Tonight I met my friend Beth at Dunning McNair's, a favorite East End restaurant, and actually had some girl time. The reason I am blogging this is because I want to remind everyone how important it is to get out of your basement and have fun with your friends! I made some great beads today, but the highlight of my day was being able to talk and complain to a friend that I knew when our 13 year olds were mere fetuses!!!!! That's a friendship! Love you Beth!
The AE Theme Challenge this month is Repurpose chosen by Lesley. Great subject, and I wish I had more time to work on it. The day job kind of takes away my creative energy at times, and this month is no exception! However I did manage to do a few things! The first thing I thought of for the theme was something I had been thinking about for a long time. I remembered I had this magazine that repurposed those desiccant containers you get in pill bottles into beaded beads. I set out to find that magazine in my stash. I'm glad I found it, because it was actually driving me nuts as to where it was. Here are some photos of me in the process of making some of these beads. So the first one I made, I liked ok. But noticed on the end that you could see the white container through the ends. So I got a sharpie out for the next one, and colored the ends so they didn't look so white. Then I made a few more of these beads, and quite honestly, I was done with...
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