Happy Birthday!

Today is my husband's birthday! He is pretty terrific and we are going to make a fuss!

Happy Birthday best hubby! Love you!

Scissor Happiness

I like to sew, bead, crochet, and what not. Very often I need small scissors to clip a thread, yarn tail, paper. Are they around where I can find them? Nooooo...

After years of hunting around for my scissors, inspiration struck... Okay, I saw someone with a lanyard on TV , but I like this better.

If, like me you need a little help keeping track of your scissors, here's what I did. On one end is a clip that I can clip to my shirt. On the other is a lobster claw that is big enough that it will fit over all of my small scissor handles, even the cushy rubber covered ones.

Between, on .7mm stretchy cord, is an assortment of beads in an orange theme. I used jump rings and crimp beads to attach it all together. If you are a beader, you know the kind of stuff I'm talking about.

From tip of claw to tip of clip, it's 11.5 inches. It hangs down pretty far, but that way I can leave it clipped while I'm using it. And, the stretchy cord helps me get just that much farther.

The beauty of the lobster claw clasp is that I can use it with various scissors, or take it off if I want. Don't know if you can tell, but I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. And so far... I can find the scissors when I need them!

In the beginning...

Well. This is probably a momentous occasion, so I should say something befitting, but probably won't. Here's hoping this is the start of an adventure! The name is from one of my favorite quotes, excerpted from Martin Luther King, Jr. "Stick with love... hate is too great a burden to bear."