Daily Archives: November 23, 2011

Learning to bead.

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Last night I hosted a jewelry making party which might sound strange because I’ve never made jewelry before. I’ve always been intrigued but intimidated by the concept, so when a friend of mine through my meetup group, Anne, said, “I could show you how,” the conversation quickly turned into, “Maybe we should invite other people from our group if they are interested” and then that turned into a very popular event very quickly!

Twelve people came over last night to learn how to make a necklace, bracelet or earrings! Luckily my friend was not the only one who knew what she was doing and a few other people were able to pass along advice and help people out as we eventually broke into smaller groups working at different tables set up around my house.

I bought these pretty hearts at a beading store the day before while I helped Anne shop for supplies for the group. After looking through her collection of jewelry that she brought to show us things she’d made before, I got the idea to try making a double strand bracelet, and I was pretty thrilled with how it came together.

Not bad for my first time! Because I was going with a slightly complicated design for my first bracelet, I kept the pattern simple with just one strand of beads along with my pretty hearts, then used a fun clasp that should be easy to put on by myself. Also, I didn’t want to get too complicated and make the bracelet too busy or clashy.

Now I’ve officially got the beading bug and can’t wait to make some more pretties!

FIR ’11 Question: What else do you do while you read?

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Fall into Reading @ Callapidder Days

Wow, tomorrow is Thanksgiving and the end of our Fall into Reading challenge is getting closer and closer! How is your reading coming along?

As part of the Fall into Reading challenge hosted by Kat @Callapidder Days, Kat will be asking a weekly reading question for us to answer at our blogs. Because what’s better than reading a great book? Talking about reading! It’s also a great way to get to know the other challenge participants in between reading. And you know me, I can’t pass up a chance to talk about myself!

This week her question is :

What else do you do while you are reading? Eat? Drink? Household tasks? Or do you usually put aside absolutely everything to focus solely on the book at hand?

Because I typically read in bed before going to sleep at night, I don’t often do anything else except read. Sometimes I get up in the middle to brush my teeth. Occasionally if the story is dragging, I’ll pause to check my email on my phone. But usually, it’s the end of the night and I’m ready to put everything else down and finally pick my book up. So I don’t tend to do much else.

When I am reading during the day, I may eat a snack or have a drink (probably the drink for sure, as I always seem to be thirsty) but I’m not much of a reading multi-tasker and I’ve found when I try to be, that I don’t get much reading done! I like to devote myself to the story.

How about you? Do you multi-task while you read or not?