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My Best Garage Sale Finds

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you are in more of a hurry, find a thrift store instead. But, find one in a high end neighborhood, one where the store sorts through the donations to select only the best. Garage sales and thrift stores are great places to find books and DVDs. A can of Rustoleum fixed this up for use. Books and DVDs.

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Do You Save Wrapping? – Thrifty Ways to Wrap Christmas Gifts

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For small packages, find interesting magazine pages to use in wrapping. Use those as well. Shop garage sales and thrift stores and estate sales. Christmas decorations, wrap, bows and ribbon all are continuous offerings at pretty much every garage sale, thrift store or estate sale I’ve ever shopped.

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My Binder System for Organizing Some Important Areas of My Office and My Life

Family Balance Sheet

It is full of recipes from magazines, friends, and online that I have collected over the years. Some people keep their recipes on the computer, but I prefer my binder with its well-used, splattered pages. But I have seen a variety of binders at yard sales and thrift stores for pocket change. I find it visually calming.

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Basic Home Decorating Tips That Will Make Your Home Look Great

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There are a few things that we wanted to do, however, to make the home more “ours” After pouring over magazines, TV shows, and soliciting advice from my mom, we nailed down a few things that are fool proof principles to home decorating and finishing. What home decorating basics have you found work well? Get Organized'

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Christmas Gifts on a Budget: Up-cycling is the Answer

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Never toss china or tile into the garbage bin; these little well used and cracked porcelain treasures are up-cycling at its best. Cover thrift store finds such as boxes and crates with dish shards for an awesome magazine rack. Cover thrift store finds such as boxes and crates with dish shards for an awesome magazine rack.

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Don’t be a Buy-It-New Snob

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I also occasionally get to encourage young entrepreneurs by purchasing their wares (usually soda or lemonade but sometimes more ambitions products as well). Here is a short list of some of my favorite finds at garage, estate and thrift store sales. I let them sit in the sun for several days as well to let the sun disinfect them.

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$12 dress

Work With What You've Got

My friend Bill actually first spotted them, as well as a wine colored pair at the thrift store. I was deliberating between the two colors when Bill pointed out that for 5 dollars, I might as well get both. The earrings are based on a pair I saw in magazine this summer. I love big earrings.