***HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOAN***

My best friend is 60 today! I find it hard to believe that we began our friendship over 51 years ago when we moved into a new block of flats in London next door to eachother and we have shared our lives ever since. This is us on my 59th birthday last September.

The magazine cover is something that can be made at www.magmypic.com and is a fun thing to do. There are many magazine covers to choose from.

This is us back in 1992 when she had her 3rd baby...

...and this photo of us was taken back in 1959/1960 on a trip to see the Tower of London.

Joan's cousin Rita and Joan's friend Pam (who was 60 yesterday) and I get together every couple of months for a KWA day. KWA stands for Kent Wives Association!! LOL. We have a day of fun and laughter - sometimes with a theme and sometimes a colour scheme. Check back here in the next few days for some photos of our antics! We have such fun.

Our next day together to celebrate Joan and Pam's 60th birthdays will be on Wednesday. Rita and I are going to be 60 within a day of eachother in September this year, so there will be more celebrations.

I like to make us all a little something when we meet up. I have made us all a bangle. I bought 4 bangles from Claire's for £1 each.

I then rummaged through some of my clothes that were of a similar colour that I no longer need and tore up some of the silky lining in a skirt to cut into strips.

Then I wrapped strips around the bangle to cover - overlapping so that the frayed edges were visible.

I cut flower shapes from other materials including mesh netting, a pair of trousers and a skirt and layered them. I placed a button in the middle and stitched it to the stripped fabric, adding a little glue to secure it. The buttons were from my mum's tin that she had been collecting for many years.

I have seen similar bangles in River Island and all of the ladies shops for a LOT more than it took to make mine, so I am rather chuffed. I think my friends will like them too.

Happy crafting.