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2025 - No Craft Spending - We WILL bust my stash and make pretty things!!!!!

craftingmad
craftingmad Posts: 3,218 Forumite
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edited 4 January am31 8:48AM in Crafting
Another year and yet again another vow not to spend anything on craft supplies until I have used up everything I have. 
In all honesty I could open a shop and craft everyday and I would never be able to use all my supplies in my lifetime!!! 
I was really good last year and hope to be just as good this year too.

Who needs to own up who has more crafty stash than they can fit in their house?
Are you like me and have piles of paper, wool, things to upcycle etc stashed all over your house?

2025 is new year ahead of us - another chance to stash bust and turn all our crafting supplies into pretty things  3

I have put myself on a self imposed craft spending ban during 2024. 
As a total ban has not worked well for me in the past I have decided to set a budget of £200 for the year for me to treat myself to new supplies. I am not going to include in my budget buying adhesives or supplies for orders (for items which I already make - I have my own business on Etsy) as long as I have nothing left in my stash which I can use and I am allowing crafty storage as extra if really required and I don't have something already that can do the job as I figure being organised will help me see the stash I already have.

Other than that I hope to use only things from my stash and not get tempted by the new shiny objects which keep being released.

As I have failed miserably at my previous targets I may have to set the bar a little lower but always optimistic I am am going to start my target at 2025. 
This will be a mixture of cards, scrapbook pages, handmade items - in fact a real mixture of things as I'm sure I have all the supplies I need to make pretty much everything I can think of!

Would anybody care to join me?
The rules are simple - there are no hard and fast rules apart from what you want them to be. The aim is to use our crafty stash and stay within our crafty budget but of course if you do weaken and grow your stash just come in and confess your sins and you will be forgiven 

You can set your own target of how many items you would like to make using your stash or just a certain amount of time you want to not buy for. Whatever works for you is ok with me.

So who is with me - who is going to turn their crafty stash into pretty things and start to reclaim the space in their house back?

Happy crafting everyone  o

Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02 Stash Busting Challenge 2024 Lost count but no craft spending
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  • craftingmad
    craftingmad Posts: 3,218 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 9 January pm31 12:09PM
    Participants

    1.crafting mad          8/2025 / £0/£200
    2.Auti
    3.Betharooni            100 / £0/£100
    4.Soontobeoap        £0/£200
    5.dND
    6.emsi_b                  4/200
    7.Katiehound
    8.LiverpoolAnne       1/12
    9.Raven Rover
    10.ShyAndRetiring      use up 52 balls
    11.Keepcalmandcraft  100 / £0/£100
    12.old_fogey                12
    13.nimbo                      200
    14.cupcakecraftscuddlycanine     6/52
    15.clodagh_trubble       19
    16.Dizzycap
    17. Tiggermad

    Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02 Stash Busting Challenge 2024 Lost count but no craft spending
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