Couponing 101

DECEMBER 11, 2019

There’s no doubt about it: stay-at-home parents work hard. Luckily, with remote work and work-from-home jobs growing so rapidly these days, there are plenty of great side hustles for stay-at-home parents. So, without much further ado, here are some of our favorite side gigs for stay-at-home parents. eBay Vendor.

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Parenting At Home Home Work From Home 104

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Have you heard the old saying: “Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”? We were poor, Mom and Dad lived every day showing us what it meant to ‘make it do’ and we often ‘did without’ Here are my thoughts on frugal ways to make things do. Store food properly to make it last as long as possible.

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Making Do Making Green And Frugal Friends And Family Sale 219

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2015

I knew I wanted players to have to make certain decisions that would lead to the start up and growing of the business. He decides that he can make toothpaste much cheaper. Make or assemble the parts and pieces of the game. I just printed them out on my ink jet home printer. I struggled awhile with this one.

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Games Making Garage Sale Kids and Family 100

Couponing 101

MAY 10, 2012

One of the simplest ways to save money (especially if you love bread as much as I do) is to home-make your bread rather than buying it at the store. If you buy all the necessary staples to make bread at home, you can make never-ending loaves of bread for probably less than 50¢ or 25¢ each. Please send me an email

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Bread At Home Frugal Bread Machines 68

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 22, 2014

I’m on a mission to declutter our home. Three years ago, before we moved to our current home, I decluttered. I took at least three trunks full of “stuff” to Goodwill, I had a garage sale, and I sold things online. This principle limits the total number of items you have in your home.

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Home Re-use Painting Garage Sale 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 24, 2012

Home renovations are a necessary process when you own your home. Not only will renovations provide pleasure and function to you, but they could increase the sale value of your home a bit. Garage or estate sales. Make it yourself items. Related posts: 10 Money Saving Tips for Your Home.

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Renovation Home Real Estate Re-use 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 29, 2011

What less than satisfactory part time jobs have you done to try to make a buck? I’ve always loved going to sales – garage sales, estate sales, auctions, moving sales – no matter. A few years back, I decided I could make it pay by selling antiques and collectibles. I didn’t.

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Money Making Garage Sale Contest 173

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Have you ever shopped at neighborhood garage sales? You will find the most amazing collections of nearly new home decorating materials at them – beautiful lined panel drapes; lovely dining room furniture and display cases; wall art, wing back chairs, clocks and more – all for a pittance. Trends come and go.

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Home Money Home and Garden Painting 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 21, 2013

We’ve only bought 4 pieces of real estate in our lives, including two homes. We lived in the first home 10 years and are going on 23 years in our current home. You probably should be buying your home for the long term. Garage sales make a good excuse to get into the area without it seeming weird or awkward.

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Real Estate Home Buy Buying 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 25, 2014

Just look at the many people scouring garage sales in the summer. ” Yes, they have 19 children, but I’m guessing they make a fair amount of money from their television show. Our home is filled with items we bought used. Blender Fifteen years ago, I bought a blender at a garage sale for $3.

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Buying Second-Hand Saving Money Money Garage Sale 177

Couponing 101

JANUARY 20, 2019

The other thing you can do once you’ve finished the whole process is have a garage sale! Make your own keepsake boxes. The post Save (and Make) Money By Tidying Up! I Same thing with my books: anything in really good condition, I’m selling online and the rest I’m donating. Use shoeboxes for storage.

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Money Making Consignment Shops Garage Sale 60

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

I started when I went back to work after staying home with the kids for a decade and kept it up through 23 years in a career and now through almost 2 years in retirement. If you work out at home, there is very little prep work – just jump into your sweats and start. Make It Routine. Be Selfish – Make It ‘ME’ Time.

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At Home Home Work At&T 198

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Home decor, costumes for the kiddies (and adults!), Once the kids left home, we ended up with zero trick or treaters at our house on a state highway. Once the kids left home, we ended up with zero trick or treaters at our house on a state highway. Don’t buy, make. Make your own decorations out of household items.

