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  • Handmade Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Cheap

    Why I am reluctant to take on commissions….

    I often get asked if I can ‘make one of those’ for people. whether it be a blanket, a poncho, or more recently a length of crochet chain.

    I really hope I do not come across as rude or dismissive when I am reluctant to quote – but I will tell you exactly why I am reluctant to quote.

    Let’s use the crochet paper chain as an example….

    I usually answer the question with … “Well, I will quote you but just to let you know that this crochet chain took me just under ten hours to make.” (35 links at 17 minutes per link = 595 minutes / by 60 = 9.91 hours)

    At the point I don’t even mention the material cost as I would expect that paying me a decent hourly rate for 10 hours would put them right off straight away 🙂

    Sometimes it doesn’t put them off so I go on to prepare the quote:

    Yarn (100g of Twinkle DK) £2.70

    Hourly rate – 10 hours at….. well, what is my time worth? Let’s do minimum wage at around £8.00…

    So, This piece of crochet chain, barely longer than a meter will cost £82.70, please and thank you 🙂

    Let’s be honest… you’re not gonna pay that are you?

    You’re not even gonna pay me half… or even quarter.

    The probable expected price would have been around a fiver… after all, that’s more than what you would pay for a string of fairy lights in B&M.

    In other words, the yarn price is covered and here’s a little bit extra for your work.

    Believe me, it happens.

    What doesn’t happen so often is the understanding that THIS is my work – I cannot afford to give 10 hours (or sometimes 100 hours if it is a blanket) for free. I need those hours to work on class samples, or at this time of year, gifts for family.

    My offer of….”but I could happily teach you how to make your own” often falls flat…. which confuses me somewhat. So, you don’t want to invest the time into making your own, but you also don’t want to pay me to make it for you.

    I once asked a bloke who asked me to make a 100 hour blanket for his wife (and nearly fainted at the price) what he did for a living…. he was a painter and decorator, so I offered to trade hours – I will give you 100 to make the blanket, you do 100 hours of decorating for me! (I would have LOVED that – always happy to do skill trades if anyone is still reading 🙂 Anyway.. he laughed and said ‘not a chance’… so his work was obviously worth so much more than mine. He didn’t get his blanket… not from me anyway 🙂

    So, after a long winded musing…. the moral of the story is, handmade doesn’t necessarily mean cheap. And if you get something handmade this Christmas then that person REALLY, REALLY loves you. Treasure it 🙂

    Oh, and come and learn a craft yourself, and you can have this rant next year 🙂

    Credit https://www.facebook.com/Soozintheshed/

     

  • Period Poverty Is A Load Of BullS**T

    What is all this rubbish about period poverty, according to some “experts” 1 in 10 girls can’t afford to buy menstrual products, well I say what a load of rubbish, you can pick up a pack of sanitary towels for under 50p, if they cannot afford that then clearly they are soon going to die as they must be homeless, foodless and close to a pending death…. 50 bloody pence how can this be period poverty.

    What are these girls and woman buying that is so expensive are they bleeding in to diamonds and gold???

    One site claims menstrual products cost more than £18,000, in a women’s life (approx £13 every month)!!! oh piss off I spend one whole pound a month.

    Did you know you can buy Tesco essentials sanitary towels (pack of 10) for only 23p.

    Mate why are we mak out that girls are housebound during their periods and missing school, this is a bullshit excuse for them to sit at home and take snapchats or watch a Netflix series.

    Period poverty in the Uk is absolute rubbish, if you are a parent and cant find 23p for your daughter to bleed in maybe you need to look at your life and make changes, all this is are more snowflakes crying because they have to pay a few pence tax on the product or deem that they shouldnt have to pay as they do not have a choice but to bleed every month… well there are choices…. free bleed and be part of the growing creepy trend, buy some god damn cheap sanitary towels, or a reusable menstrual cup, shut up, woman have been bleeding since forever… you crazy woman make me fear for the future

  • Pampers Are Making Parents Very Happy Right Now

    Mums of late potty trainers are rejoicing at Pampers new nappies a brilliant number 8, nappies for 37lb+.

