The Craft Room, Derby

Wednesday

Last Wednesday of 2023

Good morning, the last Wednesday of 2023. I wonder how many, if any, folk read this? I have woken up feeling stuffed, not wanting to eat for a week and confused as to what day it is. I wonder if others feel the same lol.

Yesterday we did manage to get our walk around the park. It was a bit chilly but the birds, ducks, geese, swans etc. were rather hungry. It was lovely to see so many people out and about, especially the children with their parents.

I also managed to catch up with Dr. Who which was a bit of a strange episode with singing in it. There was an extra bit on how they made the episode and that was very enlightening.

I did of course try and clean the craft room but then I got thworted, is that a word? Sophia called me and we talked about desk calendars and so then I ended up preparing four of them for her. Here are the bees I prepared, these are from a new set coming out in just a few days.

I am off out first thing this morning to buy prizes for games at our Derby Dabblers Craft Club Fuddle. Derby Dabblers is a group of crafters that meet up once a month, the last Friday of the month to be exact. There are quite a few of us and we do every craft you can imagine, knitting, crocheting, painting, embroidery, card making, scrapbooking, diamond art etc. etc. Well this Friday is our annual fuddle/Christmas party. I have already started preparing for it but will get the games/prizes all sorted and wrapped today leaving the food to purchase tomorrow and Friday. So I am off to a couple of shops first thing this morning and then hopefully back to cleaning that craft room.

If you wanted to join us at Derby Dabblers next January, you will be made to feel most welcome.

Thank you for having a read today, I must jump into action and get my day started. Tracey x

Stampin' Up! news and promotions

If you click on the image, the catalogue will open up on a new page for you to have a browse through. I must let you know that some items may run out and once they do, they wont be returning.

By clicking on the Up to 60% image below, you will see all the discounted prices on the products in the Mini Catalogue.

There are lots of wonderful crafting products available from Stampin' Up! that are not in a catalogue. To see details about the Online Exclusives,including all the kits, just click on the image below and the details will open up in a new window.

If you fancy a browse through the main Annual catalogue click on the image below and you can have a flick through the pages. If you would prefer a proper paper copy, please pop in to the Craft Room and pick one up or get in touch and I will post one out to you.

Do let me know if you would like to purchase anything but are not confident in ordering yourself via the on line shop as I will be very happy to order for you for delivery to your home address or for collection from me, in Derby.

To make a purchse, you can always just hit the 'shop here' image below.

Any queries, please do get in touch

The new Mini Catalogue that will start on 3rd January is ready and waiting in the Craft Room for you. Please do feel free to pop in to pick one up and you can take the new Sale a bration brochure with you too.

Here are details of where you can get in touch with me.

I am also on Facebook, have a look for The Craft Room, Derby

Tuesday

Boxing Day 2023

Good morning and Happy Boxing Day.

It turned out that my sis DID have food poisoning so we were able to spend our first Christmas Day with the whole family for the first time in 5 years WHOOP WHOOP. We were so hoping that she didnt have a bug that kept us away. They were fantastic hosts and we had a wonderful day, one to treasure. My parents were there, my neices and the children.

Got home around 7ish and spent the next couple of hours in front of the TV, I have saved Dr. Who for today. Today will be a quiet day for (it was noisy yesterday and we are not used to it). After a bit of tidying up I have quite a few new crafting toys to play with. We shall have a light lunch followed by getting a little fresh air by wandering around a local park. It is five years ago today that we lost my daughter to an awful condition called Scleroderma. She put up a very brave fight

There isnt a day that goes by that I dont think of her and whilst the pain never goes away, it is easier to bear. Now I can think of the happier times we had without the tears falling. I just cant believe that it is five years. Christiana used to love feeding the ducks at a local park so hopefully, weather permitting we shall try and get out to do that later.

I have a very untidy craftroom and will try and get that cleaned also today, the problem is that once I see things, I start to play and my little pile of untidyness is getting bigger and bigger oppps.

Although it is Boxing Day, I shall be putting my last 2023 order into Stampin' Up! this evening at 8pm. Should you wish to add to my order please do get in touch with me and let me know. You will need to collect it from the Craft Room prior to 7th January.

Here are details of how you can see all the catalogues, brochures and sale items

There is currenly a Stampin' Up! offer running all the way up to 3rd January on products in their mini catalogue, that is the one in the picture below. There is up to 60% off some products. If you click on the image, the catalogue will open up on a new page for you to have a browse through. I must let you know that some items may run out and once they do, they wont be returning.

By clicking on the Up to 60% image below, you will see all the discounted prices on the products in the Mini Catalogue.

To make a purchse, you can always just hit the 'shop here' image below.

Any queries, please do get in touch

Here are details of where you can get in touch with me.

