In honor of Earth Month (and because I’m on the road today & don’t have a lot of time) I’m reposting this great and easy craft. If you have actually made these bags, please leave a comment and let us know. I’d also love to include some pictures!!! ******************** Well what do you know? Martha… Keep Reading
How to Reuse/Recycle Christmas Cards
Photo by Patrick Q Remember how, when you were a kid, it used to be so exciting when you got mail? It was thrilling! Then, as you grow up, the mailbox quickly became the source of bills, statements and junkmail. I rarely get an actually note or letter these days. But at Christmas, ah Christmas,… Keep Reading
Make Some Romp Stompers!
Do you know what Romp Stompers are? They are basically tin can stilts. I vaguely remember having some in the classroom in grade school (Kindergarten?) but had totally forgotten about them until Amy mentioned them a while back on the Motherload. Here they are. Romp Stompers. These things are easy and practically free to make,… Keep Reading
Recycled Sweater Tea Cosy
I am the first to admit that this tea cosy is not exactly a work of art. It’s a little homely now, but I intend to eventually embroider some simple starbursts on it in red-that should dress it up a little. This project came about for two reasons. Number one, as dorky as it sounds,… Keep Reading
Use What You Have-Recycling Water Bottles
Browsing around on “Groovy Green” this morning I found links to a couple of neat ideas for using those ubiquitous single serving water bottles. I personally don’t buy them often, and hate the fact that they don’t have a deposit in the state of NY. Sigh. Here is a neat instructable for making a self… Keep Reading
Make Your Own Easy Reuseable Shopping Bag
Well what do you know? Martha Stewart actually has an easy, frugal idea for making your own re-useable shopping bag from old T-shirts. I know I have plenty of old T-shirts that I’ve collected from who knows where piled up in my closet-it would be simplicity itself to whip up some of these: Martha Stewart:… Keep Reading
Organizing-Dealing with Plastic Baggies
Yes, I’m one of THOSE frugal types. The ones who wash and reuse their zippered baggies! For the longest time I used to throw the washed and dried baggies into a big bag and put them in a drawer. But that was unwieldy. I would have trouble opening and closing the drawer, I had to… Keep Reading
Make Gift Tags from Christmas Cards-Quick, Easy, Free and Green!
Yes, I realize Christmas is over, but hey, it’s only 353 days until next Christmas! Just kidding. The truth is we took down all of our Christmas decorations last weekend, including our Christmas cards. I know from past experience that if I try to “save” the cards somewhere to craft with next year, they will… Keep Reading
Legwarmers
Well, apparently we are having fashion flashbacks to the 1980’s lately, and legwarmers are back in. I guess if you are a dancer they never went out (dancers were the ones to invent legwarmers ya know). Anyway, I was over at “Crafty Gift” post with the knitting patterns. She is a frugal fashion blog and… Keep Reading
