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My frugal Christmas tricks with paper ornaments?
I originally wrote this in an e-mail to a friend who wanted me
to summarize the things I did to save money on Christmas this year. She
forwarded it to her coworkers, who were impressed, so I thought I'd share
with MCFLers. For many of you, most of these ideas are old news, but
others might be interested (for example, my friend had never thought of
making wrapping paper; now, she's set her two children to work with a
bunch of stamps and paper bags). The best part is that I was able to do
all of it without adding to our credit card debt (which is actually being
whittled away instead) |
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-Especially if you can get someone else to buy them in the first place,
as the prices for them can be exorbitant. (Although actually, the
holiday oriented ones are not that bad at post-holiday sales - I
picked up a few dozen for a dime each last year. Between those and
decorated-top boxes, I had to do almost _no_ wrapping this year.
My stepmum and I have had the same two bags going back and forth for a
few years - occasionally we have to get quite creative in order to get
the chosen gift to fit in the bag. A few years ago she and my dad got
us a big vinyl-bagged blanket and she taped the darn gift bag to the
outside of it! It's become quite a joke, since both of the bags are
starting to look a bit ratty. I'm tempted to "laminate" mine with
clear shipping tape... -I put them in a container and use them for small handwork like christmas
ornaments, coasters, and the like. I usually don't keep pieces smaller than
1" in the narrowest dimension, since there's not much left after seaming or
paper piecing. |
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