From Trash to Cash: the £100 to 10K Dribble thread

MummyandPaige

2cats - when you say small things, do you mean small places to test or small items? I know there was a craft fair in the new church in Fenstanton every few months, stall were only about a fiver, there was only 1, what I would class as pro, my mum did it a few times. Also in the hall thing (cant remember what its called) in the town centre, they do craft fairs every now and then. Have a nosey when the next one comes around. Build up your cofidence over the summer, then maybe go for the one it Ramsey in Sep. You jewellery is amazig, it deserves to be seen and worn!

Haha - just had a thought! Could save myself some postage and pick up what I want when I visit my mum in March!! Oh no, this is dangerous!

ooooohhhhhh - strawberry fair!

2cats1kid

I mean small places to test the market. Some of the stuff at craft fairs is just soooo amazing, and then there's me with my cut up old CDs!!! ROFL. (I know they don't look like cut up old CDs any more, but ykwim!) I'll check out Fenstanton for sure, thanks. Do you mean Commemoration Hall in the town centre? Yes, it really is a confidence thing with me. In main job I know exactly what I'm doing and am pretty confident, but this is a whole new area for me and it will take me a little while, which is why I want to do small events and just get used to the whole idea.

DD has now decided this is a two-woman business - told you she was trying to muscle in!

MummyandPaige

Sorry got carried away!Strawberry fair would be amazing though!

MummyandPaige

Haha she knows a good thing when she see it! IKWYM but they whole point of craft is to turn things into something beautiful and thts what you have done! Its not what it was, but what it is now.
Commemoration Hall thats the one! Lived opposite the bloody thing for a year and had a mind block!
Try phoning the local schools, most of them have a summer fete with crafts and things, Fenstanton (again, can you guess where I used to live!) had the 2 people do crafts every year, they got a stall in the hall and half the village turned up and they only did simple things like teddies and pencil toppers, (really nice tho). The school ones are more likely to be gentle on you, there was also Wheatfields in St Ives that does an amazing summer fete.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained! Good luck! x

ps, the Xmas school fetes were always my fave, so many hand made tree decs, I loved it, still do!

SuzieSue

MummyandPaige wrote: »

, got a free OU course in accounting (if you recieve JSA, IS or Housing benefit, they will stamp your app form and you don't have to pay for the course), and found a few temping jobs that way, which lead to a perminent one..

Munchki, I've worked in accounts all my working life, so let me know if you have any questions.

GlisGlis

Ow! Can anyone spare me a right hand today? Have done something REALLY painful to it in my sleep

Stuff for today:

FREE eBAY DAY!!! - list as much as I humanly can
Fix my teaching for next week (think I've got that one new regular pupil)
Go to Post Office with junk CDs for Music Magpie
Look into blogging

2cats1kid

GlisGlis where are you? DD would love singing lessons, although I'm not convinced she has room for any more musical activities in her life LOL. Our lives revolve round her music as it is!

nikki2804

andrewh wrote: »

Don't laugh... Hibernian!!

I will defo look into Ebay. The mystery shopping thing looks good too...shame there doesnt appear to be a lot in scotland, but we will see...

best to hit the sack.

thanks for the banter, illl continue to dribble...hopefully better than zemamma and fabregas :rotfl:

Where abouts in Scotland (although I'm assuming Edinburgh-ish if your a Hibee lol - OH's a Jambo)? I'm do lots of mystery shopping and I'm in the Lothians area. Just depends which company your with.

GlisGlis

2cats1kid wrote: »

GlisGlis where are you? DD would love singing lessons, although I'm not convinced she has room for any more musical activities in her life LOL. Our lives revolve round her music as it is!

I'm in London, and thinking back to travelling everywhere for lessons when I was in my teens, I wouldn't inflict that on you! I can probably recommend someone good near you, though if you wanted?

jo70mo

Well its full on sleet here. This is going to test me- delivering free paper again today. shudder. still good excuse for lots of tea when I get back and a bar of choccie:D
I'll be back on later.
Jo x