On Saturday we had a re-run of Crafternoon ™ whereby me, Helen, Lisa and Florence giggle our way around central London and try not to buy things we weren’t intending to…
I did pretty well. This is the sum total of things I didn’t mean to buy: one remnant, far too nice to pass up, which is destined to become messenger bags; one spool of ribbon, because it is nice and was only one english pound; one flexible curve, which I have discovered is a complete gem in tracing off patterns, never mind drafting your own.
I found the ribbon in a new to us shop called All the Fun of the Fair, which is just off Carnaby Street. It’s mostly about the yarn side of things (I love those cacti) but it does have some notions and a nice selection of cute buttons. It seems like a nice shop, with friendly staff so I’ll try to keep it in mind when I’m button hunting – I hate the idea of little ventures failing for lack of footfall.
After we’d had a good long lunch, as if we were properly French, and then looked at the entire craft section in Borders, we ended up in the bar in Waterstones again, taking far too many photos in far too many configurations, like the bloggers we are.
Ah, the internets. Made of awesome.
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I love that you have trademarked the term (clever in more than one way – it is an enigma to me as to how one might make the ‘th’ smaller as in 5th).
I thought I’d read that you spent the day painting radiators as a hangover cure…but now I’m in the comments section that seems to have disappeared. Did I imagine it or did you realise that that bit had never happened and that your radiators are still crying out to be made beautiful? I’m confused now….off to look around the house to see which mirrored surfaces actually show my reflection. Yours, Simpleton. x
Such restraint – but you sound as if you had a lovely time even if buttons eluded you.
You’ve made me need a knitted cactus! What fun!
Flexible curves? First time I hear of it.
Your day sounds very nice, and relaxing. And you were very good with the not buying much.
I’m with Florence; kudos for trademarking the Crafternoon.
In the last pic you have cleverly made look as though we are in the opening credit of a US soap opera such as Dallas or Dynasty. Hey we could be the movers and shakers in the new hit soap ‘Craft-allas’ of Craft-asty…or not.
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