the weekend {getting my craft on}

Hope you all had a good weekend. It was beautiful here on Saturday. I love being outside again...and Levi loves it too. Yesterday was rainy and dreary. No playing outside, but it was the perfect weather for a little resting. There were much needed naps for everyone here at the Macs. So nice after an emotionally draining week. Thank you for your many sweet comments and prayers. I can't tell you how incredible it is to know that so many love us and are lifting us up in prayer. Thank you!

This weekend I also got to spend time with some girl friends. One of my dearest friends turned thirty this week and her hubby planned a little girl's night for her and her friends. He asked me to lead a crafting time. Isn't that fun? It has been awhile since I have done any crafting, so I loved planning a craft for us all to do.

I have been a little low on brain bower lately because of the lack of sleep, so I emailed my craftiest friends to get some ideas...to save on brain power, you know. I wish I could have planned an entire craft day because they had so many great ideas. We ended up picking these bird nest necklaces by Sara Ortega. (Thanks for the idea, Julie!) These are the two necklaces I made as examples. I decided I'd better make sure that I could actually make them before I tried telling everyone else how to make them. :)

Want to make your own? Here are the supplies you need. I got everything from Michaels. I used 24 gauge wire and was able to cut it with regular scissors. I really could have done the whole project without the pliers, but some people liked using them to tuck in the ends and make the loop for the necklace chain.

I divided the jewelry wire into four yard sections. Everyone had plenty of wire. I would guess most people used two to three yards for the bird nest, but I wanted to make sure that nobody ran out.

For the eggs I had a jar of pearls and a jar of glass beads for everyone to choose from.

I took these pictures outside while Levi was playing and all of a sudden I looked down to find he had added some treasures to my bead jars. I guess he had his own idea of what a bird nest should look like...and he told me he really needed my cup for his rocks. :)

I put all the supplies in bags so that everything was divided up already. Each bag had a necklace chain and jewelry wire. I almost went ahead and added a few beads to each bag...because it would have looked pretty, but I left them out so that everyone could pick their own.

I had to add some "thirty" tags too...because thirty is a big deal!!

Here are most of the necklaces that we made that night. They all turned out so great and everyone could make them...even the girls who claim they are "non-crafters". We probably spent an hour on them at the most and it was easy to wrap the wire and talk at the same time. The perfect "craft night" craft.

Okay, gather some friends and go plan your own craft night. You will be so glad you did. You can find the full tutorial for the bird nest necklace here. 

What crafty projects have you been making lately? Please share!