I visited my local rubbish tip today, they have an Age UK charity shop next door where you can donate items that are still useful. I love this place as I nearly always come home with some oddity or other and today was no acception. This may look like a random pile of junk, but let me explain! Coasters are a crafters best friend, they can be used as bases for small figures for scenes and are much cheaper than purchasing from craft stores, albeit you need to clean them up and

I love to go on hunts for unusual items in second hand shops and in nature, trinket pots I can hide creatures in, nicely shaped stones I can use in dioramas and acorn and snail shells I have yet to find a use for, but were too pretty to pass on collecting up. Twigs, acorns, shells and even part of a pigeon egg in my garden. Some interesting shaped and coloured stones. This oyster shell was from a charity shop. There's something satisfying in finding random unique treasures an