It's been a better week than last week, I've made some progress on some bits around the house and have some ideas for new projects. I'm feeling a bit nervous about what work could potentially say next week, I'm assuming my furlough will be extended for another few weeks at least but I hate not knowing for definite. … [Read more...]
How to make your own zipped cushions – DIY Cushion Tutorial
*Fabric kindly gifted by the Yorkshire Fabric Shop A few weeks ago the lovely team at the Yorkshire Fabric Shop sent me a box full of offcuts to try and make a few projects out of. One of the first fabrics that caught my eye was this printed chenille upholstery fabric because of it's brilliant US licence plate print so I decided to make some super simple DIY Cushion … [Read more...]
Furlough Diary Week 6
It was not a good week. Period pains and hormones really took their toll on me this week and a lot of it was spent sleeping and doing low energy jobs. I always get frustrated when I have days like this because I feel like I should be doing more (especially since I'm at home) but I just don't have the brain capacity, I get very foggy-headed, or energy for it so I just do what … [Read more...]
Furlough Diary Week 5
No real update from work this week other than they'll let me know when to come back. I hate not having a definite time scale to work to but I guess that's the way of the world at the moment. … [Read more...]
Shopping Voucher Giveaway
As I mentioned the other day, trying to maintain a decent budget at the moment is hard - what with inflated food prices (I know some supermarkets are saying it's just due to there not being as many multi-buy offers on but the price of certain things has definitely risen by a few pence here and there) and in some cases majorly reduced household incomes it's not easy to balance … [Read more...]
