Monthly Archives: May 2012

YOU’VE GOT TO TAKE THE ROUGH WITH THE SMOOTH

INFANT SLIPPERS

The start of the Summer means only one thing in the SHS household; we get our thrifting skates on in earnest and hit the boot sales and yard sales with a vengeance. Last weekend was the first proper weekend of this for… Read More

Love and Marriage and the card problem solved

card

So, as I said in my previous post, in my rose-tinted crafting head I would have lovingly made both gifts and cards all round for the two parties (get me! Believe me, this is beyond rare) that I went to this weekend. But… Read More

Would you like that giftwrapped, madame?

giftwrapped gift

So, this week I’ve come up against the issue of what to do about gift shopping while I’m on secondhand safari.

I’ve got two delightfully different celebrations to go to. First up, on Saturday night, are identical… Read More

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day

The stopped watch

Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> Confucius (or, ahem, somebody or other) says that even a stopped clock is right twice a day, which is a good job really because the watch that I felt very pleased with myself… Read More