From Trash to Cash: the £100 to 10K Dribble thread, Part Deux

Crafty_Toots

Evening all!

My, my, it's taken me a while to catch up on all the dribble today!

sheloves - delete the pm and don't give it another thought, it's such a shame that some people feel they have to be like that - in my opinion a forum is just like tv ..... if you don't like it, change the channel. Children should be celebrated, regardless of whether they excel or not.

Re the books, I distinctly recall reading Enid Blytons when I was around 7, and weirdly enough was looking on Amazon for them just the other day. It was the Faraway Tree series I loved, and I even think I'd enjoy reading them now! Just a thought, although they are quite fantasy based?

2cats, so sorry to hear about your kitty. I have 2 comparative youngsters, and my 'old man' kitty lives with the ex, getting a little stiff but just as adorable as ever. Hopefully she'll improve and enjoy your pampering for a bit longer.

Great that you have an new idea Jo! :T Please don't feel guilty about not posting much money-wise - I think I speak for everyone when I say that I find you so totally inspirational, you always seem to know the right thing to say, and you have a very special way with those words too, thank you!

Well my hooking has ground to a halt. I need black wool. I have none :rotfl: Not sure whether I should carry on with a different colour just as a prototype, or if the meaning behind it will get completely lost. Ho hum!

Toots x

evenstarcrafty

moneymabel wrote: »

Thanks Evenstar, it is a Swarovski starfish, I made the original for a friend who had a beachy themed wedding, her and her OH are both surfy people.

I love surfy things too but unfortunatly have never surfed
maybe should add that to the to do list before Im to old

Theres another idea for babymoos wedding favors beachy theme with shell sweets

jo70mo

Toots I loved reading Enid Blyton at that age too and loved the magic faraway tree and children of cherry tree farm, mr galliano's circus but especially the five find outers which no-one else ever seems to have read.
Thanks for your really kind words. I am a bit embarrassed now:o.
dh did ring up but I only had time to say chocolate really loudly before he had to put the phone down!!!

Hales

jo70mo wrote: »

Toots I loved reading Enid Blyton at that age too and loved the magic faraway tree and children of cherry tree farm, mr galliano's circus but especially the five find outers which no-one else ever seems to have read.
Thanks for your really kind words. I am a bit embarrassed now:o.
dh did ring up but I only had time to say chocolate really loudly before he had to put the phone down!!!

I loved the five find outers and the children of cherry tree farm

EMminently

Crafty_Toots wrote: »

Great that you have an new idea Jo! :T Please don't feel guilty about not posting much money-wise - I think I speak for everyone when I say that I find you so totally inspirational, you always seem to know the right thing to say, and you have a very special way with those words too, thank you!

That's so perfectly true - well said! Jo is our guru: 'one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom and authority' :j

cagneuk

My wife and I read our 4 year old DD The faraway tree and she loves it. It has been her favourite bedtime book since she was 2. We read other stories in between but always go back to it every few month. We are reading the third book in the series now - The folk of the faraway tree. We got a hardback collection of the full set in Costco ages ago for a fiver. She loves silky, moonface, saucepan man and dame washalot and all the others. I'm just immature and love the fact two of the kids have rude names. Naughty Enid :rotfl:

evenstarcrafty

EMminently wrote: »

That's so perfectly true - well said! Jo is our guru: 'one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom and authority' :j

I second that
Always there with great ideas and good advice :A

nixinixi

jo70mo wrote: »

Thanks nixi - its just sooo not like other peoples ideas that I feel a bit silly but will think it through a bit and then prob take you up on your offer if I haven't completely rejected it!!
Jo x

No idea is silly, please pm me even if it isn't the 'right' idea then it might produce other ideas....always worth talking it through!!

jo70mo wrote: »

Toots I loved reading Enid Blyton at that age too and loved the magic faraway tree and children of cherry tree farm, mr galliano's circus but especially the five find outers which no-one else ever seems to have read.
Thanks for your really kind words. I am a bit embarrassed now:o.
dh did ring up but I only had time to say chocolate really loudly before he had to put the phone down!!!

hhmmm....cough.....cough.....as part of my research I have just got 3 enid blytons out if the library (The Wishing Chair, A famous five and a secret seven) I also got a Jacqueline Wilson called the Suitcase Kid, about a girl whose mom and dad are splitting up and the fight for custody........ not quite the modern Enid Blyton!

jo70mo

:o:o
Thanks Em.
I am definitely better at talking the talk than walking the walk though.
Hales YEAY. Someone knows what Iam talking about!!
I was so obsessed though that I wanted a shed for my 8th birthday to have a club house like FATTY. and I used to try and disguise myself like they did and then be so disappointed when I went outside and one of the neighbours would say hello Joanne.
very sad.
Jo x.

EMminently

wow i can't believe how long ago Enid Blyton was writing! I loved: Brer Rabbit, Naughty Amelia Jane, Sunny Stories, The Wishing Chair, The Rubadub Mystery... and you've just taken me back to my fave ever ever book Binkle and Flip!!! WOW! obvioulsy i've outgrown it now (nearly) but that holds so many treaured memories and escapism,. Wow now i have regressed! (and i expect in the time its taken to type this you've all moved on/ gone to bed!)