Friday 3 June 2016

Buying The Best You Can Afford

'Buy cheap and you buy twice.'  I can't remember where I heard that saying but from my experience it is true.  Over the years my craft space has been filled up with things that I have bought because they were a 'bargain' but I haven't used because I have felt the quality to be inferior and therefore less pleasurable to use.  Recently I bought some 'gorgeous' paper flowers from a TV shopping channel that certainly did not live up to the description.

Over the last couple of weeks I have discovered a *wonderful company that specialize in paper flowers and have been overjoyed with the quality.  I have pictured the ones that I bought above and I know that I will buy from them again.  In addition to flowers I have bought exquisite guipure lace and vintage seam binding and am going to embark on making some shabby chic style cards.  In the past I wasn't a fan of the shabby chic style but recently I have seen some beautiful examples using the flowers and embellishments above and I am going to give it a go.

* For those interested the items above came from Wild Orchid Crafts.  

Wishing you all a happy weekend!

8 comments:

  1. Those tea roses really caught my eye, beautiful flowers, please let me know where you bought them. I've had to get rid of so many things that I bought as bargains, but have then just ended up sitting in my craft room, false economy! xx

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  2. What gorgeous flowers Simone, I'm looking forward to seeing your cards!
    My Hb always says "you get what you pay for". :)
    Happy weekend,
    V x

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  3. They look so pretty, love to see what you make
    Julie xxxxx

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  4. The saying is true isn't it? The flowers look so pretty and I can imagine them with the lace you mention. The flowers are such lovely colours and remind me of summer gardens and weddings. Have a lovely weekend, Simone:)

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  5. That looks like hours of fun... I have lots of those stamens, been wondering how to use them up so I shall be back for some ideas!
    We always say 'you only get what you pay for'xx

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  6. I look forward to seeing what beautiful things you make with them! xxx

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  7. Those pieces would inspire anyone. Go with it Simone.

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  8. Sorry you ended up with flowers that weren't exactly gorgeous, but I'm glad that now you have some that will be a pleasure to use. Have fun crafting, Simone!

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