Melus Makes

Hobbycraft up-ed their game! How you may ask - but compared the US papercraft market - it's a significant step in a great direction. The UK Crafting market is missing five things - a Tuesday Morning store, a Michaels store, a Hobby Lobby and a Joann's. I personally would also like a Daiso store as well, please! But Hobbycraft, the UK's biggest craft superstore has stepped up their game with their new range of paper pads and washi tapes, stocking American Crafts paper pads, ephemera, stickers and embellishments, as well as up-ping their Project Life stock with new sets and a good selection of album sizes and embellishments. That's not to say there could be room for improvement and more stock - BUT this is a great step in the right direction and I for one am really happy that it is available more locally, in store, online and to a wider UK market. It's a great move. Overdue. Bit's a great move neither less. Let's start off with their new collection of pape...

Hi everyone and welcome back to the blog! Today (6th May) is National Scrapbook Day, so I hope that you have your scrapbooking hat on! As part of the day's celebrations, lots of creatives, bloggers, youtubers, project lifers, scrappers and lots of other great people will mark the occasions by either putting their memories together in albums and pages or being part of that picture to be scrapbooked - win-win right? As part of National Scrapbooking Day, I have been over the year adding to last Summer's holiday with friends to Gosport, Hampshire, located in the very sea-nic (see what I did there?!) south of the UK - and I thought I would share some of the pages I've made and photos I took on our group trip. This is the album - it is a We R Memory Keepers 4 x 4 album from their 4 x 4 Insta Album Kit. I bought this in TKMaxx quite a while ago. I used some alphabet stickers to decorate the front and a chipboard geotag. I've included a few ...

Hi everyone, long time, no blogging *slaps hand slightly. I know it's been a few weeks, but let's get back into bloggin by catching up with a haul! I'm getting straight to it - here is what I purchased in March and April... This will probably be in list form, only because we could be here alllllll moooonth! I will of course include a collage of the products bought rather than all of them individually ---------- x ---------- Once Upon A Stamp Lawn Fawn - Goodie Bag die Lawn Fawn - How You Bean Shaker Add-On Lawn Fawn Let’s Polka in the Meadow 6 x 6 Paper Pad  Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Rainbow Petite 6 x 6 Paper Pad Amazon USA WRMK Goodie Bag Guide Original Dies to Die For MFT Die-namics Sow Much Cuteness Stamp / Die Set,  Mama Elephant Framed Tags – Madison Avenue – Creative Cuts  MFT Tall Storage Pockets MFT Small Storage Pockets MFT Sentiment Label Strip Seven Hills Crafts MFT Welcome Baby MFT Lions and Tigers ...