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Halloween Green Reuse Garage 138

Saving Cents With Sense

JUNE 13, 2013

If you are thinking about redecorating your home but are scared of the cost, there is good news for you. There are plenty of ways to save money on home décor. Check out some thrift stores, vintage stores, flea markets, and garage sales. He or she will make sure you have everything you need. But there is good news.

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Saving Money Money Home Furniture 89

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Have you ever had a big project to do – whether it was at home, at work, for volunteer purposes, or for school – for which you had no idea what the first step should be? Here is how I’d recommend tackling them: Make Yourself A Table Of Contents. Make yourself a Table of Contents, or an outline, of whatever it is that you need to do.

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Organic Organization Work From Home Garage Sale 187

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 4, 2013

I love going to garage sales. I brought that wheel barrow home for hubby. On our last visit, my Brother urged us to take that lamp home with us. I really didn’t want it, but hubby thought it looked neat and was a family ‘heirloom’ So it got in the van for the trip home. Free is good, right?

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Garage Lamps Garage Sale Free 200

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 3, 2014

throwing them in the garbage) as she makes new creations. I have a soft spot for good sales, whether they be at the local retail store (I bought way too many Gymboree shirts for my daughter when they were on sale for $3.99) or at a garage sale. I enjoy these but believe in rotating them out (i.e.

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Garage Sale Garage Daughter Friends And Family Sale 180

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 3, 2014

Fashion changes and new or nearly new clothing gets sold at sales or donated to charity. Home owners get bored and re-decorate or re-vamp their homes. Neighborhood sales are my favorite, and they are prolific in spring and fall. I didn’t have to do a thing to these pieces except get them home and hose them off.

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Buy Buying Garage Sale Garage 178

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 3, 2012

That’s not to say that I don’t enjoy my new site and I have been learning new things and settling in, however, it’s always hard to get settled in to a new place; whether that is a new job, new home, or even just a new routine. Getting to know the people who surround you will really help you adjust.

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Garage Sale Garage Work Office Supplies 202

Couponing 101

MARCH 28, 2019

An entryway bench probably wasn’t at the top of your must-have furniture list, but it can add so much functionality and coziness to your home! Be sure to buy your crates first so you know what dimensions to make the cutouts. However, much as I love a good entryway bench, I agree that it shouldn’t cost you too much.

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DIY Garage Sale Shoes Garage 65

The Coupon Game

APRIL 19, 2011

I found some at a garage sale one day and we've been using them every year since. You can make your own Resurrection Eggs to share with your family this Easter. I was introduced to the idea of Resurrection Eggs when my first daughter was very young. Also, read John chapter 19.

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Home Garage Sale Easter Garage 85

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Dig out that box of material you thought you might use and pick out some pieces to use for wrapping, or to make bows. Make your own gift boxes using Origami. Make gift tags. Use last years cards to make your gift tags. Use coordinated wrapping paper to make your gift tags. Shop the after Christmas sales.

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Thrifty Christmas Gifts Thrift Stores 174

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

All my life, others have tried to make me feel guilty about stuff – guilty about not having enough stuff, guilty about not having the right stuff, guilty about having too much stuff, guilty about spending too much money on stuff or not spending enough on stuff, and guilty about throwing stuff away. Moving to a bigger home.

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Cycle Kids and Family Friends And Family Sale Garage Sale 113

Couponing 101

APRIL 14, 2019

Via Goods Home Design. Via The Homes I Have Made. Plus, it makes the kids feel like they have their own clubhouse. You can check out garage sales as well if you don’t have any old pots and pans. Via Hey There Home. This is a super easy way to upgrade a boring old tire swing! Water Pillow. Bookcase Sandbox.

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Backyard Kids Pottery Barn Outdoors 74

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 28, 2014

You don’t have to go back to the days of living in a log cabin without electricity to make an environmental impact. Make your own laundry soap. We have recently started making our own powdered laundry soap with three simple ingredients– Fels Naptha , washing soda, and borax. Hang clothes to dry. Conserve utilities.

