You know the kind... what should have been a simple thing turns into a hair ripping, face pulling, UGLY event.
So what was the cause of my distress?
Paper doilies.
That's it!! A lousy couple of throw away doilies.
It started like any other day in the studio... great music, sun shining through the window, painting at the easel; when I decide in a flash of brilliance that I require a paper doilie for special effects. Okay, I know I have some. Which box could they be in? Every box is labelled and then there's the main catalogue I can cross check.
What - no mention of doilies!!
So off to the shops I go to pick up a packet of doilies. That should be simple - RIGHT!! Well... you'd think so.
From shop to shop I go, like a woman processed. I live in a town full of retired people for goodness sake - surely they still use them under their lamingtons and Anzac biscuits - don't they? Well not in Port Macquarie they don't.
None to be found. A quick search online does my head in when the postage quadruples the price of the item. Luckily, a new friend in town hears of my dilemma and saves the day - this time.
I'm fully embracing my sea change adventure and as yet have had little to grumble about. Generally, the shops here have all that I need. Perhaps I've been very spoilt in the past. Melbourne after all is a shopping mecca and had every conceivable crafting requirement.
So my blogging friends, it is you that I turn to in my hour of need. From now on, anything that is not covered by wholesale buying will have to be purchased online. Everyone knows the Web is a shopper's paradise, teeming with great goods and great buys.
So, the million dollar question - where do you buy craft/fabric supplies online?
Please take pity on me and save me before I make myself really, really UGLY.
I wait in great anticipation.... [giggle]
Hugs ~ Kerryanne