Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 23, 2013

I already had saved up a box full of wine bottles, in hopes of selling them at my next garage sale, so we didn’t have any cash outlay for those. To start, I made a sample bottle as proof of concept using images printed on matte photo paper. They had black paper flocked with a scroll design that looked elegant.

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Making Paper Wine Friends And Family Sale 187

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 26, 2012

More often than not, if I tell myself that I’ll remember something instead of writing it down, I’ll forget it and be kicking myself for not putting the idea on paper. 10 Steps To A Successful Garage Sale Garage sales are a great way to make some extra money, and they are a great activity for kids during.

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Organic Organization Work From Home Garage Sale 187

Saving Cents With Sense

AUGUST 28, 2013

Check your paper or local events board to see if any kid’s clothing swaps are happening in your area. Use coupons and pair them with sales to help you save. Hit up fall garage sales. Even in the fall months, garage sales can still be found. It never hurts to ask! Attend clothing swaps.

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Clothes Clothing Finds Swap 90

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2015

Next I made a brown paper hand drawn mat to use as a game board. I keep a roll of heavy paper (which I buy at Home Depot for about $11 for a roll about 2 inches thick and 2 feet wide) to use in wrapping packages, protecting floors during home projects, making garage sale signs and etc. Play test the game.

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Games Making Garage Sale Kids and Family 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 15, 2012

I have found that garage sales , flea markets , estate sales or Mom/Grandma’s basement are the best places to score a great deal on used canning jars. Canners are readily available for sale at a great discount through online sellers at eBay and Craigslist.

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Canning Cheap Garage Sale Garage 185

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Sure I knew about the ‘White sales’ – the ones stores used to have in January on sheets and towels and such, but I really hadn’t a clue that there is a best time to buy many other things! I always shop for Christmas wrapping paper, gift tags, boxes and really nice ornaments the week after Christmas. Winter clothes.

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Buy Buying Consignment Shops TVs 223

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 29, 2011

When my oldest was a baby on a papoose board on my back, I went out delivering neighborhood news and paper ads. I’ve always loved going to sales – garage sales, estate sales, auctions, moving sales – no matter. To be successful, I think you need access to free or really cheap bulk sale items.

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Money Making Garage Sale Contest 173

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Some get stuff from stores, the less financially favored head for thrift stores, garage sales, Mom’s house or the trash pickup routes. When I was newly married (right out of college), I used to sit with my neighbor friend and pour over the paper catalogs that came to dream about all of the neat stuff I wanted to own some day.

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Cycle Kids and Family Friends And Family Sale Garage Sale 113

Saving Cents With Sense

AUGUST 8, 2016

Check your paper or local events board to see if any kid’s clothing swaps are happening in your area. Use coupons and pair them with sales to help you save. Hit up fall garage sales. Even in the fall months, garage sales can still be found. It never hurts to ask! Attend clothing swaps.

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Clothes Clothing Swap Garage Sale 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 13, 2012

They kind of look like the ones for sale at Curious Country Creations. Plan ahead and hit garage sales, but especially estate sales. You can pick up beautiful decorations, wreaths, linens, trees and more at these sales. Buy a big roll of brown paper at Lowes or Home Depot and use it to wrap gifts.

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Holiday Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family Christmas 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 15, 2014

Hold a garage sale together. Lay out a circle with paper place mats – each with a number on it. When the music stops, someone draws one of the numbers (which have been put on slips of paper and into a bucket) and whoever is standing on that numbered mat wins the cake. Let folks walk the circle to the music.

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Grandchildren Building Backyard Inexpensive 191

Coupons Do Work

JUNE 15, 2016

What you can save on, what to expect to go on sale, each month, a list of awesome things to stock up on for the entire year ! January has the best deals on holiday-related items with markdowns at 50% to 75%—sometimes 90% —off of everything from wrapping paper to decorations. The best guide ! and BOGO at some shops such as Publix).

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Flowers and Plants Cinco De Mayo Buy Buying 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 22, 2014

I took at least three trunks full of “stuff” to Goodwill, I had a garage sale, and I sold things online. My new rule is to deal with mail as it comes in so there won’t be paper piles. Three years ago, before we moved to our current home, I decluttered. Boy, did I declutter.

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Home Re-use Painting Garage Sale 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 27, 2011

Buying 1000 rolls of toilet paper in a pack is a whole lot more environmentally friendly than buying 250 packages of those small four packs. You no longer have to go to garage sales and flea markets to pick up these items. Buying in bulk reduces the amount of packaging that is needed for a product. It’s also a whole lot cheaper.

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Saving Money Green Money Bulk 157

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

My dad had been working with me on learning how to read a map, and at the beginning of the summer, he handed me a paper map, a quarter to call home if I needed it, and told me to go ahead and explore. Hosting garage sales & reselling items. What’s one thing you splurge on? Cycling equipment and gear.

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Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 191

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! Designate a fun frame (again you can paint the frame fun colors) to use to display children’s artwork or A+ papers. 10 Ways to Repurpose Picture Frames.

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Painting Garage Inexpensive Frugal Lives 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 9, 2011

Although our citizens don’t practice the very visible haggling over every item for sale that I saw on that Mexican vacation, I believe we are seeing a trend toward more price negotiation in the U.S.A. Garage sales – need I say more? I did not realize that people should and do negotiate. Catch Up With A Changed America.

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Haggle Haggling Price Discount 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Maybe it is just something you found at a sale that doesn’t quite match your decor. Along the way, on one of my garage sale shopping expeditions, I stumbled across a matched pair of wing backs (non-reclining) for $20 each. You think, it just needs a new covering, no problem – right?

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Sewing Machines Furniture Re-use Arm and Hammer 100

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DECEMBER 8, 2012

For their goody bags, I picked up some blue paper lunch bags ($1.89 I randomly mentioned my difficulty to a friend and she just so happened to have a few that she wasn’t able to sell at a garage sale and was going to give them away. for a 24 pk). Regular food is far more fun if you give it a cool Star Wars name.

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Birthday Son Cupcakes Clearance 107