Two Pennies Left

Fortune_Smiles

I have to admit to feeling decidedly second-hand this morning. We went out with friends to a comedy night at the local rugby club last night. It was brilliant! But I drank a bit too much I'm hoping if I pretend I'm awake I can fool myself into feeling better.

• finished the Land Rover sketch and put it on FB to get some feedback. A friend of a friend saw it and has commissioned me to paint her husband's new classic car :j We've negotiated a fee of £50 and I can use the painting to sell prints and cards in my shop if I want to
• managed to get a load of washing dry on the line
• hours of admin work
• I don't know what happened with my menu planning yesterday as I made this for lunch and this for supper - chorizo overload!

Hooray! I've managed to find a way of doing clickies again.

We are out at a friend's Eurovision party tonight so I'm busy cooking up a contribution. Can't see me having a drink though... famous last words?

Hope you're having a fun weekend

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

It has turned out to be a very busy weekend - in a good way:

• new bed and mattress arrived
• made Stilton & Poppy Seed Sables, Cheese & Chutney Pastry Whirls and a Rhubarb Fool Trifle to take to the Eurovision Party. (So that's what happened to the rhubarb from the garden Greying ) We also took a bottle of white and a bottle of red from the wine rack. Mr F drank all of the red:eek: and I only had one glass of white :A. Much fun was had
• a little more painting this morning
• helped Mr F put the new bed together. It looks fabulous and the Laura A$hl£y bed linen is a perfect match . Because it's a small double rather than a single I need to have a rethink about a couple of things - the dressing table chair will need replacing with a stool and the cheval mirror will need replacing with a wall hanging mirror. It's going to look great when it's finished though
• Mr F put a new battery in my car. It's been on it's way out for a while and I left the lights on all night last week and that was the end of it
• Salmon with Greens & Crème Fraiche from the meal plan for supper served up with some mashed potato

Mr F has managed to cut up the old single divan and get it all in the wheelie bin :eek: He may have used a hammer :eek: I hope the bin men can (and will) empty it tomorrow. The old mattress is currently in the garage and will be going to the tip soon.


Hope you've all had a great weekend


Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

A productive Monday:

• went to Step
• a little more painting on the Land Rover
• two loads of washing dried on the line
• some admin work
• Sausage & Mash with Thyme Gravy and peas for supper. Not from the meal plan - the admin work interrupted the evening's plans so I had to substitute a quicker option if we were going to eat before 9 pm!
• made 2 important decisions

Decision 1. I will not be buying a new tumble dryer with next month's house money. We have already had to buy a new battery for my car, Mr F needs a new ladder to clear the weeds we can see growing in the gutters and I'd like to finish off the small bedroom. So those things will take priority.


Decision 2. I will be handing in my notice on the admin job at the end of July. The job is becoming increasingly frustrating and time consuming. It's only supposed to be a little pin money but is causing more stress than it's worth. I also worked out how much I got paid for it over the last 12 months and it's significantly less than I thought! Between now and July I should be able to complete any outstanding projects I have and bolster my personal spend account to a comfortable level so I have a buffer going forward.


So that's that. It was only when I worked out what I'd earn't (or rather hadn't) that I came to this conclusion. It's just not worth it for the money.


Watching the weather forecast this morning - sunny days are coming :j


Fortune x

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Morning Fortune, any more thoughts about a range of greeting cards - I think Greying made the suggestion from memory. I was in JL over the weekend choosing a card for a chum and I can't say the ranges were massively inspiring. Being able to buy cards with your prints would be interesting to many, I'm sure.

Job decision sounds sensible

I haven't seen the weather forecast - off to check now.

Tilly x x

Beckyy

Sounds like a very sensible job decision

gallygirl

I agree with the others (or, as Mr GG would write, I concur. DK why that just popped into my head :rotfl:).

edinburgher

Re. making your own cards, it sounds like a good idea, but you need to have a good range of channels for selling them. Mrs E has a friend who sells cards, paper goods, pretty covered notebooks etc. and I think it's below pin money. That said, she pretty much just flogs them to pals through Facebook. If you decide to use eB@y, Am@zon, Et.sy etc. remember to allow for fees

LauraJo

Bet it feels like a relief deciding to give up in July.
I'm sure you could make more money with your creative talents anyway...

Watty1

I imagine it would be a great relief to give up in July and put the time spent on that into making some money from creative efforts. look forward to seeing what unfolds.

Fortune_Smiles

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Morning Fortune, any more thoughts about a range of greeting cards - I think Greying made the suggestion from memory. I was in JL over the weekend choosing a card for a chum and I can't say the ranges were massively inspiring. Being able to buy cards with your prints would be interesting to many, I'm sure.

Job decision sounds sensible

I haven't seen the weather forecast - off to check now.

Tilly x x

Hi Tilly. I have looked into greetings cards and will definitely be doing some. My printers gave me a recommendation for a good quality, on-line company which looks good. They do batches of 25 (either all the same design or you can have a variety of designs). I'm going to get together a few designs so I can have 5 of each which seems a good way to test whether they will sell.


I'm intending to start with some cars. They seem to be the subject I'm best at and I'm working on a Series 1 Land Rover at the moment and will have the MG Roadster to start soon. I also have in mind a series of dogs too - but I'm getting ahead of myself. It's all just soooo exciting :j


Fortune x