The day has arrived!!!!!!!!!!

For the annual jumble sale (also known as rummage sales in other parts of the world) in my mum and dads town :) It happens every February half term and runs from Wednesday to Saturday. Wednesday and Thursday are full price day and Friday is half price day. All very exciting so far but the Saturday (today!!!!) is the exciting day. You can fill a bag (a black bin bag no less) for £2. Yep for 2 whole English pounds I get to fill a big black bin bag with all sorts of stuff - bric a brac, dresses, fabric, books and anything else I can carry! Of course I never just leave with one bag full - there is always room for lots of black bin bags full of second hand stuff in my house.

If you want to have a little nosey at what I got last year then check out Jumble Sale part 1 and Jumble sale part 2!

A little fish

We searched high and low over Disneyland Paris for this little fellow and we couldn't find him. Imagine our delight when we spotted him on the Channel Tunnel back to the UK!

Haven't spotted him yet?

There he is! Just a little Disney themed fish joke. Feel free to ignore if you have no clue what I am rambling about :)

Rainbows and ironing

A nice pile of rainbow coloured fabric taken off a display hanger.

The said hanger with the fabric removed - the threads left behind make a very pleasing pattern - it's a bit tricky to see in the photograph but trust me it is pretty!

And actual ironing has taken place in my house today. Fabric ironing for crafty projects you understand and not the ironing you are supposed to do to your clothes!

Those little piles of fabric are destined to be made into pincushion chickens if I get off my backside and get sewing this afternoon - it's only 1pm here so there is hope yet :)

For more creative spaces then check out Kootoyoo.

Phew!

Back from an exciting break in Disneyland Paris. Cold but fun :) I'll hopefully be back tomorrow with some photographs to bore you all!

Shorty awards

I'm sure you remember me bleating on about the Shorty Awards and how I had got to 2nd place? Well when the polls closed I was actually 1st! It's a pity that craft wasn't an official category but if it was I'm sure I would have needed more than 13 votes to be top :) The screenshot was taken as soon as I hit 1st as I was sure I wouldn't be there for long hence the difference in votes!

More from Britains Next Top Chicken model

Well the last few chickens have decided on their agencies today - you can check them out below. The agencies aren't open at the moment due to half term holidays (and chickens need their rest too!) but rest assured that the chickens will be back there after their well earned break!

This chick can be found here (she has chosen a different agency to the other chicks!)

This flowery chick has decided to break away from her twin and go to a different agency.

And this brightly coloured chicken has decided that her fate lies with this agency.

Lets hope the models don't come back with too much of a tan!

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines day!

A treat for me from Anya :) Made at school.

A card for all of us also made at school.

This message is the cutest! And I love her cursive writing (and the fact that school are teaching her to write cursively).

Enjoy your time with your loved ones today :)

Remember this?

The collection of items I had for My Creative Space on the 4th Feb? Well this is what they were turned into!

Some rather cool (in my opinion!) recycled notebooks :) The top one has already sold but the bottom lady with her orange skirt is still available. She's not in a shop yet but will be soon :)

I also made this one for the same lady that ordered the first pattern notebook. It's made from reclaimed book covers and has reclaimed paper inside too. The book covers come from the charity shops I visit (one in particular) and I buy them because they are damaged in some way - some have damaged covers, some have missing pages etc. All parts of the books get used (if they aren't damaged) and I use the pages to make envelopes or gift tags and the covers become notebooks - waste not want not in this house! The reclaimed paper is from the scrapstore and can be plain paper that companies no longer need or headed paper if they have changed their details etc.

Sunshine craft

I managed to grab an hour or so yesterday afternoon to craft a little (once I had tidied the tip up!) I finished off some envelopes that had been sitting waiting to be packed for a few weeks!

I crafted on the girls table and it was very nice sitting in the afternoon sun! Day 32 of Crafting 365.

My creative space

What I would love to be doing today is re-arranging my craft room to make room for these two fabulous creatures that arrived this morning.


Long 'Stretch' Johnson who hails from the Cirque de Chaussettes.


And The Mad Catter who hails from The Other Mousie. Both are the creations of the lovely Sarah and as soon as I have more money I will be back to bring some of Mr Johnsons friends over from the circus!

However what I will be doing is tidying this little mess up in preparation for making some more envelopes later!

See more creative and hopefully less messy creative spaces over at Kootoyoo.