The way Laura has mapped out how to construct the buttonhole is very interesting. I messed it up the first time and had to pull it all out (this was all user error and had nothing to do with the instructions!). I understood it better the second time around. Practice makes perfect, no?
Next up for this piece is some embellishment.
The photographer obviously put some thought into the background.
No one in the house has owned up to being the mysterious photographer. I wonder who could've taken them?
We made flower pom poms from a Martha Stewart kit. I do love Martha's kits. These hung in the doorway to our office for quite a while. N liked them so much that we had to buy more to make at a later time.
We cut out lots and lots of butterflies from Amy Butler paper and made butterfly mobiles. I'm not sure, but Debbie might have kept one of these for the baby's room.
And we made a lot of extra butterflies to hang in places around the room.
It was fun to get together and make the decorations with friends.
I also made a pink beaded flower picture as part of the shower gift.
It came without a frame, but luckily I found one at a local flea market. There were two of these frames and now I wish I had purchased both of them.
Charming indeed.
N thought the statue was a little bit creepy. It's a life-size statue; I didn't know Henry Winkler was so short.
Next up was the Milwaukee Public Museum. We really liked the Butterfly Vivarium.
The entire butterfly wing was interesting.
A little something beaded...
Next was the Pabst Mansion. I wish I could show you the inside of the mansion, but photos were not allowed. The outside is something to see. It looks a little out of place with the newer buildings surrounding it.
I loved the architectural details.
Our final stop was the Harley Davidson Museum.We're not really Harley or motorcycle people, but the museum was really interesting.
Here's an early Harley Davidson from 1907.
Mark was on the lookout for Elvis's Harley.
And I was surprised to come across a very sparkly rhinestone Harley! Whoa!
At the end of the tour is an area to try out some bikes from different time periods.
Did I mention we visited all of these muesums in one day?
I also picked up some sequins. I seem to be collecting sequins for some reason lately. Maybe I'll do some bead embroidery with them.
I really wanted this Birdie in a Nest ring, but it's too big. Darn.
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This week N. has a break between camp and school, so I've taken the week off as well. We're still figuring out what we want to do. The beach was mentioned, we'll paint some pottery and do other craft projects, and maybe go to the botanic gardens. They have a model railroad garden that N. has been wanting to see. We also need to do the back to school things, like meeting his teacher and getting his supplies in order. Hopefully we'll also have some time for relaxation.
Here's her postcard so you can see more examples of her work.
I must have really been in a bird mood, because I also bought this small birdhouse ornament from Two Fish Gallery.
I also admired the work of these artists and wished that I had unlimited funds to buy everything I wanted! Photos are from their websites; one again I forgot to bring my camera with me.
We had lunch at Water Street Brewery and then browsed the remaining fair before having some iced coffee drinks at Starbucks. It was a lovely day.
First Mark tried to put a rake near the chipmunk, hoping he might just hop on it and then hop on out of the window well. That was a nice thought, but instead the chipmunk freaked out, went flying, and landed on the bottom of the window well. Next, Mark attached one of N.'s bug catching nets to the pole of our rake with duct tape. After a lot of chasing and loud chattering from the chipmunk, Mark was able to fish him out and send him on his way.
