Since my parents moved to Colorado right after they got married, we don't see the relatives that often, with them all pretty much being back in the state of our origins, Ohio. This week, though, my dad's sister Marie is visiting with her husband John and my cousin Tony's kids, Madison (10) and Nolan (8).
Today they came to visit my house. My aunt and Madison are into jewelry (though I found out that Madison is very much not into Chris Isaak, who was playing on my stereo). I'm into jewelry. We had a big jewelry festival. It was fun.
Aunt Marie asked if I'd be up for doing a couple of custom pieces. Her plan was to have me make a necklace for her and for the kids' mom. Well, then I said we'd do something with a pendant and of course the kids each liked a different one and there was no compromise to be had, so we did two necklaces, one for each kid.
I've got to say, it was pretty entertaining. It's been a while since I've done collaborative work, and collaborating with kids that age makes me smile. They each picked out their pendants and we spread out some beads on the floor so they could pick accents. Then we picked out each kid's favorite accent beads and I strung everything together. Then, my aunt and I picked out the beads for her necklace, which brings my jewelry total for today up to three necklaces in one go.
Not too shabby for a day's work, I think.
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