Aren't these beautiful baskets?

[Bluebear]

Longabergers

[Dookus]

1. no sex threads

oh wait... you meant real baskets.

[donheld]

2. I'd show you a better looking basket

but skinner would skin me alive :evilgrin:

[Bluebear]

3. Promises, promises

[madison2000]

4. Your longaberger needs a leonberger

[Bluebear]

6. OK that is a heartmelting shot :)

[KitchenWitch]

7. how can anyone refuse *that* face

so very cute!

[swimmernsecretsea]

5. Ha!

Made me look!

[Richardo]

8. How about the Longaberger corporate HQ (NOT a photoshop)

[Pithlet]

10. That's hilarious.

I'm all too familiar with these things. Some of my co-workers at my last employment loved to collect them.

[TlalocW]

9. Mine are prettier

TlalocW - Brag brag

[Pithlet]

11. You're talented!

Those are amazing.

[TlalocW]

14. More like I'm easily bored

So I take up weird hobbies. Balloon twisting is the first one that's paid off though. :)

Those are made with a twisting method called "weaving" - appropriate, eh? You can turn it upside down and add more on to the bottom and get a nice top hat (or leprechaun hat, etc.) or turn it upside down, put some balloon frosting around the top and bottom and a candle on top and have a balloon birthday cake.

One of the masters of this technique, David Grist, from England, died recently. He once twisted a 14-foot high - WORKING - Merry-Go-Round with 3 horses on it. You couldn't sit on it, but it would spin.

TlalocW

[Pithlet]

16. I wish they lasted longer.

But, then, their brief lifespan is part of their beauty and appeal. Unless you're 4 years old :)

[TlalocW]

17. These have lasted a good 5-7 days before

They started notably sagging, but it would be nicer if they could somehow last longer.

TlalocW

[Pithlet]

18. Yeah. I imagine after so much effort

it should seem like they would last a little longer. That doesn't look easy.

[madison2000]

12. What happens to them if there are cats in the home?

[TlalocW]

15. They deflate a lot faster

A LOT faster. :)

TlalocW

[Bluebear]

13. Amazing!