for thing 1

she wanted a blue one.  i like how it came out!

this one was also quite inexpensive... about $8 to make -- the beads were on sale.  it also took less time than my first one, as i was more experienced with the fiddliness of it all.

whirled peas

i saw these cool bracelets, and they were $VERY EXPENSIVE$.  google being my friend, and all, i checked for tutorials, and sure enough!  a wonderful step-by-step how to, complete with supply list, appeared.  so i did it! 

how fun is this??  and it cost about $12 at michael's for supplies.  it takes some time, as it's quite fiddly, but what's an hour worth?

there may be another of these in my future...