Beads by Syndel - 2

My 5-year-old has been busy again! :) She made over 150 beads this session and is really excited to show them off!









Here she is in action:




Here is one of her "tied up balls" before she cut it into beads:


Here's the cross section of that ball:


I'm really impressed with her work and wanted to share. :)

Enjoy!

PS) If you'd like to purchase some of Syndel's beads you can find them here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/scpaperie?section_id=6574634

Beads by Syndel

My 5-year-old daughter is in *love* with Fimo right now. She wanted to try something new, but crafty (of course, because she's my daughter) and I thought she'd like making swirly beads - and I was right! :)



She made over 100 beads in one day! She was like a bead-making machine! The color combos and different swirls just kept her so excited - and ready to make more! Watching her was inspiring to me. :)





I decided that I wanted pictures of her start to finish process, so here are a couple shots from beginning to end (sorta):


She always stacks them on top of each other because, "That helps them be swirly, of course."


Then she rolls them out into a "snake" and then she ties it in a knot. All of these "intricate" steps equal a really cool swirl. :)


See - she cut off a piece of that knot and rolled it into a ball - and look at that cool swirly! Not sure how she figured all of that out, but I do think it is really neat.

Hope you had fun checking out Syndel's goodies. She was very proud of herself (I was too). If you have crafty little ones this is a great way to spend an afternoon. Even my 2-year-old played around a little with the polymer clay and had a good time. The whole process is relatively mess-free, too.

Enjoy!

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful night!

Alright, now I usually don't 'do' resolutions, but this year I'm going to....at least try....to make one and keep it. :)

My resolution is to create more than I did this past year. I've made quite a few cards and gifty items, but (that I can recall) I haven't scrapped a single page in 2009. That makes me sad, because I love scrapbooking! I started scrapping LONG before I ever made a single card or gifty item.

I've got two beautiful daughters to document and that's what I'm going to do this year. Catch up on my oldest (5 years old) and really crank some out for my youngest (2 years old).

So, to start, I just ordered 382 prints from Winkflash.....that should get me going, yeah? They should be here either tomorrow or Monday...and I can't wait!

Ok....so here is my actual goal:

Scrapped pages: 250
Cards: 200

....starting TODAY! I'll keep a running total throughout the year.

How about you, did you make any resolutions this year? Wanna share? I'd love to hear them!

Here are some older layouts I've done (and you'll see why I need to get scrapping...my youngest has almost no pages, tisk tisk Mom!):


Easter - 2006 (Syndel)


Random photo shoot 2006 (Syndel & Mom)


Same random photo shoot 2006 (Syndel & Dad)






Ceryse as a newborn - 2007






The Discovery of Flour - 2007 (Syndel's doing)




Syndel used to call popsicles "papsimples", it was the cutest!




This was actually at Winton Woods in their sand volleyball court. 2006

More to come....LOTS!

Enjoy!

Various goodies - CRAFT FAIR

I showed off my wares at a local craft fair a couple years back - I did OK - but my location was not prime. I was about 8 months pregnant at the time, also, so it made the day very interesting! The preparation involved for something like this was unbelievable - but I had a blast in my studio!

Enjoy!