Macramé Bracelets - Keepers

Yes, this enjoyable meeting was about two weeks ago and I'm just now getting it put on here!!  This was Aunt Jeanine's meeting and she had someone else teach us how to make macramé bracelets...her daughter, Joanna! :)

 We made two bracelets at this meeting, an adjustable charm bracelet and a square knot macrame bracelet.

 Before we did the square knot macrame bracelet we did a practice run with rope so we could see the bigger version of what we were about to do.

Measure a yard and 14" of two different color braiding cords.  The two different colors make it a little easier to do the square bracelet.  Measure 12 inches from the bottom of one end of your two strings. Make a loop above that and knot, this will be where you fasten your bracelet closed with a bead at the end.  Tape down the 12 inches of cord at one end and your loop at the top.  Cross your pink cord (or whatever color you choose :) under the two strands taped down and over the blue cord.  Now take your blue (for example) cord and go under the taped down cords and through the pink loop on the other side and pull snug.  Now your pink cord will be on the opposite side of which you started.  Always make sure the first cord you loop is the one you always start off with, in our case, pink.  If not the edges of your bracelet will turn out multi-colored and it won't look as neat.

 You can also add beads onto your cord as you are making it to give it a finishing touch.

We measured our wrists and then when our bracelet was that length we finished it off.

Thanks to Joanna for teaching us this fun and easy way to make bracelets!

We got to make a cool snack after our meeting...snowmen heads out of rice cakes spread with cream cheese and decorated with raisins, craisins, and a piece of an apricot!



~ More Bird Tree Pictures ~

At one time there were 12 blue birds on the tree! (Not in this picture though :)

 

Have a nice day!

:: January Happenings ::

The ice was finally thick enough to go ice skating on our neighbor's pond a few weeks ago so we went down one afternoon to have some fun with a couple of our Amish friends! Since then the weather has warmed up and the ice melted so no more fun afternoons skating for awhile!

 



 

Boys vs Girls hockey game :P

(The pictures were from my mom's phone so that's why they're not the best quality)

 

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This past weekend Joshua and I went out to Arizona for Harmony in the Desert, an annual event our family likes to attend.  It didn't work out with Dad's work schedule for the whole family to come out so just Joshua and I went to spend the weekend with friends.

 

 One afternoon we went and played tennis with Juliana and Hunter...

 

 Joshua went down to spend a few days with the Strite boys and I stayed in Tucson with Juliana.  Saturday there was a BBQ at the hotel where Harmony is held and then we went to play volleyball with the young people at a park near-by.  We flew back to PA Sunday morning after an awesome weekend in the sunshine!! :)

 

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Every year after Christmas we get a recycled tree for our feathered friends... Mom loves to have her bird tree up every year on the back deck and this year was no exception!  We had a heavy snowfall this week so the birds have been flocking to the tree.  We all enjoy watching them from the back door as they enjoy peanut butter covered pinecones, birdseed, and fruits hanging on the tree.

 

 The blue birds are probably the most beautiful feathered visitors to our tree!

 

 

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Lillia and David made us a yummy pumpkin roll the other evening. 

David was such a cute little helper "washing the dishes" :)

 

For the Sanger 10,

~Kaitlyn