On Tuesday the weather started off a bit cloudy but by mid-morning it brightened up so we packed a picnic and went to the paddling pool on Southampton Common.
Louisa had a paddle
and then she saw that for a small cost you could have a few minutes moving around on the water in a large inflatable see-through ball. So of course grandma paid for her and she had some fun.
You can see the tether. A guy walked around keeping the ball in the centre of the pool.
There was also time for swimming
and making friends.
Today the craft part is what I was doing while Lousia was having fun.
In June 2013 I showed you, how while I was on holiday in Criccieth, I had devised an angel bookmark that I could use on Christmas cards.
Somehow since then I have never got around to working out how I had made the angel, and making more in time for Christmas, but recently I have got down to working up a proper pattern.
For the final pattern I have amended the design slightly (as you can see by comparing the outer two with the middle original.) I think that this will be the final version. I am planning to make them in different colours but so far have been working in white. As bookmarks I will add a cord and tassel as with my cross bookmarks.
So lovely and they would make good tree decorations. Clever you.
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Yes I thought you could use them for other things like that. (especially as my son-in-law was singing the praises of ebooks. You don’t need bookmarks like this with ebooks.)
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Love them. You’ll be making so many of these!
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Hope so! But I have just acquired all sorts of other projects I would like to do.
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Looks like a fun time! My daughter enjoys those see through balls, too. Lovely angels 🙂
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I don’t think I had met them before but yes it was fun.
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