It seems the days between blog entries is growing longer and longer. I really don't know why, except that I am enjoying my newly reacquired office/craft room soooo much that I have started several (make that many) craft projects that have been holding my interest into the wee hours of the night.
The craft demonstrations/tutorials at the Friends of the Library sale last Friday and Saturday went pretty well. Several customers participated and seemed to enjoy themselves immensely. We had good feedback, and several requests to repeat with another demo in October. We will see. It does require a lot of planning, experimenting, gathering of materials, and my working both days of the sale. Before I have always worked just one day as do most of the volunteers.
It was fun though. Sarah sat with me most of the afternoon on Friday, and she is well on her way to becoming paper bead maker extradonaire! She wants to make some jewelry for Christmas gifts. The beads really are very pretty. Amazing that old magazine pages can be recycled in such a glamorous way. I am researching some further refinements to the craft. I am considering ordering a fancy little tool and the waterproofing/ glossy finish medium that puts that shiny finish on the beads.
So pretty!
On Saturday I had several children learn to make beads, and they were so sweet - such good bead makers too. Each went home with a finished necklace or bracelet. One little girl was quite a challenge. She tried to paint my Cutting mat with Elmer's Glue. But she did stop her actions when I asked her to. It was just a little frantic keeping one step in front of her. I understand she is a special needs student. I did send her off with a finished bracelet of which she was most proud, and received a blown kiss in return. Awww - it was worth the effort. Little
Ilea who worked at the same time was so patient with her, too. She was a most precious child, and finished a necklace that was very nice.
Next month we may try to make Christmas trees from folded magazine pages. They are very pretty when finished, and the one magazine is the only material needed. They do take some time to complete, so I will have to decide if this project is plausible.
We will see.
Hmmm. I intended to write about all the cats that live in our extended families, but I certainly got off on a different track. Well, there's always next time. Besides I have trouble remembering all my Grandcats' names, there are so many. But I do have an interesting story about the new Grandcat named Ballsack. I'm sure you want to hear that!
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