Weekending

I hope you had a great weekend. Ours was nice and relaxing. We pottered about at home on Friday night/Saturday when I jumped up a couple of difficulty levels in window star making - I crafted a sixteen-pointed wind wheel.

It wasn't as fiddly as I was expecting but it had a sort of twist fold that I didn't really master until the last few pieces.

I learnt an important lesson about window star making, which was to assemble all the pieces in the same sitting - rather than assembling half and coming back to it another day - as it didn't quite match up when I went back to complete it with fresh eyes.

I like it though, and I enjoyed the process and learning new skills.

It hasn't photographed very well, I haven't managed to find a pocket of sunshine to capture it but you get the idea!

You can see my progression with making these stars by clicking here.

On Sunday we went off on the train to a car boot sale. We weren't sure what to expect as it was raining and we've never been in Winter before. There were fewer stalls but it was interesting anyway. Cameron found a Pokemon book and some canvasses for painting which we haggled down to half price! I'm only just starting to find the confidence for haggling so was glad to get a good result.

I spent a grand total of 20p on myself. I bought these two little glasses with citrus prints on them, I thought they might make nice tea light candle holders for Summer.

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Thank you so much to everyone who has submitted entries to the January Home Baked Challenge! Entries are now closed and the winner will be announced here on Friday! You can see all the submissions on the Home Baked Challenge Flickr group.
If you missed the deadline, do not fret - there will be a new challenge to follow very soon!