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Friday, 30 December 2011
Thursday, 29 December 2011
Spotlight bargains, and blogging for myself
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I've really enjoyed seeing other bloggers' holiday photos and seeing the joys people found in the Christmas period. Our family had a great one too. No photos really, so you'll have to take my words for it.
Now, down to serious business - have you got the Spotlight VIP $10 discount coupon? You can print it from this link. They currently have 30% off fabric and with the voucher you get another $10 off, with a minimum spend of only $10 after discounts. If my mental calculator is working properly that means you can get $26 of fabric for $10.
Personally, I just got 10 metres of gorgeous quilting cottons and light upholstery fabrics for $45. Stuff I'd seen on the full price shelf last week was now on the $6 rack, minus the 30% discount... For the first time I broke my 'no stash building' resolution for 2011 and it was completely worth it! I must share my finds.
This is the whole lot.
These, to finally make my own reversible Pretty Ditty Apron. I don't think I'll get it done by the end of the year and bring my 2011 tally to ten, but it's done in spirit. The rosette fabric was full price and I adore it. The ground is pretty much the alleged 'honeysuckle' that Pantone announced as the colour of 2011. The greys were $6 each, and there's so many variations in the story or family or whatever you call a complementing range.
More of the greys and a complementing yellow, plus a black and white print that looks like a knock-off of a PippiJoe print. I'll make a You Sew Girl sunhat out of some of these. $6 each!
This is a lightweight upholstery fabric, perfect for making bags. I might even try a frame purse. I bought two metres, which I hope is enough to last a lifetime. I'm sure I'll come to wish I'd bought the entire bolt. $10 a metre minus the 30% - a bargain. Get some!
And this I simply had to get as I used up almost all my favourite fabric making myself bags.
I hope I'll continue blogging during 2012. Gina of Clutterpunk shared an intriguing idea with me a little while ago, which is blogging for yourself rather than trying to live up to a sense of communal obligation. I do think the local craft blogging community is a wonderful thing with many superpowers, but I personally lack the emotional and time resources to be an active member. But I think I can use my blog for myself, to document my finished projects and write about things that occasionally interest me. I use Facebook for day-to-day life stuff and personal photos, and Pinterest for "This is so cool!" stuff. If you want to keep in touch using one of those let me know and I'll be happy to friend/follow you. This ole blog, I'll continue to find a use for her, but I'll be making her work for me rather than me working to keep her happy.
Now, down to serious business - have you got the Spotlight VIP $10 discount coupon? You can print it from this link. They currently have 30% off fabric and with the voucher you get another $10 off, with a minimum spend of only $10 after discounts. If my mental calculator is working properly that means you can get $26 of fabric for $10.
Personally, I just got 10 metres of gorgeous quilting cottons and light upholstery fabrics for $45. Stuff I'd seen on the full price shelf last week was now on the $6 rack, minus the 30% discount... For the first time I broke my 'no stash building' resolution for 2011 and it was completely worth it! I must share my finds.
This is the whole lot.
These, to finally make my own reversible Pretty Ditty Apron. I don't think I'll get it done by the end of the year and bring my 2011 tally to ten, but it's done in spirit. The rosette fabric was full price and I adore it. The ground is pretty much the alleged 'honeysuckle' that Pantone announced as the colour of 2011. The greys were $6 each, and there's so many variations in the story or family or whatever you call a complementing range.
More of the greys and a complementing yellow, plus a black and white print that looks like a knock-off of a PippiJoe print. I'll make a You Sew Girl sunhat out of some of these. $6 each!
This is a lightweight upholstery fabric, perfect for making bags. I might even try a frame purse. I bought two metres, which I hope is enough to last a lifetime. I'm sure I'll come to wish I'd bought the entire bolt. $10 a metre minus the 30% - a bargain. Get some!
And this I simply had to get as I used up almost all my favourite fabric making myself bags.
I hope I'll continue blogging during 2012. Gina of Clutterpunk shared an intriguing idea with me a little while ago, which is blogging for yourself rather than trying to live up to a sense of communal obligation. I do think the local craft blogging community is a wonderful thing with many superpowers, but I personally lack the emotional and time resources to be an active member. But I think I can use my blog for myself, to document my finished projects and write about things that occasionally interest me. I use Facebook for day-to-day life stuff and personal photos, and Pinterest for "This is so cool!" stuff. If you want to keep in touch using one of those let me know and I'll be happy to friend/follow you. This ole blog, I'll continue to find a use for her, but I'll be making her work for me rather than me working to keep her happy.
Sunday, 18 December 2011
Gift tags
I was inspired by Vic to log onto the blog and share some gift tags I made for my work Kris Kringle.
Normally I'm a second-hand paper with pre-loved sticky tape type of wrapper, so I was surprised that whipping up these gift tags took literally a minute each.
I almost embroidered the names but then they would have taken closer to 30 minutes and I would have had to stalk the recipients to make sure they never ever threw them out.
Apart from doing this little bit of genuine spontaneous craft, I've been rushed off my tootsies with all manner of things. Plenty of stressful stuff, but also some nice things, like summoning the courage to hang a few pictures in the new house. After all the hours spent painting those walls it's really hard to start putting holes in them!
I've come back to add - I think one reason I'm not blogging at the moment, apart from the obvious work of being busy and a bit stressed, is that this is the first December I've been in paid work since 2007. I've become accustomed to December being a month of frenetic sewing and crafting, filling orders and sewing presents for family. This year I've hardly had access to my sewing room, until a week ago. I have sewn a couple W Class Cushions which are in my newly re-opened Made It shop, but now I'm going to focus on my mother-in-law's birthday present. There a bit of an issue with her birthday being Christmas Eve and the fact she lives in England, so it's not exactly going to make it in time. But I may still technically keep my year-long streak of making everyone's birthday presents on time. I'll share it when it's done.
Normally I'm a second-hand paper with pre-loved sticky tape type of wrapper, so I was surprised that whipping up these gift tags took literally a minute each.
I almost embroidered the names but then they would have taken closer to 30 minutes and I would have had to stalk the recipients to make sure they never ever threw them out.
Apart from doing this little bit of genuine spontaneous craft, I've been rushed off my tootsies with all manner of things. Plenty of stressful stuff, but also some nice things, like summoning the courage to hang a few pictures in the new house. After all the hours spent painting those walls it's really hard to start putting holes in them!
I've come back to add - I think one reason I'm not blogging at the moment, apart from the obvious work of being busy and a bit stressed, is that this is the first December I've been in paid work since 2007. I've become accustomed to December being a month of frenetic sewing and crafting, filling orders and sewing presents for family. This year I've hardly had access to my sewing room, until a week ago. I have sewn a couple W Class Cushions which are in my newly re-opened Made It shop, but now I'm going to focus on my mother-in-law's birthday present. There a bit of an issue with her birthday being Christmas Eve and the fact she lives in England, so it's not exactly going to make it in time. But I may still technically keep my year-long streak of making everyone's birthday presents on time. I'll share it when it's done.
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