Craft club!

Just got home from craft club and we all had a great time. Monica was kind enough to open up her home to us and Peh provided wonderful sweets to munch on (after a great lunch from Alice of course). We had about 4 hours of bracelet making followed by a quick magnet making workshop with Alice. Everyone did a great job and caught on to the jewelry techniques really quickly.

From left to right: Maureen, Sarah, Rachel, Marcela, Peh and Connie.

Alice made a red bracelet of course!

Here are Monica (green) and Sandy's creations (blue/gray)

And some cute earrings that were made. Other earrings by Rachel and Marcela were also to die for.

And here are the super cute magnets I made. Alice had lots of cute papers to choose from so everyone's were different. I can't wait for the next craft club!

Craft Club - August 30th, 2008 - Preview

I wanted to post a little preview of a project we will be making at the next craft club. There was a request for jewelry making so we will be constructing this cute bracelet!




Here is the class description:
We will be constructing a charm style bracelet consisting of about 30 beads of your choice out of my rather large stash. If you have beads you want to use you can also bring them along. If you have wire cutters, needle nose pliers or ring pliers please bring them along. If you are interested in jewelry making as a future hobby and would like to purchase a set of tools please indicate that in your reply and I can provide you with a set of mini tools for $7. Otherwise we will share tools during class. The cost of the project is $5. You can make a pair of matching earrings for an additional $1.

This should be lots of fun!

Inglings have landed

We had the pleasure of spending the day on Saturday with my friend Karen and her adorable kids William and Eileen. They are down from Maine for a visit with Grandma and came by on their way to Jersey. I haven't see the kidlings in 6 months (gasp!) and can't believe how much they had grown. William is talking up a storm and Eileen is scooting around on the floor and giving out heart melting hugs. It was fun to play with them and chat with Karen again. We enjoyed a yummy lunch and some time at our local park complete with a rainbow shaped sprinkler which William really enjoyed
(hence the shirtless appearance). In this photo William is "fixing" our radiator. If it weren't for the diaper I bet he'd have a plumber's crack! I hope to get a little more time with them this week if they make it into the city.

River Flicks

On Friday night we headed over the Pier 46 on the Hudson for River Flicks. Friday nights are kids movie night but this particular day they were showing Goonies. I didn't really want to go since it had been raining all day and was threatening to rain in the evening too. That and I figured even if it didn't rain again the ground would be soaked. My Co-worker and pal Marcela organized a group of us to go and convinced me to head over. I am glad she did. When we arrived it was clear we were in the right spot. Every "kid" there was between the ages of 28-32! It ended up being lots of fun to sit and cheer with everyone else at our favorite scenes while eating snacks and enjoying beer in secondary containers. It ended up being a gorgeous clear night and the rain that day ushered in a weekend of low humidity and cool temps. There are outdoor movies all over the city in the summer. If you are local definitely check one out!

Beads Galore!

One nice thing about jewelry making is I can get up in the morning and get dressed and then make a custom necklace to go with my outfit. Here is my white bead on clear elastic necklace I whipped up this morning while eating breakfast. Fun! It doubles really nicely too.

I am really excited because we are in the process of planning a craft club for late August or early September and I have been asked to do a jewelry making session. When I say we I mean my dear friend Alice is organizing it. In preparation I have been sorting thousands of beads that my Mother-in-law gave me years ago and my Mother stored in her house and recently mailed me. It looked like a big jumbled mess full of junk beads but once I started sorting the beads into groups I started noticing that there are actually lots of interesting beads in there. The colors are so pretty! Now I just need to design the project!