Once Upon a Saturday

This weekend is the first weekend I've actually stayed in the city in a very long time.  It just so happens that my parents house is only a mere 40 miles out of the city... and a very dear friend is there... with a new born... so, you see, there's such a pull for me to go there as much as I can.   But not this weekend.  And so I found myself with plenty of free time on my hands this Saturday morning.  Ah... the joys of a carefree day... it's loverly (name that movie).  The morning started out well.  The rooms and I went for a walk through our cute neighborhood, crunching leaves as we went.  Our first stop was to that magical land of Starbucks where I got myself a tasty pumpkin spice latte... mmmm... And then, oh my, we went to, this is exciting, a cute, local bead store! What?!?  Yes, I love this store so, so much! I may or may not have gone a little crazy there.  When we got home from our autumnal trek, I was again inspired (it's so nice to be inspired so much lately) and so I sat down to hours of fun jewelry making!  And here are some of the finished products... But first, remember the other day when I mentioned a top secret piece I made... Well, the whole reason I'm in the city this weekend was for one fabulous friends birthday extravaganza!  And these earrings were made with love, by me, for her, as a birthday present!  So, I obviously couldn't put them up on my blog before giving them to her!  But now that they've been gifted to her, I'm going to show you what they look like.  Because honestly, I  love them and almost considered not giving them to her just so I could keep them for myself.... But no worries, I didn't do that... Here they are!

Don't you just love them?!  I really do!

 

These are some fun earrings I made to match my party outfit for the evening...

Just pretty...

This one I call "Twisted Wire"

And I actually didn't do this today. Those strands of beads took forever!! I could have never done all that in one day!

I found these beads at the bead store today. They were just too fun and funky and there was no way I could pass on them!

I'm calling them "The 80's Squared"

I also found these beads today and HAD to buy them... I'm calling this bracelet "Rosie" and will be giving it to a very special little girl for Christmas...

So, busy, busy day here... tons of crafting, tons of fun!  Fan... tastic.