2023 - No Craft Spending - I WILL bust my stash and make pretty things!!!!!

old_fogey

I have only managed one birthday card and replaced the velcro on some gardening gloves. 

Love the quilt @plumduff55.
Great frock and scrunching @Stashbuster
Very pretty peg bag @Soontobeoap
So sorry about Mr F @Florenceem sending massive hugs.

Spring is definately here. Lots of gardening. The house is rammed with plants,  and will be for the next month as the greenhouse is unheated.

Had to rush to paint the inside of some outbuildings  as the first swallow appeared, and all his little friends will soon arrive and nest there. I love it that they come from Africa, and choose to stay with us.

pennib

Soontobeoap said:

@pennib sorry but "mixed media ladies" has gone straight over my head. 😂. Maybe a pic would help? 

Sorry Soontobeoap the page wont let me upload a photo of them for some reason.

sammy_kaye18

Well today was mainly focused on doing some bits in the garden. 

I cut down the pallet bed I had made so it is half the height so now I can actually get the thing filled. A friend of mine is a gardener so she brought me bags of leaves and grass she had cut and now its finally full and ready for me to add the soil tomorrow and then some compost next week once I'm paid. 
I do have some wood now to use up from the pallet bits I cut so I think I might put together a bin tidy for myself. 

No crafting inside done yet but I do really need to start making some cards and writing letters. People will think I have forgotten them. Which reminds me I do have two safari hats to post so I had better wrap those up and get them sent soon.

I do have some work to do listing some shoes on Ebay. There's like 60-70 pairs though and I am not looking forward to that but I'm hoping I will sell quite a few quite quickly. 

Actually I'm sure the weather is suppose to be nice tomorrow and Thursday so I may use that time to tackle the garden and get outside bits done and then use Friday to sort the shoes and list them when the weather isn't as nice. 

Cupcakecraftscuddlycanine

Thanks @greentiger ! I shall be taking a couple of days off after the wedding to crash I think 😂 

I'm so sorry @Florenceem, thinking of you and sending hugs

Soontobeoap

@Cupcakecraftscuddlycanine How are the wedding makes going? Will you be going on a honeymoon. I am so looking forward to seeing photos of your tables set out with your theme. Good luck. Not long now. 

plumduff55

@Stashbuster I love your wee frocks - reminded me of when my twins were toddlers. I made them matching pinafores and dungarees and knitted them jumpers. I lived in North Manchester then and I would buy all my fabric and wool really cheaply from Bury market. I miss that up here - no markets or warehouses locally selling bargains ☹️.

 @sammy_kaye18 Your last post made me think I should really get out into the garden. Well, I've been out all afternoon and I've still not finished. Just had dinner and going back out to cut the grass and tidy up. 
Needless to say no crafting done today 😳

plumduff55

Good morning everyone,  not so nice this morning but I've been in the garden for 3 days so it'll be good to stay in and get some crafting done today. Last night I took a break from knitting the Aran hoodie to knit a dish cloth. I can get 2 cloths from 100g of cotton wool so shall do another one tonight. 

Soontobeoap

Bit gloomy outside for gardening today. My back needed a rest after yesterday anyway so made 5 more spoon markers for the veg and varnished all of them ready to be put into the garden. 

emsi_b

I've managed 8 cards this weekend- bringing me up to 45/200. 
I too have been busy in the garden, I'm building a raised bed as my own little DIY project. 

sammy_kaye18

Well no more crafting done today. 

I have made the most of the few hours I got earlier and tackled more garden stuff. 
I have put a fence up around the raised bed, and one around my strawberry patch. 
I also took apart a few pallets and made myself a bin tidy. It is only for the recycling boxes at the minute and the bin can stand next to them but I plan to put hooks on the side so I can hang the recycling bags there. I think I will move it to the other side of our hedge though as its blocking the side of the house at the minute which is proving to be a pain in the backside and I cant access it very easily. I also dont like that it looks a bit cluttered now and would rather it looks clear so it needs to move. 

I also hung the coat hooks I made a while back as well so all the coats have now migrated their way to the hallway! and it looks so much tidier. I do think I need a small shelf for above my radiator now though to put things like keys etc on. 

Next thing to do is to go through the HobbyCraft box that's been sat in the living room for months, it has macrame stuff in it that I will make a start with soon as well as some glass jars. 

I do really need to do a clear out of my craft stuff too