Today’s post is one I’m recycling from last February when I made my very first batch of gift tags out of our stack of Christmas cards. With store-bought gift tags readily available at 90 percent off in the after-Christmas clearance, I did not save tons of money making my own tags. But I did do my [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Recycling'
Frugal & Green: Turn Christmas cards into gift tags
January 5th, 2010 · 3 Comments
Tags: Christmas · Do-it-yourself · Gift making · Holidays · Make it yourself · Recycling · Saving green · going green · saving money
Christmas light trade-in at Home Depot
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments
Home Depot is starting off the Christmas season a little early with an offer to help you save money on new Christmas lights that will, in turn, reduce your energy bill.
Starting Nov. 5, you will be able to trade in five sets of your used and/or broken incandescent Christmas light strands for coupons worth $3 off new strands of [...]
Tags: Christmas · Coupons · Recycling · going green
Greatest hits: Frugal fashion, the juice pouch purse
August 6th, 2009 · No Comments
Since I began blogging last December, one of the most popular posts — by far — was this one detailing my reintroduction to the sewing machine and the recycled juice pouch purses that resulted from my efforts. Many readers reported in on their own efforts to turn trash to treasure. And one reader I know told [...]
Tags: Do-it-yourself · Gift making · Make it yourself · Recycling · Sewing · going green
Greatest hits: Fifty reasons to keep subscribing to the daily newspaper
August 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Another post that has generated a lot of interest from readers and remains a topic of interest is this one on 50 reasons to keep taking your local daily paper. In the interests of disclosure, not only am I a former newspaper journalist, my oldest son aspires to be one. Andrew is a rising senior [...]
Tags: Do-it-yourself · Make it yourself · Recycling · Saving green · going green · making do
It pays to go green at CVS
May 13th, 2009 · No Comments
I’m not much for entering contests and I’ve never even played North Carolina’s lottery. But I have been known to enter a drawing now and then when I thought my chances were good. Click here to read a post about my thoughts on contest strategy. But in a nutshell, if the prizes are plentiful and/or the entries [...]
Frugal fashion: Recycled juice pouch purses
March 8th, 2009 · 6 Comments
During February, our month of no spending, I took advantage of my free time to get behind the peddle of a sewing machine. It’s not the most familiar territory for me, but something I have done on occasion. (My biggest claims to sewing fame are some Halloween costumes I made for boys, who are now [...]
Tags: Gift making · Recycling · Sewing · Uncategorized
A new life for old Christmas cards
February 26th, 2009 · 5 Comments
We’re closing in on the end of February and I’m wondering how many folks still have their stacks of Christmas cards. Maybe they’re on the bottom of a pile on the kitchen counter. Or in the bottom of a junk drawer. No need to confess. You know who you are!
For many Christmases past, I have had [...]