    Amanda Dawn from West Sussex has shared her joy at the new size nappies, she said

    “My son Dexter has Fragile X (Fragile X is a genetic condition that affects both boys and girls, although boys are often more severely affected.It can cause a range of issues with language, emotions, attention, behaviour and social interaction) Dexter is unlikely to ever be potty trained, he is non verbal and is 7 years old, the NHS provide us with a few packs of nappies a month but nowhere near enough to last, we often have to resort to buying adult incontinence pads.

    Some may think that’s not a problem but when you have a child of 7 who thinks like a 1-year-old he wants the fancy designs and for me I want the convenance of being able to buy nappies from any old shop. Thank you so much Pampers for making our lives better and the fact these nappies are far cheaper is fantastic”.

    Lucy Fitzpeters from Witham in Essex is also very happy “Wow big size nappies my Samuel is only 1 but such a chubster, we have been using pull ups but they aren’t great when he does a poo, these are gonna be a game changer for my family”.

    Several mums hope that other companies or supermarkets such as Lidl follow suit and start making nappies in the larger sizes to help parents of all children, disabled, larger and late trainers.

    Thanks Pampers for making mums lives easier!!!

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  • Easy Way To Get Free Cinema Tickets And Pizza

    Vicky Marshall has posted an amazing summer holiday hack that could save you a heap of cash and keep the kids entertained and fed, Marshall uploaded her post on Sunday night to her personal Facebook page and it has been shared over ten thousand times.

    Marshall said “Little heads up for people struggling in the 6 week hols, if ya buy a single days travel insurance for £1.08 on compare the market you get the free cinema codes for a year!! So that’s two people in the cinema for £4.99!! And they also now do bogof (buy one get one free) on restaurants so you can use that in pizza hut also for the year!! Cheap day out for you and the kids! Pizza and cinema!!! Thank me later 😎😎”.

    Since it was uploaded on Sunday thousands of people have commented that they have done it, some saying they had to pay £4.99 but still worth it.

    Hope we have helped to make your summer holidays slightly cheaper, if you have any money saving tips or life hacks you think our readers would be interested in let us know in the comments section or send us an email to mumsadviceltd@outlook.com

  • Christmas Costs Me Just Ten Pounds Per Child

    Christmas Costs Me Just Ten Pounds Per Child

    One Penny pitching mum spends just £10 on each child for Christmas and says each child loves it.

    Each child gets:

    Something to read, something they need, something they want, something to eat and something to wear.

    Michelle Bridges of East Sussex, buys 5 or 6 gifts for each child.

    Bridges says “I start searching for presents around August time, I never buy brand new, Facebook sales groups, charity shops, gumtree and free cycle are my main sites to go to, I’ve snapped up some amazing bargains before and even got free gifts for my children”.

    Bridges doesn’t wrap gifts the traditional way saying that wrapping paper is a waste of money, Bridges uses cardboard or paper saved off of cereal boxes or other household wasteful packaging, I have even taken the cereal boxes or paper from neighbours recycling boxes .

    Bridges added, “I don’t buy wrapping paper or cellotape, I reuse paper clips and cardboard to wrap gifts”.

    Bridges said “My girls are 4 and 7 and know no difference, they love Christmas and I love knowing I have spent time and effort finding the perfect gift on a budget”.

    Bridges doesn’t buy gifts for her husband or extended family, and expects nothing in return.

    Bridges parents aren’t allowed to spend more than £5 on their granddaughters gifts, Bridges says she is trying to raise smart, kind unspoilt girls, although this has caused a lot of family arguments in the past.

    Bridges mother Cynthia Drummond said ” We have come to terms with how our daughter wishes to raise the girls, we would love to spoil the girls but have to respect our daughters wishes”.

    Bridges hopes others follow suit and stop wasting money on unwanted gifts and raising children who expect mountains of presents and become ungrateful and spoilt.

    Could you spend £10 on your child for Christmas? Do you like the idea behind it all?

     

    Related Article take a read: http://mums-advice-old-copy.local/penny-pinching-mum-saving-big-money-worth/

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