If you do stuff, stuff gets done.......

If you do stuff, stuff gets done.......

Sunday, July 28, 2019

Swim poncho and succulents update



As promised,  one of the towel ponchos modeled by a very cute 4 year old.  


And of the 75 or so succulents I hope will grow,  at least 2 of them are showing real signs of new growth.  It takes patience the experts say.  But I’m very pleased with this bit of quick progress

We will see!

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Second hand chairs, sewing, CVS deals




 Hello blog readers.  I hope you’re all having a good summer.  


I wanted some rolling chairs for my sewing room.  
I didn’t like the retail prices of new chairs.
So we looked at a local thrift store ran by Habitat.  
We bought these 2 for $10 and $2.  

The green one was in great shape but the other one doesn’t match and was missing the back rest cover.  

  
So I looked in my fabric and found some linen like fabric that is a very close green.  
I sewed a simple slip cover for the back rest and stapled on a seat cover.  


There the chairs are in my sewing room.  
I do use both sewing machines.  
One sews knits really well.
I prefer sewing so the older machine and it sews woven fabric just fine so both machines get used.  


I've been the "new" chairs for a week or 2 and really like them
 can you see the pink fuzz on the chair? 

It's from 2 wraparound towels I made for a granddaughter to take to camp.  

and from 3 towel ponchos I sewed at the request of my daughter.  
they were just beach towels with a hole cut in the center that I finished with bias tape and the sides partially sewn so the towels stay in place when wearing. 


blogging problems-
here is supposed to be a very cute little guy modeling a poncho towel-
 I'll add the photo to my next post.  



CVS this week 
not a huge haul but big enough I think the savings add up-
I spent less than a dollar cash for the above and got money for my next weeks trip too.  
If you can't tell from the photo,  I bought a bag of laundry pods, 3 packs mens razors, 2 lipsticks and 2 toothpaste for $0.92. 

if your looking for ways to spend less on home and personal care products,  I really recommend CVS or Walgreens or RiteAid  or whatever store is available to you.  They are all have good deals if you don't mind spending a little effort to work out the best deals for yourself and then use your store earnings to mostly pay for the next deal and so on.