Money making!

Today, as the first Tuesday of the month, was Fun Club, and November Fun Club is traditionally when the table top sale takes place.  Families take things they no longer want or need and that other people might, along with things they have baked or made, to sell.  We have had an ever increasing pile of overflowing boxes and bags in the corner of our landing for months now in anticipation.  K & M see it as a way to make some money, I see that as a bonus with the main thing being to get rid of stuff!

We returned with a couple of half full boxes and a few things that we had bought from other people.  Once we'd unpacked and I took some of what we'd brought home to a charity shop, we're left with one fairly small box of things that are waiting to go the next Old Dalby 'bring and swap' session.

Yesterday, K & M were both very busy making things to sell along with the numerous books, games and other bits and pieces they had decided they could live without.  M was busy sewing, both with my machine and by hand, to make little owls.  She sold half of them for £1-1.50 and discovered that people prefer the little ones.

M's owls.

K, as you might expect, was busy quilling and made a dozen cards to sell.  She too sold half, all but one for £1.50.

K's stock.

We did take an awful lot of things as well as these.  Some of them belonged to one person in particular, in which case they got the money, others were communal.  I really should have got the girls do keep track and do the maths, but I confess that I did.  We did however, make over £50 between us and, even better as far as I'm concerned, the girls bought very little, in fact I don't think K bought anything, and M bought a desk-tidy, some lavender sachets a friend made, and a little ball of yarn with a crochet hook, and I only bought three books.  A big success all round!