Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 25, 2014

I’m in good company with my love of all things used. Just look at the many people scouring garage sales in the summer. Likewise, thrift stores are always full of people. Blender Fifteen years ago, I bought a blender at a garage sale for $3. Toaster Oven I bought a toaster oven at a garage sale for $2.

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Buying Second-Hand Saving Money Money Garage Sale 177

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The Jones Design Company will, for the price of your email id, let you down load several different tag design pdfs to print and use. Shop garage sales and thrift stores and estate sales. Use free down loadable templates to print your own gift tags.

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Thrifty Christmas Gifts Thrift Stores 174

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 11, 2019

You might look for deals at thrift shops, garage sales, auctions, or stores that frequently sell discontinued products (like T.J. For instance, if you have web design skills, you might take on freelance projects building websites for local companies. eBay Vendor. Do you love finding a great deal?

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Parenting At Home Home Work From Home 104

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 17, 2013

At garage sales, are you attracted to those still usable but slightly defective items that no one else wants? The actual term Repair Cafe is the trademark of a company called Stitching Repair Cafe which provides support for starting local cafes. He was a trained radio and TV repairman, when those had tubes.

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Repairs San Francisco Radios Garage 214

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 24, 2012

Garage or estate sales. Thrift shops. I scouted for tiles as I went to garage sales for other items and was lucky enough to find not only a big lot of beautiful travertine tiles, but also two very usable Kohler bath faucets – for which we bought one replacement part off the Kohler repair site. Craigs list.

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Renovation Home Real Estate Re-use 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 13, 2012

They kind of look like the ones for sale at Curious Country Creations. Plan ahead and hit garage sales, but especially estate sales. You can pick up beautiful decorations, wreaths, linens, trees and more at these sales. Thrift stores are also a great place to shop. These make nice gifts too.

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Holiday Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family Christmas 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 3, 2013

Type in ‘sewing’ into your search engine and you will get a tremendous number of results, all the way from companies selling sewing machines, patterns, and material, to blogs, class offerings, books, magazines, videos and events! If you can’t save money, need extra tools and have to learn how, why would anyone learn to sew?

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Sewing Sewing Machines Machines Saving Money 201