Unsuccessful!

Tuesdays scour of the charity shops did not turn up anything outstanding, other than a vintage frame for my drawings!
What's going on? Where are all the bargains? Over Christmas me and the Strawb found loads of little nik naks for our vintage stall. Come on people, have a clear out!

Was off work today with a snot virus, and managed to do lots of little chores that had been looming over me for ages. Got rid of some household-y bits on Manchester Freecycle, brilliant for getting rid of stuff you cant be bothered to sell online, sent my eBay items off (a tad late, sorry people!)
Hopefully will get round to putting my earrings on card ready for selling this weekend, I'll post pics next week when I get the chance. You can also check them out on my Etsy page, I'll be putting them straight up once I've done the shop logo. Woop!

The reason why I'm trying to be so productive is because it's 3.5 weeks now til the big R (I'm being made redundant from Urbis as it is closing to become the new NFM. Boo, hiss. Still jobhunting a lot, managed to do a lot to my Arts Council application form, fingers crossed!

Bed now, need some rejuvenating sleep to help me shift this lurgy!

Thrifty Birthday to me!

Today is my 26th birthday, which will be mainly spent perusing the charidee shops of Kenilworth and Leamington Spa for vintage fabric, antique photo frames and lovely little nik naks for my crafty fairs that I hope to do in the next few months!
I've already made lots of lovely little vintagey earrings with cabochons I bought on eBay, which seem to be very popular with my workmates at Urbis!
I need to focus more on some drawings though...me and Ginge want to start concentrating on our own work to sell rather than vintage tat. I SHALL start some drawing when I get back up to Manchester!! I might treat myself to some new watercolour paints from Paperchase :)
Birthday shower time, I shall report back with my findings!

New beginnings!

I got very confused with having too many blogs running at the same time, my old photography business blog and a personal blog, that I've decided to open up a new streamlined version.

I think this blog is going to be a bit of a work-in-progress while I work out my intentions, mainly interesting art/design/craft sites for now. But while you're here, please check out my Flickr page or my Etsy page in the meantime!

I'm also going to blog about the arty & crafty things to see in and around Manchester, shops, events, artists and whatever else I find as I explore the city on my rusty old BSA bike. Oh and promote the wonderful area that is Chorlton!

Cheerio for now!