Shopping in my sleep, a Plumbrella crisis...and... it must be nearly Christmas!

Hooray, last weekend brought pay day, and after my enforced stash diet (after paying the paper bill and the money grabbing fool of a dentist)...in the wee small hours of Saturday morning, I found myself shopping in my sleep! I was having nightmares that the posties would hold all my parcels hostage, so I thought I'd better get all my orders in before they went AWOL again!

Yesterday, Cuttingedge and Cuddly Buddly came through with new (much needed) dies, Prima goodies...a real treat, and some fabby colours of Stickles! Today, Crafts U Love goodies arrived - a couple of inks, MORE Prima goodies, and some festive papers ready for my dotee doll 2009 (more about that later) layout. Here is a selection of my newly acquired scrumminess:



Sleep-shopping RULES eh! Ive had a very nice email from Sizzix to tell me that DHL will be along shortly with my (much needed...of course) dies from them - you know my motto - one can never have too many alphabets lol! AND QVC have shipped some goodies to me too, but Im guessing they will be held hostage by the posties for a few days yet...boo! No matter, to tide me over until further stash deliveries - Lesley and I will be hitting Colemans Warehouse on Saturday - yay!

In an attempt to squeeze more stash into the Emporium, I had a little tidy up...he he - here is my desk space....


Well...there is just about a 12"x12" work area clear...what more does one need!?! For the benefit of Graybags - here is a better look at the Emporium - just think, you could have a space like this when Lesley gets home on Saturday...ha ha ha!



So...the Plumbrella crisis!!! Last night was crafty club night, and a good time was had by all. I stitched faces....a sneaky peak coming up, and much deep and meaningful debate took place about Strictly and The X Factor...and let me tell you there wasnt a single fan of 'the twins' in sight, surprise surprise (not!). Anyway, I took my Plumbrella layout along for 'show and tell', but now it is more worthy for 'show and SMELL' as an accident occurred on the way home! I brought home the leftover milk, and I was sure it was sealed up tight, but no...it appears my 95 mph down the A45 might have loosened the cap somewhat (!) as I found a soggy mess in my bag when I unpacked it this morning....aaaaggggh! Thank goodness my sewing bits and bobs were in plastic bags (thank you Waitrose!), but the layout was loose..lying up against my cutting mat, which only served to maintain the dampness....sigh! Luckily, the photo was printed onto matt paper - this soaked up the milk rather than the print lifting from the page, and luckily no.2 - it is a distressed looking kind of layout, so a bit of running ink and stuff might just add to it?!? I might get away with it when it finally dries out...if I pop it in a bag with a dose of pot pourri!!!

So, here I am at the end of day 3 of my holiday, and what have I been doing with myself all week...?

I have been sewing faces, faces and more faces! Because my lovelies, it is nearly Christmas, and its time to get started on those festive dotees - yay!



Aw...aint they sweet! Thats the last sneaky peek you will be getting - now you will all have to wait and see!

But, thats my fun over for the week - tomorrow I have the ordeal of root canal at the dentist...groan! When will he finally do his job properly so that I dont have to keep going back - 'you've made enough money out of me, you money grabbing begger!!!'

Just a thought though....Hobbycraft is on my route home..........!

Have a good rest of the week folks, and thank you for popping by!
Sue x