While cruising around the craftster website, I found a great jewelry artist who has some fantastic stuff. I've already ordered two of her necklaces and my order more for Christmas gifts. I like the long bead ones. This chick is way talented and for the amount of time and effort she has to put into making these lovely pieces of glass, her prices are fairly reasonable.

Birthday Party Madness

Well, we survived my older son's 6th birthday party. It was pretty awesome actually. We went with a Rocket Ship theme. Most of the party was held in the backyard due to the activities. We had water bottle rockets, foot launched rockets and the galaxy foam gliders from Oriental Trading.

I made a Space Ship Cake from Familyfun.com also. One thing that I would recommend to all those folks who decide to make this and use real sparklers instead of sparkler candles is to light them outside. I managed to fill our house with smoke and our guests thought I was slightly crazy, but it made a cool looking cake!

Socks and Bags

Yeah! My first knitting project is complete! Not bad for a beginner huh? Although the cuffs make my ankles look huge in the picture, it's not so bad in person. I got the pattern from Bev's Really Quick Knit Socks
Sooner or later I will try making socks with dpns or circular needles, but for now I'm just too chicken. I am trying to make my brother's upcoming new son a baby blanket, but will have to post on that later.
I also managed to finish a new purse a few weekends ago. The embroidery was so cute with the fabrics that I picked out for it. It's now in someone else's hands, but I wish I could have kept it.

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