i wanna do art

A few months ago Grandma B sent me an awesome package filled sparkly beads. These new additions to my stash were a real mixed lot, and included was one HUGE package of assorted plastic beads. Well today Izzy asked to make pretty bead art. I'm not sure where this idea came from as my beads have been packed up and hiding for months now, but she was insistent and using her best manners. I dug around upstairs found one of the packages of new plastic sparkly bits, and handed out a handful to each monster. Who, armed with a tapestry needle threaded with with yarn, had at 'em.

O- is and old pro, and settled in deciding to make one REALLY long string once she discovered I was not going to give her more beads until she's strung the one's she had, and that she was not going to be allowed to bully Iz into "trading" with her. Iz took a bit longer to figure the whole stringing thing out, but was unusually patient and very determined; she spent a good hour making a necklace and watching Dora. Our little princess seems to be torn between making a present for Grandma (or Grandma B) and making a pretty to tie around her neck. Hmm, this worked out pretty well, maybe I should listen to the monster's suggestions more often...