congratulations to soleilgirl! All of the other ornaments are fabulous, too.

Nov. 21, 2008 at 1:01 p.m. multiplepursenality

Congrats to all that won and placed! An absolutely beautiful collection. Etsians have such good taste, LOL!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 1:04 p.m. staroftheeast

Wow I had no idea!!! Congrats to soleilgirl!! Wish I knew it :) (giftsandstars)

Nov. 21, 2008 at 1:06 p.m. GekkoKamen

Congrats Soleilgirl!!! what a gorgeous ornaments!!
Congrats everyone!!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 1:07 p.m. SnowFish

Thanks for including me x

Nov. 21, 2008 at 1:07 p.m. palomasnest

Thanks everyone! Ornaments are one of my favorite things, so I am so glad to be included in this list. xoxo

Nov. 21, 2008 at 1:07 p.m. notmoira

Congrats... these are awesome!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 1:09 p.m. EJPcreations

I love the christmas star. No glitz just paper, but good design!!!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 1:10 p.m. Yokoo

Such, such talent! I can't believe all of these are handmade! WOW
Congratulations to everyone!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 1:13 p.m. dmollison

Fantastic ornaments, everyone!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 1:15 p.m. bagsandbuds

Yay! I picked the winner. Too cool. Such lovely ornaments.

Nov. 21, 2008 at 1:18 p.m. dogties

Wow... We love green!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 1:31 p.m. christinececelia

I love Christmas ornaments! These are wonderful- nice job!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 1:50 p.m. craftgasm

I love the winner, but I'm especially fond of the Star Christmas Paper Ornaments and the I'm a Christmas Tree Inspired by the Sea runners-up. Such a great way to make something out of existing materials!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 2:03 p.m. humblebea

Yay soleilgirl,congrats! (-:

Nov. 21, 2008 at 2:03 p.m. karuski

Congrats to the winner and all participants! All of these look really lovely to me:)

Nov. 21, 2008 at 2:04 p.m. CreationsByDanielle

great items from everyone!
Especially LOVE the designs from OldWorldPrimitives!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 2:36 p.m. ElegantHobbies

Beautiful items... I love the Primitive Star Ornament.. Congrats everyone...

Nov. 21, 2008 at 3:04 p.m. chetart

Very nice choice for the winner. Ah heck, they're all fantastic!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 4:54 p.m. StellaBaby

Congrats ALL!!!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 5:09 p.m. AwApplesauce

That leaf peace sign is just so charming :)

Nov. 21, 2008 at 5:10 p.m. AwApplesauce

Also, those pipe-cleaner Santas are hilarious!!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 5:43 p.m. giusypatch

Congrats to the winner!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 5:44 p.m. therusticcottage

Beautiful!!! Congrats!!!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 5:48 p.m. prittyaht

i love, love, LOVE the sea urchins!!! what a clever idea!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 5:52 p.m. lillyella

yay!! Congrats, Amy!! Well deserved :)

Nov. 21, 2008 at 5:59 p.m. misseskwittys

Congratulations soleilgirl!! Your ornament is wonderful!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 6:05 p.m. SunshineandRavioli

Congratulations to all!

Nov. 21, 2008 at 7:17 p.m. treasuresupplies

So creative, I love the origami ornaments, I've never seen anything like it. Me thinks I'll have to get one.

Nov. 21, 2008 at 7:37 p.m. branda

Bravo soleilgirl!!! You always shine!!! Congratulations!!! :-) :-)

Nov. 21, 2008 at 7:50 p.m. BargainBoutique

What beautiful ornaments!! Congrats to all the very talented winners =0)

Love the Origami Holly Swirl by sweetthoughts.

Nov. 21, 2008 at 9:31 p.m. soleilgirl

I'm in such wonderful company! Thanks everyone for your kind words!!

Nov. 22, 2008 at 12:20 a.m. Xenotees

I love soleilgirl's work! Yay! So awesome! All the selections above are beautiful!

