Hogmanay is the festival of the year's end in Scotland.
They feast (on steak pie) and go visiting (first-footing) to wish their neighbors good luck for the coming year.
I'm planning a Beef Wellington dinner with only a few friends. Sort of like a fancy steak pie? Maybe this English dish really isn't very much in keeping with my Scottish roots.... but I've never made it and it sounds so good! And anyway, I've got a few English roots too. I'm taking pictures as I go so look for a post about it in the future.
We usually have a huge New Year's Eve party but I'm just not up for it this year. So much work and so many leftovers. We want to be dieting and are still trying to finish of the goodies from Christmas.
But somehow I can't just sit around and order pizza, so I decided to make some thing interesting and once I'm cooking it might as well be for at least 4 people.
So we're having a low key dinner.
I decided to take the earrings I made over the last year or so that were stored in little jars put them onto cards and see how they look:
There are over 30 pairs! I made them to help me get better with my wrapped loops and simple loops, both wire wrapping techniques. I think I could sell these. None are made with expensive materials.... maybe $5 per pair?
In the last mix of beads I bought were these cool sliders with sunflowers on them. I'm playing with ideas for a necklace using them. I was going to make it 2-strand but by
using this bead planning board I thought to stagger the sliders and make it 3 strands instead. I like the use of the large pearls and other mish-mash of beads. In a way you hardly notice the sliders which I think I like!
I received the 12 lb box of buttons yesterday.... wow! I've hardly done anything except sort through it. So many shell buttons! And lots of interesting stuff.
I'll post about it when I have it under control.
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