For Sale

On ebay (here ) three of my stamps at a bargain basement starting price of £1 I will also likely be listing more if these go successfully. I am aiming for a cuttlebug :-).

I will have a tag along for sale once I get it too £15 plus £3 towards postage. It will include unused extra long plates and also a normal set of plates which are used but no where near well used. Get in touch if you are interested.

Further if you visit my crafty site ----> over there somewhere there are even more goodies for sale in my for sale folder - make me an offer as I want rid now. Thanks for looking.

Back later with real crafty stuff as have done the DCM Santas thingy wotsit and a couple more wonky tree cards which were fun.

Rachel

Just a Mundane Saturday

Well that is what it was supposed to be but it turned out very different

I was up at 8 after tiddling around with Cait since about 7 - stories milk nappies etc and had a nice long bath and did some reading of some crafty books I am thinking of selling (well you have to make sure you don't miss anything) , we then got ourselves breakfasted and off out in the car to Dunelm - blooms purchased along with new bedside lamp and curtain tiebacks (well the ones that came with the house were grim and these were in the sale) then we bobbed along to hobby craft and managed an hour in there - with Cait but on leash - errrr I mean reins - she is still a nightmare though if she sees a long corridor she has to run!!!!

Managed some sizzlet purchases, stamps from the sale, ribbon from their 99p box and a punch. oh and some long plates for the tagalong so will have to look out now for long dies - they were only 2.99 - not sure how much they are normally or if that was a reduced price - the sizzlets were 1.99 which I thought was a good price too but could be completely wrong, I bought them instead of some punches I was looking at at around £6 so still saved money - will have to check.

So then we trundled home the long scenic way which was good - Cait snoozed. Got home did lunch, played crafty punches with Cait who did a neat job destroying everything I made and colouring things in. We then headed into Stratford where I managed a few bargain crafty buys in Lakeland and some non bargain but very nice buys in Blue Moon Crafts - so all in all did nothing but buy crafty stuff and a Lamp!!! Oh yeah got home and then popped to Focus for some DIY essentials came home had tea - oh yeah - and am knackered now!!!!!!! Lol - Almost - but not quite- too tired for crafty playing - lol - just waiting for Cait to go off before venturing upstairs.

No piccies again today - must remember to take camera out with us another time.

Might go up to My Sisters tomorrow and let them run Cait ragged! We shall see how I feel when I wake up - J is about 2/3 through his assignment thou which is good news. Alternative plan is park with Cait in the am to wear her out - back for a sleep and I will go to the lottie - back for lunch then who knows but roast lamb for tea.

Rachel

Spesh for Jo

Ok shops. Hilltop farm - have you been - nice big play area - lovely cakes, coffee, farm shop AND a craft shop - Ok its small but it is a craft shop. Oh yes and they do a naked male staff christmas calendar 8-)!!!

There is also Yew Tree farm some details here, just outside Stratford - not too far out and a nice country run if you like that sort of thing

There is Blue Moon (sorry no webbie I can find) and Lakeland in Stratford, also AS Blackie in Leamington which is an art shop with a few bits and bobs and then Osborne's the stationers has alot of DOcrafts stuff including alot of the papermania stuff. I got some really good sudo-stamps things there - like really thick acetate with foam shapes stuck on big swirls and such and best of all £1.49, they also have some really nice brads and eyelets at the moment in their range - I am sure you know Leamington also has WHSmith and the Works.

If you go to Touchwood at Solihull John Lewis has crafty stuff and there is a bigger Lakeland than Stratford. There is a Notcutts at Shirley which has a crafty section but franky I wouldn't bother with that unless you want to go to a large Garden centre anyway.

The Stamp Bug was good for stamps (funny enough) and had alot of other bits and bobs but wasn't big on scrapping and papers it is also difficult to find with wailing child in back seat, although to be fair once we got within shouting distance they had signed it for the event at the weekend - not sure there are signs all the time. Lovely country though.

Really worth a visit is LB Crafts at Olney, Its really not that off the beaten track and there is a lovely eatery opposite. If you go into Olney and park up round the triangular central part you will see a tiny shopping centre off one of the sides and she is in there down the bottom part.

Warwick has a tiny art shop/framers with some real basics at the back for crafters.

I am sure some of the girls could add more as well if you know of anything else hereabouts please leave a comment - if its really juicy I might even have some blog candy for you.....

Rachel

Ha Housework

You have got to be kidding Sue - I only do housework once a month on the theory that they only muck it up again afterwards - lol. I wash and dry clothes and cart them up and downstairs and I Cook & Shop. The bathroom and kitchen get done about once a week and everything else gets done once a month - Yes it can be a tip but the reality is I work, I play with Cait and I need craft to keep me sane so if anyone wants it doing they can DIY. It is getting to that time of the month again though where a blitz is required.

New stash up there isn't it just fabby!!! Been up to all sorts so hence no time to blog!! Well thats my excuse. Did some competition cards for Bex's Tandastamps Compy and more cards and more shopping - lovely stash arrived from the US in about 3 days including the weekend - just so exciting and I have too much to do to play :-( I challenged myself to try and use up some freebie papers I got and actually really enjoyed myself as it was quite a striking colour combo - bit stronger than my normal. We went out to the Stamp Bug at Cirencester yesterday - boy did it rain - it was like Noah!!! The road surface water was amazing. And so were my bargains :-). I managed to get around £90 worth of stuff for £41 so pleased with myself. But I had best stop spending now as the visa bill this month just came in - and yes it did Thud - lol not all me though - J's season ticket is on there for the footie as is a TV that went back and should be credited so that brings it down a fair chunk. Will have to make sure the repayment for the TV doesn't muck up the payments. I just had to put the car and house insurance on it as well s next month is not going to get better - lol. Still lots of lovely Tesco points :-).

Right I am now officially freezing - off to put the heating on and whip out t the post office with a few things

Rachel