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My Best Garage Sale Finds

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Years ago, Mom introduced me to the idea of going to garage sales. People sell the darnedest things at their garage sales. Garage sales take time, you have to hit quite a few before you find the item you want or need. Finding a new purpose for an old item is one of the joys of finding bargains at garage sales.

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Cardboard Christmas Tree

Family Balance Sheet

The idea for the Cardboard Christmas Tree using recycled packing boxes was in the latest issue of Disney Family Fun Magazine and it caught my eye because of the pileup in my garage. Cutting through the cardboard would have been too difficult for my 6 and 3 year olds, but the girls had fun painting and decorating their trees.

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Organizing With Baskets ~ Ultimate Blog Swap

Family Balance Sheet

You’ll find me posting over at Adventures of Life, Love and Librarianship about Asking for a Discount in Today's Economy , and I’m excited to welcome Liz from Hoosier Homemade to Family Balance Sheet: Hi there, Family Balance Sheet fans! I painted it and added some fun baskets to it for organizing as well. I cook and bake.A

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Donating Household Clutter and Taking a Tax Deduction

Family Balance Sheet

I've been tackling clutter since January and I had the boxes stacked in my garage to prove it. Household items NOT included would be food, paintings, antiques, other objects of art, jewelry, gems, and collections. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. So instead, I hauled our stuff to the Salvation Army. Thanks for reading.

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Bee Stung Butts, Freeze Dried Diapers and Other Hilarious Happenings of Poverty

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

They used the berries to make a purple die and painted their own and each others bodies with it! I felt bad for myself until my Grandma from the farm told me about the time she and Grandpa got so hot at night in their house (which of course had no electricity and thus no AC OR fans) that they picked up their bed and moved it outside!

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Nicole’s Nickels Greatest Holiday Gifts of 2012: Gifts for Younger Children

Nicoles Nickels

The new mobile app Disney Fairies Fashion Boutique brings the popular fashion collections from Disney’s Pixie Hollow virtual world, along with hundreds of new Fairy designs, into a gaming experience for fashion enthusiasts and Disney Fairies fans alike. There is no glue, no paint and no mess. Product Name: Dub Garage Beat Makerz.

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