I just wrote a comment to a subscriber about Christmas things you can repurpose. Now is the time to go to your local thrift stores to find poinsettias and other Christmas goodies that you can save to work into projects next year. The thrift stores are trying to get rid of this merchandise as they don’t want to hold it for a year, so they sell them at very low prices.  Remember, there are tons of great things in these thrift stores just waiting to be repurposed and the monies go to great causes.

In our area, every Wednesday, Salvation Army sells their clothes and shoes half off.  The reason I’m mentioning this is that they also bag baby bibs together so you get several when you purchase them (for usually fifty cents.)  I just left this tip on a video that I’m not sure has aired, but if the bib has a Velcro closure you can put it around the arm of your craft room chair and have a rag to wipe your hands on without having to look for one.  The tie ones work as well but not as good as the ones with Velcro. I’m also not crazy about the ones that have plastic backing on them.  But hey, if you get five or six of them for fifty cents, you can find a couple that will make you happy.

Another idea is when you put your Christmas decorations away for the year, separate the ones that don’t make you happy and put them in your repurpose pile.  Maybe by next fall you will figure out something to do to make it new again and if not, it will be the perfect time to either donate it or sell it at a garage sale.

 

 

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