I've designed my winter cards, gathered my favorite cookie recipes, double-checked my nice and naughty lists, and yet still no snow! Get it together, San Francisco. Until I head back to Chicago in January, I'll have to make do with handmade and man-made snow, even if it comes in a can...

• This perky little snow garland is made by Iveta Pari of Vancouver, Canada so she knows her snow! Made Mary also makes sweet felted wool snow garlands.
• Madewell's Finnish Snowball (featured in Cup of Jo's always-excellent gift guide) is apparently so realistic, you'll be tempted to throw it at the neighborhood bully.
• Our Humble A{Bowe}d made her snow ornaments using Epsom salts — and she only spent $0.41/ornament!
• Very Merry Vintage Style filled envy-inducing vintage shakers with various glitters, creating a fabulously sparkly tabletop tableau.
• Martha Stewart hung a shower of starched doilies from a window frame for a charming effect. Just looking at that picture makes me crave cocoa.
• Worse-case scenario: get yourself some instant snow. It is very mysterious, and I have no idea how it works or what it's made of, but it's pretty cute!
• Finally, before you spray the entire apartment with aerosol snow, you might like to know what it's made of. Wired can tell you all about it, but here's a hint: beef fat! Ew.