Over the years

I have made lots of things for my husband over the years. Here are a few of the items he has received.

First is two crochet ornaments that I made for him for Christmas when we lived with his parents about five years back. I picked a heart for him because he is my love. (Hey, it is close to Valentine's; got to keep that theme going!) He picked the star because he liked the way it looked more. So when I made them I decided he could have both.

Next is a cross between bead work and a temari ball. The base of the ball is traditional for temari as is the division of six marked on it. But that is where I deviated; I did what would be the usual thread work in beads that where pinned onto the ball. The white big beads are Mother of Pearl and the gray ones are hematite, the rest of the beads are blue and white seed beads and bugle beads.Funny, I didn't know I had a theme of blue when I was making all these. That is just the color that he and I happened to pick. I didn't want to do something too girlie, especially since it was already hand, lacework and bead work.