Welcome back to Finished for Friday. My finishes this week include a book and another ornament.
This was a fun read. Crocodile on the Sandbank
by Elizabeth Peters. The main character, Amelia Peabody, is a Victorian woman of means who decides to travel through Egypt and indulge her interest in archeology. She's a spunky heroine who doesn't shy from using her parasol as a weapon to clear a crowd.The pursuit of antiquities leads to a mystery, some romance, and some excellent descriptions of Egypt. The mystery wasn't particularly difficult to figure out, but the action kept up at a good pace. Indiana Jones would have been proud.
In the crafty department, I finished another ornament for next Christmas; Clara from the Nutcracker. This one will be for Drama Girl. It's beaded with tiny beads and I had to use a magnifier to do it. Fun but a lot of work for such a tiny piece.
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11 people stopped folding laundry to write:
Holy cow! You must have the amazing tag team pairing of spot-on eyesight and highly honed fine motor skills!
Impressive!
Wow! That ornament is beautiful! Nice work! And your book sounds fun. I'll put it on my list. Thanks!
I love that little nutcracker. My problem with beads is finding a needle skinny enough to go through them. By the way, you've inspired me to head back to organizing and putting away the pile of stuff I removed from the bedroom floor yesterday/today. I'm still not finished with it but maybe I will be done by next Friday.
Love the ornament... my daughter would love it to. She was Clara at her last recital in December :)
I am so impressed with the beading- that takes a lot of patience. The kids will remember these things, though, so that time is well spent. It's very cute!
Beautiful ornament! I can just see the beads catching the light from the tree lights.
Sounds like my kind of book! Victorian, mystery and archaeology-who could ask for more.
This month I started reviewing books once a week-Tuesday's Tomes-and I've added a Linky for other reviews.
Very organized to slowly do Christmas ornaments throughout the year! Lovely!
Thank you for hosting!
Maggy
I think I finally finished my hysteria research.
I have a cross stitch sampler I started in 1974. It's still not done.
Thanks so much for hosting! I am happy I found you. I have added your party to my Linky Love Library page on my blog.
~Lori@live,laugh,love,create :)
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I've been loving seeing what you are reading on goodreads. :)
I LOVE all of Elizabeth Peter's books about Amelia Peabody! I wanted to be an Egyptologist when I was in High School and every time I read one of her books I regret not following that dream.
Then of course I remember how much I hated archaeology field school, and come to my senses.
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