Edie's Big Day Out...

Every Sunday, Carrie and I have a Crafternoon. We get together at her place, choose a project and attempt to complete it in one day. And if not that one day, at least finish it before the next Crafternoon. It's really just an excuse to sit there and yak our brains and out and eat treats whilst still feeling constructive. We've had three official Crafternoons with one crafty conference thrown in for good measure. If you pop on over to Thread and Thimble, you can see the first project completed, a pair of bootees that Carrie learned to knit. Our second crafternoon, we managed to wrangle in Carrie's husband for our cactus pin cushion project. And might I say Bravo to you for sticking with it! We meant to take pics of all the pin cushions together, but of course I forgot to bring mine to the photo shoot. Call it moody model behaviour...the pin cushion just wouldn't co-operate. In any event, here is a pic of mine...
My coffee cup should give you an idea of scale. I love this pin cushion...it's made of felt, it's blue and it makes me laugh.

In any case, yesterday was Crafternoon day and at the very mention, Chicken Edith became very excited. So I brought her along. She has since been dubbed the Queen of the Crafternoon. She presides over the meeting, which opens with a Show and Tell period, followed by the dispensing of beverages and treats, then the craft itself, and then closing with the participants (usually only two of us) settling on a project for the following week. Chicken Edith needed a little fresh air and a change of scenery, so we hopped in the Jeep and off we went.

Always remember...safety first.

Much like myself, Edith is not content to merely be a passanger. Chickens may not be able to fly, but dammit, they can drive.


Here's Edith with the completed crafts. You can see she's a little freaked out.

We caught Edith trying to peck at the pumpkin seeds before the end of the day. I think she looks very guilty.
And so ends Edie's first big day out. More to come, I'm sure...