Curbing the spending ... Update

Last Thursday I posted about a personal mini challenge, curbing the online spending !

So I thought I would drop into today to give you a little update...

So far so good...

Don't get me wrong there have been times over this past week when I have be tempted to spend , especially when one of your favourite bloggers announces on twitter that she is having a de-stash of her paper/embellishments ect .... However I didn't respond

No eBay purchases , no new products for the shop, which I think I may sell some limited addition grab bags of products... So I can have some time to re-evaluate....

I have to confess though, today I couldn't resist the special offer studio calico were offering $10 off! This months Card Kit!! I think so far this has been my favourite kit, the colours, embellishments really appeal to my style..

 

But that's it no more spending

 

Curbing the spending

Today's class prompt is about setting goals ..

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Which ties in lovely with something that I have been thinking a lot about lately , cutting back on my spending :/

• Products for shop
• Supplies
• Advertising
• Classes , the list goes on ......

So my goal is to cut out my extra spending habits, no more impulse buying

Starting today til the 20th July I vouch to no more online spending ;)

Instead use the products and supplies I already have, no more advertising for the shop and probably what I spend most on is new products for the shop..

At the end of the month, I will reward myself with....

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Which, by the way is currently on offer ;)

 

Are you working towards any goals at the moment ??

Have you made any cut backs ??

 

This made me smile .....

Today's class prompt is about photos and I am going to tell you about this one ....

This was taken yesterday using my iPhone 5 edited using instagram.
I chose this photo as this girl, she melts my heart... She loves everything pink!! Including pink (strawberry) ice cream .
These are the little moments that I love to capture, all to soon she will be at part time school and moments like this will be harder to soak up.
She is growing up way to fast.
Looking forward to Turing this photo into a scrapbook page, any guesses on the colour I will use :)

Inspire ......

For the last couple of weeks I have been working my way through a couple awesome online classes over @ Shimelle.com

Although blogging isn't new to me I used to blog here , starting a blog with "clearer" intension is. I know that I want to share my love of crafting with paper with you, my shop and a place to stop by where you can leave feeling inspired to have a go at your own projects..

I also wanted to add the fun element back into blogging !

So taking the Scrapbooking for Bloggers class, is just perfect to help me set goals and achieve them..

So prompt one is to clarify my personal intentions! I chose the word "INSPIRE" as that what I hope to achieve not only for my readers but for myself too!

This is the photo I took with my IPhone, showing how I blog, currently on my iPad, one of my favourite designers Amy Tangerine and some of my favourite embelishments !

I also photographed the layout with my camera too !! I treated myself to a new canon printer this weekend !! So I can finally print my photos and use them in my projects !! Cannot tell you how excited I have been..

So instead of using the photo on a scrapbook page I intend on making a mini album of my blog, goals, hopes and thoughts..

This is my Sunday afternoon plan ;) but will see how the girls behave ..

Claire x