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What would Christmas be without snowballs? So, what better scented gift to give, then primitive snowballs that will last all year

Tips for PackagingYou can cut pieces of brown twine, sting the twine the icicles and snowflakes for cool Vintage Old Time Christmas Ornaments. Hang the ornaments on your old fashion Christmas tree.Put a hook in the snowballs before you roll them in the glitter, grungy mixture. The hook will dry solid in the snowballs. I like making my own hooks from old rusty pieces of wire purchased from craft stores.A pack of any size styrofoam balls found at any craft store or craft section. The same recipe is used in making the icicles too, but instead of styrofoam balls use the cheap plastic icicles. When making snowflakes, dab the compound on with a sponge brush. Snowflakes can be purchased at most any store. The cheap plastic kind.They are fast, fun, and best of all, easy. Get ready to have a great afternoon with the kids in the kitchen.Make old fashion Vintage looking Winter icicles, snowballs, and snowflakes for Christmas or Winter Weddings. A bowl of festive snowballs or icicles make a wonderful center piece for festive occasions. Surround yours with candle light.Colonization After Emancipation is based in part on newly- uncovered documents that authors Phillip Magness and Sebastian Page found at the British National Archives outside London and in the US National Archives.Grunging suppliesThe authors cite jarring remarks made by Lincoln in 1862 to a White House audience of free blacks, urging them to leave the US and settle in Central America. "For the sake of your race, you should sacrifice something of your present comfort for the purpose of being as grand in that respect as the white people," Lincoln said.Have a bowl of glitter ready on the side.I have no idea when my mother first discovered the recipe for making primitive snowballs, but I assure you she was not the creator.White joint compound, found at any hardware store. (my mother used drywall mix, but times have changed and I don't think we need to add difficult mixing of drywall compound to the recipe)Make your snowballs in all sizes. You can use the Winter Traditional White coloring or make the Down and Dirty Grungy Snowballs. You can have them scented or unscented, the choice is yours. I love to add Prim glitter to mine. Gives them more of a holiday feel and frankly, looks the big brown bowl on the white table cloth, filled with snowballs, doesn't hurt the look.Add nutmeg or cinnamon to your mixture if you want little flecks of dirt added to your snowballs.Roll the styrofoam balls generously in the joint compound mixture.Congradulations! See, it wasn't as hard as you thought it was going to be. Anyone can make a snowball! Have fun and until next time - craft on, from the candle making supplies team at www.wicks-wax-scents.comWorkshop in San Francisco holds Pie-in-a-Jar classes. Next class Apr 27; $36; workshopsf.orgA few drops of the colored stain or acrylic paint -the color choice is yours, winter blue, snowy white, creamy, or old fashion winter white.Mr Magness and Mr Page's book offers evidence that Lincoln continued to support colonisation, engaging in secret diplomacy with Britain to establish a colony in British Honduras, now Belize.Lines form early at Whiffies food cart in Portland for the vegan chocolate coconut and barbecue brisket pies. whiffies.com One-man operation The Piecycle pedals pies around Seattle's University District. twitter.com/thepiecycleThis is an breezy, simple craft to do and you will receive hours of enjoyment in making snowballs. I warn you this can be addictive.These are very inexpensive to make and so easy, even your children need very little supervision. Now if you are a perfectionist, making these to sell at a craft show, you may want to leave the children to their own side of the table.Lincoln's views about colonisation are well known among historians and he even referred to colonisation in the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, his September 1862 warning to the South that he would free all slaves in Southern territory, if the rebellion continued.Seattle's new Pie does killer breakfast versions like huevos rancheros and ham 'n' cheese in flaky, palm-size crusts. sweetandsavorypie.comAmong the records found at the British archives is an 1863 order from Lincoln granting a British agent permission to recruit volunteers for a Belize colony. "He didn't let colonisation die off. He became very active in promoting it in the private sphere, through diplomatic channels," Mr Magness said. He surmises that Lincoln grew weary of the controversy that surrounded colonisation efforts, which were criticised by many abolitionists.All Jarred Up in L.A. mails ready-to-bake pies in mason jars all over the country. Tip: We doubled the oven time to 30 minutes. alljarredup.comUnlike some others, Lincoln always promoted voluntary colonisation but historians differ on whether he moved away from colonisation after he issued the official Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, or continued to support it.Candle scent, if you want your snowballs scented, the strength is your choice, but a little goes a long way.Acrylic craft paint or water based stain, brown is the preferred color, but don't be afraid to experiment.Real NutmegThen drop in the bowl of glitter glass (my personal favorite) Make sure you coat the snowball evenly all around.Pick it up, gently, and shake off the excess glitter. Place the snowball on a pizza pan that is lined with old fashion wax paper.As the nation celebrated the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's first inauguration on Friday, the book by a researcher at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, said Lincoln was more committed to colonising blacks than previously known.

Congradulations! See, it wasn't as hard as you thought it was going to be. Anyone can make a snowball! Have fun and until next time - craft on, from the candle making supplies team at www.wicks-wax-scents.com

Author: Starlina Stimmer