Winx Fairy Birthday Candles

I bought these pretty fairy cake candles at an internet auction recently.

They are two of the popular 'Winx Club' Fairies, Bloom and Techna. Having three young nieces often demanding fairy cakes but always wanting different ones from their sisters, I thought these would help with future creations. I had already noticed these are quite expensive at the supermarket, so I bought a few extra to sell on a different online auction site later.

Now How is This for a Coincidence!?

Some time ago I sold a few of my very large collection of children's books via an internet auction. These were the four animal stories shown here.

I wrapped 'Walter the Farting Dog' and 'Crunch the Crocodile' in a separate parcel from 'Clifford Takes a Trip' and 'Clifford's Family' in order to keep postage posts down. However, the buyer did not pay so I then had to put them up for sale again. At the time I had about two hundred children's books listed so imagine my surprise when a few months later a different person bought (and paid for) 'Walter the Farting Dog' and 'Crunch the Crocodile'! I had not gotten around to unwrapping them so all I had to do was write out a new envelope and put them in the post. 'Clifford Takes a Trip' and 'Clifford's Family' are still wrapped together so are there any takers?!

Novel Fridge Magnet Tool Set

Here is something different for the claytons home handyman. His own miniature drill tool set as an unusual gift idea!

I have sold quite a few of these cute tool magnets on an internet auction site already as they have been quite popular. There are four different tools but six varieties as there is a slate blue buzz saw tool plus a grey buzz saw tool. Likewise the drill tool is available as blue with grey trim or vice versa, but the jigsaw cutter tool and the chainsaw tool are only available in blue. As the postage for four is the same as for one, they have sold mainly in sets, but of course they can be bought individually. The blades on all these magnet tools move realistically as well, adding to their originality. 

Scrat from Ice Age toy to herald in our winter

The latest items I bought from an online auction were some Scrat character toys from the popular animated movie Ice Age.

He is desperately clutching his acorn while at the same time looking desperately worried as he seeks a safe place to desperately hide his prize. Well, yes, Scrat is a desperate character, as we all know! I immediately gave one of these Scrat toys to my nephew for his second birthday and he was very happy indeed with his new toy. At 30cm it is much larger than it appears in this photo. I do hope you appreciate the trouble I went to in order to find a suitable background to show him off appropriately!