ooooooh there are some WONDERFUL craft shops in Wellington ladies.....
http://www.craftingaround.bizland.com/id58.html
This is on the main street in Tawa - walking distance for me!
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ooooooh there are some WONDERFUL craft shops in Wellington ladies.....
http://www.craftingaround.bizland.com/id58.html
This is on the main street in Tawa - walking distance for me!
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Oooh Carol thanks for that! I'll certainly be paying them a visit - sorry to change the subject slightly but for anyone who likes jewellery making there's also a wonderful bead shop in the city centre!
and I just found this internet craft order website: http://www.craftdirect.co.nz/
Ooh I'm in my element here!!!
Seems my missus is going to have a nice little market for home made greetings cards and scrap/memory book stuff!
Cards in UK are expensive, just look at the prices around mother's day and valentines.... at the end of the day if you shop around you can get a nice card. But what has happened to the nice verses in cards? Really hard to find them.
Oooh! Just had a look at The Warehouse site. There's been talk of books being expensive over there which, as my biggest expense over here, has been a bit worrying for me. One of the first things I noticed is that there are two Dan Brown books at $17.89. I bought his latest during the week and all of them were €10.95($19.87) and that was in our biggest outlet which is usually cheaper than anywhere else. I know that when you're earning $$$ etc. etc. but I can't always afford them here either and it doesn't stop me ops:
Sounds good enough for me, we're (esp me) are bookworms too, so I have been checking out the booksites as well.
Now I can't compare to the UK since we're from Holland, but over here books (and cards as well!) have become pretty dear indeed since they introduced the Euro! Will be bringing lots of them myself, I know; why bring all those old books you have already read, but I can't part from them : Anyhow they are like paintings sort of... I collect them
I understand - I'm like that too. I remember when I lived in Den Haag it was very difficult getting books at a reasonable price. Of course I was looking for the English version so ... I eventually found a shop that sold secondhand and the library was brilliant. Actually, once at a market I bought a complete set (20 books) of Harvard Classics; Second Edition, printed in 1913, for 25 Guilders. Because they were in English. They're all stamped on the inside front page with a name and when I looked it up on the net it was a man who was in the Dutch Navy and from Den Haag. I thought that was quite cool.why bring all those old books you have already read, but I can't part from them
Forget the bookshops, wait until you visit the libraries.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You really have made my day.Forget the bookshops, wait until you visit the libraries
My dream, either to begin the first or work in the second one, again :P
Veronica's right - I used to buy about 4 books a month when I was working at home but now I can't afford to buy any. So... I just walk down to the local library and take the books out for a couple of weeks at a time - the membership at my local small library is also valid at 4 other libraries including Porirua City library so you can take a book from one library & return it to another one - they seem to have libraries in most suburbs here - its great!
Oh and to buy cheap books - Amazon.co.uk - they evidently have better delivery than Amazon.com. Have tried fishpond.co.nz but they quoted on the screen 6-11 days & the actual delivery has turned into 12 weeks for a book!!! Shan't be ordering from there again - I could have travelled all the bookshops in Welly & found the book I'd ordered in less than 12 weeks!!