Cannot believe we are half way through February already. Seems like only yesterday we were entering the month. It was only when I started to write this post up and enter a publish date that I realised there is only one week and two more days after this and we are in March. Please slow down, less sleep is the only answer I can think of and I need my sleep.
Last week I pondered about the Valentine card - to buy or make? Buying won and I cannot believe the price of the simplest of cards at a local high street shop - £3 for one line and a simple heart on the cover and one line inside. So I opted for one a bit better, well one I liked to be honest and paid another pound for the privilege. Going to start doing my 'special' Christmas cards now. Even if they take a considerable while to make.
Also last week I pondered on whether to buy the latest stamp release from Lavinia. Decided I did not want all the stamps (can I put the herb stamps in a previous garden tub instead of what is in it - well, I am going to give it a try and save on the number of stamps I want) and so bought a few and a couple of things I also wanted from my wish list. Total spend just over £100. And now I need (yes it is a need) some new ink pads - both Versafine Claire (don't buy the sets these days, just the ones I want eg I rarely use red or purple so don't need them all) and some Oxides. Which reminds me I did empty my Adirondacks out (well dh did them for me as it was too high to get them) so am a bit closer to a tidy up/cull but not so you would notice. The spare room does though, it's the dumping ground for the stuff I am getting rid of. I need to be ruthless!
One stamp included various words for use with my bee cards so now I can show you what I did the week before in my online class.
The mono one was shaded using HB - 6B pencils
Whilst doing the "cull" I have found things that I have bought in the past and not used, some things I must admit I no longer know what they are to be used for. Has anyone else done this? So I am going to spend some time on the internet looking ip what some of these lotions and potions are for and then maybe use them. In the meantime I am off to Sarah's Craft Shed for my weekly nose about. Join me, please do.
