Spent a lovely day with my longtime friend Bug. She patiently read a magazine while I got my teeth cleaned (living in the boonies + snowstorm = you have to be efficient about your trips into town). We hit up a yarn store where she picked up some Estelle Frill Seeker to knit her very first scarf. Yay Bug! Visited a tea store. Ate an unhealthy lunch. And then back home to sip some new tea, chat and knit. Now that's friendship.
And she gave my an (early) birthday present. A gorgeous Swarovski crystal bracelet she made for me. You can probably tell by the colour :) Beading is one hobby I've managed to not pick up (so far), but Bug does amazing things with it.
Such a delight to be gifted with a beautiful piece of her work.
Check out a closeup:
Of course it had to travel home with her for some adjustments. Totally my fault. When she asked for my wrist measurement I used my second-best measuring tape (my good one appears to have disappeared with those blasted pattern instructions)....and thought my wrist measurement was 8". I thought it seemed rather large, but trusted the tape. Then the made-to-size bracelet turned out to be far too large:
Apparently the 6 and the 8 look very similar on my now-deemed-evil measuring tape.
Doh.
Sorry for the extra work Bug!
What a lovely gift! Very nice job, Bug! That'll look lovely with all the awesome clothes you're going to start making for yourself. ;) Between this and your hot shoes, you'll have to make some awesome dress to show these accessories off!
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