Not me, that's for sure!
If you can't forage for your craft materials (see last weeks blog here) then at least try to be thrifty when buying them! Look:
A lovely beaded necklace found for sale at the local junk market/bootfair for only 50p! Really not my style at all, but a fabulous source of beads - and I bet it'll work out cheaper than buying from any 'normal' retailer!
Give them a wash off in warm soapy water, then carefully de-string them all, and just look at all those beads!
In total the necklace yielded approximately 100g of seed beads for 50p - buy something similar from Hobbycraft and you would be paying 99p for just 15g!
Now I understand that it's not always possible to source all of the materials you need from 'alternative' sources - I still have to pay for the majority of my materials from every-day retailers, but it really doesn't hurt to keep your eyes peeled when you're out and about.... who knows what you might find!
I make jewellry for my own use (not to sell) & have used broken jewellry to make new earrings etc. I don`t throw much away in cardmaking either, if something gets spoilt by glue spills etc I salvage the undamaged bits for a different (and sometimes better) card.
ReplyDeleteGreat find and gorgeous colour.
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Love the colour of those beads!
ReplyDeleteand what a find, well done you:) As you say, always keep a look out, you never know what you might find!
love
michelle x
Hi! Congratulations for winning Julia's cards!
ReplyDeleteThose beads were great find! I see also 'material' every where.
Wishes from Greece! Teje