Map of my little world....

Meet my Atlas, I bought it in 2002 when I first got my car even though I'd been passed for 2 years already. I have thought many times over the years to pull it apart and use it to craft with but I couldn't bring myself to do it... I haven't used it for years as its been sat in my bedroom but last weekend I decided to finally take out the staples and chop it up. It was a little weird to look at places at realise they no longer exist, something new has ended up there or that the names of things have completely changed. It made me realise it was high time to do something with it even though it may have made some money one day... I don't have a sat nav though but the internet is always there.

I mentioned a while back about a mini letter, decorative envelope and postcard exchange. The person I'm doing it with listed maps as something they love. It made me think of something I think I saw on Pinterest where a person did the place they met, got engaged and got married in a heart shape...I loved that idea so created this (not quite along the lines of a 2 people relationship love)...

I decided to do the journey of my envelope instead. I wanted to do each square as a circle so it looked like a telescope looking in but when it came to finding the locations I wanted all 3 of them were the square next to the spine so I couldn't cut my circle completely of the map which meant they ended up staying as a squares.

The first square is my home, the second is the post office which is marked with a star. Its so weird to see how many of them have now been forced to close. The last one is roughly where the sorting office is. I couldn't find the exact location for some weird reason but I think it may just be it.

The background is meant to be like a letter with the writing, the postmarks and then the punched stamp shape along with the stars to match the Post Office. I don't know if its the white card or something else but this card just lacked something for me but I do still like it.

I then of course decorated an envelope. I would have loved to have made one but my sheets weren't big enough.

This I decorated with places that I love. On the front the city center. Despite my moaning about the lack of shops I just love wondering around the city when I do go and most of all I love the old stone buildings.

On the back is Lister Park which I just love going to and have blogged about a few times. My niece loves it there too and the last time we went we saw such a variety of animals it was lovely for an autumn day.

Even though the postcard was meant to be the letter part I had to create the little notepaper to explain the postcard as I just ran out of space... it definately is going to be a challenge doing these mini letters.

The place on the note paper is the area around the woodlands and the woodlands which I love and would love a house there.

 

I'm really going to enjoy this mini letter exchange....

Sunday Shopper.....

I wanted to go in to the city yesterday but with the downpour I really couldn't be bothered. In the end I decided to go today and the weather was great which made me realise I could have put my washing out but never did any.... sigh! Oh well I'll do it tonight and hopefully the weather will be better tomorrow.

I really really needed some new shoes! I know I have plenty of footwear but that is open toe or open from the top which just isn't appropriate when its raining and cold. So I own one pair of boots which at this time of year I really don't want to wear and one flat pair which has worn out in exactly the same place on both shoes so were starting to get a hole in but also were letting rain in. I've been looking for weeks and couldn't find anything. The store I got these from were my last option and I almost didn't buy any as these said they were a size 7 but when I looked closely they looked too small so tried them on and they fit nicely so bought them. I went to this shop before and asked the assistant for a pair of shoes from their more expensive range as they have one out. She never bothered going to get it so after 15 minutes of waiting I left. Today a different lady was at the counter, she served somebody before me and then went away to start stacking shelves. I had to go and ask her to serve me, I probably would have left if it wasn't for the fact I needed the shoes. I just think how rude as she could clearly see I was waiting and kept looking over but the fact she walked off whilst I was stood there.... grrr....

I got another WHSmith Voucher which was to spend more then £10 on a book and get £5 off. I want the complete collection of Roald Dahl so it was an easy choose as that songs and verse one is £10.99. Then they also had the offer of buy one book and get another for half price so I bought the Revolting Rhymes as I loved that as a child. I can't wait to read both of them.

I've seen a lot of blogs taking part in the Keri Smith 100 ideas and it sounds like such fun that I decided I am going to take part but I want to do it journal form rather then blog form so that I can look at it over time. I looked in a few shops which I know do great journals but most of them were spiral bound which I don't like as over time the pages start to tear. I was on my way back to the car when I decided to try one last shop and came across this notebook. I was so pleased as it was me to a T. Only thing is I came home, took off the plastic wrapper and realised that big ugly 250 pages text is printed on to the actual notebook! Why on earth would you do that? I just don't get it. Now I'm going to have to think of a fun and funky way to cover it up but I know, no matter what I do its going to look weird. I can't wait to get started though.

I aren't a huge fan of Hello Kitty, I just don't know what it is about her that I don't really like. Lately though I've seen a few designs that I quite like, like the folder I bought and now this notebook. I then went to another shop and saw one where Hello Kitty was blowing bubbles, I was so tempted to buy it but in the end I left it as I'd spent a fortune today as it was. I'm going to take the spiral out, trim the edge and use it to write letters on.

These books are some that I've had for a couple of years now and my niece loves them. One day my older brother was downstairs watching TV in the time my niece and I get ready for school and work. I had sorted her out but she was moaning about something so I told my brother to let her watch something whilst I sorted myself out, he ended up putting it on Channel 5 where the Mr Men were on. Since then we've gone from watching CBeebies (which had nothing worth watching since they took off Koala brother, Pingu and changed Postman Pat to his Special Delivery) to watching Channel 5 which has on Little Princess, Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom and Mr Men and Little Miss which she loves every single one of. I saw the ball today and decided to buy it even though she has a Disney Princess one similar as well as the hair stuff for her. I wanted the clear elastic one because I want to try out some fancy hair styles.

Lastly I bought these Posters which I saw a while ago at Waterstones. I'm not sure though if the map is dirty or if its just part of the oldish look of it. You will see both appear as my background for photos a lot now.

There was only one last thing I really really wanted to buy, it was some bottle with corks in that were so pretty but as I've banned myself from buying anything for a house, I had to sadly walk away. I've told my husband to book an appointment to see a house tomorrow so who knows what that one will be like.

Whilst in Waterstones I went on a book walk. I do it more often now that I have my iphone as I use the notes to write books that sound interesting to look up on amazon. Usually they are expensive but I save them in my favourites as the prices always drop.

This is the nicest book I have ever come across. The cover is all textured and feels so nice. The pages are handmade style paper with a rough edge around each page. I might have considered looking it up on the internet for a cheaper price if it wasn't for the fact that I've read the book on my kindle and didn't enjoy it as much as the film. So its not worth it which is a shame.

These books were also interesting but of course I didn't get any of them. Those shoes are now in the bin, I always feel sad throwing things away but they were no longer useful.

How has your weekend been?