What is your latest money-saving idea?  |
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 I make things to put in our church Holiday bazaar each winter. Currently I'm crocheting dog sweaters. One pattern requires two buttons.
I went to buy some buttons and discovered that they averaged $1 per button! I couldn't believe it. If I spent that much on the sweaters plus the cost of the yarn they would have to be priced too high for people to buy them.
So I got an idea. I went to a thrift store where they sell used clothing and looked through the racks for something with the kind of buttons I wanted. I bought a dress with six buttons for $2! And I didn't even have to worry about finding a dress in my size. 
I also buy old bead necklaces there to harvest the beads. Nice beads are getting really expensive and if I can find old ones I like I can get a string of them for a $1.
I've started thinking of what other craft supplies I might harvest from used items found in thrift stores. I'm thinking that belt buckles might be my next quest.
So what creative ideas have you come up with to beat inflation?
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1.  barbie84 (2168) | 3 months ago |  we save all our loose change up in a sealed jar and no one is allowed to open it untill it is full, once it is full we go to the bank and change it then used the money to treat us, usually a holiday
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2.  jillhill (6745) | 3 months ago |  Those were very good ideas! I also keep the extra button they attach to a new piece of clothing....and those little bags they come in are perfect for my craft sales for something small. I paint old windows and everyone gives them to me....I paint an image on them or scene and resell them. So I take something that would end up in the garbage and turn it into something beautiful.....sounds like you do the same thing! Good for you!
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| pyewacket (8522) | 3 months ago |  Nope I don't really have an outlet to sell my crafts....I do have a website that shows off my work though .....but to be honest I just plain haven't been making my crafts like I used to so I'm not showing off my site like I used to..since you do crafts you know how time consuming they are to make and haven't had time lately to do much..have to do my own stocking up on supplies...LOL
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4.  Angelwhispers (4601) | 3 months ago |  I am not a very crafty person at all Youdontsay, but I admit your idea here is fantastically genius of you:))) You would love to trawl our area thrift shops we seem to have an abundance of them. I am to busy trying to find ways to cut the grocery bill to think of other things.
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