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Mar. 5, 2008

Reusing Everyday Items

There are items that we have in our homes that are sometimes discarded. In my own personal search to re-use and save more I came across these websites. I thought I would share them with all of you to assist you in YOUR Journey to Simplicity.

Reuse Everyday Items This British site has some neat ideas. I had never thought of items that could be donated to nurseries and public schools. What a great way to save the earth and help your community at the same time!

10 everyday Items You Can Recycle Who knew you could take your old worn out Little Tykes items to the recycling center! The pictures and links are definitely worthy of your time.

Creative Ideas for Reusing Everyday Items I have posted a link to Leah's blog before. This post is a good read. Spend some time checking out her blog, though. It is packed full of useful everyday family friendly ideas!

How to Reuse Everyday Items Want to know how you can get FREE garden knee pads? Read this article for the answer and MORE.

Good Ideas for Recycling Everyday Items Terrie has wonderful ideas for re-purposing items. I am totally digging the idea for ladder re-purposing, wallpaper ends, and making hanging baskets. Make certain to click on the link for More Ideas on the bottom of each page.

Re-Using Everyday Household Items I just decided I have some new ideas for using clothes pins!

Have fun with these links and by all means post YOUR favorite links as well!

These are my thoughts.

Leslie Valeska

~Contributing Writer~

Want to read more? Come, partake in the Journey to Simplicity where you will find lots of information regarding frugality, simplicity, homeschooling, organization, faith, homemaking, art, and so much MORE! Leslie is a wife and homeschooling mother of four in SW Fl. With children ranging in ages from 4-16, she has had a lot of time to learn and experience much of homemaking. Leslie is also a seamstress for Vintage Vixen, one of the oldest online vintage clothing shops. When time permits she enjoys reading, writing, scrapbooking, painting, and watching old movies. She and her family also spend much time RVing. You simply must come on over to the Journey to Simplicity and see what she is talking about today!

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Mar. 5, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by micandme

Great post. I forget that not everyone is living in a place severely affected by drought. We live in NE Georgia, and even with some great rain this winter, we are still under a TOTAL outdoor watering ban. So we've learned to get very, very creative about reducing our use of water and finding new ways to GET water. We do the dehumidifier water for plants, the A/C runoff for plants (here in the summer, sometimes 2 or more 5 gallon buckets of water!), waiting-for-shower-water-to-warm-up water collected in a bucket, and our local area has several places that adapt large containers/barrels to attach to down spouts and collect water. Water is SO important, and you only realize that when you don't have enough. I lived on Lake Michigan growing up, and I never knew there were places in the US that couldn't water their own gardens! We'd all do well to conserve, because as we're discovering, there are no guarantees that a resource will just "always be there".

~Michelle

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Mar. 7, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by HomesteadingCarnival

HI! Great post! Thanks for sharing. ;)

I've posted who's hosting next and asked a question, so please come leave your feedback!

MJ

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