The Thrifty Gifty Girls 'n' Guys 2009 (Organised & Money Neutral for All Occasions)

chocolate.orange_2

Ive been really good this year.
Gift book 2008 is now separated from giftbook 2009 by paperclips ;)All my extras gifts,christmas cards and wrap are now up the loft ( thanks to H who had a few days holiday to use.) All old and unloved decs have been binned.

I have been putting my change into relevant pots everynight. Keeping a record of what i spend everyday and then i can give this Money Neutral a good try. I am not promissing miracles,i usually start with really good intentions but then get distracted... But so far so good.

My christmas crafts,cupcake muffins,extra flannels,pipecleaners etc are all in a box labelled 'Christmas crafts' again all the boxes contents are wrote in my big gifts book. So i know what i have

My new hobby,scrapbooking Is all in a box but not labelled up yet. I am waiting for another big delivery So then i can sort it all out and start to play

Oooh forgot i am saving for a big birthday next March.. So trying to squirrel away £5 a week until then... Again i am not promissing i will save £5 every week,just when i feel i can afford it.

I really will have to see about these daily clicks. I am home most days ( being unable to work through disability) So it would be a way of me saving a little towards Christmas.

sarahf191979

Afternoon All

Achived quite a few jobs here today, so I feel a little better. Just need to get OH up in the loft to put stuff out of the way, and a few bags to the Charity shop next week.

Thanks Mel your so kind to everyone helping us all through the good times and the sad times, I really don't know how you do it Honey!! Your truely one super Lady. Coming on here and catching up with the posts keeps me going, just haven't always the time to Chat at the mo, hopefully will find more time after the next few weeks.

Hiya Shevs...Missed you hope everythings going well for you. Big Waves and Hugs from the hills of Oldham.

Jamtart hows the house moving going Honey?

Hugs to anyone else who needs them.

Sarah
x

pinkladymel

Chocolate orange, it is great to see you back but for goodness sake do you have to be so perfectly organised. You are like mary poppins! Love the paperclip idea and wil be stealing that shortly... come on woman.. what did you order

Sarah I dont know about super woman.. i think addict is more like it Don't worry about finding time to chat.. just read and rest and know we are thinking about you xx I will post you something every day to cheer you up ok!

chocolate.orange_2

Mel

Mary Poppins i am deffinately not :rotfl: I have had years and years of saying this year i will be organised.. Seems this is the year i finally ATTEMPT to get there :rotfl:

I have ordered a scrapbook kit with lots of bits and bobs and an album thats 12x12 (i think ), 3 mini scrapbook kits, 3 birthday 8x8 albums. Sooo many stickers, Love ones,easter ones,Seaside ones, letters, Wooden ones, Christmas bits and bobs and ribbon that goes with the things i ordered before christmas. 2 packs of papers one is Christmas one is for birthdays :eek: Looks like sooo much when i have it all wrote down here But i think i only spent £34 ( this order :rotfl: )

This will do for starters and i will see what i can come up with. I already have lots of crafty things here. So i am in the process of putting it all in one place and then sorting it out.

JordanShannon

Hahaha mel love them lolcats i am off sick, with sickness so im feeling pretty sorry for myself.:( Ordered some craft bits from bedazzleddesigns.com came to £19.07 p&p free so that was good. When i'm better and i have a few days off i will be blitzing my spare room to become and extended bedroom for my crafts and presents I am making my first handmade card for my OH on Valentines day.:j
..xx

sarahf191979

pinkladymel wrote: »

Chocolate orange, it is great to see you back but for goodness sake do you have to be so perfectly organised. You are like mary poppins! Love the paperclip idea and wil be stealing that shortly... come on woman.. what did you order

Sarah I dont know about super woman.. i think addict is more like it Don't worry about finding time to chat.. just read and rest and know we are thinking about you xx I will post you something every day to cheer you up ok!

Thanks Mel, Love the Cat Pic's

Cheered up now

Sarah
x

bunbun2

thanks for your replies jamtart and mel.

mel I don't have anything apart from the stamps:rotfl: I will look for the pens and ink you recommend and give it a go. will have a look in Poundland first to practise with! we have a scrapbook shop fairly local so will look at prices there as may work out same cost as driving 30 mins to hobbycraft.
love the cat pictures!

pinkladymel

I cannot believe I have got all of these people spending money.. I need to open a craft shop or something LOL I was thinking of doing a giveaway on my blog of a few things because I just feel like I want to help people this year and be a good person.

I had an order today.. DCWV dressed up paper stack and albums and my favourite.. glittery chipboard *drool* :D

bunbun2

pinkladymel wrote: »

I cannot believe I have got all of these people spending money.. I need to open a craft shop or something LOL I was thinking of doing a giveaway on my blog of a few things because I just feel like I want to help people this year and be a good person.

I had an order today.. DCWV dressed up paper stack and albums and my favourite.. glittery chipboard *drool* :D

there is so much stuff around to buy that I find it good to have recommendations on what is good to buy. Although I bought a scrapbook before Christmas and still haven't done anything with it:rotfl: I thought i might make it for parents/MIL but think they would prefer a smaller one. so I will make it for me but can't decide where to start:rotfl:

pinkladymel

bunbun I think Poundlands pack of brush pens (in the art section) might work. If not they are brilliant for colouring in peel offs. Give them a go and let me know I have seen Staz-on in WHsmiths and to be honest all you need is an inkpad and a stamp to get started. You can use any coloured paper for matting (jumbo packs in poundland) gel pens for colouring in stamped images (pot of mini glittery ones in poundland) and they even do paper cutters in poundland.

If I was advising people on what to get these are my all time must haves:

+ Foam pads and Double Sided tape (check they're acid free if scrapbooking)
+ A GOOD guillotine. The XCUT guillotine has been voted the best unanimously in every survey and is one of the cheapest. Failing this, a metal ruler (Asda 99p) and a craft knife (tools section poundland) and a glass chopping board (Poundland, glass keeps your knife sharp and gives a better cut) is a good start.
+ Staz-on Black ink pad for stamping (if you stamp) for ages I thought I was rubbish at stamping because I used other, cheaper brands of ink pad. I tried this and you can't beat it.