Nov. 22, 2008 at 6:22 a.m. metzypants

So damn cute!! :D

Nov. 22, 2008 at 9:03 a.m. thepaintedpalmetto

Wow, I'm so excited to be included with this great collection of ornaments! Congrats Soleilgirl!!!!!

Nov. 22, 2008 at 9:39 a.m. Nushkie

Such lovely picks! Any holiday would look lovely with these!

Nov. 22, 2008 at 11:26 a.m. tascha

Beautiful! I love the peace sign!

Nov. 22, 2008 at 3:24 p.m. BeadsInTheBelfry

congrats soleilgirl! All the ornaments were just beautiful!!!

Nov. 22, 2008 at 6:13 p.m. AdesignbyDee

Congrats! Job well done.

Nov. 22, 2008 at 6:58 p.m. julianne

Lovely collection.
I love them all.
And I agree, I'd love to have an all etsy tree.

Nov. 22, 2008 at 7:17 p.m. RabbitHoleArt

Congratulations to the winner and to all top 21!

Nov. 22, 2008 at 8:01 p.m. zakkaArt

very pretty!

Nov. 22, 2008 at 9:06 p.m. rifferaff

i love all of these voting competitions, it's exposing me to shops i probably wouldn't find otherwise. bring on the stockings!

Nov. 23, 2008 at 9:19 a.m. amiescardshoppe

congrats to winners! those ornaments are stinkin' adorable. love the owl one. :)

Nov. 23, 2008 at 9:27 a.m. TwoSeasideBabes

Wow...they're all so beautiful! I just hearted a ton of these sellers!

Nov. 23, 2008 at 9:56 a.m. TattooDreams

Very cute!

Nov. 23, 2008 at 5:52 p.m. inspireddoodles

So warm and Christmasy.

Nov. 23, 2008 at 6:41 p.m. archdiva

Now is the time to support peace, even in small ways like displaying this gorgeous ornament. Congratulations, soleilgirl...well deserved!

Nov. 23, 2008 at 7:14 p.m. MGMart

So lovely items. Love them all :)

Nov. 24, 2008 at 1:57 a.m. tamaradesigns

A tree full of these handmade decorations would look wonderful!

Nov. 24, 2008 at 1:49 p.m. SunnyDayArtandCraft

All the ornaments are so lovely.

Nov. 24, 2008 at 1:50 p.m. DeerMountainWoodArt

Congrats SoleilGirl! =D Well done!!

You're welcome to come see mine! =0D - all are 20% off with the "Santas Shop Hop" special!!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?...

and every order comes with a bonus hand-cut wooden ornament!

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{{{hugs}}} to all the winners! and Happy Holidays!!
Freida

Nov. 24, 2008 at 9:43 p.m. MyKindofBeautiful

Amazing talent! Congrats to you all!!

Nov. 25, 2008 at 1:01 a.m. nectorgirl

~peace, love, positivity and grooviness to all of you this holiday season~

Nov. 25, 2008 at 6:02 p.m. lyncarey

congradulations!

Nov. 25, 2008 at 9:51 p.m. merrydaledolls

Congratulations to all the winners! Great ornaments! Glad to see that the one I voted for - the silver cottonwood leaf - was one of the winners!

Nov. 26, 2008 at 7:43 a.m. fauves

Congratulations to everyone!

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Nov. 27, 2008 at 6:21 p.m. SuzeesJubileeZ

That peace symbol ornament is great!In fact there are some really fab ornaments on etsy! One of my favorites is this one:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?...

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Dec. 1, 2008 at 3:05 p.m. marileejanedesigns

Everything is just so CUTE! Happy Holidays!

Dec. 3, 2008 at 1:05 p.m. RunAliceRun

I'm a little late with my congratulations, but it is truly deserved, Amy! Congrats!

Dec. 8, 2008 at 4:32 p.m. lsad

Nice Job Guys! I love the sea erchin tree, it's going in my favs!

Dec. 15, 2008 at 6:59 p.m. jewelscurnow

All of the ornaments on our tree are handmade and my very favorite ones were made by my great grandma!

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