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11 rotary dial phones & 1296 gift cards [day 231]
A few years ago, in my “excessable” art show, I had a gift card rug made out of 1296 gifts cards from different stores. The show was in July and I left the rug in the car a little too … Continue reading
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cool art made from junk mail [day 207]
I got an awesome little gift a few days ago, unexpected and very much related to trash society. The gift? An origami box with a photo album inside, all made with junk mail and paper stuff from the recycling bin. Check it out…
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Tagged ads, advertisements, album, art, artistic, bin, box, brain, charts, cool, craftsmanship, creative, day 207, design, details, earth, free, free art supplies, frisco, gift, gifts, handmade gifts, happy, heart, jake ryan, junk, junkmail, landfill, magazine, mail, mailers, meaningful, music, non-holiday, origami, photo, photos, planet, postcards, purpose, random, recycling, repurposed, reused, save, sheet music, sixteen candles, string, style, t-shirt, thought that counts, thoughtful, used
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helping the homeless stay warm [day 194]
Thanksgiving day, we brought many coats and blankets to Dallas to pass out to the homeless people living there, trying to stay warm. Even though there was a lot of food, many said they had already eaten, as everyone gives … Continue reading
charitable marketing. yes or no? [day 129]
Is charitable marketing good? I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately, as it’s a huge and fast-growing trend. It works, but is it ethical and trustworthy? As David Frey wrote on frugalmarketing.com, “Many savvy small businesses are affiliating themselves … Continue reading
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Tagged 7-11, ads, advertising, bed, big chain stores, charitable, closed?, coffee, community, cupwithacause.com, day 129, frisco, frugalmarketing.com, global peace factory, good, ideas, impoverished, marketing, microsite, need, needy, pepsi, pepsi refresh project, pepsico, poor, profit, project, promotion, store, using people, website, world peace
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stuff, stuff and more stuff [day 118]
I finally finished cleaning out my garage! I still have tubs of stuff to go through, but at least I now have space to create art. Last Saturday I brought 2 carloads of stuff to the local thrift store, Frisco … Continue reading
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Tagged day 118, frisco, hummer, junk, resale, stores, stuff, thrift store, thrifty
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the challenge: day 48 [feedback and cool stuff from others]
No shopping yesterday AND I managed to avoid the grocery store. 🙂 My kids and I went to see the Sno-cone Lady, then went to the library, and they actually wanted to sit there and read for a long time. … Continue reading
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Tagged bosom buddies, bra, bras, cards, cca, day 48, frisco, gift, gift cards, gift ideas, ipad, library, no shopping, old bras, pray, recycle, snow cone lady, the colony, thrift store, thrift store gift cards
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the challenge: day 17 [car wash]
I just couldn’t take it anymore. My car was so messy and dirty! Time to take it to the car wash. Yes, I know what you’re thinking… “…isn’t that a retail place?” I suppose it could be considered that, but … Continue reading
the challenge: day 9 [grilling, propane, outdoor movies, teaching man to fish]
I decided to grill out tonight and was wondering if I was going to need a new propane tank. Since that is energy to cook with, and they sell the tank refills at the grocery store, I have decided this … Continue reading
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Tagged apartment, choice, cloudy with a chance of meatballs, comfort, comments, complex, consumer, cook, day 9, ease, economy, energy, excess, fish, frisco, future, give, homeless, job, lazt, man, movie, necessity, outdoor, ozz, poverty, propane, shop, shopping, teach, utilities
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recycling the recycling conversation [day 19 & 20]
On day 14 of the challenge, I blogged about a recycling program I set up at our church building. I have received some emails about my “free recycling program”, challenging me with the question, “Is it ethical?” Let me start … Continue reading →