craftdancer
07-08-2011, 11:30 AM
Just back from a foray round a couple of car boot fairs and have been happily successful, considering the poor showing last weekend.
£1 - Small Bodum teapot for OH who broke his pottery teapot a week or two ago. It's only him who drinks tea and you wouldn't believe how difficult it is to find teapots small enough!
£1 - Small shelving unit (was probably a display unit for thimbles or some such originally). I can use this on my craft stall to display the brooches, hairclips and some of the scented sachets I make.
50p each - Two cross stitch booklets for small Christmas decorations - I can use up some of my huge stash of aida and stranded embroidery threads on these
50p - Four strings of plastic and haematite beads plus 8 small round bangles. The beads will be useful for all sorts of things and the bangles will become outer frames for crocheted Christmas snowflake or flower decorations to hang from trees.
£2 - Three packs of 280gsm card which I can use to make bases for the boxes I make from used greeting cards.
£2.50 - a bag of 18 4oz clear glass jars complete with more than 18 lids and circles of fabric to titivate the tops - these will be used for home made preserves once they have been thoroughly cleaned and sterilised.
I've spent the grand sum of £7.50 on stuff that has made OH happy and will keep me occupied for many happy hours of crafting. It cost me about that much in fuel to get there and back, but at least I got some fresh air and a bit of exercise!
Linda
£1 - Small Bodum teapot for OH who broke his pottery teapot a week or two ago. It's only him who drinks tea and you wouldn't believe how difficult it is to find teapots small enough!
£1 - Small shelving unit (was probably a display unit for thimbles or some such originally). I can use this on my craft stall to display the brooches, hairclips and some of the scented sachets I make.
50p each - Two cross stitch booklets for small Christmas decorations - I can use up some of my huge stash of aida and stranded embroidery threads on these
50p - Four strings of plastic and haematite beads plus 8 small round bangles. The beads will be useful for all sorts of things and the bangles will become outer frames for crocheted Christmas snowflake or flower decorations to hang from trees.
£2 - Three packs of 280gsm card which I can use to make bases for the boxes I make from used greeting cards.
£2.50 - a bag of 18 4oz clear glass jars complete with more than 18 lids and circles of fabric to titivate the tops - these will be used for home made preserves once they have been thoroughly cleaned and sterilised.
I've spent the grand sum of £7.50 on stuff that has made OH happy and will keep me occupied for many happy hours of crafting. It cost me about that much in fuel to get there and back, but at least I got some fresh air and a bit of exercise!
Linda