Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JUNE 10, 2013
Alex Duncan shows you how to make a one note balloon bassoon using 40 mm pvc pipe, garden hose, duck tape and a balloon in a You Tube video. Find A Used Instrument. Garage sales – I found a guitar for $5.00 once at a garage sale and bought it for my grandson. She gives a step by step on her site.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 12, 2011
She also loves to go to garage sales and most of her small gifts are loot from her bargains at the sales. Stores often have Christmas in July sales – so if you know what you want to give to someone you can watch the sales, or if you see something on sale that would be a great fit, you can act on the idea when it is on sale.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JUNE 15, 2014
Get some free video editing software, use a cell phone or camera to record and see what happens! Hold a garage sale together. Most areas now have a lake with a public swimming beach these days and they are usually pretty inexpensive. Bake a cake together and use it as the prize for the winner of this event.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
For so long, we plodded along with next to nothing while our neighbors were running up their charge cards and using home equity loans to take vacations. We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. Peggy: Oh yes!
Saving Cents With Sense
MARCH 30, 2015
Whether you are browsing at a local thrift shop, flea market, garage sale, or just perusing your own garage or basement, we all seem to have an abundance of them! After all, they are fairly inexpensive to come by, and you never know when the need for one might pop up. Use as a photo prop. Create a chalkboard.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
DECEMBER 13, 2012
Use nature – cut cedar or pine boughs from your yard or from a friendly farm nearby (ask first for heavens sake!). They kind of look like the ones for sale at Curious Country Creations. Plan ahead and hit garage sales, but especially estate sales. Inexpensive winter activities are also plentiful.
Saving Cents With Sense
JANUARY 19, 2013
Many secondhand sites and consignment stores sell expensive, barely-used baby convertible cribs for a fraction of the cost compared to a department store or boutique. Use a Dresser as a Changing Table. When your child outgrows diapers you can continue using the dresser for her clothing. Reupholster Second-Hand Furniture.
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