Current Mood : Sleepy
Spent on Crafts, Stationery, and Décor today : $6.08
Beloved Hubby returns to work tomorrow, so we made the best of today. I cut his hair, which he hates to do himself but normally does anyway. I said I'd try. It actually doesn't look too bad, and it's not that hard. He's happy with it, so it's all good !
I'm working on another craft for ThriftyFun.com - they paid me their standard $15. for using the Advair chair craft ! And I like money in PayPal. So while we were out and about for a bit, we stopped at Hobby Lobby. Alas, no 40% off coupon this week, but we only spent $4., so it wasn't a bad thing. I scored some cream textured paper and flat green in art (read : bigger and cheaper than scrapbook) size for $3., and a tiny ‘embroidery' sewing machine charm - they were half price !
The cream paper is going to cover a largish cardboard box (castle and drawbridge) and the green will mask Pringles cans (turrets and towers). When it's done, it'll be a cheap castle version of Mattel's ‘My House' - they sell a small framework, but there's very few walls, so you can scale your own size from floors, tables, etc. The castle will have a front door (well, a drawbridge, instead) and the towers and turrets will be guard stations, storage, and alcoves. It'll go on the Crafty site, too.
From there, we hit Hobby Town, and I scored several freebie racing stickers for Dearest Son, and bought a small vial of beige Testors paint. Last year, I found the cutest little plastic Belle doll - I think it's a DecoPak, used on cakes. I really liked the design, so it was a shame she had several scrapes to her face that marred the paint. Well, that's fixed now ! Less than five minutes later, with a drop of paint and a toothpick, she looks brand-new. It just bugs me that I spent $1.75 to repair a 25c figurine ! At least I have plenty more for this year's crop of yard sale goodies !
GoodWill didn't have much, but I scored a package of unopened envelopes, 50 for 50c, and a dollar bag full of old stationery. I just love sending notes to Dearest's school on the fun stuff !
Oh, and I found a way to use the other-language manual that came with the Brother. While I don't scrapbook, I keep ‘found' stickers - you know, the ones on new shirts, Beloved's Big Mac with no pickles order, yard sale prices, nametags from Dearest's school - in the back of a notebook we use for budgeting. The Brother came with several ‘tie down' stickers, and a ‘Checked With Pride' one. So, I cut out a nice image of the machine from the manual I'll never use, and taped it down with the packaging stickers ! It then occurred to me that it'd be a great way to use up old manuals - you could make your own notebook, or use pieces to scrapbook, or decorate envelopes with. It's actually kind of fun to look at all the stickers when the bills are depressing !