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Saving Money Simple Money Friends And Family Sale 191

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 17, 2013

Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”. At garage sales, are you attracted to those still usable but slightly defective items that no one else wants? Do you enjoy making old things new again? Remember when high school kids were required to take shop and/or home economics? If so, you are in the minority.

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Repairs San Francisco Radios Garage 214

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 3, 2013

The Women in World History website reported the following as Evidence Taken by Children’s Employment Commission February 1841: “Miss — has been for several years in the dress-making business…The common hours of business are from 8 a.m. til 11 P.M in the winters; in the summer from 6 or half-past 6 A.M. To decorate.

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Sewing Sewing Machines Machines Saving Money 201

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 6, 2011

What I especially love about it is that it can be a very inexpensive way to decorate your home for the seasons! Just find a cute printable, pop it in a cheap frame (check Goodwill, garage sales, your attic, etc. Cheap home decor! Learn how to make your own Subway Art ! and spray paint the frame to match!),

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Subway Art DIY Christmas 70

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

San Antonio, Texas is our home when we aren’t traveling the world. Daniel took on an extra job doing support work for an online company that he could do from home. We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales. We ate at home a lot and watched our food budget carefully.

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Debt Debt Free Finance Friends And Family Sale 245

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 3, 2011

While we understand that many property owners do not allow tenants to paint with the latest trending colors, it is still possible to add some spice and texture to your home. Make a list of all “big ticket items&# you will need to purchase–include couches, tables, and floor lamps. Do you love music?

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Budgeting Budget Friends And Family Sale Furniture 255

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 13, 2016

All those yummy food commercials use all kinds of methods to make the food look salivatingly good – from glued on seeds on the hamburger buns to soda loaded with antacid to make it bubbly. Last week I visited a garage sale. Presentation isn’t just used on kids. Reciprocity. Illusion of demand.

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Buy Buying Coke Garage Sale 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 15, 2014

Make a video documentary on a topic that interests the grand-kids. Make puppets and stage a show for the parents – letting the kids come up with the story line, the kind of puppets they want to make, the puppet stage (it can be as simple as an ironing board with a tablecloth over it!). Hold a garage sale together.

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Grandchildren Building Backyard Inexpensive 191

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 11, 2014

At the time, she thought she would be making big bucks off of her collections. If you collect to make a profit, you are most likely going to be disappointed. Like anything else, you make your money when you buy, not when you sell. If you try to sell it, your buyer is most likely going to be a dealer, needing to make a profit.

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Collectibles Repairs Aunt Garage 170

The Frugal Girl

JUNE 10, 2024

My husband works a pretty demanding job and I currently am a homemaker/stay-at-home mom, and do some freelancing in my spare time. When my husband finished his apprenticeship program we wanted to start a family and so we had to make some real changes to the way we were living to survive on one income.

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Kids and Family Thrifting Vacation Friends And Family Sale 130

Couponing 101

JANUARY 20, 2019

The other thing you can do once you’ve finished the whole process is have a garage sale! Make your own keepsake boxes. I Same thing with my books: anything in really good condition, I’m selling online and the rest I’m donating. Use shoeboxes for storage.

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Money Consignment Shops Garage Sale Office Supplies 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 11, 2016

Whether you are just starting out; wanting to freshen up your own older items; or furnishing a second home, furniture buying can make a big dent in your budget. Garage sale and thrift store furniture bargains abound. How to make used furniture usable. But there are ways to save – consider used furniture.

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Re-use Used Furniture Furniture Recycle 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 2, 2011

If you believe in using allowances as part of personal finance training, letting your child take on more and more financial responsibility with an increasing allowance can help them be prepared to make good budgeting and spending decisions when they are on their own. I love to shop garage sales. using what they already have.

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College Money Personal Finance Student 192