Hello. I'm not crafty, but last night, I created something new out of something old – which I think qualifies as "crafty". I have had a set of frames from IKEA's "as-is" section and a roll of pretty wrapping paper – and all has just sat in a closet for two years. Last night I grabbed the frames and in ten minutes had covered the frames with wrapping paper and hung them on my dining room wall which had been barer than bare.
The set of IKEA frames had been $5 because two of the four paper-covered-frames had tears on the front. No matter – the wrapping paper covered those nicely.
Then I discovered the World o' Coupons – a new savings that I had ignored, not thinking about the benefits. I picked up a copy of the Sunday paper but will get two copies next week for duplicates on the coupons. This morning was an immersion into saving money. I spent $18 at Walgreens but had a recorded amount of savings (through coupons, Walgreens coupons and store savings) of more than $21.
OLD SCENARIO: At home I run out of toilet paper, paper towels, laundry detergent, and dish detergent all at the same time. "Crapola!" says I, "Now I need them all!" and thus plan a trip to the store where the items are bought at (gasp, I know) full price. No longer.
NEW LIFE WITH COUPONS: Today I picked up items for cheap (most less than half price): plastic cups for my game night this weekend, Ajax, Reynolds wrap, chicken stock, paper towels and my favorite lipstick/lipgloss (via Nothing But Bonfires): Covergirl Lipslicks in "Daring" ($1 off one, and buy one get one 50% off) and my shampoo and conditioner ($3 for both AND I get a free haircut too for that $3. not bad).
Yes….I'm going on and on. Like no one has ever used coupons before or been thriftily crafty at home before. Any hints/tips you could share?
Morning's Light 
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