There were a couple of shops in Bath that Mum and I really wanted to check out. Sadly, despite several attempts, we never did manage to find Wool - which was a great shame as it looks to be a fabulous wool shop. Plus my sister, who spotted it on her way back to the railway station, said they had a sale on - so double hell and damnation for not being able to track it down.
Luckily, we had no such problems locating The Makery Shop. What a fabulous little gem of a shop this is, and very centrally located in Northumberland Place too. Mum and I had a good perusal and I came away with just a few little crafty bits and bobs.
Some more recycled paper card blanks (I bought some of these at the Vintage and Handmade Fair in Chipping Sodbury in June so I knew they were really excellent - they make lovely cards,) two itty bitty offcuts of beautiful material (I'm hoping to incorporate these into cards too,) four stunning mother-of-pearl buttons in the most zingy shade of citrus-green, four more painted wooden buttons (I've had some of these before too.) And, finally, a metre of 'made with love' tape which I thought might gussy-up some of my handmade offerings. I could have spent SERIOUS amounts of money in The Makery as they had such gorgeous gorgeous crafty things but I thought it best to show some restraint, especially as I managed to have quite a spend on non-food items in Sainsbury's yesterday too - although they were all wonderful bargains. More on that tomorrow.
Wool is tricky to find! I managed it by luck the first time and then memorised my way there from Marks and Spencer for the next time. Bath has so many lovely shops! I always spend far too much when I spend a day shopping there!
Posted by: Anne | 08/25/2011 at 10:32 PM
Those are fabulous finds. And I'm very impressed with your self discipline. I have none...that's why my craft area that looks like an episode of Hoarders.
Posted by: Kathleen | 08/26/2011 at 03:51 AM