Happy Valentines Day

Thanks for the Valentines Cards and recent mail! They're just great.

This card made me laugh so much Becky!

Inside... hehee!

I have had a busy few days since I broke up for the half-term holiday and it's still freezing! I've had a bit of a spring clean and found lots of household items and bric-a-brac that we no longer need. On Sunday I went to do a popular local table top sale where I sold some of the items.

I was next to a lady that I know, she was selling clothes and arts and crafts materials. I REALLY had to stop myself from buying everything! Instead, I limited myself to a box of 12x12 fancy scrapbook pages for only £2. I'm going to have a go at making envelopes after receiving some lovely snail mail in fab envelopes recently #feelinginspired! 

 I also made some magnetic Peg It! sets made using limited edition Liberty of London material tape and then I listed them on Etsy.

 It was also my brother in law's birthday so he came up from London with my sister in law and we had a small family party which was really nice. I even made this bunting to display!

Also, we all had our own personalised cupcake as there's a lot of 'special' birthdays coming up in our family and some recent achievements to be acknowledged!

Now I have to get some of my crafts ready as I'm having a stall at a community centre tomorrow.

Give away #2

Hi everyone! I've been replying to your letters and also writing to some new people too. Before I make a trip to the post office I thought I'd do another give away. If you would like to enter to win this great book then please leave a comment on this blog post in the next 24 hours and include your email address. Good luck! You can read about the book here.

*Update: the winner is Bree.

Thanks for the mail!

What better way to spend a Monday than reading some lovely mail from Rusty and Bree! I read both your letters twice and also spent ages looking at the bits and pieces. Rusty, the letter was so colourful! It's snowing here at the moment so it's nice to see more than white everywhere! I'm chuffed to bits with the London stickers Bree. I can use them on the things I'm making for my party, for crafts and letter writing. I shall write back soon, I've sooo many new goodies to send! Thank you ladies! xoxo

In other news!

My friend and I went to see Belinda Carlisle the other night. My mum used to listen to her cd's when I was a little girl and there I was singing along to all the classics like I was her biggest fan! We really enjoyed the show and my favourite performance of the night was this classic!

Incoming mail this week! Thank you pen pals...you're ace. I'm having a read in the morning.

Oh! My lovely friend Sam made me these gorgeous hand made gift bags using newspaper, brown paper and a sewing machine. So, you know what your next letters are going to arrive in folks! Sam is also running the London Marathon this year. It's all for a great cause and you can read about it here.

Crafty Places

I made my second trip to Scrap Stuff in Leeds this week to see what new things they had. I got lots of bargains including 15 baskets for £1 (great to make party boxes and Easter gifts) and sticker rolls for 25p (for handmade tags).

I also got a big roll of material in GB colours (for the bunting I aspire to make!) and all the felt they had in the shop!

After I'd been to Scrap I went to the opening of Fabrication's new shop in the city centre of Leeds. There were lots of lovely hand made crafts and clothes for sale not to mention the nibbles and wine. There's plenty of arts and crafts courses on offer too.

A while ago I read a post by the lovely Lynsey from Swirly Arts about a material warehouse in Burnley. I paid a visit excited to look at the material in the £1 per metre room! Well worth the trip if you're willing to have a rummage but it's a bit cold at the minute so I'd take your gloves.

I also got some new tapes. I fell in love with these, an airmail one and one that says "practically perfect in every way" just like Mary Poppins!

Voila!

I've created some wedding designs too which I've shown my super friend Lisa from Lisa Hindle Photography. I think a set of these hung up with ribbon at a wedding reception would be original and interactive. Coordinating paper could be clipped from the pegs and guests could leave messages...a modern twist on a guest book.  

Another design...

I also decorated some postcards with the Pro Marker pens that are half price in Hobbycraft.

I found these pretties too so I've put them in my birthday party box.