Feelin' Thrifty & Crafty

I've been slipping on my blog posts, which is why I am posting now! I've been looking for some inspiration and I've found it! I am feeling like an especially thrifty spender today and I know my fellow Twenty-Somethings appreciate good deals too.

I substituted today for my mother (my favorite substitute teaching job!) because she was going to a breast-cancer survivors luncheon called Horses & Hope. So, we still rode in to L-Burg together and she met up with some other woman who were attending, while I stayed in school and subbed for her. After school she took me to a craft yard-sale she had heard about. It was an older woman who had interests in many different crafts, but who was trying to downsize her collection of items. It was awesome! She had very reasonable (cheap) prices on the craft supplies and Mom and I loaded up for a total of $8 between the two of us! I bought several scraps of fabric for making hair bows (and perhaps other things), three bags of buttons, some miniature clothes pins and some little wooden stars. Now I will be searching Pinterest for button and other crafts because this shopping adventure has put me in a very crafty mood.

 I also got a $5 trim on my hair today. There is a place in L-Burg with a permanent $5 hair-cut salon which I think it pretty cool, but I don't always go there for my haircuts. She cut off more than I expected, but the ends feels so much better! I was pleased to get this done and get a good deal, to boot!

Looks short, huh? Sorry for the over-exposed selfie 

Well I've gotta run! 

The Farmer's Daughter

Scarf Organizer & half baked

I have been debating on what to write about on the blog this week and I decided to go ahead and write about various topics including a DIY and icecream. 

Ben & Jerry's half-baked. This ice cream is awesome, it has lots of large, yummy pieces of cookie dough and brownie batter and it combines chocolate and vanilla ice cream. Another plus, many ice cream brands include high-fructose corn syrup in their ice cream, but B & J's does not. Ben & Jerry's is also committed to non-GMO and free-trade. I'm just sayin', you should try it! 

Secondly, my latest organizational and craft project. I LOVE scarves. I've recently bought a couple of scarves and as my collection grows, I continue to want a new organizational method for storing them. I found this idea on pinterest and I thought it was worth sharing on here too. 

Supplies I used: 

• hanger
• shower curtain rings
• electrical tape (other tape, ribbon or yarn could work too)
• ribbon

All I did was attach the shower curtain rings to the hanger using the electrical tape. Then, since I used a plastic hanger that could potentially bend from the weight of the scarves (wooden would be sturdier), I reinforced the hanger with ribbon. The ribbon also made it look cuter. I considered wrapping the whole piece in ribbon or yarn to make it more attractive but I thought the scarves would cover up most of it, so it wouldn't really matter. Here's the finished product: 

And now it's hanging in my closet...It feels good to be organized!

Go make one of these and then enjoy some Ben & Jerry's as a reward! :) 

-The Farmer's Daughter