The past two weeks have been busy, busy, busy! Two days after Dance Festival, Kylie and I were off to Girl's Camp. I got to go as the Craft Mom, and with help from my good friend Chantal, we were able to pull off an awesome crafting experience for 120 girls. We had two crafts, decorating canvas tote bags and making braided hemp jewelry. The bags were a HUGE hit! Who knew they could be so creative? Chantal and I collected tons of trims, ribbons, buttons, fabric, etc. in the weeks before camp and then piled them on tables and let the girls go for it. Here are some of their lovely creations. I'm so proud!
It was Kylie's first year at camp. Unfortunately, it rained two of the four days, but she still enjoyed it. Most of her freetime was spent in the water. She did the 1/2 mile swim one day and the mile swim the next. Wow! I can't swim more than two laps without dying. She also had fun doing the polar dip and playing in the boats. Her voice was gone by Friday morning, so I know she did a lot of cheering and singing and all the crazy stuff they do!
ooo washington...so beautiful for girls camp. and I lovee looking at such grown up girls! hooray for the success of your bag project.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I've been scrolling down, and hooray for your garden! so yummy, raspberries are our favorite too. We get to "rent" a garden space at UF, and I'm hoping for a cool new gardening experience where you don't have to worry about cold, damp springs!
Looks like you girls had a great time! Wow, hearing about Kylie's swimming and polar-dipping brought back many camp memories of my own. The lake was my favorite part about girls camp. If I'm ever in YWs again and not pregnant I'd love to go and help out at camp. Of course you never get the calling you really want, so we shall see about that one!
ReplyDeleteThis makes me miss girls camp so bad! My mom went this year and said the last time she went was 7 years ago...time sure does fly. About the quilt, you put the binding on before you cut the fabric. The hardest part about making that quilt is keeping it from shifting but about 50 pins will do the trick with that.
ReplyDelete