Shopping Trip

After sharing the news of a couple of new craft stores in our area with my sisters last night, Gillian rang this morning to invite me along on a shopping trip if I would show her where they were.


I have already mentioned Capture the Magic in a previous post but a second craft store Calico Crafts has now opened in unit 12 which is just behind. We had the chance to check them both out again today.


To think I used to have my darling hubby drive me all the way to Hornchurch to shop for craft supplies and now we have 3 in Bury and several more within a 20 mile radius. How cool is that?


I have traded with both of these stores online for a while so I can personally recommend them. Calico Crafts has the loveliest vintage labels that I love to use for cards with a difference.

There's no need for me to post details of the website because it's listed here in this photo of the sign outside above the door. Check it out and Helen tells me that you can order on line and then go and collect if you want to. They also stock some of the lovely Whipper Snapper design stamps in the snowman projects I've featured recently.

This is Helen in front of one of the many different sections in the store. It was clear they were still very much settling in to the new premises and the whole place had a wonderful 'new wood' smell. It must've taken absolutely ages to build in all the various shelving units.

This is 'mother' who got dragged along for the shopping trip but she even managed to do some craft shopping herself so she can now cross her friend Edna off her Christmas shopping list. Lucky Edna! Mum likes to craft now and then but it doesn't come so easy as she's getting older - she's 71 and her eyes don't work well close up without glasses, her hands won't always do what she wants them to but she still makes a valid effort now and then.

Today was a very full and busy day after such a late night and I still want to do my little box. Decisions, decisions, decisions - I think I'm going to have to choose my papers and stick to my choice or I'll never get it done!