rebeccmeister | Jah-wahl-rus

(title from here: https://youtu.be/jOnPqCjKuac)

I currently share an office with two other artistic-crafty biologists. When we all figured this out, and I commented on it to

scrottie, his response was, "You're going to start holding crafternoons again."

And yeah, he called it. Well, kinda. What actually happened was the fashion maven invited us to a twice-monthly Bead Night held at a bead shop. So I can at least claim, "It wasn't me, I swear!", heh.

...on the other hand, I did convince both of them to sign up for ceramics classes. It didn't take any arm-twisting at all. I just told them about the classes and where to sign up. We're going to go pick up clay and tools tomorrow, and then classes will start up in 2 weeks. Oh, and the fashion maven outdid me there, and also signed up for a jewelry-making class. I'm telling you, the parks and rec program in Tempe is phenomenal.

Anyway, Bead Night brought back so many wonderful childhood memories. When I was somewhere around middle-school age, I got obsessed with some cute necklaces in a mail-order catalogue. Like the awesome mom that she is, my mother didn't just give me one of the pretty necklaces - she gave me necklace-making lessons at a local bead shop, and then I made a set of my own fantastic necklaces instead.

I don't really want to get back into jewelery-making. I don't wear it enough to justify it. However, over time I've accumulated a stack of various small jewelry-related problems or projects - earrings I can't wear for various reasons, a necklace missing a small but obvious element, an ant pendant waiting to be turned into a necklace. Enough to justify a foray.

So that all made for a pleasant evening of diversions, and now more of my jewelry is wearable again, should I find occasion to wear it.