Creativ Festival

The weekend before last, I went to the Creativ Festival. In the fall version, you can take all kinds of courses as well as shop; but the spring version is a shopping only extravaganza. And look what I got!

Just what every 48 year old woman needs! (What? I did so need it!) Listen, if a 48 year old man can buy a sports car and/or have an affair; surely I can have a Yeti hat? (Even if I do insist on taking pictures of myself wearing it sans make up and in my pajamas?) True story - I wore this hat after I bought it for about 48 hours straight. Even in bed. *heh* I nearly wore it to play golf on good Friday!

I didn't really need anything, but I was going with the express purpose of buying thread and possibly, depending on how much of my budget was left - stabilizer, pellon and /or fusible web.

So, I also bought some thread. Just cuz, you know, I had to pretend I was a grown-up at least *part* of the time. So I bought a selection of Marathon and Wonderfil threads in my missing colourways; brown, blue/green and yellow/orange (and few pinks just cuz I can never resist pink). I went with a budget of $200, and the thread was over $200. Since it was blown, I decided I might as well really blow it,

So, I bought totally un-necessary but really cute things, like this pretty-yet-functional sewing machine oil dispenser. I also bought non-sewing related things like two new purses and two necklaces. Thereby supporting artist/artisans and crafts people. I am virtuous and charitable! (Not at all frivolous and drawn like a magpie to shiny things!)

AND, as if my virtuousness could ever be in question, I bought a 100 yards of Pellon, 50 yards of fusible web and 10 yards of stabilizer. All tucked up nicely under my Judy (ignore my poor floors - my sewing room is in the middle of renovation.)

And here the new threads are in place - blues, yellows, greens and oranges - and couple of pinks. Of course, this is a third of my thread storage - all a mish-mash of found objects I've re-purposed for thread storage.

Anyone got any good ideas for thread storage that takes up a small amount of real estate, but still allows me to see it at a glance? I was thinking a peg-board, but it's kind of industrial. Ideas?

So, that was my shopping trip to the Creativ Festival. I'm looking forward to the fall one when I can take some classes and avoid the shopping areas all together!