Frugal Frau Friday

Hallo Frauen!

Welcome to this week's edition of the Frugal Frau. I have a few good swapmeet finds and what is more frugal than a home garden I.ask.you?

If you didn't know it already, let me tell you a secret, lean in so I can whisper...the swapmeet is the best place on earth to get gifts. Shhhhhhhh!!! Don't repeat it out loud! I am not talking about the swapmeet that has slapchops demonstrations and tube socks, I am talking about 'the swapmeet' where someone brings their junk so that it may one day become someone elses junk, for cheap. We have found so many priceless items at our local swapmeet. Here are a few recent finds...

Did you notice the clown above...when you turn his nose he plays 'send in the clowns...'$2.00! The look on the face of the person who chooses it in this year's white elephant party...priceless. BTW, this clown randomly began to play when it was in the back of my car when we were coming home...creepy.



These scissors are.so.great. I am not sure what they were intended for originally but they are excellent for cutting plants and scaring off assailants...also there is a man who sharpen's scissors outside of the fabric store on Thursdays and I am dying to bring something to him. I was hoping to find a menacing cleaver to bring to him...but these will do.

Here is this years crop of peas, carrots and brocoli. The peas are going nuts! and the carrots are stubborn. Brocoli...no comment at this time. See for yourself below. I'd say that every seed we planted took root, and each seed packet was under $2.00. This is a whole lotta inexpensive food for the eating and gifting. Get ready local family and friends.





Until next time, auf wiedersehen! from the frugal frau...

Frugal Frau Friday

Welcome to Frugal Frau Friday (Aunt, is this correct?) where I will feature some projects that I have made for pennies on the dollar, or even sometimes for FREE! I love a good deal, and I know that you do too! So here goes....

I know what you are thinking, Carole, those projects that we did last week were cute and all, but what else can we make using this newly acquired knowledge of yoyos. ranunculas and birds? Well, I am so glad that you asked, and I knew you would, so I decided to whip up a few projects so that you can see 'exactly what a machine could do with a lifetime supply of chocolate' (there is a little Charlie and the Chocolate Factory humor for you, the original...no offense Mr. Depp, you know how I feel.

So please, feast your eyes on these incredibly easy and CHEAP projects. Girls, you have made several yoyos now, and by all accounts you are yoyo masters so go for it.

First, the yoyo necklace...comprized of one, two, three, four, five??? yoyos and a couple of garage sales buttons and one thrift shoppe necklace. Total investment - a whopping $2.oo...probably less. Just a few stitches, some hot gluuuuueee and viola.

Next. What??? A yoyofied pillow? Yes, 12 yoyos later, about $3.00 worth of fab fabric, and a pillow that was probably around $8.00, but ladies, we can find them cheaper, this was an impulse buy. Don't you just want to make a billion? ME TOO!

And what is more, those aqua ranunculas, on that navy dress, Lucy Ricardo would call this "A dream!" As do I. Dare I say that I wore this two days in a row, well, I just did. This dress was a steal from Old Navy, something I bought to kick around the house in. Adding a few scraptastic ranunculas made Donatella Versace call me up directly and ask to be my best friend. I said yes.

And last, but not least, ladies, we made a sparkling of starlings last week in the 8:00pm hour, did we not? Here is a sweet little spring wreathe for your door, wall, or a necklace if you're mother nature. Sticks, free from the river bed, or a yard near you. Fabric, This again, is about $3.00 worth of fabric, hard to say though, I used scraps (frugal frugal frau). Hot glue and a small piece of ribbon. So cute, and just in time to welome spring, March 21st???

That will do it for this week's frugal frau...please tune in next week for more money saving projects that look like a millon bucks...or at least $49.50.

And just in case you need a little help, tutorials are on the way, just need a little polishing...stay tuned.