DIY Privacy Screen

This is the neatest thing that I saw at the flea market ...They took old doors and made "walls" for their booth! I want some to make a privacy screen. Would be good in a house or for what I want it for on my patio. I would have to make a stand for them out there or somehow put them in the ground. But, it would be neat looking. Frugal also. A lot cheaper than $100.00 + dollars for actual privacy fence panels. I see old doors all the time at yard sales and such for $10.00 to $20.00. Pretty easy also. They had big hinges on them.

Reuse/Recycle/Alter/Redo DIY

This tray out of a big toolbox was leaning up against the wall at a flea market and the first thought thru my head was "wow, what an awesome spice rack!". My daughter wanted it for all of her makeup and nail polish. Neat how different things can be use for many different uses. I bet you could even come up with something else that this could be used for.

COMMENT BELOW ON YOUR IDEAS OF WHAT THIS COULD BE USED FOR...

DIY Christmas Decoration

This is such a cute idea. They took an old book and folded it in such a way to then decorate it as a Christmas tree. I love it. They were selling them at the local flea market, but they don't look too hard to make yourself.

I found on Youtube several videos on how to do this and it is not too hard.

• How to make a holiday tree using a paperback book
• Book Christmas tree - reuse/recycle books DIY
• How to make a folded book tree for Christmas

Do a search and there are others decorations that you can make from folding books. Even wreaths.

A very frugal way to decorate. Everyone has old paperbacks laying around, why not use them.

Take Care

excuse the mess, a puggle helped me make the bed!

When you have very little room and hardly any closet space, but have a large amount of clothing, you have to find ways to hang them and take care of them. I found this clothes hanger at the dollar store for $10.00! It holds a lot of clothes and they hang perfect so they are wrinkle free. Just because your clothing came from a thrift store, doesn't mean that you can't take care of it. This has helped me a lot to have this.

 I am planning on getting a couple more. My wardrobe will be growing , won't it??

DIY Coffee Scrub

Being an Instagram addict, I have been seeing a lot of Frank Body posts lately. People seem pretty obsessed with it, but the Frank Body coffee scrubs run $15 or more (and you have to wait for them in the mail)! Come on! So, I bought a 20 oz. jar at Dollar General for $2 and made my OWN coffee scrub! Now, I originally found this recipe in a cute little book entitled, "Welcome Home" (Placzek, 80). But, I have tweaked it and perfected it to my satisfaction (original recipe was too oily).

Cup of Joe Sugar Scrub

1/4 cup fresh coffee grounds

3 tablespoons white sugar

2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tablespoon olive oil/or almond oil/or coconut oil

1 tablespoon water

(ALL RELATIVELY CHEAP STUFF EASILY FOUND IN THE KITCHEN! YAY!)

Simply mix all of these ingredients together in a mixing bowl, then add to jar. For a 20 oz. jar like mine, you have to make like 6 batches worth I wanna say? I can't recall for certain, but it still only put a dent in my can of coffee and my container of sugar. So this scrub certainly goes a long way. Not to mention, the application doesn't require much. 

I would recommend applying this coffee scrub while in the shower, as it is very messy. Scrub in circular motions all over your body, although I would suggest avoiding the genital area (for obvious reasons - ouch!). You can apply it to your face as well, but be a little more stringent with use if your face tends to be on the more oily side, naturally. Let the scrub sit on your skin for five minutes and then rinse off. Fair warning: you will be left incredibly, beautifully soft; you will not want to stop touching your body, haha! Also, you will smell lightly of coffee, which is pretty fantastic. Who doesn't love the smell of coffee?!

Party In Sparkles!

It is so crazy what you can find for $1.00 at some stores. I found this sparkly , vintage dress at one such store that had all of their clothing on sale for $1.00 each. This dress is pretty sheer , but I am going to wear it with black leggings and a black camisole. Black heels will finish it off and some silver earrings. Small ones. I want to focus to be on the sparkles in the dress.

                                          Frugal party dress! More money to spend on gifts!

Pretty Stripes

I finally found some items that I can wear with my olive green pants that I had gotten at a yard sale last summer for 25 cents. This top is what I will wear with them today. Another find from the $1.00 sale! Needless to say I am going back to that small thrift store next week!! Find some more treasures. I had lost a lot of my clothing when a storage unit we had had been flooded and no one told us. So anything in the unit that was fabric or wood was lost!! I have been rebuilding my wardrobe the last couple of years. Having to be super frugal while I do it.