Congratulations and felicitations!

[wiseheart]

Happy Birthday, dear elwenlj! I hope it was a great one!



This is another day I wish we lived closer to each other. My goddaughter, her mum and I went to the discount craft shop and had great fun. You'd have enjoyed it, too, I think - unless you suffer from claustrophobia. Space and air are a bit on the short side in that shop - but their offerings are fantastic.

It wasn't my first time there by far, so I've managed to only buy things I actually needed (not that I'd get everything; it's Murphy's Law that they always have tons of stuff, except things in the exact size or colour one needs), but my goddaughter got a bit carried away. In the end, her mother paid for her purchases with a credit card, and she'll give it gradually back in cash, so that her husband - a poor, prosaic soul who can't understand the siren song of craft stuff - won't get a heart attack. *g*

Since I had to do the grocery shopping as well, this ate my whole afternoon, but I consider it time well spent. In the morning I worked on the doughnut keyrings; one is finished, three others are decorated, all six are equipped with hangings and the actual metal rings for the keys, so I'm making progress.

And as Mum has offered to cook tomorrow, I'll be making orange marmalade. Yum!

Comments

[meathiel]

*giggles* @ your goddaughter.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Sie ist eine bastelwütige Frau und so ist ihre Mutter. Ihr Ehemann is was in Englisch ein "self-important windbag" genannt wird, meiner Meinung nach. Zum Glück läßt sie sich nicht runterbuttern.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I miss craft shops. There are some shops in my town that sell craft stuff, but the offering is very limited. That said, I don't do much paper crafting nowadays, so it's probably a good thing that I don't have much access to craft shops. My stash would increase faster than I could use it.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I know the feeling! *g*

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

I think I will skip Christmassy orange jam this year, because prices are unreasonable. I found that prices for quinces did not go up so much and will do quince jam instead. It's my favourite jam anyway!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Prices are unreasonable indeed. But since I've never made orange jam before — and since I only have to make some for the two of us — I decided to give it a try. I've found an absolutely idiot proof recipe (or so the author states), so I hope I don't mess it up too badly.

Now, you see, quinces are a thing I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole. *g*