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7 Easy DIY 4th of July Decor Ideas

Couponing 101

No Sew 4 th of July Table Runner via Cassiesmallwood. Monogrammed Paint Stick Flag via Living Rich with Coupons. Monogrammed Paint Stick Flag via Living Rich with Coupons. This DIY calls for paint sticks, but you could definitely use popsicle sticks if you’re okay with smaller flags. This one is 100% kid friendly.

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Sustainable Gift Giving this Holiday Season

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My son was delighted with the used sewing machine my mother bought for him. From photography to woodworking to painting to sewing, you can use your talents to create personal and unique gifts. We found a toy car made from recycled materials for my young nephew, and I once received a journal made with recycled paper.

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Organize Your Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you are looking for a can of spray paint you used last summer, you are more likely to look somewhere that you have other cans of paint stored. So, store your paint together with your paint brushes, paint thinner, paint stir stickes, rollers and etc to find them easier later.

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How To Re-use Common Items

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Empty coffee cans are great for holding paint or turpentine or bacon grease. Paper clips and rubber bands are corralled into containers and re-used multiple times. Old paper from things such as newspapers, magazines, discards from the printer and etc are used at our house to start fires, make notes and for grocery lists.

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Don’t Recycle, Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

To keep our kitchen trash can clean, we use either a heavy paper bag or a small plastic bag. If you want to get fancy, draw, paint or sew buttons on it for eyes. We save them to use for a variety of purposes, such as holding paints, storing popcorn bags and yes, making Christmas cookie tins. Clothes pins.

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JoAnn Black Friday Ad 2015

Saving With Shellie

Singer Sewing Machines – 40% Off. Paper Crafting Supplies, Dies, & Cricut Accessories – 50% Off. Americana, Ceramcoat, or Folk Art Acrylic Paint – $.99 48″ & 72″ No-Sew Fleece Throw Kits – 60% Off. 48″ & 72″ No-Sew Fleece Throw Kits – 60% off.

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How to Entertain the Kids at Home on a Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Learn to crochet (knit, sew, build a birdhouse, build a model, play chess). Challenge your kids to find material and make up characters – then let them put on a puppet show for you! What do you know how to do? Is your child old enough? Is your child interested? Sharing a hobby with a child can be very rewarding.