Family Craft Day

Sunday was a big day for the family. We all met at Mother’s farm for our Family Craft Day! It was fun: Mother had a bunch of tables set up downstairs for everybody to sit at, while upstairs was all laid out with the food that people brought.

Mother had made kraut burgers (a family favorite). Stewart & Julie brought a pasta salad. Kelly, Gareth & Tara brought fresh veggies & dip. I brought cheese & crackers and grapes. Corissa brought peanut butter rice crispy crackers. Noel and Heather both came, but I didn’t get to see what they brought.

Corissa and I sat together at one small table. The both of us worked on making cards, so we had our papers, scissors, X-Acto knives, and gluetape strewn about. I got a lot done: 1 Valentine’s Day card, 1 baby card, and two birthday cards. Corissa ended up with a pile of maybe 8 little note cards that she can use for all manner of correspondences.

We chatted with Noel, who sat beside us working on her crochet project. She was making these tiny little flowers that – she said – would end up being a skirt. As Gareth said, “That’s a pretty small skirt!”

Julie sat on our other side working on her beading projects. She has set a goal for herself of having a booth at one of the craft shows in November, so needs to have plenty of items worthy of being put on sale. She also does a lot of crocheting, so will have some of those items as well I’m sure.

In the room right next to us, Mother sat in a corner with a piece of raw Diamond Willow. She was pealing it with a knife, which I have to admit made me a little nervous. She doesn’t have the greatest reputation with knives.

Kelly was set up on the sewing table beside Mother. She had bought herself a brand new sewing machine which she brought with her but ended up not using. I’m assuming she was working on a baby blanket because she spent the entire 4 hours cutting out 6” squares.

On the other end of the sewing table, Tara actually used her sewing machine. She is creating another “TaraBag” out of felts, canvas, and brocade materials all with a natural green theme. I love her creations: she does really good work.

Heather and her friend Adrianna (I apologize if I got that wrong: I don’t have the best memory for names) tucked themselves into the corner of that room on a little table. Heather was teaching Adrianna how to make earrings out of some really pretty glass beads that she had in her collection.

The men in the group spent most of the time upstairs at the front table, overlooking the tree with all the bird feeders. I’m sure they were busy talking amongst themselves; but if they looked out the window they would have seen all kinds of chickadees, grosbeaks, waxwings, and what not happily flitting around the suet and birdseed.