What’s In My Shopping Bag Today …

I am really cutting down on my craft spending this year, but while out shopping yesterday couldn’t resist these Primark bracelets - £2 each, made up of 8 large rose beads.

I am thinking of using them as single embellishments on boxes and bags for Mother’s Day.

And this is for me, I have lot of ideas, but I’m not sure what to try. I wonder how it would cover with Decopatch …… or if I could stamp on it, or just ink it …… then whatever I do, I   am planning on covering it with several layers of Utee.  I may even have a gem that will fit the eye ….. hmmmmmmm!

What’s in My Shopping Basket …..

Look at these sweets from Asda for 82p a bag …   they are just too brilliant!  They would be a lovely present in a jar for anyone who plays Scrabble or Dominoes!

As I am sitting here typing this up …. I am thinking about making a Compendium of Games using one of these plastic organiser boxes …… I’m sure I could find a few more sweets with a games theme like jelly snakes …. for snakes and ladders, leave it with me,  I will show you the finished results in a week or twos time!

Also from Asda were these Hello Kitty stickers (£1 a pack), not sure what I am going to do with them yet, I will leave them on my desk until I have an “Ulrika” moment.

These are the new Accessorize stickers in the shops at the moment (£1.75 per pack).  The penguin ones are going to be brilliant for Christmas cards and the birds and owls are so on trend and cute, it won’t be hard to make a few cards with them.

I also spy that Poundworld have some of their Halloween stuff in ….. the only things that caught my eye are packets of large foam ghost and pumpkin shapes …. but I am thinking what I would do with them before getting my money out.  The pumpkin shapes would look good on either side of a one of my Quickutz Silhouette gift bag/boxes ….. hmmmm