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goodnatured
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Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:19 pm
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great idea dadummy, you can put the dry ingredients in them for different baked good mixes too, just make sure that you add the directions on how to finish it, LOL.
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debtstinker
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Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:40 am
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| Hey Da, without reading the second page to this yet....I sure have thought about that. in fact my mom has numerous mason jars because she cans jams and stuff and has many left over so i told her i'd like them this season. I have material that's red/cream checkered and then i have off colored muslin that i'll use to decorate and i have tons of ribbon too. I also found the joy of fabric markers and stencils, it's really a lot of fun and my sister and I can do that stuff together. it's a good way to bond! |
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Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:42 am
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those make great gifts good. I got a gift once i was so impressed with. It was 'gourmet' hot chocolate powder in a huge mason jar. it was decorated really nicely and all you had to do was add water or milk. I kept it at work and used to for a while til it was gone. If i do use the mixes i'll be sure to include directions  lol |
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goodnatured
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Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:02 am
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I think that would be a great project for you and your sister, don't forget about all of us here when you do your jars, especially if you do hot chocolate, LOL.
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Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:54 pm
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| My daughter and I did this same thing just Christmas past. We were strapped really bad for cash and could not come up with money for gifts. In the past we use to give her $50 to do her own Christmas shopping for Grandma,s and pa's aunts and uncles. We found this way of making our own was not only fun but much more appreciated than those 2 dollar trinkets. We have been collecting different types of jars since last year to use this year and even using scrap paper from cards and gifts, fancy store bags and whatever else we can use to put the directions on. |
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Sat Jan 31, 2009 3:45 pm
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| Another way to save money is recycling brown bags with handles like the ones you recieve from starbucks and other places. The logo of the store is on there but you or the kids can use old magazines and paste different things onto the bag. If it is Christmas you can always find things to paste on it..all other holidays to. Gift bags are really expensive and this can really save money. We also do alot of after holiday shopping. You can get gift tags and other stuff for pennies on the dollar to use next year. |
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marcusandila
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Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:17 pm
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i recycle:
1. giftbags [like said before]. my family just gives them to me now lol they know i hoard them for the holidays/kid bdays/etc
2. boxes [i recycle boxes]: i reuse them for storage, packing up christmas presents, toting family christmas presents, shipping gifts, we cut them down and put them on the floor to protect when we spray paint stuff in the basement
3. plastic grocery bags: i reuse them as mini trashcan liners, i crochet them up to use as potscrubbers, to tote things, to send stuff to people from my house, pretty much use them forevery thing lol
4. the plastic coffee cans, i use them for small office supply storage
5. cereal boxes: i cut them on an angle to make magazine organizers/folder organizers
6. i make really pretty belts & bracelets out of pop-can tabs lol
7. beerbottle caps: dont get these very often, but i make magnets or necklace pendants from them
8. leftover tiles from home improvement projects get felt glued to the bottom & used for coasters, trivets/hot-plates for the pans to sit on.
9. we always keep our left-over paint in the basements of our houses for touch-ups and misc. projects that might require the color
10. i recycle lots of decor items from goodwill and just repaint them. for a more modern look just paint them all the same color & seal, or give old knickknacks a fresh new look by repainting
11. spraygel bottles get recycled into homemade leave-in conditioner bottles lol
12. windex bottles get cleaned thoroughly and get reused for allpurpose cleaners
i recycle lots of things, im sure there is more but i just cant think of anything else right now lol |
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goodnatured
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Mon Nov 30, 2009 3:20 pm
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Great list of items, I do many of the same. I use the old tin coffee cans for storing or gifting dog treats of stuffed animals. Clean them up, take an old christmas cards and adhere it to the outside and wala you are done.
I have found that my daughter likes to open the plastic ones and find her stuffed animals all jammed up in side them, just put the face up so when she opens it, the stuffed animal is looking at her. |
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marcusandila
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Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:48 am
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awh goodnatured. that is so cute. i dont really buy the tin ones & for some reason I always had a problem with them getting wet somehow and rusting on me! I only drink folgers coffee & theirs comes in the plastic cans.
I've actually had my family save me a TON of those small similac baby formula cans for reusing. I'm going to spraypaint the outsides & adhere a pretty label to it. That is where all of the gifted christmas treats are going.. I'm actually saving MORE money by having a cookie exchange party. So, I will only have to make 1 kind of treat [less ingredients to buy, less to make = saved energy]. i'll knock gifts off my list AND have my holiday cookies crossed off the to-do list. 
if there are any cans left over after all that, they will be reused for wrapping certain gifts for my present-guessers in my family [marcus & my sister!]. I have to trick them or they guess EVERYTHING they are getting. totally spoiling the surprise, of course. lol |
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Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:51 pm
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| great idea with the similac cans, you can do some things with baby food jars too. like make reindeer food, you just put sugar and some glitter in it and have the kids put it out in the snow. You can make these and give them to the kids early so they can put it out for the reindeer. |
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marcusandila
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Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:53 am
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| awh thats cute i've never heard of that. ive received angel dust [glitter in a babyfood jar] and a guardian angel feather in a baby food jar. i think i hoard too much "trash" lol to find a useful purpose for it. awh well. it works n saves me money too. soooo yea. lol |
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Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:46 pm
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| Hoard, LOL, there is a tv show on that now. We are not going to be seeing you on there are we? |
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fireyone
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Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:12 am
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| I actually watch that show and things can get pretty crazy!.Another idea for those used cans and jars is leaning flower pots. Use a thinck peice of rebar (metal post) and drill holes in the bottom of different size containers. Stacked them on a slight tilt to opposite sides according to size (largest on bottom. Just be sure not to put soil clean to the top or it will run off. You can plant different things in the pots, even herbs. If you want you can decoupage the fronts with old magazines and have one of a kind pots. |
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marcusandila
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Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:55 pm
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i am a hoarder to some extent. i have my creative space in the house. that's where i hoard. Other than that, i don't have much of anything. I like simplicity. At the same time though, I like recycling things that would otherwise be thrown out; which saves me money. And I like saving money.
I've heard about that show, but i've never seen it. I'm sure people have some really neat stuff though. My grandma should be on that show. She has like 20 turkey roasters, 10 toasters, etc. "in case one goes out or breaks, she'll have a replacement". total packrat lol |
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