Handicraft and holidays have always gone hand-in-hand in my household (Wholly Alliteration!); ever since I was a little girl, there was always a craft-station ready to go starting around mid-November.

And as I got older, and especially started refining my crocheting skills, that little table eventually turned into the bonus-room over my parents’ garage…

Where I do my best to make a little “Christmas-magic” every year…

My favorite project every year, is when I sit down (typically around mid-July) and crochet as many snowflakes as I possibly can before my ganglia nodes flare up (don’t worry, they don’t hurt - they’re just kind of ugly to look at).

My first batch of “Christmas Snow” (*circa 2022*);
*Note the old logo and name on the tags!*

I typically don’t follow any set pattern when I make my snowflakes; with the 5-pointed, “Christmas Star,” being the only exception. I prefer to go off-pattern-book when making them because it mirrors how snowflakes are actually made in nature: no two snowflakes are ever perfectly identical.

My snowflakes were SUPER popular the first year I started selling them. And I got so many wonderful complements from all kinds of people! I even got to swap a few stories with some ladies about how their mothers and grandmothers used to make them, too, for their Christmas trees.

But, as much as the snowflake decorations are my favorite, I don’t like to limit myself to just one of anything (because the power of my ADHD compels me!)