Thursday 13 May 2010

My Cup Runneth Over....With Stash (My Creative Space}

My parents, who are now retired, head off to local thrift stores and car boots sales then generally top off their relaxing afternoons of pootling around town with a cake and a cup of tea. Not that I'm jealous. Well, okay. Just a little bit.

But, that jealousy is tempered by the fact that whenever they come to visit me, they always bring me a huge stash of thrifted 'allsorts' that they think I might like to use in my crafty endeavours. Added to my own thifted stash and my craft room suddenly became a haven for carrier bags, plastic containers and cardboard boxes.

Red

So, My Creative Space, this week has seen me starting to sort through the smaller items - beads, buttons, old watches and broken jewellery. It's amazing. There is so much inspiration in a box full of odds and sods.

And, of course, it all had to be sorted by colour!

Browns

Blue

I'm off to check out everyone else's creative spaces over at Kootoyoo and then I'm going to get busy making stuff with all of my lucky finds.

17 comments:

  1. Ooooo look at all the turquoise!

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  2. I love the cups and saucers you used for storing!

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  3. Ooo...so pretty to see beads in a cup! ahha...now you have lots of material to create with!

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  4. I love how you sorted your pretty baubles in the teacups!

    [And I definitely think the aqua bowl in my creative space would be the perfect place to store the blue beads in your creative space! :D]

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  5. i love ur beautiful teacups.........g8 choice for storage. those buttons and beads are so pretty, i couldnt use them, just look at them adoringly.
    Jo xxx

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  6. They all look pretty....

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  7. I don't drink tea or coffee so your cups of beads are just my 'cup of tea'! Looking forward to seeing what you make with this little hoard :)

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  8. That bottom cup and the contents are just divine!

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  9. such pretty organization! I'm jealous of your parents. especially the cake part. I need to spend more time eating cake.

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  10. Such pretty photo's - you've got some lovely buttons in those cups!

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  11. wow you are so lucky, you must be soo loved but of course you are. you will have to show me all your new stash when I see you next week fingers crossed x

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  12. Love the red stuff. It makes me feel all romantic and stuff.

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  13. Looik forward to seeing whta you make with all those gorgeous blue beads

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  14. Very pretty! Don't you wish we had Estate Sales like they do in America?

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  15. Wow! lucky you - these look gorgeous. Love the quaint little teacup and saucer too x

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  16. I love sorting by colour :-) And I'm jealous of you for having such thoughtful parents who bring you gorgeous little bits and pieces xx

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  17. What cool parents you have! Mine have gone from being downright appalled that I buy all of my clothes/housewares at thrift stores to slightly bemused. I love how you've organized your goodies by color. They look lovely!

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