Swap Success!

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Today was the day of our third annual swap! There were 8 of us total – the perfect number! I wouldn’t recommend any more than 8. Everyone brought great items to swap! Their items were given new life when others of us snatched them for ourselves! Love that! Now my pink Sperry top siders that [...]

Free and Easy RecycleBank Points!

Are you a member of RecycleBank? You can  earn points by doing things like taking short environment related quizzes every so often. You can use these points to buy coupons for products like Naked Juice, Kashi, etc. In the past I got Seventh Generation products free. Sign up here. Take the Aveeno pledge for 50 [...]

Recycle Your Makeup = Free Origins Samples

Take your used cosmetics to Origins for free samples! They accept everything from bottles, tubes, jars, deodorant sticks, and compacts, regardless of the brand. Items will be recycled and sometimes converted to energy. This program is year around. More info here.

OutGrowingIn: Kids’ and Maternity Clothes Swap!

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I posted last week  (here) on ThredUp, a new site I recently found that allows you to swap toys and kid clothes. Thats site charges $5 + $10.95 (S&H) per swap. How good of a deal it is depends on what you swap and how much is in each box. There’s definitely potential! I read [...]

Recycle Your Old Bras and Save When You Do!

Did you know the single item of clothing women across the country most need is a bra? Soma is collecting new and gently used bras to donate to women in need. You can donate a new or gently used bra at any Soma Intimates Boutique. