Doh!

One day into Stash Punch! and I've already broken the rules! I just bought a 2012 Tea Towel embroidery kit for a friend, and I thought "What the heck. I'll get one too!" Only I don't have any cards to purchase it with.

http://www.purlsoho.com/purl/products/item/8456-Curious-Doodles-2012-Tea-Towel-Calendar-Embroidery-Kit

I actually bought a "seconds" version from Curious Doodles on Etsy, but if your interested Purl Soho said that they would get some back in stock soon.

Since the seconds version only cost $20 I only need one card, so maybe if I complete a card before it gets here it won't be considered cheating on my resolution. Right? Oh how I love making up the rules to my own games...I always win!

Stash Punch!

While I don't have a crazy, out-of-control stash yet, I really want to start using the supplies that I already have. So I've come up with a simple way of using what I have and really thinking through my future purchases. I've taken the idea from Lunch It, Punch It and I will be using the same type of cards to track my progress. For every four stash items used, I get to get a new item!




It's a Stash Punch (Card)!

 
The following items count as stash items:

• Patterns, Books & my Burda Magazines
• Craftsy Classes - I've signed up for 3 knitting classes and the bombshell dress class
• Fabric
• Yarn
• Finishing an Unfinished Object (UFO) or Work in Progress (WIP)
• Quilting Step (piecing the front; piecing the back; quilting and binding)
• Screen Printing
• Refashioning / Mending

Now onto the rewards! 
Since I want to control my craft spending, each completed card will "purchase" a maximum $25 of the following:

• Fabric or Yarn
• Books, patterns, magazines
• Classes

So for example, if I want to renew my subscription to Burda Magazine, I would need four completed cards to cover the subscription cost of $90.


Here's to controlling the stash in 2012!!
(it seems that phrase should be used by a razor advertisement...Gillette your welcome)

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Hey I'm Audie! This is me with red hair...it has since returned to it's natural brown

 Why start this blog? Here are a few reasons:

1. I really want to join in on the AMAZING online crafting community
2. I want to sew more and I think that this blog will help me not only create more but finish more
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