Our girl loved it... and still does. The only problem ... she doesn't wear necklaces, actually she permanently wears one simple gold chain, but she doesn't actually bother to change her jewellery. It sat in her jewellery box not getting worn or seen for a few years.
When we were doing the big clear out of her room prior to painting and re-decorating, she held it up with a sad face. She explained her dilemma to me, saying that she loved it but just doesn't wear necklaces so she should probably give it away, but she doesn't want to. I suggested that she keep it and perhaps change it into a form which she could make use. her face lit up, with a big nod and a smile - I love that look.
I put it aside and added it to my 'to do' list. It is a very long list.
I finally got to it last night. It was a simple matter of unstringing some of the beads from the necklace and adding two pretty crystal beads that I already had with a few of the original seed beads.
TA-DA
Our girl had the perfect place to hang it.
It is her birthday next week and a mozzie net arrived in the post last week. It is a birthday present from the same friend and now hangs happily in our Ra's room.
The relevance?
Inside her canopy at the peak was the PERFECT spot for the 'glowy-dangly' thing to hang.
She will see it every time she wakes up.
She will see it when she switches off the light.
I know it will make her smile at both ends of the day.
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Glad to see the net got all set up happily and the re-purposed beads too. I'm afraid I can't take credit for making the beads though--got them from Olive Grove in Brunswick and only made the necklace with them:) I love the idea of Ra waking up on her birthday with her happy things in place! C
We used to use mozzie net when we were young. Back then, there were a lot of mosquitoes. Nowadays, the mosquito police come around so often plus the endless fogging, we don't use mozzie net anymore. If we know of a mosquito in our home, we hunt it down and kill it.
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