My activities went something like this:
Scope out the area...lovely downtown Flemington, NJ
Watch my dad (he's on the far right!) sing with his quartet Untamed.
Take a picture of the Union Hotel before it's knocked down or something of that ilk. The UH was in business since the 1800's. Definitely charming, but up close it's starting to fall apart :-(. I really liked the colors of the hotel, but we'll get to that part later.
Taking a coffee/book break on the steps of the town hall. PS, great book.
A little more four part awesomeness brought to you by Untamed, performing on the porch of the Union Hotel, across the street from the town hall...
...which looks like this.This whole day reminded me that the best way to get ideas is to embrace what you love and work from there. I love watching my dad sing and I truly enjoy getting out and being amongst a crowd. Had I not been a constant pain to the vendors, asking them about materials and fashions, I never would have bought the two things I hope to work with:
These earrings, which are made from little glass beads of light blue, clear and purple fake pearls. The girl who made them said they were pretty simple to put together and gave me a quick run through of how she did it. My mother makes earrings too, so between her guidance and the maker's directions, I should be able to do some myself at some point! I liked the colors of the Union Hotel from before and I spent some time looking for similar beaded goodness in the same shades. Sadly, none existed. I'll just have to make them myself!
I found this pendant at a stand filled with jewelry made out of natural stones. Oddly enough, I'm not super religious, but recently they've been making Jewish rosaries, so I thought I might try something with a positive historical figure that women can relate to. Feminist rosaries, perhaps? Joan of Arc was quite the powerful woman, who used her relationship with god to save her people from British rule. Since I was going into NYC last night, and REALLy wanted something original, I took thread out of my mother's sewing kit, cut equal length of black, silver and peach thread and wove them together (it gave a little color to the gray and black I was already wearing) to create a sturdy chain.
This was the result:
I apologize, first off, for the poor quality of the photo. Secondly, for the poorly tied end. I had already worn it and had to cut it off in order to take this photo.
What I hope to do in the future is get a nice long chain and sort of make my own rosary to St. Joan, with differently colored glass beads or something. I'm not attempting to be blasphemous with this charm, but hope to sort of embrace a very influential role model.
Up next week...Kaitlin tries out Jaime's fudge recipe. My good friend from school, Jaime, makes excellent fudge...with only three ingredients! I'm going to see if I can live up to the deliciousness, and perhaps elaborate to make it my own.
Until next time, Happy Crafting!
These earrings, which are made from little glass beads of light blue, clear and purple fake pearls. The girl who made them said they were pretty simple to put together and gave me a quick run through of how she did it. My mother makes earrings too, so between her guidance and the maker's directions, I should be able to do some myself at some point! I liked the colors of the Union Hotel from before and I spent some time looking for similar beaded goodness in the same shades. Sadly, none existed. I'll just have to make them myself!
I found this pendant at a stand filled with jewelry made out of natural stones. Oddly enough, I'm not super religious, but recently they've been making Jewish rosaries, so I thought I might try something with a positive historical figure that women can relate to. Feminist rosaries, perhaps? Joan of Arc was quite the powerful woman, who used her relationship with god to save her people from British rule. Since I was going into NYC last night, and REALLy wanted something original, I took thread out of my mother's sewing kit, cut equal length of black, silver and peach thread and wove them together (it gave a little color to the gray and black I was already wearing) to create a sturdy chain.
This was the result:
I apologize, first off, for the poor quality of the photo. Secondly, for the poorly tied end. I had already worn it and had to cut it off in order to take this photo.
What I hope to do in the future is get a nice long chain and sort of make my own rosary to St. Joan, with differently colored glass beads or something. I'm not attempting to be blasphemous with this charm, but hope to sort of embrace a very influential role model.
Up next week...Kaitlin tries out Jaime's fudge recipe. My good friend from school, Jaime, makes excellent fudge...with only three ingredients! I'm going to see if I can live up to the deliciousness, and perhaps elaborate to make it my own.
Until next time, Happy Crafting!
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