Wednesday, August 19, 2009

My first Stitches and Craft Show thing



With kid wrangler in tow (aka my lovely mum), Caleb, Jemima and I went along to the Stitches and Craft show. I had a little stash of cash and went along not knowing what to expect. I had checked out the website last night to come up with a plan of attack, but became immediately overwhelmed so decided to wing it.

I quite enjoyed it there, I have to say. Lots of cool supplies and handicrafts in the one spot. Which I suppose is the point! Not everything there was my cup of tea, but there is a lot of different crafty types in crafty land I guess! I didn't intend to do any of the craft labs and so on as I had the kids with me, so I was really there just to shop and have a look about.



Pictured is my little stash... (do you see that I really need to vacuum?). Not pictured is a paper punch that I couldn't wait to play with. The book I used is actually a fallen apart and incomplete "The Von Trapp Family on Wheels" (the sequel to "The Sound of Music" that I picked up a long time ago for about 20c from an oppy.

I confessed to 2 lovely bloggers that I follow their blogs, Nanette from Rummage and Lisa from The Red Thread, which was fun! Both very talented ladies. It was nice to have a little chat.

So much crafty stuff to go on with. What shall I do next? Vacuum? ...

8 comments:

CurlyPops said...

No vacuuming - make a day of it and just craft!

Sarah-Jo said...

lucky thing not only a day of shopping for all things crafty but a hands-on-nana as well! like I said lucky thing!

I am curious as to what/who the lil girl is (who reminds me of your Jemima) in the pic??? shes super cute!

Gina said...

Nice haul!

Bek said...

Hi Sarah-Jo, THe little doll kit is from The Red Thread. She has about 4 designs I think. I bought the Jemima look alike for obvious reasons!

rachel @ teawithlucy said...

Sweet garland! I've got a bit of a thing for this at the mo as well. Paper punching just about anything that's not pinned down!

PS I get your thing with Facebook! I'm probably more candid when I blog, which the whole wide world gets to see!!

Madeline said...

Oh, girl! Just skip the vacuuming, and have fun with your new stash! Sounds like a great day of shopping.

lisa :: the red thread said...

It was so lovely to meet you... I appreciated your 'confession'! Thanks for stopping by to say hello.

Christina Lowry said...

Looks like a fun stash of crafty goodness. I love going to the craft shows, even though I spend too much! I won't be buying any fabric for awhile as we are in saving mode. Sigh. Oh, except maybe some backing so I can finish Cohens quilt...

:)