Stash Busting 2015 - I WILL use my mountains before buying more!

Hoipolloi

1x ruffle scarf made :beer:


P.s. That is so touching, greentiger.

Hoipolloi

Made an Easter card :beer:

Just been totting it up and have so far made 47 things since starting this challenge :beer:

greentiger

That's good going, Hoipolloi.

craftingmad

Hi all


Sorry been busy with the school holidays


My Hubby is now officially redundant and unemployed until 8th April
when he starts his new job up in Aberdeen so I have been really good with keeping my craft spending under control and only spent £2.35 on a couple of essential bits I've also been offered a shelf for hire at a local shop so am frantically making some bits for it which will hopefully see me making more than my £15 per month rental


It's also my little boy's birthday tomorrow (he'll be 8) so I've been busy making a card and a superhero frame for him


So since my last update I can declare:-


2 x Birthday Cards (daughter made one and me all from stash)
1 x Frame (my birthday card sits in it after he's read it and it becomes a picture for his bedroom). I covered an old frame I have had for ages with superhero wallpaper samples. I'll try and put pics on my blog when I can
2x Wire angels - stock for shop mentioned above
6 x Bottle Cap Magnets
40 x Easter Hunt Pouches (used paper, 4 sheets of card and a whole roll of double sided tape)


So that's another 51 items made towards my total


Wishing you all a very Happy Easter

craftingmad

Birdie85 wrote: »

I haven't made anything but I've had a massive clear out of the craft cupboard of doom and re-discovered a lot of things I'd forgotten about and binned a lot of stuff that will never get used! Hopefully having a beautifully ordered cupboard will inspire me to make more things because I can actually see what I have to use!

Well done


I'm hoping to have a really good tidy and organise my craft room when my hubby goes away to work. I know I'll find things that I've forgotton about and also come across things which make me exclaim "what was I thinking" !!!

craftingmad

Hoipolloi wrote: »

Sadly, had to make a sympathy card. One gone from the stash I'd rather not have had. But that's the way it goes.

So sorry to hear this


Massive well done on your other makes. 47 is amazing

craftingmad

PixieDust - I absolutely adore your makes. I think you are fooling us that you are a novice sewer. I would never have known as all of your creations are fab


crazy-cat-lady - Well done to you on your clear out. You too have inspired me to sort through my stash and be realistic about what I will actually use


nimbo - Never mind At least you are crafting away to make up for it. Would love to see a pic of the lampshade as I keep thinking that I want to do something similar for our bedroom lights Hope you get the sewing machine fixed.


greentiger - well done on actually using the kits you bought. The cards look fab I love the wedding card and I'm sure she will too. It is so personal and so lovely


Elizabeth Braun - Another crafting destashing - well done And welcome to the 2015 thread


Bubblepops - Glad to hear you are ok. I'm hoping our first baby of this thread will be making an appearance anytime soon (if not already). I feel like a proud Auntie I think you have a very good reason for not feeling crafty


Keep up the fab work stash busters


Happy Easter

greentiger

Oh, craftingmad, so sorry your husband has been made redundant. I'm glad he has another job, although it is so far from home. Aberdeen is lovely and so is the surrounding area. The broad native tongue may prove a bit hard to understand at first, but you'll get there. And I see they had 21C today! Wow. Well done on destashing - you won't have much to move at this rate, if that's what you decide to do.

Hoipolloi

Another pair of fingerless gloves made :beer:

craftingmad

greentiger wrote: »

Oh, craftingmad, so sorry your husband has been made redundant. I'm glad he has another job, although it is so far from home. Aberdeen is lovely and so is the surrounding area. The broad native tongue may prove a bit hard to understand at first, but you'll get there. And I see they had 21C today! Wow. Well done on destashing - you won't have much to move at this rate, if that's what you decide to do.

Thanks greentiger. Kids and me feeling a bit low today as today is the day he had his epic drive up there


I have however managed to make 4 votive candle holders and had forgotten to declare another 18 bottle cap magnets made on 5th April


A bit more stash used up and a further 22 items towards my total