{"id":176,"date":"2011-02-08T13:42:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T21:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/?p=176"},"modified":"2011-02-08T13:42:04","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T21:42:04","slug":"girls-craft-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"Girls’ Craft Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the best things about this being a very small world is that sometimes elements of your life reconnect in a new way.\u00c2\u00a0 I met one of my long-time girlfriends, Katrina, in Memphis when we were working together at the same architecture firm.\u00c2\u00a0 Years passed and we both moved away, but we always made a point to keep in touch via email.\u00c2\u00a0 Weddings happened, houses purchased, babies born, jobs changed, lives started over, 11 or so years passed.<\/p>\n

My recent move to the Seattle area brought us back together again.\u00c2\u00a0 Such a happy side-benefit!\u00c2\u00a0 We’re still retraining our brains to think of each other as living right around the corner instead of halfway across the country.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s an ongoing effort.<\/p>\n

This Saturday Katrina got a group of girlfriends together for a Girls’ Craft Day to make personalized jewelry.\u00c2\u00a0 She provided materials, inspirational links, and the patience to teach us how to create our ideas.\u00c2\u00a0 I spent several hours in the company of some excellent women and came out with this necklace.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The birthstones are for my son (August – peridot), my fiance (December – turquoise), and myself (June – pearl).\u00c2\u00a0 I also made an initial pendant that I can put on later once I also gain a ‘G’ name (hint: after the wedding).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>She coached us through the wirework for each pendant and the resin work for the initial \/ photo pendants.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s not professional grade work by any stretch of the imagination, but I’m happy with it.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s mine and I made it.\u00c2\u00a0 And I had the best time I’ve had in a long time in the company of complete strangers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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