[Nfb-krafters-korner] anniversary present

[River Woman]

What a nice experience for you!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Becky Frankeberger" <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 7:14 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] anniversary present


> Let me back up a bit and refresh everyone's mind, including mine, giggle.
>
> For our sixth wedding anniversary my husband bid on and won a class on 
> wire
> jewelry making.  The class kept being put off and off by the teacher 
> totally
> upsetting my husband.  So he put his paw down and I had my class in
> December.  Well it snowed like a dusting which scares people in 
> Washington,
> since it really does not snow very much where I live between the Olympics
> and cascade Mountain ranges.  So we left early to resume another time.
> Friday May 27, sy, we resumed.  She had a lovely lunch for us and seemed
> much more relaxed.  She did indeed teach me how to bend wire to make links
> for jewelry.  I made the links to a bracelet with turquoise dangles.  It 
> is
> really cute.  She fixed my oopses.  Then she made basically the same style
> bracelet but with sterling silver wire and the pearls from the left over
> necklace and bracelet set my husband bought me in china.  I put the pearls
> on pins, which made me feel like I was helping.  She tried one and got
> frustrated. So, well, guess I really did help, smile.  But oh the silver
> against the gleaming pearls, lovely bracelet.
>
> One thing I did on my own while she made my pearl bracelet was work with
> wire.  I made a chain stitch then I put a bead on, chained more and 
> another
> bead.  I linked the two sides together then instead of it being round, I
> elongated it to hang on a chain, smile. Everyone thought what a cool idea.
> Hey it was fun, smile.
>
> Becky and Jake
>
>
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