I am also on Facebook, have a look for The Craft Room, Derby

Thank you so much for having a read. I hope you enjoy the last Tuesday of 2023 x

Monday

Last Monday of 2023 - Christmas Day

Wishing you a wonderful day today, Merry Christmas. I do hope you have a wonderful festive time spent with family and friends with lots of laughter. Sending hugs and extra warm wishes for those that may need them as Christmas Day isnt such a great day for every one of us but we do have happy memories.

We were due to go to spend the day with my sis, neices, parents and little ones but unfortunately, my sister has come down with a bug. We are all hoping it is just food poisoning, if I can say 'just' but with so many bugs around, we dont know. We have a back up as we made a made a mad dash to M&S yesterday at 2pm and got some veggies and will have a quiet day, just the two of us.

Having Christmas Day on a Monday is certainly a different way to start the last week on 2023.

Sunday

Christmas Eve and another Christmas card

Good morning. A very early start for me today, woke up at 4am and couldnt get back to sleep so I got up and have decided to have a nanny nap later.

We have a rainy day forecast for Derby today which is a lot better than the awful wind we had on Thursday. So many old trees came down, fences were broken and we had a lot of damage around our area. which was very sad to see. Trust me to choose Thursday morning to venture out at silly o clock before I knew what the weather was like. I have never seen so many bins overturned and in the road, at one stage I thought they were chasing me down the road, really. And I could have collected that many For Sale signs, inflatable Christmas decorations, parts of fences etc. etc. The wind was so scary. So I finished my shopping and came home again and that is where I stayed.

Friday and Saturday have flown by but we have seen lots of the family and been out and about and now, before we know it, Christmas Eve has arrived. I dont have plans today. The tree is up, the decorations are out and everywhere is very festive indeed. I shall be having a spruce around and doing a few chores followed by a clean up of the craft room and some tidying up of the computer. My new computer is a wizz and I love being on it. I am teaching myself allsorts and really enjoying it.

Of course I have done some crafting, as I try to do most day and this is the card that I made for hubby, which he loved.

The stamps are old ones from my stash. I shall be making a few more like this on our first 2024 Festive Friday which is on 5th January. I do enjoy our get togethers. It also gives me a chance to bake, something else I love to do.

The sorting out of the photographs is still ongoing. I now have 31,762 to file/delete send on but a few each day is helping. I am still finding it nice to look through them and I do remember taking the majority of them.

The mini catalogue will end on 3rd January. That is the one in the picture below. At the moment there is up to 60% off some of the products in this catalogue. If you click on the image, the catalogue will open up on a new page for you to have a browse through. I must let you know that some items may run out and once they do, they wont be returning.

By clicking on the Up to 60% image below, you will see all the discounted prices on the products in the Mini Catalogue.

To make a purchse, you can always just hit the 'shop here' image below.

Any queries, please do get in touch

Here are details of where you can get in touch with me.

I am also on Facebook, have a look for The Craft Room, Derby

Tuesday

Tuesday with Santas Gift Envleopes

Good morning, today I am out and about doing a little Christmast shopping for hubby. He does need a few little things to open on Christmas day and I do like to nip into town when its all decorated and have a wander round. I am not wandering aimlessly, I know exactly what I am going for but, I do it at a slow pace. That will just leave his card that I need to make, so a wonderful day planned all in all.

Yesterday I caught up with everything on my "to do" list phew and even managed a few extra bits. No list, nothing gets done.

I currently have 4 grandchildren, all girls from Pauls son Robert. They are all of an age where they dont really need anything, cant think of anything, prefer to buy things in the sales, I am sure some of you know what I mean so I have opted to make a few money envelopes.

These were created with Read Red, Basic Black and some bits of gold glittery card that I had. The inserts were stamped with the Stampin' Up! Cottage Wreath stamp set, wow, this is so versatile. If you dont already own this set and are on the look out for something that will last a whole year, you may want to take a look. A few punches were used to make the money envelopes, two sizes of circles, one for the 'buttons' and one for the tab of the sentiment card. The other two punches were to create the image of Santas belt and you can use anything as long as they are similar and one is smaller than the other. I had fun making these and have a few ready for next year. I just have to remember where I put them. I created a list of what I used which is at the end of this post.

By clicking on the Up to 60% image below, you will see all the discounted prices on the products in the Mini Catalogue.

To make a purchse, you can always just hit the 'shop here' image below.

Any queries, please do get in touch

Here are details of where you can get in touch with me.

I am also on Facebook, have a look for The Craft Room, Derby

Thanks for having a read and I hope you have a terrefic Tuesday.

If you dont already have a demonstrator and would like a catalogue and mini brochures, please, do let me know and I will get one sent out to you. Tracey x