Make It and Makes

So, after a false start involving a missing mobile phone ( I so rarely use mine, it's easy to lose track of it) and a handbag that had been tidied (helpfully - not) away by Mr U-t-B, I ventured forth in the direction of Farnborough Airfield for the 'Make it Craft and Make it Homemade - the total Craft Event.

With a wallet lighter by a staggering £9.50, I wandered around, gradually finding the stalls I'd made a mental note of yesterday. (I was too tight to pay an additional £1 to get a map of the layout)

The place was really busy, which is good to see in a way, but that did make me begrudge the high entrance fee even more.  

As predicted, I came home with some ribbon...

 ...some washi tape...

 ...and some wooden blanks ...

...and the only unplanned purchases were a few bargain buttons...

I feel quite virtuous in that I didn't overspend, but also strangely disappointed.  There was nothing new and irresistible, and actually very little in the way of things for stitchers, knitters and crocheters.  If I'd fancied perusing a rainbow coloured display of embroidery threads, stroking a pyramid of beautiful yarns or choosing from a fabulous range of bamboo needles, I'd have been really disappointed.  


So once again, I am being controversial!  Three times in one week, when I don't normally say boo to a goose.


Don't get me wrong, there was loads of stuff there.  If I'd wanted a rubber stamp of a head louse holding a peace sign, a peel-off of the Brazilian football team from 1966, or any other paper crafting supply, I could probably have found it.  So there were lots of happy customers, but I went home a little disappointed.


Anyhow...


On a more positive note, you may have spotted a new header.  One of the lentil tins has undergone a transformation...

I also managed to finish the picture bit of this...

...which the eagle-eyed among you may notice has rather changed from this...

Turns out, when I looked carefully, the one in the magazine was not representing summer at all, which I'd fixed in my mind as what I was going to do next.  No, the one in the magazine is actually autumn - the half bare tree and the pumpkins (which I thought were some unusual French style of beehive) were the clues. 


 So I have changed the pumpkins into beehives and the bird-topped triffid into a sunflower, and given the lady a more summery dress, and I have summer!


I have planned my own version of spring to do next, and my fingers are kind of itching to get on with it!


After helping Mr U-t-B's son a little with his house move and an emergency trip to the dentist with Miss U-t-B who'd managed to chip one of her front teeth at school, we had a very late, sociable and wet lunch in a pub (Mr U-t-B's son knocked a glass of beer all over me!)  so I won't be needing to cook this evening - result!


That's a little bit more stitching time, to make up for the disappointment earlier in the day!