Mum and I had a terrific day together at the Stitches and Craft Show (missed you Yvette!!) Wow, I am still smiling from the day of funness :) It started off with a delicious breakfast at Little Rock Cafe at Baulkham Hills with Mum, Dad, Felicity and Cooper- we basked in the sun, drank coffee and feasted on Bacon and Eggs with Hash Browns, Sausages and grilled tomato {licking lips!} It was such a leisurely morning! Cooper was such a good boy, sitting in his high chair, munching on Fruit Toast. It was so cute when the waitress cleared all our plates and was walking away with them, Cooper held out his fist full of Fruit Toast crust for her to take away too! We laughed and laughed which set him off into a wide mouth laugh with scrunched up eyes. Oh so cute!
After breakfast Mum and I set off to beat our way through the crowds of Old Dears at Rosehill, looking for a bargain and some new inspiration! Overall opinion of the show: Small! There are so many less stalls than in previous years, but this year they did have one fabulous addition. The very top floor is called the "Incubator" and is like a fete with stalls selling pre-made things like hair bobbles, bags, stuffed toys, children's clothes (if you've been to the Mathilda Markets before some of those stalls were here). Mostly the items were made of beautiful hand printed fabrics, japanese fabrics or natural cotton or wool felt. A beautiful set of classy stalls that was wonderful to wander through! Remember the bag Mum made me for my birthday this year? The lady who designed and printed the fabric had a stall there and was so happy to see me with my bag (note: always take something handmade to the show, e.g. handmade bag, handknitted scarf.. it makes you seem more serious and legitimate!) 
So what do you think of my goodies?? Yes, you can make out the CraftSchmaft Sock Owl pattern. WOO HOO!!! So happy to get that one! Yvette sent me a link to her webpage the other day and I was oohing and aahing at their absolute cuteness, and when I saw her stall... and then spied the pattern for $15, I was in heaven! I even bought a tiny pair of baby socks to have a go with on the way home from the show!
Be proud of me... I only bought 5 patterned papers! How awesome is that?! Discounting the 2 papers I used last night, I still only have to use up 15 papers before New Year's to have met my resolution! Yay me! I was inspired by the mountain of yellow papers Yvette bought from 2peas and so got 2 yellow ones of my own! Considering I LOVE yellow clothing (and have a yellow car), I am surprised I have no yellow papers! The hand printed fabric is for Mum for her birthday, she said it reminded her of Ruessillon (*spelling?!) in France where they went last year. I'm ok to blog about her birthday present cos she never reads my blog anyway (you know it's true Mum- having AJ read the blog is not the same thing- you can't read my blog telepathically through your twin!) The fabric is handprinted by Ink and Spindle in Melb. So pretty! I love those Oct Afternoon journalling spots too, I will never have enough journalling spots I thinK!
Then cos I think I'll never have enough stamps either, I bought some more. Check out the tiny owl at the top left! Yep, haven't gotten over owls yet. and this one is a total rip off of the AC owl paper. Have you seen it? The studio G sets were 3 for $10 and I just loved the one at the bottom with the row houses! I'm planning on making some cards tonight, I'm feeling inspired!! I also loved the Kooky "I love your face" stamp, I had to buy it. How often do you get ridiculous stamps like that one? Like, never! I also loved the sweet BG summer stamps, I'm in a summery mood! The pink owl at the bottom is wearing an eye patch with a skull and crossbones on it! Hahahaha, hillarious.
There wasn't much new, ingenious products at the show. I'm putting this down to the financial crisis. Only cos there's nothing else to blame. If there was a plague of Scrapbook-eating monkeys on bicycles I'd blame them instead, but I haven't seen them around lately. But I did come across these (I think "new", let me know if I'm wrong) products from Kaisercraft (go Oz!) that come in these awesome thick plastic zip-lock sleeves that clip into a ring binder. How cool are they! I bought the red/black/blue rub-ons for pages of Japan, the Paradise rub-ons for pages of Hawaii and the pink/aqua ones cos I thought they were super cute! I also got some co-ordinating journalling blocks (more!) and lettering stickers. I think their packaging is totally awesome. I hope they bring out more lines in this series, I'll buy it! Esp cos each packet was only $4, and in the journal spots and lettering stickers packets you got more than one sheet. Bargain!!Anywho, it was an awesome day :) Thanks Mum (and Dad, for lending me Mum for the day)!! I'm looking forward to using all my new stuff!
:) C
2 comments:
Oh GOODIES!!! Woohoo! You got HEAPS! How much did you spend? I love that the Kaisercraft rub-ons come in sleeves for ring binders! I haven't seen them before. I store mine in ring binders anyway, but it would be cool to have custom fitting sleeves! The fabric you bought for mum is very cool! I wonder what she'll do with it!
I see a sock owl pattern!!!!! :D
How much were your BG stamps? I saw some today (diff theme but same kind of coloured BG stamps) for $27! Woah! I bought a pack of Kaisercraft clock stamps that came in the zip lock sleeve like your rub-ons. I know - why do I buy stamnps! Will I use them? I thought they would be good for layering with other products, and there were 2 border stamps and a classy frame and all for $12 which I thought was a bargain!
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