Saturday 11 October 2014

Shopping in HobbyCraft And Other Shops With The Duchess

I am trying to keep to a tight budget ….. but sometimes things just slip into my basket!
HobbyCraft mini chocolate digestive tinchocolate digestive tin
Like this tin for keeping an emergency stash of chocolate digestives in, bought for the computer boffin at work as a thank you for always sorting out all my computer glitches  with a smile and a laugh.  When he said that chocolate digestives were the best biscuit in the world, this tin was a no brainer (£2 from HobbyCraft) and I filled it up for him!
Two packs of 12 wooden hearts (HobbyCraft reduced from £3 to £2.25), perfect for covering with Nordic Christmas patterned paper, a lick of varnish and a bow … as a quick Christmas tree fairing.
Hobby CRaft Advent HouseStill in HobbyCraft …… but this didn’t fall into my basket, priced at £15, I am praying that they will be included in a 3 for 2 offer nearer Christmas, then I might just pounce!
Packs of stickers for £1 each, no immediate plans for them, but I feel a couple of tags or cards are in the making.
Halloween stickers are of a premium this year, especially for someone like me who uses a lot of them for tags and boxes.  Love the spiders, but not so keen on the pack of ghosts that came with them.
The pack of 120 paper chains for £1 to use as an edging to a tag or card or as a band round a Halloween box also seemed like money well spent. The Halloween party bags (20 for £2) will also be useful for a very quick bit of  spooky nonsense …. I plan to fill them with sweets and then add an big orange ribbon and tag, perhaps also featuring a skeleton or two to keep with the theme.
You can’t have enough wiggly eyes at this time of year either and for a pack of this size for just 79p it’s a no brainer …..  from Home Bargains.
And finally …….. they have milk chocolate and butterscotch Elizabeth Shaw mints crisps in B M Bargains, I was reserved, I only got this one box ….. but these are always a staple for my Halloween and Christmas crafts (£1.99)