Valentine’s Tree

This is a little something Iris, Bertie and I cobbled together to decorate a small tree along the school path for 1st February.

I was lucky to find the red hearts in MaxiSave just after Christmas when they had been reduced from 99p to 49p for two.  The large pink hearts came from eBay and cost me £3.50 for 12. 

However, if Iris and Bertie decide to do it again next year, I will be mindful to collect any heart shape decorations in the 10p charity boxes around Christmas if/when I see them.

You’ll have to excuse the monkey, they do have a habit of pop up now and again to spoil an otherwise lovely shot!

A couple more memories made ……. they are both now planning an Easter tree, bless them, so I guess I’ll be sent out to look for a few really cheap bits and pieces to hang on that tree too………..

Just Chatting …….. A Couple of Charity Shop Finds ……..

When I saw this thing (below) on the charity shop shelf I admit I dismissed it at first, but then did a double take, was it what I thought it was?

It was only a flipping walnut shell mould, something I’d researched a few times in the past as a substitute for the real thing when crafting, so at 40p it was worth a bit of a punt.

I think it’s a chocolate mould for making solid walnut shaped sweets?  The moulds are a little smaller than the real walnut shells I have used during the year, I think there would only be room for a single snowman in one.

It’s made of hard plastic, so I wasn’t sure how much give there would be when trying to remove Fimo from it, so the best thing to do was to give it a try. I think I could have gone a bit thinner on the Fimo, but it did release pretty well and the baked resultant shapes turned out OK too, but, to be honest, they don’t really have any of the charm of the real thing, so I think it will probably get re-donated in the next month or so unless I have a unbelievable brainwave or anyone reading this would like it?

In another shop I saw these two characters that took me aback a bit as they looked awfully familiar ……..

They are the snowmen I distributed singly for my Festive RAK last year and have started to leave around town again this year, so how two got together I just can’t guess.  However, I decided to leave them where they were, but still had a good rootle in the basket to see what else was in there.

….. and found these two beautiful vintage angels that I absolutely love, plus a ceramic Santa candle holder that I’m not so sure about, but for just 75p the lot, it would have been rude not to, happy days!