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No luck with craft supplies
Apr. 29th, 2023 06:29 pmI was in town today - and not just in the supermarket next corner. I went to the churchyard where my grandparents are buried; well, cremated and set in a niche in a wall, but still. Next Sunday is Mother's Day here, and I paid Grandma a visit in Mum's stead, since she cannot.
Afterwards I went to the Allee shopping centre, which has a fairly well-stocked craft shop. Unfortunately, their focus has shifted somewhat lately, and while they keep a wide variety of painting and moulding supplies, the offer in things I need is rather poor. I'm a crafter, not a budding artist, I don't really need high-end artistic supplies!
Today I wanted to buy some small, round bells, to sew them on the hat of my Weihnachtswichtel. The craft shop I preferred (and that was closed a couple of years ago) used to sell them in various sizes, in small packages of 5 or 10. In different colours, too, so I could simply select the ones I needed. Here, they only had them in gold and silver, and only in two sizes, one of which was too large and one that was too small. They're also selling them separately, and a single piece nearly costs as much as a whole package used to in the other shop.
Needless to say that I didn't buy them. I've got 10 of the little gnomes prepared already for sewing, and I'm planning to do even more. I can't afford those sorts of embellishments if I want to actually sell the puppets on the fair! I'll give Rayher a try whenever I can get over the Danube to the other side of the city, and if they don't have them (and for an acceptable price at that), then the Wichtel will get sparkly pom-poms on their hats. I've got more than enough of those, bought at Kik in an attack of crafty madness, and sparkly pom-poms are pretty, too.
In the spirit of preparing for Mother's Day I then went to the Lindt shop two levels deeper (the escalators were randomly out of order, so it was not fun) and bought a big bag of Lindor chocolate balls for Mum. Spending money beyond the necessities is always good for morale.
Coming home, I worked a bit on my craft project and had a short rest, Then I made mushrooms with scrambled eggs for lunch, and we went for a walk for Mum. So, a busy day, and I'm adequately drained now. *g*
Afterwards I went to the Allee shopping centre, which has a fairly well-stocked craft shop. Unfortunately, their focus has shifted somewhat lately, and while they keep a wide variety of painting and moulding supplies, the offer in things I need is rather poor. I'm a crafter, not a budding artist, I don't really need high-end artistic supplies!
Today I wanted to buy some small, round bells, to sew them on the hat of my Weihnachtswichtel. The craft shop I preferred (and that was closed a couple of years ago) used to sell them in various sizes, in small packages of 5 or 10. In different colours, too, so I could simply select the ones I needed. Here, they only had them in gold and silver, and only in two sizes, one of which was too large and one that was too small. They're also selling them separately, and a single piece nearly costs as much as a whole package used to in the other shop.
Needless to say that I didn't buy them. I've got 10 of the little gnomes prepared already for sewing, and I'm planning to do even more. I can't afford those sorts of embellishments if I want to actually sell the puppets on the fair! I'll give Rayher a try whenever I can get over the Danube to the other side of the city, and if they don't have them (and for an acceptable price at that), then the Wichtel will get sparkly pom-poms on their hats. I've got more than enough of those, bought at Kik in an attack of crafty madness, and sparkly pom-poms are pretty, too.
In the spirit of preparing for Mother's Day I then went to the Lindt shop two levels deeper (the escalators were randomly out of order, so it was not fun) and bought a big bag of Lindor chocolate balls for Mum. Spending money beyond the necessities is always good for morale.
Coming home, I worked a bit on my craft project and had a short rest, Then I made mushrooms with scrambled eggs for lunch, and we went for a walk for Mum. So, a busy day, and I'm adequately drained now. *g*
