Play Dates, UFOs and a Bite to Eat

My friend Penny threw her home open for a crafty play date on Saturday. After looking at just how much stuff I'd have to haul around if I went with paper projects, I decided to take lighter weight beading and sewing supplies along, and see what came out of it. The little felty circles above are UFOs (un-finished objects) - I have no idea what they'll become, but I'm thinking something floral on a larger background. The buttons are just resting there to see if they 'fit'. One thing is clear, I need some yellow felt and/or yellow buttons, I don't use a lot of yellow and clearly failed to see the need for it when I was buying felt. Originally I bought the felt long ago to make a tea-cosy, so maybe these wonky little UFOs will end up on a tea-cosy someday.

I had made some blue earrings a while back after falling in love with a pair that I'd seen online, last week I lost one of the earrings (how DOES that happen??). Luckily I had extra beads and fixings, so I made a new pair. Don't you love that seaglass type of blue? The beads are chalcedony, I love them in an entirely obsessive way! I hope the original earring will turn up someday under a sofa cushion or something silly like that. I'm thinking perhaps a necklace would make a nice companion for these earrings, need to work on that.

Since I was already playing with beads I made a green pair of earrings too, I have a long term love affair with green, it's my permanent partner in all things wearable. I had very limited supplies with me, so they are super simple, using whatever came to hand at the time. Penny was painting up a pair of doc martens to make some altered (wearable) shoes, and some 'I might be illegal' pins; Monica was cutting thrifted t-shirts into strips, stretching and winding into t-yarn balls to add to her very fab looking crocheted rug; Jennice was crocheting fine wire for jewelry making - very intricate and so cool! We chatted as we worked, and snacked on samosas, dhal and rice, jalebi, cookies and exotic organic spiced chocolate. Thanks Penny for a wonderful day, so much appreciated.

Today is a holiday here in the USA - Memorial Day - so I made the most of an extra day at home and baked some cheese scones for breakfast. My son loves these, so they are at least half gone now. I need to remember how easy it is to put a batch of scones together - so quick and delicious! I also roasted some eggplant to make baba ghanouj, very garlicky - yum!

Wishing you all a very happy Memorial Day - hope you have a great day, and remember those who gave their lives in service.