Every day in May, Money Saving Mom is challenging her readers to try to find at least seven things to get rid of – sell, donate, or toss.  I’ve already done a lot of clutter busting on my own this year, but there is always more that can be done.  At 7 items a day, that means I need to get rid of 217 items by the end of the month.

I may have cheated a little for this update because this clutter doesn’t come from my house, it comes from my work desk.  But as I spend more time each day at the office than at home I thought this little tweak in the procedure would be allowed.  :)

I spent about 15 minutes and gathered up the items below to be tossed out.

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2 empty Pepsi cans (recycled)
2 empty Naked juice bottles (recycled)
8  pieces of plastic silverware (tossed)
2 broken pens (tossed)
1 pencil (given to co-worker)
1 dirty lanyard (tossed)
1 program from a musical (tossed)
2 groups of used post-it notes (reused to the point of having no stick left – tossed)

That’s a grand total of 19 items, bringing the 17 day total up to 193 items!  You can see days 1-6, 7-10, and 11-15 by clicking on the links.

How is your clutter busting going?  Feel free to   follow me on Twitter or “like” me on Facebook to follow along with my progress.

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Every day in May, Money Saving Mom is challenging her readers to try to find at least seven things to get rid of – sell, donate, or toss.  I’ve already done a lot of clutter busting on my own this year, but there is always more that can be done.  At 7 items a day, that means I need to get rid of 217 items by the end of the month.

In the 5 days since my last update (you can also see my first update here), I have gotten rid of 41 items, bringing my grand total so far to 174 items!

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I donated 4 document frames, a stress ball, cooking tongs, a glass cutting board, 8 plastic food storage containers, and 9 plastic food container lids (all pictured above).  I also gave a picture frame away to a co-worker.  (25 items)

Additionally, I threw away 3 broken flower pots, 8 plastic bags that had houses compose (not sure why I was saving those since they were too torn to re-use as garbage bags), 3 piles of old financial papers, and 2 old magazines.  (16 items)

By the way, today is my birthday!  If you want to give me a present, please consider  following me on Twitter or “liking” me on Facebook:)   If you do, I will return the favor!

How is your clutter busting going? 

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Another week of life has passed us by, and what a week it was.  If you live anywhere near Ohio, you have likely experienced temps ranging from 30 to 80… multiple times… in a single day.  So Julie asks what we learned this week, and all I can think of is the one flower pot I just remembered that I forgot to bring inside last night and hoping that it’s poor little leaves didn’t get frostbit!  How on earth can I think of anything else with stress like that upon me?  But I will solider on for the sake of the blog.

What did I learn this week?

1.) If you install a plug-in that removes urls from comments (in order to prevent spam attacks, of course) it also removes the url link from everyone’s legitimate comments.  Sorry, everyone… I have tried to go through and manually link to as many of you as I could!

2.) The CommentLuv plug-in is freaking awesome and ridiculously easy to install.  Seriously, if you don’t already use this on your blogs, install it NOW!  I will wait……….  Did you do it?  I love exploring unknown blogs via this plug-in on other sites, and now you all can do that here!

3.) I apparently don’t really understand Pinterest.  That hasn’t stopped me from getting seriously addicted to it, though.  And now you can follow me on Pinterest if you want.  (Please?  I feel lonely with no followers.)

4.) I had a lot of expired food in my pantry.

5.) I had a lot of excess crap stuff in my garage.

6.) I am addicted to Army Wives.  Okay, I already knew I was addicted to that show, but this season seems to have me especially hooked for some reason.  Who else loves this show?

7.) Some days Corporate America is a thrilling place… some days I am ready to retire.  Haven’t decided what kind of day today is yet.

8.) When you get to a certain age, birthdays lose their excitement (Wednesday is my birthday, by the way).

9.) If you forget to water a tomato plant for a couple days, it gets really withered up.

10.) Tomato plants must be related to Superman, because they can survive a lot of abuse (even me!).  If you water a wilted tomato plant he pops back to life within minutes.

And that’s what I learned this week.  How about you?

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Penny Picture Frame

by Denise on May 13, 2013

 

picture frame made from pennies

A few weeks ago I made a really cool picture frame.  I wanted to share how I made it so others could make one, too.  It was so ridiculously easy and has an elegant look – I’m just thrilled with how it turned out!.

For the base of the frame I used a 5 x 7 wood frame that I bought from H0bby lobby when they were having a 50% off sale on their frames (you can also download a 40% off coupon from their website to use if they do not have a framing sale taking place).  If you don’t have a Hobby Lobby near you, you can get a nearly identical frame from Amazon by following this link.

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I then spray painted it brown.  I used Krylon paint, but any brand would work.

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While the paint was drying, I gathered up a bunch of pennies.  I ended up using about $2.50 worth of pennies for the project.

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Now the fun began.  Using a hot glue gun, I glued the pennies onto the frame, starting at the bottom of the frame.  Then layering each row on top in a fish-scale pattern.  If you look really closely to the picture on the left, you will see an old penny that says “ONE CENT” written on the back… I love those old pennies!  

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You only need a pea-sized glob of glue one ach penny.  Any more, and it will ooze out from under the penny when you press it into place.

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I took some time in choosing pennies that were all different levels of shininess, and making sure they were placed in a random pattern so the finished product would have a nice mix of colors.

This is the finished product.  I have gotten so many comments on it from guests.  Everyone wants to know where I bought it!

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I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.  If you decide to make a penny frame for your home, please send me a picture!  Also, Please take a moment to follow me on Twitter or “like” me on Facebook.  If you do, I will return the favor!

Linking at some of these great sites – check them out!
SUNDAY:   Under The Table DreamingDIY Showoff,  Homemaker on a Dime
MONDAY:  Keeping It SimpleDIY Home Sweet Home
TUESDAY:  The Thrifty Home,  Funky Polkadot GiraffeThe Rustic Pig
WEDNESDAY: We are THAT FamilyFrugally SustainableThe Self Sufficient HomeAcre,

THURSDAY:  The Frugal Girls,  Joyful HomemakingThe Crafty Blog Stalker
FRIDAY: Blissful and DomesticThe Answer Is Chocolate,
SATURDAY:  Six Sisters’ Stuff,

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Clutter Busting Challenge – Days 7-10 (food edition)

May 10, 2013

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What I learned this week… beautiful weather edition.

May 7, 2013

I am once again following Julie’s lead from From Inmates to Playdates and blogging about what I have learned over the past week.  For those who prefer informative posts instead of rambly posts about my life, feel free to scroll down to the next article.  For the rest of you who like the inane (and [...]

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Thrift Store Couture

May 7, 2013

It is summer, and my wardrobe is truly lacking.  This can be attributed to 1.) losing some weight and causing some of my clothes to be too big and 2.) being a cheap-ass and not buying many new clothes in the last five years, meaning what I did have that still fit was seriously starting [...]

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Clutter Busting Challenge – Days 1-6

May 6, 2013

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A week without TV… how did it go?

May 6, 2013

Last Monday I posted that I was joining Screen Free Week 2013 by not watching any TV during the week. How did it go?  It was AWESOME! The weather last week was beautiful – the first nice week we have had here for months.  70s and sunny.  Doesn’t get much better than that.  So much [...]

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Turn Off the TV!

April 29, 2013

Today starts ‘Screen Free Week 2013.’    Screen free week is an annual event encouraging families to turn off screens and to turn on life.  It runs April 29th through May 5th. While “screen” should include computers, I am not willing to go quite that far.  LOL!  I rely too much on my computer for [...]

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