Bracelets for boys

I have three boys and one girl. It is always simple to make something for the girl as she sort of loves everything.
The boys are a bit jealous of this, as they also want me to spend time making something for them. Of course they do not know what they want, but something. They are 8, 10 and 12 years old, so it can be a  bit of a challenge.
However, now I tried to make some bracelets that were more geared towards boys than girls, however, they can be used by both as I discovered when my girl wanted them also.
The boys haven't worn them yet, but they did approve.

It brown leather, macrame and then a silver figure of a tiger is attached. I have attached the figure two places so it will not move. 

Here I have used a silver, thick thread. It was not very easy to use and I am not that happy with it, but it was ok. The silver figure is a dragon. This was also attached two places so it will not move around.

 Here I have used several rings, in bright silver and in bronze. I attached a dragon to one of the rings so it will not swing freely.

 On this I used silver ringers and I attached the tiger between two of the rings. The problem is that neither the tiger or the dragon has to attachment points. Thus I had to improvise, it worked after a bit of trial and error.

De blir så fort store

Idag har jeg sendt eldstemann av gårde på leirskole. Det er rart å tenke på at han har blitt så stor at han nå klarer seg selv. Skjønt, jeg ville gjerne vært en flue på veggen når han skal re opp sengen. For han har påstatt hardnakket at han ikke trenger å lære hvordan man rer opp en seng.
Det er godt for ungene å komme seg litt vekk fra mamma. Jeg savner han helt klart, men jeg er og veldig glad for at han nå sprer vingene sine.

Det  er herlig å ha litt tid for seg selv, minstejenten sover og de andre guttene sitter og spiller. Litt vedmodig og, at de begynner å bli så store, men det er jo slik livet er.  Nye utfordringer nærmer seg, flere "blomster og bier" samtaler og etterhvert noen alkohol samtaler.

Jeg grugleder meg......