It feels odd that Lent begins today. With Ash Wednesday and also with St. Valentine's Day, so the shops and airwaves are full of hearts and flowers and talk of true lurve. It's a strange contrast between the solemnity of the religious run-up to Easter alongside the commercialism of 14th Feb. There was a wonderful photo I saw on the-site-formerly-known-as-Twitter, with several blokes staring in bewilderment at a Sainsburys display of dozens of Valentine cards. You could almost hear their thoughts. What should they buy? What'll she like? Jokey? Sweetly sentimental? They were probably mind-boggled by the prices too. How much? For a folded piece of card and an envelope!!! It made me laugh anyway. Right, on to crafty matters. After finally listing packs of sari scraps on Etsy, I put together packs of journal ephemera too. You see, I'd got stacks of vintage birthday cards, and was wondering w...