Little Monsters for Little Monsters

I've been busy crafting this week, it's great to be doing what I love the most. I missed posting last Monday as we were away camping, you can read all about it over on Badger Boo's blog.

I decided to have a play around with the ever versatile Owl Punch from Stampin' Up and these little monsters were born.

 My Charity Shop Bargain of the week was, a brick embossing folder from Spellbinders, it's  double sided and also has a really nice wood grain on the other side, I can see me using it a lot because I just love it.

The Little Monster cards were great fun to make, and as usual I got covered in glue sticking their googly eyes and arms on.

I've also found time to do some knitting and I've been making some Cabled Plant Pot Cosy's, but when I took the picture I noticed it would actually look better with a plant in the pot.

 I only have one pot plant as I tend to kill them, but my good friend Michelle gave me one last year for my Birthday which is unbelievably still alive, although it doesn't actually fit in the pot I've made, hopefully you get the idea.

I'm in the process of knitting a larger cover but it wasn't ready for this mornings post. 

Note to self:- Must buy a fake plant that fits in the small pot for photographic purposes.

In Allotment news, the heavy digging is now finished at last for this year, the back half of the plot will remain grass for the time being.

Things are at last starting to grow, so all we have to do now is keep up with the weeding and watering then reap our rewards at harvest time.

I'm linking this post to Handmade Monday and Creative Mondays.

Hope you all have a fantastic week.

xxx

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Smile its Friday

What a great week it's been.

 I have a lot to smile about.

I've been busy making adjustments to the Stone Pit Crafts website to make it more user friendly, with a lot less junk to distract the eye and toned down my love of bright colours after some constructive criticism. I've also added PayPal and started selling my Welly Toppers and there has been a lot of interest in them.

I also designed this cute bracelet, when I've made a few more they will also be for sale here, I used Moss Stitch as I really love the texture and feel, other colours will also be available.

My biggest smile came from this weeks Charity Shop Bargain.

 I saw this case and it peaked my interest. 

You never know what's zipped up inside plus it was only £1.99.

You all know how I love a bargain.

When I opened it I found these 24 pens, not very exciting to some I grant you, but I've been looking for some decent colouring pens for some of my projects with moderate success. 

Tested them and they all worked, plus they were double ended, one fine nib and one broad, so actually 48 pens.

Himself who is an admirer of a decent pen, I've bought him several really good ones over the years, came home and was quite impressed with my bargain and told me to look them up on the internet.

Turns out Letraset make really good pens for professional use, I'm pretty sure mine are Product Design looking at the colour range. Although there is no way on this earth I would ever pay £92, yes you read that right I said £92 for a set of felt tip pens.

Lets see who else is smiling this week :o)

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