Tips on Being Frugal and Green

by Dagmar Bleasdale
(Westchester, New York)

My son is a little too young for elaborate art projects, but I have been saving cardboard and all kinds of things for his future craft projects. I have one designated box in the office for these supplies, and whenever I get another 50 address stickers from a charity that I will never use, or junk mail that includes a ?Yes? sticker or a postcard with an animal on it, I throw those in that craft box.

Oftentimes those address stickers have pretty little pictures on them, so I figure I just cut off the address part and Landon can sticker away. (Under my supervision, just in case he feels like eating them.) While he has fun making something for Nani and Opa, I am recycling paper and saving on art and craft supply costs.


You can read more tips and the whole article on my mommy blog, DagmarBleasdale.com. Here is the whole article:

http://dagmarbleasdale.com/2009/03/13/tips-on-being-frugal-and-green/