Granddaughter request fulfilled

The younger granddaughter who initiated the earring 

craze the last time they were here put in an order 

for two other pair of earrings.

She chose size 80 Lizbeth Berry Burst for her 

small dreamcatcher earrings which are done.

 Here is the size comparison to a nickle and a dime

I think they are the size of the dime.

She probably will receive these for Christmas 

since I most likely won't see them until then.

Have a wonderful tat-filled weekend everyone!!!  :)

3 Pairs of Ice Drop Earrings

I finished the first pair today, and found the other 

two had been done and waiting for ends to be sewn 

in and findings to be added, so....they are now all 

done!!!

 First pair finished today is tatted in size 40 Lizbeth 

Autumn Spice with small glass beads.

 Next pair are plastic purple beads about the same 

size as normal Ice Drop "gems", and size 40 

Lizbeth Elderberry Jam.

 Next pair again are small glass beads, and size 40 

Lizbeth Autumn Apple Pie.

Well, now what to start or finish????

Have a wonderful day, and hopefully some tatting too!!

Tiny bit of tatting

Was bored at a board meeting and decided I could 

do something small and not distracting-yep it's 

small, but it's so cute!!! :)

I have to make another and make them into earrings.

I am sure someone will like them!!

They are tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Autumn Spice 

with glass bead centers.

It's Diane's Minty Fudge Ice Drop pattern slightly 

altered so that it didn't have huge chains for the 

earrings(the chains are 12 ds, and the rings are 

1-1-1-1).

Happy Tatting on this beautiful(at least here) autumn

day!!! :)

Personal challenge update

Ok, I finished # 14 of 24.

This is Christmas Bauble- with a floral band 2013 by 

Jennifer Williams tatted on a glass ornament which 

is approx. 3 inches across, and it's size 20 Lizbeth 

Snow White thread.

 I tatted the center band as the pattern says, then the 

top and bottom sections around the band, but it 

wasn't enough to stay on the ornament itself so, 

I tatted chains to the bottom section of 3-6-3 joining 

as I went around to draw it in.

 Then I pulled a string 

through the top picots and pulled tightly and tied 

it off and added a dab of glue, let it dry and cut 

the tail threads. 

 I would need to get 10 more ornaments done before 

Christmas to meet the challenge, but with so many 

things happening and a friend in the hospital for a 

month so far(I have to take care of his home and bills), 

I have resolved to call this enough for now, 

and continue to try.

I filled in the empty spaces with tatted 

Christmas Ice Drops. 

Below is the picture I am sending to the 

store which I bought the ornament stand 

from which requested a photo of it filled.

Maybe people will learn about tatting, and 

maybe they will sell lots of stands.

The store is Bronner's Christmas Store, link

here:  https://www.bronners.com/

It's a gray rainy day today.  I hope you 

are having a wonderful day!!! :)

Happy Tatting!!!!  :)

Very slow tatting

The only tatting to show isn't completed.  As you 

can see it will be another glass covered ornament.

 Ok, now for the lengthy explanation of my lack of 

tatting.  For the past 2 weeks we have been dealing 

with a dear friend in the hospital almost dying.  As 

of yesterday the ventilator and most other machines 

were finally removed and he was able to talk a little 

and as of today he is being moved out of ICU!!  His 

brother and sister-in-law came from Maine to see him 

and thankfully got to talk with him before heading 

home today-we have all been working out the details 

of taking care of his home and such.

Next, last weekend on top of the prior mentioned, 

we had our granddaughter invasion again!!!

It was an extremely busy weekend trying to have 

a little fun in all the chaos.  Our younger granddaughter 

finally received her "heart of Tafiti" necklace from 

the Disney movie Moana, and you can see she loves 

it!!!  :)

 Next, the girls had me make them some earrings in 

between making lots of food for a wedding that 

happened on Sunday after our morning lesson.

The younger granddaughter picked the tiny jingle bells 

and wanted 3 linked together.

 The older wanted a single tiny jingle bell pair.

 The younger chose my size 80 Yarnplayer's Small 

Maple Leaf earrings.

 The older chose small candy cane earrings(these 

are made from the miniature Christmas tree 

decorations).  ;)

 Then the large sequins were spotted and specific 

colors were chosen by each.  This pair by the younger.

And a different set of colors by the older(some how 

I missed taking a picture-too much going on!!!).

They are lightweight and fun!!  

The girls each wore all 3 pairs through out 

Saturday.

 Next activity was to have them decorate the house 

for autumn(cheap and easy).  Our daughter bought 

dollar store packages(2) of autumn colored leaves, 

and we bought 3M brand poster tape which usually 

comes off easy without ruining the walls. 

 Place a little tape on the back and send the child 

off to place wherever(few restrictions of course!).

 So, now the autumn leaves are blowing through the 

house another year.  :)

So, I survived all our normal activities, a friend in 

the hospital in critical care, Sunday morning,

a wedding, and Sunday night.  As of now, I am sick 

with a cold and feeling miserable.  So....everything is 

taking far longer than I want it too, but I have no 

energy left!!  Got to get prepared for another trip to 

the hospital on Saturday, and our normal Sunday 

morning and evening groups!  

Keeping on tatting, and if you would, say a prayer 

for me!  Thank you everyone!!! :)