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Thrifty crafting

2 hours to make a birthday present and no cash *  =

 

A monkey bag.

Bag made from an old cushion cover = £0.00

Monkey made from thrifted woollen blankets = £0.01

Monkey's t-shirt made from a tiny piece of Molly's old t-shirt = £0.00

Lining made from Ikea fabric which cost about £3 a metre = 25p ish.

Total cost £0.26p.

I'm off to the big smoke (London) tomorrow to spend the weekend with my sister

Just me on my own.

Woo-hoo !

And there will be no men, just Harve and the dog who don't count because we can boss them around and misbehave to our hearts content.

As if we would.

Here's hoping you do a bit of misbehaving this weekend too.

* I like to save my money for wine.

xx

Bag

On a very exciting note, Carly has flatteringly, asked me to participate in an exhibition she is putting together shortly .

That, I am very excited about.

What completely floors me, however, is having to write a bit about myself, to accompany my contributions. I am so crap at putting down on paper, what I want to say.

For example, what I would probably write here, is...

Small clutch bag, made by an old bag.

That won't do, will it ?

Help.

Any hints or tips would be very gratefully received.

Sweet and sparkly.

Billy and Molly woke up very grumpy this morning,  the novelty of going back to school and seeing their friends again, has well and truly worn off.  They were not  happy bunnies to say the least, until -  HOORAH ! the postman arrived with a surprise parcel from Bertha.

There was lovely hand dyed wool felt , vintage buttons, some pretty pink thread ( which appears to have disappeared), a lovely card designed by Bertha and a wonderful pouch she'd made from vintage children's fabric. You can understand my delight,  but why the children's ?

Here's why..

That lovely little purse was stuffed, and I mean STUFFED with sweeties,

and Yes, I did let them have some for breakfast ( the sugar rush kicked in just as we reached the play-ground).

Thank you Bertha, you made my life that bit easier this morning, although probably not their teacher's

Here's a little bag I made this morning taken from craft book 7

It should have been quick to do, but because it's for my niece's 18th bitrthday ,

it had to have lots of sparkly bits.

I find the older I get, the more I like sparkly, glittery ,girly, things. I used to dress like a boy and adore punk rock as a lass, but now I think I'll probably end my days looking like this.

mini bag

Well, I had a go at making the mini bag and I tried to make it simple and unfussy. Honest, I did.

But, Juju sent me a lovely goodies package a little while ago and I just had to use the pretty fabric and then I had to use some braid that matched perfectly and then the ' flower ' thing happened again.

Seems like I don't do simple and unfussy.

I made this version very mini  -  just big enough to hold my Sobranie cocktail cigarettes and silk headscarf.

(In my fantasy life )

Silliness at sainsbury's

My children are off school with  a virus that is making them very hot and crabby - and their Mother even crabbier ! .

I did manage to get this birthday present for my niece finished though, we even got it wrapped before she knocked on the door.  Just.

The flower pin is detachable and the  bunny bag charm was designed by my little girl Molly.