Beading Party

Last Friday, we had a beading party at the Waasdorp's house. We invited a number of girls to join us for a taco lunch and necklace-making.
Crystal (with her new camera) and Jessica

Tosca, Wraya, and Zoe

We were thrilled that Amber Moeller and the Stacys could join us for the party!

We had 14 girls and thousands of beads!
Molly, Becky, Rachel, and Crystal
Decision time. Some of us had a hard time making up our minds what beads we wanted to use and how we wanted to arrange them. Amber did great, but the person sitting next to her (hmm...I wonder who that was...) finally gave up and just took pictures. Oh, but that person did have a very important job at the end. She finished each person's necklace for them by putting on the crimp bead to hold the beads in place and cut off the extra wire. :-) (A skill that was taught to her the night before by her sister!)
Everyone used blue, white, silver, and gold beads, but all the necklaces were unique.
Wraya was busy stringing her beads, but she looked up to give me this beautiful smile.

Once we were done, we separated the beads and put them back in their containers. It was fun to see how different each necklace turned out and how they reflected the person's taste and personality.
We all had a great time!
These next pictures aren't of beading, but they were taken the same day.

Mom, Melody, and I have been crocheting hats to put in the Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes, and we decided it was time to get them out of the storage and see how many we had so far. Amber was staying the night, so she helped us sort them by size and count them.
The hats looked so pretty and colorful spread out on the floor!
Counting...
Of course we had to try some on too!

It will be fun to see how many we end up with come November.

All in all, it was a fun day. Thanks, girls, for joining us! :)