Holiday gifts 2014

Well, it's that time of year again. I'm spending almost every free moment crocheting, stringing beads or wrapping wire. This year, in addition, I'm also melting, mixing, & whipping body butters & lip balms.

So far, I've finished one scarf, 2 (of 3) necklaces, 4 batches of lip balms, 1 batch of lip scrubs, 2 batches of lotion sticks/body balms, & 3 batches of body butters. As an aside, I also made myself deodorant, just because I had all the things.

Tonight, I have to finish the last necklace, put all the body butters into containers, and maybe make another batch of lip balms.  Hopefully, there will be nothing left to do on Christmas eve but wrap them!

Beads, Beads, Beads

I'm spending a little time designing my next few pieces. So I've been staring at all my beads. I decided to take a few pictures:

Stay tuned for what I come up with.