Teaching friends!

I recently got together with some family friends, who are like little sisters almost. :) They are SO quick to catch on. In the space of an hour, Marlena made the wrapped rock pendants (and developed a cool way of wrapping them) and Christiana made the earrings shown below: The rocks, and some other creations, are for our Church's Oktoberfest.

The top two earrings are based off of my Peacock Garden. I loved how Christiana used Christmas colors in them, and then plain bronze topped with blue!

The bottom left earrings are based off of my Musical Notes, and the right are based off my Fireworks.

Beads and Buttons

A friend made this for me! Isn't it darling? Its very simple to make, too.

Take a peice of wire, thread some small beads and a button on, and then loop of the wire and cut it! String or craft elastice could also be used.

My Brothers' Stuff

Arts, crafts, and crazy creativeness might not be the biggest thing in our family, but every now and then I convince my brothers to join me.

Ben has done some excellent drawings and poems, and William and Nick have both written some pretty good stories. But I don't have pictures of those.

But I do have these pictures to share:

SOME of the rings William made (I made the top right one for his Aragorn costume, but he made the rest without help):

A balloon William drew on for Mother's Day. It is our house with a "SOLD" sign. (We've been trying to move for... a long time.)

Ben, working on a drawing. He worked on it the same time I was working on my Aragorn. I think he got discouraged that my drawing actually turned out OK-- he gave up on it. :( He got pretty far and pretty good, though.

Ben is working on a rosary now, and I am teaching 3 of my brothers chainmaille. :)

My 2 year old brother had to join the fun, of course: