Group Gifting to Save Money
May 20, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under gifts
Group gifting can be an effective way to save some cash when there’s an event, party, holiday, or birthday coming up. Basically group gifting is just like it sounds. Instead of everyone paying for a gift for a particular person or event, everyone chips in and one collective gift is bought. This is not only budget friendly, but resource friendly too. Why get someone a bunch of smaller items they may not want that also waste packaging and materials when one nicer gift could be purchased instead?
Above: Monkey Business group gift idea for an organic baby shower.
Group gift idea:
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Thrifty Holiday Help
December 12, 2008 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Eco Simplicity, Holiday Thrift
I’ve got a few nice links for you today; holiday and thrifty related.
At Tree Hugging Family, I posted DIY Homemade Natural & Eco Chic Soap which is an excellent holiday gift project, one you can even do with the kiddos. It’s soap that you can easily make with lots of recycled products – but it looks totally professional. See:
[image via Bramble Berry]
Save Money with Black Friday Predictions
September 27, 2008 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Holiday Thrift, save-money
It’s easy to get carried away with spending money during the holiday season. People especially seem to get a little wacky on Black Friday. Personally, I’m of the mind set that we should all celebrate Buy Nothing Day and aim for a minimalist holiday – but that’s a longer story for another post; also I know I can’t convince everyone that less stuff during the holidays is a good plan. With that in mind, if you will be shopping for big or small ticket items this holiday season, it’s best to know where you can get the best deals.
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