Sponsored by readers like you - Snowflakes!

More beautiful creations from my craft group! We had 22 kids last Thursday making these adorable Christmas snowflake decorations!

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If you'd like to make your own, click here for the tutorial. There are three ways to finish off the end of each arm of the snowflake - by gluing on a bead with Crazy Glue (not recommended, you'll be covered in it, and you have to wait before gluing the next arm!), by using a crimping bead, or by turning the end into a loop. I recommend having a loop at the top and bottom of the snowflake so you can hang it from something and you can hang something from the bottom, and I like the crimping bead method the best (primarily because they are really hard to bend and my hands hurt after making the first one!).

I also recommend using acrylic beads. They're much cheaper than glass or crystal, and they are much lighter. The first ones I made with glass beads kept pulling the 3M hook off my office door!

I'm still working on the lotion book - it's getting huge! - and I've started the mineral make up book. Any other ideas? I do have some time off over Christmas and we all know a bored Swift is an annoyed Swift!

We did have an exciting extravaganza in Yarrow - we made bubble bath, bath salts, glitter powder, and lip balms, but I didn't get time to take pictures as I had to run out to lead a group in Chilliwack!