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2011 diary - MFW - Can't quite believe it!

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  • Caroline73_2
    Caroline73_2 Posts: 2,654 Forumite
    I just attend craft fairs Ztan. I basically make for my own entertainment (knit and crochet mainly but always fabric orientated) and then do a craft fair when I have made too much stuff to store. I sell via Misi and Folksy usually.
  • ztan
    ztan Posts: 400 Forumite
    Oh nice... :) You may have seen LP and I chatting about jewellery making... which is my personal obsession.

    I have not yet made enough that I can't store it, but I'm working on it. I'm trying to sell my stuff to family and friends, as well as making it for gifts and for fun... but my energy is better focused on making I think!
    MFW 2010- £112,500 + 20% Equity Loan = £150,000 35 years :o
    2013- £108,877.28 + 20% / current OP = 19 years :T
    Target to be Shared Equity Free- 2016
    Target for holiday to Australia- 2014
    Currently training for a Commando Challenge- drop and give me 20
  • Caroline73_2
    Caroline73_2 Posts: 2,654 Forumite
    ztan and LP - I love jewellery so if you have photos I'd love to see!

    I also put photos on my Facebook profile and have sold lots to friends that way.

    Today I'm not well so I'm just going to sit on the settee with the laptop and go through all my survey accounts which I haven't done for 6 months and see whats going on with those.

    My Tesco vouchers came today and I have enough now to take the four of us to theme parks for two days. We went to Drayton Manor and Legoland last year.
  • Jock_Tight
    Jock_Tight Posts: 414 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Caroline73 wrote: »
    In the past 13 months (when I fixed the mortgage and started to overpay) I have only overpaid by about £300 and I have shaved 18 months of the end of the mortgage. That is mad!!!
    Thats compound interest for you ;)

    Well done on the overpayment and reduction in mortgage term, every little helps!
    5/10/12 : Mortgage Free :)
  • cha97michelle
    cha97michelle Posts: 5,818 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I'm a knitter too. 28mm needles - that must have knitted up quick. Interesting to read your posts as i am thinking of selling some knitting too.
  • ztan
    ztan Posts: 400 Forumite
    edited 10 November 2010 at 9:21AM
    This is one of my pieces... I've not got great photos of the other bits yet. I have set up my own fbook group, and have added the pics to my website... but I've been lax at advertising myself!
    (the heart reads- made with love)

    (pic removed to protect creative ideas!)
    MFW 2010- £112,500 + 20% Equity Loan = £150,000 35 years :o
    2013- £108,877.28 + 20% / current OP = 19 years :T
    Target to be Shared Equity Free- 2016
    Target for holiday to Australia- 2014
    Currently training for a Commando Challenge- drop and give me 20
  • Caroline73_2
    Caroline73_2 Posts: 2,654 Forumite
    JT - thanks. I how it worked but actually seeing those figures really gives you an incentive!

    Michelle - I knitted a cushion cover in 2 hours and a scarf in an hour! I don't like making things fit or sewing up so I don't knit clothes. It's not a great profit making exercise but I enjoy doing it so if I can make even a tiny profit then all the better.
  • Caroline73_2
    Caroline73_2 Posts: 2,654 Forumite
    Ztan - that is beautiful. I just joined your group.
  • ztan
    ztan Posts: 400 Forumite
    Wow.. how did you find it?! Thanks Caroline
    MFW 2010- £112,500 + 20% Equity Loan = £150,000 35 years :o
    2013- £108,877.28 + 20% / current OP = 19 years :T
    Target to be Shared Equity Free- 2016
    Target for holiday to Australia- 2014
    Currently training for a Commando Challenge- drop and give me 20
  • cha97michelle
    cha97michelle Posts: 5,818 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Lovely jewellery.

    Knitting - i really enjoy doing it, although i am more of an intricate baby stuff like blankets kind of gal. I love stuff that really taxes my brain. It is nice to keep busy and stops me snacking as much.
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