You know how sometimes you have an idea and then you find out others have the same idea? Well, I have been saying for years (every time a palstic shopping bag ripped and my food fell all over the street) "You know, these bags, woven together, would actually be pretty strong!" It turns out that...

I recently switched my children from disposable diapers to cloth diapers. I needed a bucket to put the soiled diapers into, with a baking soda/water solution until there was enough for a full wash load. I phoned my local bakery to ask if they had a bucket I could have. To my suprise, the baker had over...

I remember my mother taking my sisters and I shopping at thrift stores and consignment shops before we started back to school - that was in the mid 1950's. It was an adventure! So, I can thank my mother for introducing me to the wonderul world of thrift shopping. (I do shop regular retail - but don't...

I think everything I get from my mom is from a thift store, consignment shop etc! Since most collectiables, antiques etc are second hand anyways! She always finds new books etc. She looks out for what we collect and our interests. I collect Gray & Dunn tins and old fisher price toys. Clothing doesn't...