New Year - New Stash Diet!

[cw18]

it's my birfday in a couple of weeks (oh ok! I've got about a quarter of an hour over 2 weeks to wait!), and I think hubby's gonna be giving me cash to chose my own stash -- same as he did for Christmas

As I'm not working to a fixed monthly budget, mine'll just get added to my 'cash available' figure

[Ching]

I'm soon going on a zero tolerance stash diet soon. Everytime I do an overhaul of my stash inventory/organisation method, I am reminded of just how much I have. My new year's resolution is to stop this maddening hoarding mentality and actually using what I have.












BUT!!!

these companies keep coming out with cute lines of paper. That seems to be my weakness now.

[hsanders]

OK Ching but are you going to be able to resist it when those shops have specials on and all???? (Just I am not sure I would be able to you see! )

Viv

[hsanders]

BUT!!!

these companies keep coming out with cute lines of paper. That seems to be my weakness now.

I did not see this part of your post when I did my other post!

[jo.bee]

you don't have to do all the bits for the challenge - if you'd not had bling you could have still claimed 20 points


I'd have bought the bling though

I can't do half measures - its all or nothing - can't buy one sheet of pp - have to buy the lot

[beckymischief]

hmmm, well I'm not sure about that I have wanted one since Nov but counted it into this month's budget (I want extra points for that!) I see you have enough budget left to cover it though

how big is this list from the stamping mag ?

well i new to stamping so about a dozen items and as for budget i just had to buy some bits for the 3 cjs im doing so it has gone down! maybe i should pay myself £1 a lo and 50p a card to boost fund!

all you with bdays coming are so jammy, mine was december BUT i have just bribed dp out of kit subscription for valentines

[hsanders]

Hey Ching have you seen the new MM trimmer at all over in the USA? If so what do you think of it?

Viv

[hsanders]

well i new to stamping so about a dozen items and as for budget i just had to buy some bits for the 3 cjs im doing so it has gone down! maybe i should pay myself £1 a lo and 50p a card to boost fund!

How much are you paying yourself for a CJ entry though hon???? And do not forget that creating your CJ has to be worth more than a entry IYSWIM.

Viv

[beckymischief]

ohh i like your think viv!
so come on give me ideas whats a cj entry worth?

i love all these loop holes we're adding and this is only second week!!!!!!!

[hsanders]

Well I think that a CJ entry should be worth the same as a DLO as you have to think of the idea first - which sometimes is hard and then interpret your mad but brilliant idea from your head to paper which has to be at least as difficult as a DLO if not more!

And the actual creation of a CJ - hmmm well maybe a DLO and a SLO combined?

How does that sound?

Viv

[hsanders]

i love all these loop holes we're adding and this is only second week!!!!!!!

Hey I am not adding any! I am not paying myself for completion of LOs - am just trying to help in leading you all astray!!!!

viv

[wssla00]

That sounds reasonable. Im thinking about mini books now as i make many of them.... How much for those???

[cw18]

I'm going to work everything (as previously suggested) as UKS points * 10p.... so a LO = £1 (10x10p), a DLO=£2 etc. And as I get into a rut of making heaps of cards, I'm also reinstating the UKS 5 points for a card in terms of payment (50p) So making the actual CJ (decorating covers etc) = £2.50, and each CJ entry also = £2.50


And I'm shadowing a CJ (doing mine by myself for myself, but following what they're doing as they're having monthly techniques and a selection of topics relevant to the main theme), so that'll earn me some money. It should end up with 11 pages, so including the covers that's 12x£2.50 = £30 over the year

ETA: A minibook = 50 points = £5

[wssla00]

(and yes, my diet will be so full of loop holes that you can see straight through it by the end )

[Theresa]

My birthday is not until October :sigh:

Viv, I think I would have a think about tools (like a crocodile for instance!) and stamps if you like stamping. Books is def a good one too.