"Keep moving forward."

 With Covid still hanging over everyone aiming to move forward is not easy.  It feels like all that we are doing is asking one step forward and the having to spend 14 days staring at 4 walls all over again.

So one thing that I am working on is how to set up some more community led projects/groups for 2022.

Living in the Heart of England means that getting to Nuneaton is probably one of the easiest places to reach.  You can get here by pretty much any form of transport and walking from most places usually takes a few hours too.

The main thing is to KEEP SAFE!

So I am looking at a number of places where I could run community groups from that are disability friendly, have car parking, toilet facilities and can offer basic catering options too.

The main thing that I need to look at is having the right insurance both public and employee support when required.

So please bear with me and feel fee to follow my blog(s) or other social options.

Thank you.

Looking at working again

 At he moment my head is full of business ideas and the one sticking point is insurance.

Yes money too.

However it is insurance that i am struggling to get.

When Covid hit help was given, in time and now every thing is slowing down again, trying to reset up self employment is a nightmare.

One of the main things is having a sold businesses plan, one that will over all eventualities, a business address, insurance and savings.

Before covid I have been on a number of training course and brought up "foot and mouth.", "911" and the "recession."

I asked "how do you plan for these things, how do you still support your self?"

The course provider did did know and quoted "these are isolated incident that only effected certain areas of employment."

Yet Covid effected everyone.

Even now trying to move forward and to plan for the future appears to be, one day at a time, for some please one breath at a time too.

So I think of the story "The tortoise and hare" and think "slow and steady will win the race."

How do you sell upcycled furniture? (PartOne)

 

How do you sell upcycled furniture? (PartOne)

Over the last year I have been trying to fix my sofa that I brought from a local charity shop about 5 years ago.

Nope due to general wear and tear I am looking at upcycling it instead of sending it to a landfill or taking it apart and reusing the fabric to make some thing new.

But how do I do this and do it right?

So I will look into this and try to break it down

Step one the second-hand sofa.

The fist thing that one should know what dose second-hand mean?

second-hand

[ˌsekəndˈhand]

ADJECTIVE

1. (of goods) having had a previous owner; not new.

   "a second-hand car"

   synonyms:

   used · old · nearly new · worn · pre-owned · handed-down · castoff · hand-me-down · reach-me-down

2. (of information or experience) accepted on another's authority and not from original investigation.

   "second-hand knowledge of her country"

   synonyms:

   indirect · secondary · derivative · derived · vicarious

ADVERB

1. on the basis that something has had a previous owner.

   "tips on the pitfalls to avoid when buying second-hand"

2. on the basis of what others have said; indirectly.

   "I was discounting anything I heard second-hand"

   synonyms:

   indirectly · at second hand · on the bush/jungle telegraph · on the grapevine

So where can you buy a second hand sofa from?

For the answer to this question I have added link(s) below that you many find use full.

14 of the Best Online Second Hand Furniture Stores (List) - Home Stratosphere

What do I need to know before buying a second-hand sofa?

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Top Tips For Buying Second Hand Furniture - Preloved UK

Three Tips for Buying Second Hand Furniture Online - Live Free Creative Co

The Ten Commandments of Buying Used Furniture | Apartment Therapy

5 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a Sofa (thespruce.com)

Avoid These Items When Used Furniture Shopping (thespruce.com)

How do you make sure that you second-hand sofa is safe.

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Furniture Safety Rules for an Accident Free Home (thespruce.com)

Check the Safety Labels

If you’re buying soft furnishings, be sure to check they have the correct fire safety labels. For example, mattresses should have a label stating compliance with BS 7177.

does upcycled furniture need fire labels - Bing images

Second-hand upholstered furniture | Business Companion

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Why are fire labels important on second-hand sofas?

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Why are fire labels important? - Reuse Network (reuse-network.org.uk)

Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988/1989, 1993 and 2010 : Firesafe.org.uk

Where to find a fire label on a sofa

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Where to Find a Fire Label on a Sofa - Fire Safety Label (gbfoamdirect.co.uk)

What second-hand sofas do not need a fire safety label?

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The following are excluded from the controls:

• Furniture made before 1 January 1950

• materials for upholstery of furniture made before 1 January 1950

• goods for export

How can I donate a Sofa?

For the answer to this question I have added link(s) below that you many find use full.

Check for fire labels - UK safety standard for upholstered items | BHF

Winter rising the gardening

  Winter rising the gardening

One of the thing that I still have not done yet this year is to winter rising garden and to plant my bulbs for next year. I always keep saying tomorrow and then it rains or the boys need me.

So my aim is to wineries the garden by 1st December this year and to make sure that I am ready for next year to start all over again.

June 2020 Covid 19 Stay at home mum looking at going into self employment

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Wednesday 18th November 2020

  Wednesday 18th November 2020

I can not believe that we are drawing so close to the end of an other year and the one thing that I can think of is how lucky that I am to still be alive and to be able to watch my children grow each day.

The hardest job I have had to do is to not just take care of myslef because no one else will do that for you, but to take care of my family.

I have used this time to go back to the drawing board and to work on my future goals and who I can hopefully move forward in 2021 and how my children will also.

One of the main things that I have done is go back to basics and I have done this by taking the time to draw up a budget plan and to try and average out my incomings and outgoings over the last 6 months so that I can start planing for the future.

I will add a budget plan link to this blog, if I have not already added one.

Using Ink and Stampers

 Using Ink and Stampers

Going bacvk to basics, I have manges to purchase some stampers and now I am looking at going back to basics and to learn how use them to make art work, print fabric, make hadmade cards and wraping paper with them.

Just lkike when any thing practices makes perfect and so is the ablilty to take you time and have the ablilty to try and try again.

Before typwirters and ptinters tht we have today, everyintg would have been printed using printing blocks espical things like the local  new paper.

So I will try with my children to print some homemade gist fro your friends and family this year and hopefully for many years to come.

"When it is nort Lemons?"

“When it is not Lemons?”

“When it is not Lemons?”

People say “we are what we eat.” but how can this be “when it is not lemons?”

One of the things that I started to do last year was reading the packaging of what I buy, this 

made me look at where I buy things from and how much I spend.

For my main shopping I have been using Tesco's on line and have signed up to a fixed

monthly delivery service that means that I can have a delivery 3 days per week every month

providing I spend £40.00 per delivery.

This year I will shop around and see if I can cut my spending and only buy “lemons” and

 not be Sold a “LEMON.”

So last year I started looking at items and tried to STOP but any thing with Palm Oil in,

 

MSG and Artificial Sweeteners.

I am all for sugar and do not feel comfortable with eating a Chemistry set every meal so the 

more basic the ingrediency the better. (personal chose)

So back to the Lemons, I hate it when something claims to have Lemons in but then it says 

on the packaging, lemon flavouring, lemon essence.

I can not stand in the super market all day reading packaging so I do it at home when the 

boys are a sleep. I also look at who things are packaged to try and reduce the amount of 

products that I buy that have load of packaging that they do not need.

This year I aim to cook more at hoe form fresh so in January 2019 I will do my first shop of 

the year and by December 2019 I aim to reduce the amount of LEMONS I buy, sugar, Palm 

oil, MSG Artificial Sugar and packaging I use.

So the amount I will be spend on my January Shop is…