The only two I own from your list are Horse Ranch and Crystal Creations.
Horse Ranch: This comes with an extensive BB collection that is a mix of rustic farmhouse items and some distinctly wild west-themed pieces. The rustic items blend well with a variety of other collections: Cottage Living, Outdoor Retreat, Base game Farmhouse, Base Game French Country. If you like cottagecore, I think you would really enjoy building with these assets.
I don't think the game play is an expansion pack's worth of content. On the other hand, I bought it on sale for $25 and don't regret a penny of it. It depends on how much of a discount you get. I would divide the game play into two themes: Ranch and Nectary.
The Ranch game play is about taking care of mini-goats, mini-sheep and horses on a ranch. You need a property that's properly equipped with plenty of space in the neighborhood for horses to ride around. I do not recommend setting up a ranch in a suburban house in WIllow Creek for example. All of the neighborhoods in Chestnut Ridge are suitable, as well as several neighborhoods from other packs (Cottage Living, Get Together, Werewolves). Goats and Sheep are cute and low maintenance. Training horses is another story. It's basically a career. If you train up the horse in different skills, you can enter it in different competitions. I've enjoyed running horse ranches, but it's not something you can dabble in. A sim either has ranching-farming as a big part of their life, or they have nothing to do with it. Speaking of farming, goats can eat the weeds away from plants.
Running a Nectary does not require as much space, but you still have a fairly bulky nectar-making barrel that your sim dances in to crush the fruit. It also helps to have a cellar under the house so that your nectar can age. I enjoy running a nectary too. It's very hard to improve the nectar-making skill if you don't get into an energized moodlet, so be warned. It also fits in with an old-world vibe.
Crystal Creations: Very limited BB collection. It's just one room, a study/jewelry studio. Nice stuff. It blends well with assets from Realm of Magic, Paranormal, Cozy Bistro and Cottage Living. I wouldn't buy this just for building, though.
I absolutely love the game play. It's especially good in combination with either Nifty Knitting or Get to Work. You can make good money as a Plopsy jeweler, or enjoy running a cozy little jewelry boutique. This is my personal preference. I love the arts and crafts game play. I also like handing down home-made jewelry as a family heirloom . . . unofficially, I mean. I don't own Life and Death yet. Just like storing herbs and veggies in the fridge, you can store metals and crystals in the jeweler's table. You can charge jewelry in the moonlight so that wearing it gives your sim special buffs/abilities. Different crystals give different benefits.
