My treasures...

Any of my regular visitors will know my mum is a garage sale fanatic - she rang me this morning to ask if I wanted a pantry cupboard for my scrap room (no, I didn't get it). I could actually picture her - mobile in one hand, the other hand clutching the cupboard and giving other bargain hunters the death stare if they came near her!! LOL Okay, I am going somewhere with this....I thought I would share some of my recent "treasures" mum has brought me...





My favourite is the lace plate - how amazing is that? Mum is a total bargain hunter - the 2 plates were $2 each and the soup tureen was $3!! Sometimes I ask my mum to keep an eye out for specific items (eg the soup tureen) - she loves the challenge. Mum's favourite thing is to buy pine furniture / items and do them up - currently she is working on a blanket box she picked up for $5. I have asked her to look for wire baskets that I can use for storage in my scrap room.

I don't think I have mentioned it, but Mum and I are making cupcakes for the wedding next weekend - orange & poppy seed - yummo!! Mum spent the day here and we made the green icing frangipani flowers to go on the cakes today - very cute! I also made a batch of cupcakes to try out a recipe. I will be taking them to Simply Crafty for afternoon tea tomorrow. Mum got out her sewing machine and fixed up the straps and top of my new dress - so it fits a lot better now. While she was sewing I also got her to take up some jeans and replace the elastic in some tops - gotta love mum :o)

I went to the Creative Artz midnight crop last night. I love the new chipboard & acrylic stuff - especially the acrylic mushrooms - too cute!! I managed to work on 5 LO and a card - none finished though (what's new?!?!). Will do a bit more scrapping tonight and tomorrow.