Tuesday 24 February 2015

February SFS and other goodies

February - Spent: 29.15€ - Earned: 16€

Second SFS signin of the year, and I think I'm still doing good :) I didn't stick with the 0€-spent-policy, but I just can't afford not buying stash, there's so much I still need! :D I did, however, only overspent my January budget by 0.15€, so I still have my February budget mostly intact. So let's see what money was spent on:

First, I ordered two little guinea pigs kits from RTO (4.50€ each). There are four of them in total, and I did the first two for my grandma's birthday last year - this year she's getting the missing ones :) I also got Vervaco's 'Cupcakes' kit, I had been drooling over this for almost two years now, and as coincidents go, the avaiability switched to 'as long as stock lasts' right when I had a 10€ coupon, so I took the oportunity to only spent 18.95€ for this. Lastly, Felix and I went to a crafts market last weekend, and while I did get a few things there (details see below), only one of them was for stitching: a vial of beautiful night-blue, silver-lined beads at 1.20€.


I also earned a bit more budget this month: I finished Magical's February ornament (35x35 stitches and worth 4€) and the first page of Dark Forde (which at 70x80 stitches, 100% coverage, is 80% of the size and value of a HAED page, so 12€). This brings my carryover to 29 - 29.15 + 41 = 40.85€. Now that's something I can work with :)


And then I also got the second shippment of my monthly DMC club, this time together with 'Liberty', another pretty Fiberlicious thread. I already bobbinated it all and suspect that I shall be able to fit about three months' worth of thread into one box.


So much for SFS - but as I mentioned before, Felix and I went to a crafts market on Saturday, so I have a few more goodies to share. The market was indoors and rather small, but really, really nice - as I ad anticipated, there was no stitching stuff (good for my budget!), but one that specialized in self made jewelry. They had kits for bead-crochet and some technique using thin wire, and after much going back and forth I got one of the former, for a nice green-white-red necklance. The pattern seems pretty basic, so I might be able to use it again on the beads I have in stash already :) We also got some really nice tea (one with dates an spices which tastes AWESOME with milk, maroccoan mint and a fruity one), and the buttons for my baby jacket that I already posted yesterday:


And that's still not everything! Back in December, when I finished Angel of Frost, I entered her in the Stitchin Pirates 'Legends, Myths and Fairytales' contest and she actually won! I had wanted to tell you this ever since, but I thought I'd wait until I had the actual prices to show off, which were sponsored by my totally awesome friend Carla, and from totally awesome friends come totally awesome prices: For one, I got to pick a HAED pattern, and since I had been eyeing Randal Spangler's patterns for quite a while now, I just knew it had to be one of his. I finally settled on Celestial Dreams and can't wait to stitch it, though it might probably be a while longer until I get to it.
The other thing I one was a GBP 30.00 gift certificate for polstitches, and there deciding took me even longer. Finally, I ordered a 25x27" piece of 28ct sampler linen 'Jacobean' and a 9x13" piece of 'Pearl' Jobelan. I already have projects planned for both of those, and I will soon tell and/or show your what they are. For now, just marvel at these awesome fabrics (the picture is a bit blurry, but I think the colors turned out rather nice :))




10 comments:

Linda said...

Love your new stash and congrats on the win Leonore.

Linda

Caitlin D said...

Love the stash! That Randal Spangler pattern is soo cute! The fabric you chose is really pretty and I look forward to seeing what your going to stitch on it.
Nice job on the budget as well.

katjakay said...

Look at all that new stash, it's so pretty, Love the guinea pigs. and Dark Force is looking awesome.

Heather said...

Lovely new stash congrats on the win!

Susan said...

You had a great stash month and still within budget - wonderful! Love the guinea pigs. Congratulations on your win and the great prizes. Dark Force looks great - jealous that it looks like something (mine is just blobs).

Leonore Winterer said...

Thank you Linda :)

Leonore Winterer said...

Thank you! I love all of Randal's dragon patterns, he seems to feature the stuff I love most :D

Leonore Winterer said...

Thanks :) Dark Force always amazes me whenever I finish a new column ^_^

Leonore Winterer said...

Thank you!

Leonore Winterer said...

Thank you :) Yours will look really wonderful when you have a bit more done, I'm sure of that...DF just has the advantage of an not-so-boring background :)