Building a cloth diaper stash frugally

With 3 little kids in diapers hubby and I can no longer justify using disposables. We have a weird washer set up that makes using cloth diapers a little unappealing but we have figured out a way to work with that. We figure disposable diapers  costs us $150-$200 a month. If we use $150 a month times 12 months that is $1800 a year. I can think of a billion other things I would like to spend $1800 on besides little girl pee. Here is how i started building my stash:

My oldest child is Diva. She's 3 and almost 40 pounds. I already had 4 large fuzzibun diaper for her. I spent $40 on 6 used all in one diapers. Nana's bums. That gives her a total of 10 diapers which is plenty. She's somewhat potty trained most days.

My two babies are fairly close in size with baby E being the biggest. I had 3 one size fuzzibun diapers that didn't fit diva. They work perfectly for the babies. I spent $20 on 5 used pocket diapers. These aren't the best quality, but if i use a doubler they work fine. I spent $74 on new Kawaii diapers. Most people say that even though the diapers are inexpensive they work great. I figured with the price being $74 for 8 diapers, i could give it a try.

I also spent about $46 on two yards of PUL, a snap press, and snaps. My mom is going to sew some pocket diapers for me. She's using fabric she already has for the liner but there will be an additional cost for the elastic and inserts.

We've spent a total of $134 for 19 diapers so far. (i'm not counting the fuzzibuns. While we already had them, we did spend money on them last year) That averages out to about $7 a diaper. My mom says 2 yards of PUL will give us a ton of diapers too. Of course we're not close to having enough. Diva can go a full day (we use 'sposies at night) in cloth but the babies can't yet. Since I line dry (and it takes forever in wet washington) we'll need quite a few more diapers. Of course i'll be getting them us cheaply as possible!

Leaving on a jet plane

My husband has gone to the Congo to pick up our 3 child. In 3 weeks we will be a family of 5. I'm sad he will be gone so long. I remember when 3 weeks was nothing. But getting good Navy billots has spoiled me. I will miss him. Our 3 year old will miss him. But when he comes home he will bring the best present ever. Our newest baby girl. We are blessed.

And then there were 3

Elizabeth comes home the end of March! I cant believe God has blessed us with 3 beautiful baby girls. Its definatly not my version of ideal to have Baby J and Elizabeth just 7 months apart in age. Baby J has only been home for 4 months. BUT I feel incredibly blessed to have both of these children and wouldn't change it for the world. Just 2 years ago I was sobbing and heartbroken fearing I would never have babies. And now i have three. God is good!

Fundraiser

This is another one of the wreaths I made. Its a small one, so I would charge $10. I think its really cute!
I bought 2 huge bags of supplies to make more. The problem with Michaels is they cycle supplies in and out so fast that I may not be able to find what I had bought 4 days before. It makes it tricky to have multiple wreaths of the same design.

My mom ended up deciding she liked the other wreath better. That one was my favorite too. Of course I couldn't find some of the flowers I need to make another lol.

Come home baby girl!

AHHH! our adoption facilitator thinks we may be able to get Elizabeth home as soon as Jan!!!!!! So much to do! And we need to raise a LOT of money between now and then!!!!

Wreath Fundraiser

I made 4 wreaths last night. One of them was for my mom. I let her pick which one she wanted, and she picked the top one.



This angel says 'Home Sweet Home' and they just moved into a new place. Its perfect for them!



I think this design needs some more work, but I like it. The wreath is wrapped in burlap strips. I think it has some potential. I think i'll sell this one for $20.




I'm going to keep making wreaths (though I'm almost out of supplies) in till I have an inventory for the Antique booth. I have a few listed on craigslist but I doubt they will sell there. :)

Scentsy Fundraiser!

I am so excited to bring home our baby girl! To be able to look at her face and know some day i will hold her fills me with such joy. And I finally have something productive to do! Since this adoption came up so quickly and will be more expensive then we planned on, we need to raise funds.

An amazing lady, Mary who is adopting from Uganda herself has set us up a Scentsy party for help raise funds. Mary is donating her commission from the party to us for our adoption fund! What a blessing! If you need some Scentsy products, perhaps some Christmas gifts? Please give our link a look! we'll be doing some other fund raising activities as well. I bought supplies to make wreaths, and my husband will make survival bracelets. I'm hoping to raise more then we need so we can make a big donation to the orphanage! I'm still praising God today, the journey he has given us is amazing!