Play time is over!

So I have been missing in the action since summer has began. I have been traveling with my kids and just enjoying some lazy days with them. It is amazing how quickly time flies when you are having fun, but now is the time to start working again. I have some projects in mind to create this summer. I have started playing with chain mail and I am really starting to get the hang of it. Linking the little jump rings in patterns is as soothing to me as weaving with seed beads. Something about the repetition is comforting to me in a way. Almost like it soothes my soul and allows me to meditate. So far I have only been working on the various instructions to most common patterns. I am going to work on my first bracelet and we will see how it turns out. So I am off to my much needed chain mail therapy session, and I will leave you with my favorite picture of my kids from our vacation to Ohio.