waiting for call 2 from plebe summer

I am enjoying the summer when I do not have to get up to teach Religious school. I love working with the high school students and especially last year when we worked on the Civil Rights Movement but I love sleeping in too. Sunday mornings are my time to read or bead.

I have set up a separate area in the house to do beading. A sturdy table covered with a plastic mat so no worry of metal tools denting wood. All my tools are in bowls in easy reach. An area for the coffee cup-liquid inspiration. Next to this is a metal shelving unit to hold beading paraphernalia. Lots of bins to sort by type of bead, color of bead, type of metal for chains, wire and findings.

So today it was all about USNA and being Jewish. Two shalom sterling silver pendants but done very differently. One done with bright blue ceramic lentils and yellow pearls, and the other a more traditional gold and dark blue beads.
                        

Then I went wild with some new saying pendants from Michael's and sets of graduated teardrops in multicolor so cute! The charms are by art-i-cake very very cute.http://www.articake.com/index.html
                         

Becca our youngest just started at USNA and we are empty nesters. While waiting for the first phone call home from plebe summer I beaded a necklace with the school colors. I went bigger than I normally would it made me feel better to be beading rather than just watching the clock. I got a lot of compliments on it the next day which was fun.