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I'm playing catch up. This is my longest post ever, I'm sure. A few weeks ago I spent the weekend in Niagara-on-the-Lake with 6 wonderful friends!
SandyMaijaAmyNataleaVivianand Jenny (no blog, but has a beautiful
flickr site and a great
etsy shop!
(and Jenny must have hid a lot -- I don't have pics of her! )
(photos by me and everyone above)
Our theme was "birds"
This is the house we rented:
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Sandy made it so beautiful!
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We shopped and were silly:
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(
Maija and me)
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(me, Nat and Sandy)
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(M is for mouse loving
Maija)
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(Vivian and Amy)
We made each other lots of mementos:
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(i made the zipper pouch)
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(
Natalea made these necklaces for us -- mine is the "colours outside the lines")
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(Nat made these peat pots too)
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(Amy gave us little kits so we could make these nest pins!)
And we made awesome cool stuff (thank you Viv and Jenny for the tutorials):
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(Jenny taught us how to make these fabulous mobiles!)
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(Vivian taught us how to needle felt)
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(Amy made the bluebird)
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(Amy made the big one and Jenny made the little one)
And we drew names for our trades (this is what I got from Nat -- it's already up in my kitchen!)
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Thanks for beautiful memories girls! I miss you!