When I run the clothes dryer, I save the lint and stuff it into TP tubes to reuse as fire starters when burning trash or lighting a fire in the fireplace.
Made a birdbath out of terra cotta planters I was not using.
Used individual yogurt containers to start our garden plants in
Darned socks and those that were beyod repair were cut into 1 1/2 inch wide strips to become ponytail holders
DH used some hog panels as rebar in a concrete pad he poured. They were too long, so he cut 24 inches off each one. I am now using them to plant my tomato plants beside to use as stakes. The will last much longer than the flimsey wire ones that cost $3 each.
Put some new soap slivers into my soap bag for the shower.
We needed a new mattress pad for our king sized bed. Instead of buying one, we took a rather worn comfortor and used it. It actually works better than the pad did.
DD4 took the last empty oatmeal container this morning to use to store her knitting needles and project in.
Yesterday DD3 took a pair of jeans that had the knees worn out and cut it off below the zipper. Then she took strips of scrap fabric and sewed them into wide ribbons, added gathers and sewed to the bottom of the jeans, making it into a skirt. Now, she plans on making hair scruntchies and a purse out of the remaining denim from the legs.
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