NEW BLOG NAME…

  And here's why... When I set up the blog Living On A Shoestring it was 2011 and I was right in the middle of doing up my flat and garden with my then boyfriend, (now husband!) Stephen and we were doing a lot of DIY for very little money and the name seemed super

2015 To Do List…

Good evening duckies!So I'm going to do a 'start of year, what do I want to achieve to do list' thingymajiiiigg.I'm one for lists - I have many on the go at one time and lots of things that never get crossed off... also I am guilty for the fact that, especially recently, the fun

Garden improvements

So, as you may know when we moved into our flat we started with an overgrown dump outside...and Stephen and I have been working hard trying to make it into a very special garden for 2 years now.We are lucky with the size of it and it has soooo much potential and a wonderful project

Holloway Car Boot Sale

Evening all!I said I would post about my car boot sale adventures so here I am doing exactly that!I am a regular at Battersea Car Boot and will be sure to give you my full opinion of that after next weekend as I might well have my own stall there next Sunday!This weekend, however we