He will TREASURE this plushie for life. Source: Me, a 41-year-old who still has her beloved plushie she got at age 5 XD

Ha! The little heater 😻

I know a lot of knitters who buy 100% wool jumpers at charity shops to unravel and reknit, so much cheaper than 100% wool yarn and good for the environment, too.

very clever!

I have two dogs. Two LARGE dogs (German Shepherd/Kuchi Dog and a Belgian Malinois.) They poop a lot and the poops are big. I like this idea; the air bags are thicker than most poop bag brands I've tried! (Yes, my fingers have ripped through poop bags many a time.)

Penelope gets more crayons than Gus!

i'm wondering what a takeout stick is

What a neat contraption! But OP didn’t share what it’s called. /j

Being able to knit, crochet and the rest of it seems to be a skill that at least I have underestimated. How resourceful it can be and I suppose when one learns it to a level where they can visualise opportunities from a torn sheet….well sir/madam… I take my hat off to you. I think I have found my resolution for 2024 and that is learning to knit and make my own clothes.

There's a big difference between public free sites on Facebook and Craigslist and buy nothing groups. Craigslist is Hit or Miss at best, and public Facebook free groups can be so rude. I belong to a Buy Nothing group and it's private, local to my specific neighborhood and very valuable. Members can ask for things, post items for gifting, and it's a very nice community. We also ask for and give of our time and talents.

I got bleach on a t shirt. So I decided to sprinkle it in bleach. Wrap it for half hour then washed it . Gorgeous tye dye t shirt

This isn’t “News…” 😉 (we’ve all been doing it forever!)

I use a magic eraser (melamine sponge) on mine.

Nice but takes so, so, so much time. I used to do this when I worked part time for money and had to complete a full-time internship (no money) to start studying. I spend every Sunday cooking for the entire week and hated it after two months. 60 to 70 hours working plus like 8 hours cooking on the only free day to save money as I couldn't afford eating out or convenience food. Yikes. Nowadays I cook some dishes double portioned and freeze half. That's more sufficient to me.

What?!?! That looks amazing, and works as a privacy screen.

Yep good old mothers tip!

This is a great idea, especially the toilet rolls. You could probably plant them out as-is and let them rot away, but even if not it's less plastic.

The yellow sticker must be like our store’s “manager special” items that will soon expire. We get these all the time, many things get frozen.

I grew up with scrunchies. Such a fan of their return! Also, people on here have amazing talent!

That’s the thing I don’t get about computer desks that are being sold. You don’t work 100% of the time on your computer. Sometimes you have to read, write, or transpose something from a book or paper worksheet, so you need the desk to be deep enough to push the screen and keyboard back to give you space to work. Yes, I know they make things you can hang paper on to type from, but that doesn’t help when you have a book or ledger to refer to. Yet computer desks are all tiny and narrow, as if you never need to physically write something down. There is still a lot of paper being used in business, so business desks need to accommodate the necessity of reading and writing, as well as computer entry.

That was a tiny bed

I've done these too. I chose a thread that can withstand washing at 60 degrees so that I can wash them with towels. Quick and easy to make even if you are not a good crocheter.

We actually bought a cheap vacuum packer for this purpose.

Yes please!! 😍

Throwing away food should be forbidden. The waste is shocking.

What happens if the coffee/tea spill? It's not waterproof.

A QUICK CYCLE IN THE WASHER WITH SOME OXY DOES THE TRICK TO LOOK LIKE NEW!! ALSO, AS FAR AS DYING.....THE FABRIC IS COTTON..THREAD IS POLY WHICH IS WHY IT STAYS WHITE.

I do the same to any bottle you can cut into or scoop out. There's always so much product left at the bottom that won’t come out!

This is good in theory. The problem is most people would not have bought all those books I have read from the library. I have read them because they are free.

I purchase books from re-sale shops and donate them to the FREE little libraries.

I wish more people would use their libraries. Vast repositories of useful information.

I got hooked on the digital library during the pandemic, and now read from it all the time!

If it's a popular book, you can wait months before you can read it (some of those books have a very long waiting list). I buy the book, read it, and if I don't like it I give it to the library. I like to own copies of books because I usually read them over and over.

My buddy ‘s wife tells him that every time he……! Never mind.

You've reinvented the 60's! Did this myself back in the day!

I reuse them for sewing projects, or anything that will fit. Very useful.

My private parts have been wrapped in cloth, that was washed and reused. Now 40+ years later I still use some of them as rags for cleaning. So they last a livetime and don't go to landfill.

We started doing this and it works pretty well. But if you're using the fruit for anything else then don't bother with strawberries because they go soggy when they're defrosted so only good for smoothies

Old candles are excellent fire starters for the fireplace. If you want to be fancy you can make fire starter roses out of cardboard egg cartons and red candle wax.

So creative!! 🎨

If you're in rental accomodation, you can get small clear comand hooks that stick on, and can be removed without damage. Also a good way to stick fairy lights to glass.

If you want to make yarn in this way, don't use scissors. Use a rotary cutter. Your hands will thank you for it.

wow the person looks (and dresses) so much like me that I had to look twice to make sure I'm not somehow having memory lapses haha 😅

How much does it wear out the fabric though?

the waste of some are the treasures of others

I need one of these haha! I've got a leather belt that I wore during the half year I actually did some exercise and watched what I ate... A few of the holes started to combine and it's useless now - wouldn't happen if belts worked like this.

I have been comparing name brand and generic/store brand items for decades now. Just read the ingredients list and you’ll see they’re usually exactly the same thing, though sometimes there are slight differences, usually some proprietary something or other the name brand has a patent for. But tbh, the taste is usually the same. If it isn’t, then the money you save buying the exact duplicate of other products can pay for the couple of name brands you like better than the cheaper knockoffs.

Wet it down to make it work even better!

Nice one. Smart re-use of materials to avoid buying new plastic foam scrubbies!

Yes. All that expensive wrapping paper usually just gets torn apart and thrown away.

I'm buying a blender for Christmas, so these hacks are helpful.

Serious question from the EU where you get milk in tetra-paks or glass bottles: Does milk in bags stand in the fridge while open? Or do you have to fill it in a bottle once opened? Edit: Thanks for all the answers. I was really curious.

I wish coupons were a thing over here.