Comments on: Pinch your pennies: Cheap ideas to make your home and holiday brighter http://matadornetwork.com/life/pinch-your-pennies-cheap-ideas-to-make-your-home-and-holiday-brighter/ travel culture worldwide Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Candice Walsh http://matadornetwork.com/life/pinch-your-pennies-cheap-ideas-to-make-your-home-and-holiday-brighter/#comment-53533 Candice Walsh Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:02:28 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=3052#comment-53533 @Julie: those were Leigh's suggestions, I must try them! @Reeti: Bahaha, snitches! That's perfect @Dona: I'm happy to report I finally bought new boots :) and I LOVE those ideas...how do you make the hot chocolate? Is it homemade? @Josh: I feel your pain! I skimped on all the presents this year, next year I'll make it more personal @Abbie: don't forget the rum! @JoAnna: yeah, being broke this year made me realize how wasteful the whole ordeal is. I requested practical things, camping gear and such @Julie: those were Leigh’s suggestions, I must try them!

@Reeti: Bahaha, snitches! That’s perfect

@Dona: I’m happy to report I finally bought new boots :) and I LOVE those ideas…how do you make the hot chocolate? Is it homemade?

@Josh: I feel your pain! I skimped on all the presents this year, next year I’ll make it more personal

@Abbie: don’t forget the rum!

@JoAnna: yeah, being broke this year made me realize how wasteful the whole ordeal is. I requested practical things, camping gear and such

]]> By: JoAnna http://matadornetwork.com/life/pinch-your-pennies-cheap-ideas-to-make-your-home-and-holiday-brighter/#comment-53532 JoAnna Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:51:59 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=3052#comment-53532 What we do every year is choose a couple of our favorite photos that we've taken from our travels, print them off and give those as gifts. Because we give photos every year, the people we give them to just replace the photos in the frames from the previous year. We wrap in newspaper or reuse wrapping paper or boxes that other gifts come in. If we don't give photos, we make donations to a variety of organizations - Best Friends, Heifer International, whatever makes the most sense. I honestly can't remember the last time I went "shopping" for holiday gifts. It just doesn't make sense to me. What we do every year is choose a couple of our favorite photos that we’ve taken from our travels, print them off and give those as gifts. Because we give photos every year, the people we give them to just replace the photos in the frames from the previous year.

We wrap in newspaper or reuse wrapping paper or boxes that other gifts come in.

If we don’t give photos, we make donations to a variety of organizations – Best Friends, Heifer International, whatever makes the most sense.

I honestly can’t remember the last time I went “shopping” for holiday gifts. It just doesn’t make sense to me.

]]> By: Abbie http://matadornetwork.com/life/pinch-your-pennies-cheap-ideas-to-make-your-home-and-holiday-brighter/#comment-53531 Abbie Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:37:49 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=3052#comment-53531 apple cider and cinnamon in a pot on the stove - great idea!!! apple cider and cinnamon in a pot on the stove – great idea!!!

]]> By: joshua johnson http://matadornetwork.com/life/pinch-your-pennies-cheap-ideas-to-make-your-home-and-holiday-brighter/#comment-53530 joshua johnson Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:14:40 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=3052#comment-53530 great tips...for a broke homie like me this is a godsend! Or rather a Candice send, same diff! ;) great tips…for a broke homie like me this is a godsend! Or rather a Candice send, same diff! ;)

]]> By: Dona http://matadornetwork.com/life/pinch-your-pennies-cheap-ideas-to-make-your-home-and-holiday-brighter/#comment-53528 Dona Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:16:54 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=3052#comment-53528 You made me laugh out loud at the plastic bags to protect your feet comment...I saw that for the first time the other day. Genius. We've decided to have a minimalist christmas this year, here's just a few of the things we've done: - We cut down a tree from a friend's yard that was overgrown and needed to be thinned anyways. - Made ornaments by mixing applesauce, glue, and lots of cinnamon into a dough, used cookie cutters and glue to fancy them up, and then baked them in the oven. This made our house smell great too! - Gave fresh Caribbean Ginger Bread and Hot Chocolate Mix (in mason jars from the thrift store) to our friends....20 gifts for less than $60! You made me laugh out loud at the plastic bags to protect your feet comment…I saw that for the first time the other day. Genius. We’ve decided to have a minimalist christmas this year, here’s just a few of the things we’ve done:
- We cut down a tree from a friend’s yard that was overgrown and needed to be thinned anyways.
- Made ornaments by mixing applesauce, glue, and lots of cinnamon into a dough, used cookie cutters and glue to fancy them up, and then baked them in the oven. This made our house smell great too!
- Gave fresh Caribbean Ginger Bread and Hot Chocolate Mix (in mason jars from the thrift store) to our friends….20 gifts for less than $60!

]]> By: Reeti http://matadornetwork.com/life/pinch-your-pennies-cheap-ideas-to-make-your-home-and-holiday-brighter/#comment-53526 Reeti Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:15:49 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=3052#comment-53526 I love the origami decorations idea! Last Christmas, my cousin and I made Harry Potter inspired snitches from recycled paper and hung them on our Christmas tree :) I love the origami decorations idea! Last Christmas, my cousin and I made Harry Potter inspired snitches from recycled paper and hung them on our Christmas tree :)

]]> By: Julie http://matadornetwork.com/life/pinch-your-pennies-cheap-ideas-to-make-your-home-and-holiday-brighter/#comment-53525 Julie Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:11:20 +0000 http://matadorlife.com/?p=3052#comment-53525 My husband makes those bath salts and they're divine! My husband makes those bath salts and they’re divine!

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