Car Boot Booty:

i went to a car boot sale with my brother and my future sister-in-law [aw!] this morning and had a wander around and bought stuff, it was the 'Batleys' one at Chester-Le-Street for anyone whos local!

heres my car boot haul from earlier today:

four books for a pound! a book about 'evil cults' - amazing, a seamus heaney poetry book, a william shakespeare booky, and 'Wordsworh's Verse'. nice.

a silver coloured pocket watch and a lovely paisley brooch:

here is the pocket watch, its really modern but in a vintage style. i like it:

and the brooch, i LOVE paisley and i just think it looks so indian with the gold and purple! :)

a miniature frame, how cute:

here is my mini beauty haul, lol. not bad for £1!

candy orange, YUM

 a duck and a chicken, these will be made into rings i think!

theyre small, and so cute!  

Total Spend: £5.50

well, i do love a car booty, and i think ive done pretty well for only £5.50! i love all the things ive bought. have you bought anything great from a car boot sale/vintage fair etc recently?

"ich liebe das car booten" LOL.

♥

Stick With Me

hello. here is another blog post about stickers, cos i just LOVE EM!

these ones were kindly sent to me by the lovely Tim Easley, who i have also WON a tote bag from recently, which you can see/read all about in THIS blog post: [http://xclarebearx.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/this-is-easley-great-giveaway.html]

Tim had been tweeting abut the stickers [an amazing skull one in particular!] and when he said he was giving away some packs of stickers, and asked if anyone wanted any, i said "me, me", so he very kindly sent me some. awesome.

he sent me LOTS of stickers, which you can see here:

 

 

 

skullz:

"what the truck!? LOL"

 

i hope you all like the stickers, but if you dont, i dont care, cos i loves em! some of them are already stuck onto my sketchbook! 

do follow Tim on twitter @timeasley : https://twitter.com/timeasley

and check out his website here: http://timeasley.com/

ich liebe das stickers!

♥

BeautyMiniatures&Samples...

i love them, dont you. . .

i seem to have been "collecting" miniatures/trial/gift sized toiletries and beauty things for ages, cos i have quite a few of them. some of them have been gifts, some ive bought myself and some i have acquired. here are some them:

a hello kitty 'Liberty' set my mam got me from the Boots SALE after christmas in a LOVELY box:

a Soap and Glory set from a few christmases ago:

this Ed Hardy 'Purse Spray' from a lovely box set my mate got me for christmas:

some cute little minis from the Britannia hotel me and my mam stayed at in Didsbury:

a selection of free samples and AVON samples:

 

some free toothpaste samples. handy:

if i could afford it, and they werent so hit and miss, id probs get one of those monthly 'box' things like Glossybox etc. although i have enough stuff to make my own box/es, LOL.

do u like samples and miniatures too!? is it just me?

liebe das samples.

♥

stickers, for me!?

hello. here is a quick little blog post about a kind fella who sent me some of his cute stickers!

the kind fella in question is mr jim e lee, who i will now always refer to as mr, i hope he doesnt mind!

he tweeted @awesomemerch about some stickers they had printed for him, and i said i liked them, so he offered to send me some. how nice! i love stickers, so its always nice to get more [i will do a blog post about my collection of MANY stickers soon]

here they are...

and here they are on my sketchbook, CUTE!

thanx again, Mr Jim! you should all follow him on twitter @MrJimELee and check out his website which is jimlee.co and thats JUST .co no .co.uk or anything, neat!

ich liebe das stickers!

♥

hip, hip, Rosehip

hello.

heres a post about the lovely gift tags i WON in a giveaway from an awesome company called 'Rosehip', who make 'modern british stationary and paper products'.

i won them by commenting on a blog post, and im so happy that i did, as i commented that id like to use the tags as 'backing tags' for some of the jewellery ive made using vintage and new buttons.

here they are, along with a little handwritten tag from Silkie [which is an amazing name!]

here is what ive done with one of them, ive added one of my own 'Moo' Minicards too:

and here are some button pieces im gona use some of the other tags for very soon! how exciting:

so, i do hope you liked this post, and my cute gift tags! i hope its ok to use them as tags for my jewellery. im sure it is!?

check out the Rosehip website here: http://www.rosehipcards.co.uk/

and follow them on twitter, too: https://twitter.com/rosehippaper

"liebe das gift taggen"

♥

this is easley a great giveaway!

... i apologise to Tim, as im sure hes had many 'easily/easley' puns over the years!

anyhoo... heres a little blog post about a little giveaway i won c/o of talented designer, illustrator and photographer Tim Easley:

i saw a tweet from Tim, and i believe it was an RT based competition to WIN one of his awesome printed tote bags {which you can buy here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/87583059/life-of-a-pencil-tote-bag-screen-printed?ref=shop_home_active}

from the packaging alone, i knew there would be something AWESOME inside [the envelope even said so]

'clare the bear' is LOLS.

ok, here is the awesome tote bag and a little badge too, awesome:

i do ♥ pencils, so this is alllll good for me! thanks so much, Tim!

check out the rest of Tims shizz here: http://timeasley.com/

and follow him on twitter here: https://twitter.com/timeasley

"ich liebe das giveaway"

♥

{Freaky Jewellery}

hello! here are some photos and stuff of the jewellery and craft swap i did with the lovely Addison aka 'Freak Carousel', who makes amazing resin jewellery and also runs workshops so you can make your own! awesome.

i wanted to get into doing more jewellery swaps as id seen loads of tweets from people about swaps they had done, and i was like, i want some of that...

so i tweeted, and Addison got back to me and we arranged a swap. the swap was a jewellery AND crafty 'supplies' swap, with the value of items agreed at around £15. Addison was in the process of moving [or had just moved!?] and had some issues with the package, which was ok, as she let me know what was going on and when she was able to send the package, she was so nice and said she would send me an extra something as i had to wait a bit. lovely.

this is what i got:

{some lovely stripey beads, and some extra little beads too, like a peace sign, skulls and more. ooh, IF i ever do any resin jewellery, imagine these guys inside some resin, OOH}

{when i saw this little organza bag i was like "waaaahhhh"}

heres me wearing the pendant, YEAH!

the necklace/pendant is AMAZING, its so quirky and its just awesome. its got some lovely hot pink glitter in the background and a REAL GOOGLY EYE within it, the eye really moves! YES.

Addison also sent this personalised/custom bracelet with lyrics from my fave band ever, QOTSA's new track 'My God Is The Sun' in/on it. WOW:

the bracelet also has a sweet heart shaped toggle ♥

how good is that!? i love all the things Addison has sent, WOW. thank YOUUU.

im hoping Addison likes the things ive sent her, i didnt take a photo of them, but i sent her a 'stacked' poker chip pendant, quirky turtle earrings and a 'toothy' ring, as well as some beads and crafty bits, all in handmade wordsearch envelopes!

i love doing swaps, so if anyone would like to any kind of swap with me, let me know!? 

ich liebe das swappen [thats not technically german!] LOL

♥