BTW :: Memory Wire Bracelets

These bracelets were recently on my bead table. One of these bracelets you saw in my reveal for Lisa Lodge's My Bead Table Blog Hop, and one is a second version. 

When I posted my blog hop reveal, I had a sweet note from Kristen over at Peanut Layne. She seemed to love this bracelet far more than me! And so into a package it went.

But that isn't the fun part of this story. She mentioned that she had two daughters. And having two daughters myself, and also having a sister ... I knew I couldn't send only one. 

I pulled out a little more memory wire and quickly created a second. Slightly different shades ... the second one is a little more green. And since I was working up a green one I grab what spare green beads I had on the bead table. 

Well unbeknownst to me, one of those beads was a claimed 'precious' bead to my 10 year old. Who knew? I mean she has bowls of them lying around. But you know the second she saw the finished bracelet she said 'hey, that's my special green bead!' I'm thinking ... there is no way I'm ripping this out. But I put on my mommy hat and calmly say 'honey, you have so many beads. You want to pick one of my other beads?' She still wasn't budging. Ok, full mommy arsenal. 'I will let you pick a special bead and I'll make you a necklace with it, and I will take you to the bead store and you get to pick out anyone you like.'  That was very close. But still, she hesitated. 

But then like any self-respecting mom I told her this was going to two sisters and how nice it would be that they would have matching bracelets. That was it! She was hooked. She even helped write out a note to Kristen and her girls to make sure they knew that it was a special bead she was giving to them. For me, this is the Christmas spirit. My daughter was now way into this gift, and she feels a personal pride in having contributed to a sister gift. And now I'm crying. Kids can be amazing sometimes.