After dining at the Animal Kingdom Lodge's Boma restaurant,
these colorful woven baskets caught my eye.
A testimony to Disney's devotion to all-encompassing resort theming,
this display was surrounding, of all things, a restroom sign.
Of course I had to take both a closer look...and some photos.
These very cool baskets were made of telephone wire by
talented South African Zulu artisans. Such craftsmanship!
talented South African Zulu artisans. Such craftsmanship!
Now, I have a story to tell of my own telephone wire artistry!
When I saw these baskets, I immediately had a warm and fuzzy flashback
to my childhood days, of times spent with my best buds Shelley and Sue.
to my childhood days, of times spent with my best buds Shelley and Sue.
Their dad had worked at Bell Telephone and gifted them with the
"treasure" of a spool of multi-colored telephone wire.
Being the crafty kids that we were, we spent hours
cutting, twisting and twirling the wire into kooky, curlicued rings.
Tiffany's had nothing on us.
I was curious to see what I could find online that resembled our rings.
This pic from Pinterest, showing the first stage of the ring,
was the only thing I could find. Our next step was to
tightly curl each of the wires into a cluster and voila!
Just one of the tons of good times we girls had back in the day.
Before video games & cell phones, naturally.
And yes, one can definitely see the beginnings of
my artistic creativity that eventually led to my
handcrafted jewelry shop, Paisley Beading!
(Shameless plug. Ha!)
Tiffany's had nothing on us.
I was curious to see what I could find online that resembled our rings.
This pic from Pinterest, showing the first stage of the ring,
was the only thing I could find. Our next step was to
tightly curl each of the wires into a cluster and voila!
Just one of the tons of good times we girls had back in the day.
Before video games & cell phones, naturally.
And yes, one can definitely see the beginnings of
my artistic creativity that eventually led to my
handcrafted jewelry shop, Paisley Beading!
(Shameless plug. Ha!)
If you love Disney World, check out more of my Disney blog posts:
Snapshots of Disney World's Magic Kingdom
Cinderella Castle's Magnificent Mosaics
Snapshots of Disney World's Hollywood Studios
Snapshots of Disney World's EPCOT
Snapshots of Disney World's Animal Kingdom
All About Disney's Animal Kingdom Tree of Life
All About Animal Kingdom Lodge's African Ijele Mask
