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2025 - No Craft Spending - We WILL bust my stash and make pretty things!!!!!
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10 more cards put together for charity but more importantly I have sorted out the club stash and my own into an organised manner. I have packed up a lot of it for another group member to carry on the task whilst I have the grandchildren to stay. Then we are off on our hols in September so knitting or crochet will be an easier craft during the next couple of months. Counting as 2 as they were so quick.
GC 2022 = £3154.96 , 2023 = £3334. 84 2024 = £.3221.81 , 2025 = £3974.24 . 2026 £899. 91/£3500, May £154.26 /£250
Decluttering campaign. 2026. 39 /74 storage places, book cases, drawers cupboards and sheds. Also tidying / clearing front and back gardens , giving bathroom and kitchen a bit of a spruce up. Me🏅⭐ ⭐DH🏅
Make £600 in 2026 = £412.59
NSD in May = 5/152 -
6 cards made, now up to 71/200. I can see a few more patches of desk!! I managed to restrain myself to buying the colours of card I needed, the gems I'd run out of, a Happy Anniversary stamp set (somehow managed not to have one in my stash) and two stamping mask things that will complement the enormous number of stamps and ink I already have. It was both tougher and easier than I imagined! By not generally browsing, I didn't feel to tempted, but also a bit sad that I couldn't splurge. Perhaps next year I will have made enough of a dent that I can splurge a bit!
@greentiger, that blanket is absolutely beautiful. Well worth all the time you've spent on it!Make £2025 in 2025- £751.88/£2025
Make £2024 in 2024- £852.21/£2024
134/200- bust my craft stash 2025!
166/200- bust my craft stash 2024! £106.80 spent
211/200- bust my craft stash 2023!3 -
Made this little elf today. Craft group will be making them tomorrow ready for our Christmas fair. He was very fiddly to do with a strong thread so we will use pipe cleaners to thread the buttons and beads .Great way to use up buttons and we can sell them for a £1.00 each
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GC 2022 = £3154.96 , 2023 = £3334. 84 2024 = £.3221.81 , 2025 = £3974.24 . 2026 £899. 91/£3500, May £154.26 /£250
Decluttering campaign. 2026. 39 /74 storage places, book cases, drawers cupboards and sheds. Also tidying / clearing front and back gardens , giving bathroom and kitchen a bit of a spruce up. Me🏅⭐ ⭐DH🏅
Make £600 in 2026 = £412.59
NSD in May = 5/156 -
I’m hoping it’ll be cool enough to sew tomorrow morning.4
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Very cute stbo22: 3🏅 4⭐ 23: 5🏅 6 ⭐ 24 1🏅 2⭐ 25 🏅 🥈2⭐ 26 🥈 Never save something for a special occasion. Every day is a special occasion. The diff between what you were yesterday and what you'll be tomorrow is what you do today Well organised clutter is still clutter - Joshua Becker If youre not already using a thing you won't start using it more by shoving it in a cupboard- AJMoney The barrier standing between you & what youre truly capable of isnt lack of info, ideas or techniques. The secret is 'do it'3
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@ CraftyRach - AWESOME box card!
@ greentiger - Some fabulous crafting going on there! LOVE it! The Christmas blanket is absolutely FANTASTIC! My MSE 2026 Money Saving Challenges:# No.2 Save 1p A Day Challenge 2026 £295.85 / £667.95 (5)# No.4 Save £12k in 2026 - £7495.78 / £12,000 (5)# £10-a-Day Challenge 2026 - £163.16 / £1825 (5)# No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 (24/10) 286.45 / £400 (5)# No.27 - Top Up EP 2 £865 / £2880 (5).# No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - Completed# No.5 Fiver Friday Challenge 2026 - Completed# Make £2026 in 2026 - Completed# Spectos Mailagent - Ready5 -
Sewing bee back tonight at 9. I hadn't seen adverts, luckily mum mentioned as my planner wasn't taping it
Dxx22: 3🏅 4⭐ 23: 5🏅 6 ⭐ 24 1🏅 2⭐ 25 🏅 🥈2⭐ 26 🥈 Never save something for a special occasion. Every day is a special occasion. The diff between what you were yesterday and what you'll be tomorrow is what you do today Well organised clutter is still clutter - Joshua Becker If youre not already using a thing you won't start using it more by shoving it in a cupboard- AJMoney The barrier standing between you & what youre truly capable of isnt lack of info, ideas or techniques. The secret is 'do it'4 -
It doesn’t seem to have been promoted much at all. I’ve been searching for it since Easter and only saw one article from the Radio Times shared on a sewing group on Facebook.daisy_1571 said:Sewing bee back tonight at 9. I hadn't seen adverts, luckily mum mentioned as my planner wasn't taping it
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Another 12 cards made, all from the baskets of bits- one of toppers, one of strips of paper. I've used up one sheet of die cut toppers (hurrah!) And I can see a dent in the amount on my desk (double hurrah!). Now up to 83/200.
Make £2025 in 2025- £751.88/£2025
Make £2024 in 2024- £852.21/£2024
134/200- bust my craft stash 2025!
166/200- bust my craft stash 2024! £106.80 spent
211/200- bust my craft stash 2023!4 -
CraftyRach - Congratulations for being mentioned in the MSE forum highlights this week!My MSE 2026 Money Saving Challenges:# No.2 Save 1p A Day Challenge 2026 £295.85 / £667.95 (5)# No.4 Save £12k in 2026 - £7495.78 / £12,000 (5)# £10-a-Day Challenge 2026 - £163.16 / £1825 (5)# No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 (24/10) 286.45 / £400 (5)# No.27 - Top Up EP 2 £865 / £2880 (5).# No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - Completed# No.5 Fiver Friday Challenge 2026 - Completed# Make £2026 in 2026 - Completed# Spectos Mailagent - Ready3
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