Ana and I had so much fun making these!
Now we are considering going through all the old jewelry to make more!
The Legend of the Christmas Spider
Author Unknown
A
long time ago , a mother prepared for Christmas Eve. She cleaned and
scrubbed her home, chasing the spiders from the living room with her
broom. The spiders fled to the attic and listened to the excitement
below as the Christmas tree was put up and decorated. When all was
quiet again, the little spiders crept back downstairs to see the
beautiful tree. They were filled with happiness as they crawled along
every branch, admiring the glittering beauty of each ornament. But
alas, by the time they had finished climbing through the tree, it was
completely draped with their dusty, gray cobwebs.
When the Christ child came, He smiled as He looked upon the happy
little spiders, however, He knew the mother would be heartbroken when
she saw the shrouded tree. So He reached out and touched the webs and,
blessing them, turned them into silver and gold. Now the Christmas
tree sparkled and shimmered and was even more beautiful than before.
Thus the custom to have tinsel of silver and gold and a spider
ornament amongst the other decorations on the Christmas tree was born.
This elephant outfit started out much like the one in the previous blog. But it turned out a little different. Sometimes, I have a problem sticking to a pattern. Its as if the creation taking shape "talks" to me and ends up different from what I started out with. My problem here was that I did not make a pattern for the first elephant outfit and this one was pretty much pattern-less, too.
I also wanted to post pictures of a gift item I made for a friend. She
had hinted for an elephant hat for the baby she was expecting and with
several tries I was finally happy with the hat and diaper set. Here are
pictures she posted of the new baby in his outfit. He still needs some
growing into the outfit but that means he can probably wear if for a
while.
