January OPAM

 

 I  have not done much sewing this month as I have a dislocated clavicle.  So I have only managed two small bags.  I made the first as a gift but was not happy with the finished bag.  I felt the fabric was to thin and needed to be interface with a backing especially around the magnetic clasp.

The second bag after the alterations was much better.  I wanted it to be strong enough to be able to take rough handling when opening and closing the clasp.  What I mean to say is that I did not want the fabric to ripe around the clasp.  After all it was a birthday gift for a family member.  I fill it with her favourite sweets. 

P.S. Plym 2014 Challenge Pot 

2 x 20p = 40p for two small finished projects. 

Global Sealed Pot Challenge

This is my second year as a member of the Global Sealed Pot Challenge.  Mr D and I once again have our own tins.  We are saving for Christmas 2014.  It was wonderful last year to pay for all our Christmas gifts and food in cash.  We set a budget for each gift and planned our Christmas and New Year meals.  It was great not to have lots of food left over after the holidays.

I am going to use the same rules that I used last year for the challenge.  
1.  Emptying my purse of loose change each week into my pot.
2.  Saving all my £2 coins into my pot.
3.  Save and no spend days. Fed the pot by not having coffee or lunch out.
4.  Making all my own gifts for family and friends birthdays etc, including cards. Fed the pot.
5.  Fed the pot with the money saved when using coupons at the supermarket.
6.  Save money and fed the pot by using my very large fabric stash rather than buying more fabric for new projects.
7.  Fed the pot by not buying a chocolate bar. Oh this may be hard to achieve.
8.  Walk to local shops in village. Use car only when really necessary.

The yellow tin we decided not to open last year as it was only half full.  So we are going to carry on using that tin for this year's challenge.  If we fill it up before the end of the challenge we have decided to wait until December to open it with our main tins.

The red tin has been sitting in our kitchen for several years now.  We have decided to continue using it when our yellow tin becomes full.  

So we have four tins that all need feeding with coins.  So here we go.......  

P.S If you would like to join the challenge, pop over and see Saving for Travel.  

Plym's 2014 Jar

 At the Plym Piecemaker's Christmas party in December each member was given a present.

 

This is our new year project.



Start 2014 with an empty jar, every time..

Something good happens..

Learn something new..

Finish a project..

Something that to make you smile..

Write it on a piece of paper, and put in jar.

On December 31st 2014, open jar and read all the little remarks and feel proud of what you've achieved throughout the year.

I am changing the rules as I always do!!

Finish a project..

Tiny size 1p - 2p

Small size5p - 20p

Meduim size 50p

Large size £1

Extra large £2

These are the coins I will be putting into my jar every time a finish a project. Then at the end of the year I will be able to treat myself to a special quilting gift!!!!



Sealed Pot Challenge

Today is the day that I get to open my sealed pot!

I have been saving coins in my pot all year.  I gave a empty sealed pot to Mr D, Little Boy and Baby girl as well.  I know that Mr D has been using his pot and we are going to pool our savings to buy some Christmas presents for the family. 

I managed to save £193.03 and Mr D £97.30.

Grand Total £290.33

Sealed Pot Challenge 2014 has started.  It is never too late to join in the fun.  Just click on Saving for Travel for more information. 

Global Sealed Pot Challenge

It is the end of my first week of the Sealed Pot challenge.  I have two pots.

The little yellow pot will be used to save any money but £2 coins.  I have been collecting £2 coins annually for special occasions such as a birthday present or holiday money.  I usually save the coins in a small purse. In 2013 the £2 coins will be saved in the Winnie the Pooh Pot.

Every year for Christmas I give Little Boy and Baby Girl and their partners a large pot each. Mr D and I also got a pot this Christmas.  So my whole family are taking part in the challenge.

Yellow Pot
£1.20 saved by not having coffee in town whist shopping with Baby Girl last week.
50p saved by emptying purse on Sunday.
£1.00 saved when Mr D emptied his wallet on Sunday and shared it with me.

Global Sealed Pot Challenge

I have be challenged by the idea of several bloggers that using sealed pot to save for a special occasion.  I have joined the challenge at SFT blog. There are over eighty bloggers saving each week in their sealed pots until December 2013. 

1.  Emptying my purse of loose change each week into my pot.
2.  Saving all my £2 coins into my pot.
3.  Save and no spend days. Fed the pot by not having coffee or lunch out.
4.  Making all my own gifts for family and friends birthdays etc, including cards. Fed the pot.
5.  Fed the pot with the money saved when using coupons at the supermarket.
6.  Save money and fed the pot by using my very large fabric stash rather than buying more fabric for new projects.
7.  Fed the pot by not buying a chocolate bar. Oh this may be hard to achieve.
8.  Walk to local shops in village. Use car only when really necessary.

I will try to write an update each week in 2013 on the progress of the sealed pot challenge.