A Thrifty Idea for Shopping Bags
July 2, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under craft ideas, odds and ends
I don’t know about you, but I want one of these. Isn’t this neat? I never would have guessed it, but this durable bag is made from plastic shopping bags. Deborah from Simply Thrifty has put together a bunch of different links for ideas for reusing shopping bags. Too bad I don’t know how to crochet. I should add this to my list of 10 Uses for Plastic Grocery Bags.
Picture from Etsy Garden.
A Thrity Way to Stop Junk Mail
April 22, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under odds and ends, time saving
I don’t know about you, but I can’t stand junk mail!!!!! It drives me crazy. Each day I waste my time sorting through it, putting it in the recyling bin, or shredding it. Some days I’ve even pondered just leaving all the junk mail in my mailbox and only taking out what I need. I’m sure that would really annoy my mailman!
And did you know???? We chop down 100,000,000 trees and waste 28 billions gallons of water EVERY YEAR producing this stuff.
So, on behalf of today, Earth Day, I have an alternative. For a dime-a-day, GreenDimes will reduce the marketing …read more
Frugal Friday #1: Top 10 Uses for Plastic Grocery Bags
March 30, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under frugal friday, frugal living, money saving idea
Welcome to the first Frugal Friday post. I’ve decided to start something new. Each Friday I’ll be posting a frugal tip. This post was actually supposed to be one frugal tip, but I got a bit carried away. LOL We’ll see how it goes.
Do you have an annoying amount of plastic grocery bags? Don’t know what to do with them? Well, here are some uses for them.
1. Don’t buy expensive bags to wrap up stinky diapers. Use the grocery bags.
2. Make an instant kite. Tie a string or a piece of yarn through the handles and let the kids run. …read more
