Frugal February #3 needles, pillows and nails

Hello everyone 

I got some sewing things earlier this year from a relative.

I think this pack of sewing needles from Wonder potato chips is such neat thing.  

I’m guessing it was a freebie inside a specially marked package of chips or maybe it was a mail in offer, like mail in 2 proofs of purchase and 

Wonder would mail the customers their needles.  

When was the last time you saw anything marked “made in japan”

A company won’t do a freebie like this now.  Somebody would eat a needle and say they didn’t know needles weren’t edible or something ridiculous like that.  

But I think this is neat reminder of past things.  

And I used one of those needles today……..

When I unpacked my Valentine decorations,  I found 2 pillow covers that I didn’t remember. 

I didn’t have pillow blanks to put in them so I just made some.

I had 2 older bed pillows.  

I marked them to fit into the 17 inch pillow covers- I only had to cut off 1 end- 

The filling was thick and it took a bit of an effort to cut through it but it wasn’t a hard job. 

Then I turned under the pillow fabric edges and hand sewed them shut. 

There are the pillow covers zipped onto the just made pillow inserts 

And I have an idea about what to do with the pillow stuffing ends- stay tuned. 

I gave Ducky a bath this morning and did a few cleaning jobs.  My manicure didn’t hold up to well to all that water 

and I wasn’t crazy about those 2 color nails so I put on a fresh set just now 

And there are still sooooo many nails in this bag! 

Have a good weekend everyone

❤️ Rhonda 

Frugal February #2 use what you have

Hello again 

We haven’t had a dish of nuts to just crack and eat for snacks for quite awhile.  I was thinking an official nut dish would be nice so I looked on Amazon, EBay and Mercari.

  I found some nice ones but they seemed awfully expensive for a seasonal use item.  So I wondered how to make a nut bowl that would contain the mess and still look nice.

I had this Longaberger basket with a liner and it works great for the nuts.  

To hold the crackers and picks,  I used a little cup, also something we already had.  

Grandsons especially think it is fun to crack nuts.  

After looking at this photo,  I think it’s time to clean out the shells and maybe refill it.  

The link below is from Little House Living.  

It says it is all the frugal tips you will ever need.  

I did think it was a useful article and might be of interest to some of y’all.  

https://www.littlehouseliving.com/frugal-living-tips/frugally-fit

❤️Rhonda