Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I bought a roll in 2011 and have been using it for everything from Christmas wrap to kid crafts to posters to mailing packages every since. Shop garage sales and thrift stores and estate sales. At Lowes online you can get 144 feet of brown, heavy paper for around $9.00. Use paper from other sources.

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Thrifty Christmas Gifts Thrift Stores 174

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

We do put up decorations (ones I buy at garage sales or thrift stores and reuse each year). Free Kids Crafts has some ideas. Once the kids left home, we ended up with zero trick or treaters at our house on a state highway. No kids = no money on candy = no candy wrappers in the landfill.

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Halloween Green Reuse Garage 138

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 3, 2013

For those with the desire and aptitude to design clothing or home decorations or craft items and then make them, sewing is an avocation and a delight, and sometimes even a business. Learning how to do alterations could land you a job in a bridal salon or formal wear store. To custom design and hand tailor. Sewing is an art.

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Sewing Sewing Machines Machines Saving Money 201