Well this is my first ever blog post and I am talking to no-one. Nothing new there then!! I thought I would share with anyone that wants to read this in the future, why I wanted to start a blog. Firstly I am really bad at getting on and actually doing things so I have started forcing myself to do the things that need doing. This is one of them! My ultimate aim for this blog is for it to force me to get some money to buy our own home. We currently live in a housing association property which is lovely and we are extremely grateful for. Here are the problems though:

1. We are limited to what we can do to the house to make it our own.
2. Because of the new laws regarding benefits, when my husband retires and we rely on benefits to pay our rent, we will have to move as we will be deemed as underoccupying our home.
3. We have lived in sooooo many different houses belonging to other people and really really just want some little house to call our own.
4. We have no money to buy our own home! I suffer from fibromyalgia so am unable to work.
5. We need to buy a house outright as hubby will have to work until he is 90 to pay off a mortgage.
6. We need £50000!!!! (yes you can still buy houses for that here!)

Just a few seemingly insurmountable issues there then!! But I am determined to overcome them. I am not sure how yet but I have some ideas to start with:

1. Set up a paypal account purely for buying our own home and a subsequent savings account linked to it.
2. Have everyone who gives me money for my birthday/Christmas/just cos they love me (that never happens!) pay it directly into this account.
3. Sell my creations using all the fabric and felt etc that I already have and have monies paid to above account (see 1!).
4. Put a donate button on my blog. Yes, yes I know this sounds like begging but I am not asking you to do it just have the option there if anyone would like to help us out. Sorry all pride has gone out of the window with this illness :(
5. 'Do up' cheap/free pieces of furniture and sell them on.

Any other suggestions are very welcome. We do not have any extravagences that we can cut back on e.g. I dye my own hair, go to a dental school for free dental work, do not buy take away food or new clothes or new furniture. The charity shop, boot fairs etc are my friends :)

Wow this is a long first post but I thought I would lay it out there so you know my intentions from the start. I am planning on sharing this journey with you and showing you my crafty, upcycling and basically any way of making money schemes along the way.

Thanks for stopping by :)