I am a true procrastinator who changes her mind as often as her knickers!

Well it has been a few days since my last post and that is because we have been re-evaluating (that means I have changed my mind!) and we have now decided it is futile to try and buy a house unless we are left some inheritance money (which hopefully won't be for a long time) and make the best of the house we are in which is lovely anyway and we are allowed to do work to although not structually. So as of today (and let's face it it could be something different tomorrow!) I am going to take you on a journey of making over my house one step at a time. I will show you insides of cupboards with genuine mess and hopefully after pictures of beautiful organisation, and my sewing/craft makes, upcoming Christmas decs and basically anything else that takes my fancy. As I change my mind so often don't be surprised if you see a random post completely off task as to what I say I am doing. I will leave you for now with a photo of some of my Halloween decs that I made/constructed/put together. I actually don't like this pic because some of the ghosts and pumpkins and bats are facing the wrong way but I only managed to snap one photo before the onslaught of more trick or treaters :)

Today's inspiration

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This is my inspiration for today on this wet and windy Sunday. My home is going to have one of these in it. I have found out that it actually doesn't matter if anyone is reading this as it is very therapeutic for me. Not sure I am going to get much spray painting done today but I will give it a go. On an exciting note for me today I may have an opportunity to earn some money coming up and I have bids on three of my ebay items :) The total so far is £7 but I have a few 'watchers' so hopefully that will increase. Be back later :)

Well it is the evening again and sitting watching fix factor 'cos the hubby likes it. It just annoys me! Didn't quite get all the items on my list done but I did list eight things on ebay that I wasn't planning to and have watchers on five of them. I hate the wait! Got all the jars down out of the loft and I have tons of baby food ones which I am going to use to make individual hot chocolate servings with mini marshmallows, Cadbury buttons and a candy cane stirrer. Am going to sell them for £1.50 each. Do you think that is a fair price? Would you pay that for it? I think they will make great stocking fillers. We shall see how they go. My goal is to get the fund up to £150 before Christmas. Oh and I realised that I mentioned that I was going to do something with a tray but my usual procrastinating attention span of a gnat self got sidetracked again but I plan to get the spray paint out tomorrow weather permitting as I need to spray paint the jar lids anyway.

I promise to get some pics on tomorrow of my creations but for now have a good evening :)

Chilly willy day

Brrrr it is cold and frosty this morning. Love days like this though :)

My list for today is:

1. try and clean the spoons again!
2. list them on ebay
3. dry and iron the vintage tablecloths and doilies and list them on ebay too.
4. get hubby in the loft (I am not tall enough to get up on the ladder as it is just a step ladder).
5. sort out the jars I have up there
6. oh and I bought this pretty doily type thing from the charity shop and had no idea what it was for until yesterday when I saw one on ebay and it is a bread basket liner so that is going on ebay too when I find it!
7. basically find everything I can to sell!
8. do 2 loads of washing

Just to let you know I do do other housework but that is a given and only sometimes makes it onto my list if I am feeling disinclined to do it. Gives me a shove up the backside!

Okay will be back later for an update. Wrap up warm and see you soon :)


ownhomefund total so far £10      still need £49990

What a great day!

Wow what a day! Little things please me a lot so when it snowed this evening I nearly wet myself with excitement. You see I absolutely LOVE snow! It is so pretty and exciting and I dream of getting snowed in and coming together as a community. Snow unites! Also on an equally exciting note I sold some vintage aprons that I won at a charity auction for 50p for £10 on ebay!!!!!!! That £10 goes straight into our ownhomefund account and is the first bit of money to go in! I was ecstatic and they were sold within an hour of listing them!! I still have two vintage tablecloths and some doilies that were also in the same bag as the aprons that I have yet to sell. Will list them tomorrow. I managed to complete all the jobs on my list but am having trouble with the spoons. I tried a tip off of pinterest on how to clean them with salt and foil but it wasn't very successful. Will have to pull out the chemical cleaner then :/
Anyhow, will be back tomorrow no doubt with more lists of jobs to do and hopefully some makeover photos of a tray (exciting eh!!). Sending hubby up into the loft too to get some more things down for the bootfair.

Sleep tight all (or no-one as I am talking to myself!)

Time to get my backside in gear

As a procrastinator I have lots of good ideas but rarely actually get around to doing them. I have found that writing lists helps me a lot. I have decided to do a boot fair next weekend so I really need to get my backside in gear and get on with making things and sorting out what to sell. One of the problems I have is that in the past I have got rid of things and then thought later 'Why did I do that? I could use that right now'. I am not a hoarder, more the opposite as I hate clutter, but I need to let go of things without regretting it at a later time.

On my list of things today to do are

1. untarnish the silver plated spoons I bought at a charity shop and price them up
2. Iron and mend the vintage aprons and list them on ebay
3. Do two loads of washing (I have to put things like this on my list to remind me that I have other stuff that needs doing to as I get sidetracked easily!)
4. Sort out the Christmas decorations that I have started making and get pictures of them on my facebook page Feltylicious.
5. Confirm my bank account on paypal.
6. Label up the penny pot as an 'own home fund' for all that spare change and to remind us all why we are scrimping

Lists help me feel like I have achieved something at the end of the day and I enjoy ticking them off as it motivates me to do the next one. Silly I know, but it works for me :)

Anyway off to do number one and will check back in later.
Have a good afternoon x

This is to inspire me. My dream *sigh*