Well, woo hoo, I managed to put together enough posts to cover the week before, during and after my 10 days soaking up the Greek sun, of which, perhaps, I may post a few photos in the next week or so.
However, before I went away, I found 28 of these 6.5cms, metal, pastry tins in the local Salvation Army charity shop for just £1.99. Now, although I may not be crafting a lot at the moment, these were still a no brainer. I’m already thinking a Christmas wreath using old, wooden Christmas figures and novelties to create simple scenes inside them and then Marc suggested a Day of the Dead theme, using sugar skulls and skeletons etc. Hopefully there will be enough to make both, when I can get down to it.
You know I love a good bargain, BUT, I also need to have a very drastic craft stash declutter, having already booked two, local craft fairs in August and September in preparation. I don’t intend on making anything for either fair, as I already have a few bits and pieces left over from last Christmas and Halloween, no, my main aim is to try and sell all the surplus stuff I have accumulated, at a time when others may be thinking about getting their seasonal crafting under way!
My craft room, as it is, is overwhelming me, if you know what I mean. I never intended for the shelves above the bed settee to be full or any available free surface topped with even more boxes and bits! Aghhhh! I have a few ideas for this coming Christmas and will keep what I think I will need to the side, but in selling the stuff that I have got bored of or am uninspired by, I can hopefully recoup a little money to put towards the trip to the USA that Lu and I are planning for 2024.
I also lost my brother-in-law towards the end of May and seeing the mountains of “stuff” that had to be got rid of before the keys to his bungalow had to be handed back was again overwhelming and I vowed there and then (not that I have any plans to bail ship just yet) not to leave anything like that for my own family to sort out. So, a real, good chuck is required, in the craft room and beyond, I mean how many mugs does one woman need? If I crafted 24 hours a day for the next 100 years, I would still have enough left over to do another 100 years! A merciless cull is required. I’ll let you know how I get on after my first fair, happy days????
