Riot and Frolic

a mostly ballroom dance, but also a bunch of other stuff, blog

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I own and rock people’s faces off teaching ballroom dancing at Dancers Studio in St. Paul, MN. My husband and I compete professionally in American style and wrangle eight children in our spare time. I’ve been teaching and competing in ballroom dancing for over 25 years and have lots of opinions on it. I am an expert by any means, but there are quite a few dancers who are better than me and I have a solid knowledge of basic technique, so suck it.

Craft From The Past

After fixing a broken plastic lanyard keychain my niece found, I had the sudden urge to BUY ALL THE COLORS of DMC embriodery floss and tie 6 strands around a safety pin and tote it around on my [french-rolled] jeans for a day, knotting furiously .

Satin-Assortment
Find your favorite of 454 colors.

Forgot how to make a friendship bracelet?  Brush up on your technique.

Then I wanted to use that same safety pin and a bunch more of its friends, a few beads, and some Keds for another retro craft.

 

Friendship pins

totally making these later

 

Going way back, I definitely did the crayon-shavings-on-wax-paper bit with my dad and LOVED it.  And for once, I remember my project being cooler than Martha Stewart's version (we made suns).

crayon hearts
What childhood crafts did you love?  [I imagine the boys asking if video games count as crafts.]  Big lanyard fan?  Any Easy Bake Oven bakers?  More importantly, do you still have any of your favorite crafted items?  SHARE!

 

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