Christmas in July

Did you ever enjoy a party so much you didn't take nearly enough pictures to capture the memories? Well, that's what happened to me tonight. I had girlfriends over for a Christmas in July party, and I only took a handful of snaps as we made ornaments for Jeanette's tree, ate, drank, and talked. I didn't even take pictures of the ornaments that I made. Whoops!

Here a few pics that aren't all about me...

Even though it was a girls' night, Brad was there at the beginning and end to help out. Kathy had missed sushi night two weeks ago, so she make sushi ornaments out of felt. She and Brad had to slice them with a real knife, nothing else worked!

Aren't they cute?

Here's the work table (with Jeanette's "Victoria's Secret" cloth). We were messy, but creative.

We painted Christmas salt and pepper shakers, glass balls, we beaded wire and formed hearts, made drops that looked like crystal, and put bows on angels. All were gorgeous.

Kathy then found a Sharpee and wrote on these balls...Bible verses mostly.

Her calligraphy skills are such a gift!

Sorry the pictures aren't swell, I was having too much fun making memories to capture them with a camera!

But Jeanette took plenty... give her time, and I'm sure she'll have a post. And I'm sure Brad and I will be finding glitter throughout the downstairs for months. Totally worth it though, we love our friends.

Next day post script--Jeanette's blog post is better. I stole this photo from it:

These are my hearts and angels. The hearts are so cute, I'm going to make some for my tree. I got the idea from a book of kids' crafts. Gold beads strung on a wire. My friends are artistic, but I'm so not crafty! (Sorry for the wild backdrop of our glass-topped game table!)