Memorygirls - Make Do and Mend

Dorastar

macgirl wrote: »

I was in TK maxx today and saw some great little "Stitch and B*tch" books - like a diary to write down knitting ideas with graph paper inside to plot intarsia patterns.
Only about £5.99 and really cute, they would make a nice little crafty Christmas pressie!

I need to get some of these for my bessie mates as we meet up for Stitch and B*tch sessions - we named it first lol

Memory_Girl

no_pennies wrote: »

got the book this morning thanks, had a quick look before giving it to the evil one (otherwise known as 16 year old daughter lol )who promptly said i hope you dont expect me to read that right now. 60 mins later after a walk and a chat with my sister about some ideas inspired by this thread i came back to find the book on her bed and three bags of paper and books for the green bin and she had sorted a lovely box all full of her new college stuff . are you magic mg ??? the mere presence of that book has generated more interest in getting sorted than all the nagging in world xxxx thanks

oh and just to show how the universe is sending me messages sister and i were talking about cup cakes and crafs ect and guess what was sitting on daughters windowsill a empty pencil case decorated with cup cakes - gonna buy her some pretties to put in it now

missing bit in darwins theory ............ teenagers don't listen to their mum - but funnily enough always listen to someone elses mum. and the someone elses mum is always waaaaaayyyy cooler.

so i expect the favour to be returned when ds1 enters the badlands :rotfl:

cupcake pencil case - i wanna i wanna:D

MG

Memory_Girl

csarina wrote: »

My atavar shows my other passion, quilting........I am on a mission to use up all the fabric I have in stock, trying not to buy any new fabric....correction I cannot afford to buy any more fabric until I have paid down the OD and CC.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: no matter how much crafting i do - my stash never seems to diminish. its the one part of my life that has magical abundance - think the never emptying porridge pot :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
mg

Bitsy_Beans

<waves at csarina> cooooooeeeeeeee

Hi Memory Girl - found your thead after the lovely sistercas mentioned it on the OS daily thread. I haven't read all the 119 pages - got to about page 11 but I have felt quite inspired by what you're doing.
My H just gave me a brand new brolly which was spare at work. Now normally I'd have not thought too much about this but having ready your posts and the things that give you joy I thought why not feel pleased about a brand new brolly at no cost to myself. Not sure my H quite got what I was on about but am going to try seeing the gifts in simple everyday things. I spend so much time rushing round (like today LOL) I perhaps need to slow down a bit and smell the roses

Anyway will carry on reading the rest of the mammoth thread and look forward to following this from now on.

Vixstar

Well I'm pre-empting getting your book but I thought I'd put what I remember about mind mapping to test with some Spanish Grammar revision - conclusions are it works, I need bigger paper, thinner pens and way more colours. Thanks MG for reminding me about MMaps.

scaredy_cat

MG, i've got an assignment for uni, to take one of Erikson's Life Stages and apply it to my life, so i thought of presenting it as a mind map!

Memory_Girl

tellmeitsfriday wrote: »

Ha ha, I thought it was me too - but I checked the bank, and the correct amount has gone... phew.

Maybe it wasn't an accident. Maybe they did it on purpose x

that would be lovely - but i'm sure they would have said something. i am fretting that someone won't be able to buy their shopping this week.

please - whoever it is, get in touch - there is no reference on the transfer, but i will try the bank tomorrow to see if they can reverse it or something.

memorygirl

Memory_Girl

Vixstar wrote: »

Well I'm pre-empting getting your book but I thought I'd put what I remember about mind mapping to test with some Spanish Grammar revision - conclusions are it works, I need bigger paper, thinner pens and way more colours. Thanks MG for reminding me about MMaps.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
i am packing a "off to university present" with a friend tonight for her niece.

we got:

a copy of the book (naturally )
a ream of A3 copier paper
a hole punch
a set of staedler fineliners - 20
pack of coloured pencils
a ruler, rubber and pack of propelling pencils
a cupcake pencil sharpener
a pink fluffy pencil case
a wall calendar
a pocket diary
A4 folder and dividers

- i've also added a pkt of resolve, paracetamol and a zingy shower gel so that she can survive freshers week :rotfl:

i feel like i want to go back and start studying all over again.

mg

Memory_Girl

scaredy_cat wrote: »

MG, i've got an assignment for uni, to take one of Erikson's Life Stages and apply it to my life, so i thought of presenting it as a mind map!

and then you can set yourself up in business providing revision aids for the rest of the class :rotfl::rotfl:by photocopying the mindmap. very dfw!!!

no seriously - there is a thriving market for underground mind maps of lectures and tutorials so i am informed.

might be easier for them if they just learned how to do it themelves inthe first place of course.
mg

scaredy_cat

our course is very much geared on us (the students) usinig our own life experiences within the assignments, so not much use to anyone else!