Tuesday, April 10, 2012

For my super big girl horse

My daughter calls herself a "super big girl horse." Previously, she called herself a "big girl horse" but recently added the "super." I asked her why, and she explained that "big girl horse" was not enough. Recently I saw some charm necklaces in the Pottery Barn Kids catalog and thought, "I could make that," especially when they were charging $89 and the reviews were abysmal. So I ordered all of the things I needed and did not already have: a stamping set (by far, the most expensive item), some chain, a couple Swarovski crystal beads to choose from (I wasn't sure which "purple" she preferred, but apparently her favorite color, "purple," is actually fuschia), and a blank silver charm on which to stamp said daughter's first initial on. I found a couple of other things I thought she'd like too (the crystal heart pendant and the butterfly bead):

 Here's a close-up:

But it turns out that even though she was interested in the crystal heart, she was not interested in the green butterfly. The stamping was problematic, so I've left it off for now, and this is what we have:

She loves it! It went so much faster than knitting and yet, was just as expensive (I chose to go with sterling silver rather than a base metal).

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