Craft Fair SECC March 2013

Craft & Chat back to videoing

We made our visit to the Craft Fair again to stock up on our supplies, and as well as our usual breaks to rest our legs, we spent a long time sitting whilst trying out Decopatch for the first time. Demonstrator Ann, whom we have met before at the Craft fairs, guided our sticky hands, without damaging Ruth's craftyglittery nails. Using mdf hearts and gluing torn pieces of fabulous French-designed greaseproof-like decorated papers, that don't fall apart when glued, gave us a chance to snatch a quick video for YouTube which you can now watch.

Decopatch Ann

Our decopatch hearts completed

Other side

I bought the beginners decopatch kit as it looks like something that will work well in the future with Grandsons; they definitely have to be introduced to crafting! Evan's Mummy is very creative herself so I gave her a wee rubber-stamped and Copic-coloured picture to mark her 1st Mother's Day this weekend.

1st Mother's Day

Here's a couple of photos of our loot, and Ruth has even gone so far as to film hers to give you a good look!

Alice's supplies

Ruth's purchases

We're still very keen on ink dusting and bought some more Inkylicious rubber-stamp verses and images, to make our pictures when we get a chance to have a play.

Ruth at the stall

Next in our video pipeline is Tatty Teddy; we're going to make some simple Easter cards to use with the patients in the Day Centre at the Glasgow Hospice at the end of the month. We have various Carte Blanche From Me to You cardmaking paper and rubber stamp products which we are looking forward to using.

Evan 11 months

Evan's Granny

Craft Fair Spring 2012

It's that time of twice-a-year again when we visit the SECC in Glasgow for the ICHF Hobbycraft fair - oh fun!


The highlight has surely got to be visiting CraftyBob at the CraftsUprint (see link on right-hand side of Blog) stall! 

We both got the brand new golden bag, as well as the purple craft bag, when we bought the lovely paper for printing on the cUp designs.

 We were rubber-stamped as crafters who had found CraftyBob!

We had great fun poring over everything.  I ordered Stampin' Up scallop and smooth oval greeting punches, as I am always borrowing Ruth's! 

The rest of my loot included self-assemble shelves for five A4 boxes, now placed near my printer, and pearlised red card for Christmas. Then there was baby decoupage and rubber stamps (guess who's going to be Grannies!!), tree metal stencil and nestability-type die-cut frames, cuttlebug borders, stickles, foam tape, silicone, desktop mini-tote (turquoise for me, pink for Ruth).

Ruth added Rock-a-blocks (rubber stamping) and more card to her purchases.

We were fascinated by the Inkylicious brushes which achieved the distressing/brayering effects. Memento ink pads (Tim Holtz distress inks, Adirondack and Versafine pads) are used.  Afterwards we had the cheek to buy more rubber stamps from the website! Well, it does produce results like these ones demonstrated on their stand: 

So a good time was had by all.  Hope you've enjoyed sharing it with us.

Crafting Tidy-Up

Hi folks,

I just thought I would share with you that have been reorganising my craft supplies with nice new storage boxes.

Well that was the plan. I went to Ikea and bought the triple set of A4 drawers, well three sets to be exact and thought that would be a good start in making my craft area, which happens to be in my hall, much tidier looking.

That was the plan. I had two plastic storage units with three deep drawers that I wanted to empty, but for some strange reason I started looking at rearranging from another storage area in the hall. Yes, I have a big hall...A big mistake. After my son had made up my three boxes I decided that the printer would look better on the other side of the computer table. With me so far?

I happily started transferring A4 card into my new boxes, getting in a mess but still on track - as I thought - until I realised I had three box drawers left and my two triple drawer storage units hadn’t even been opened. Now...what do I have in these drawers that I could transfer? - ah, embossing powders and heat gun. They could go in an empty box I had created earlier and also perhaps the glitter phials. Mmmmm...Can’t do all that so removed the heat gun. My husband appeared in the hall as I was sitting surrounded by craft items everywhere, while stacking glitter phials into a little square box.

By this time my hall looked as though a bomb had hit it and it was also after eleven pm. There I was with no floor space left when my husband said “leave it for tonight“. I don’t think so.

However, as bed was calling me what did I do? I put all my things back in the triple drawers and returned the A4 card to where I had started put the other things that had accumulated during the evening into a carrier bag so that it at least looked reasonably tidy and then I went to bed. But....you and I know that this all has to be sorted eventually or one does not have a clue where one's things are.

I am sure all of you crafters have done exactly the same thing. It even got to the stage when I began to actually want to throw things out rather than find somewhere to put it. You know what it’s like when you walk around with something in your hand in the vague hope that a space will appear from the middle of all your mess.

When I have recovered my sanity and returned to some semblance of order I will let you know. In the meantime, all you who have tidy storage, be thankful.

Crafty Whippet - Not!

PS I also intended to look at all my old cards and revamp them. Perhaps a few months from now might be okay either that or they can stay exactly where they are. I do not intend to have my bedroom like my hall.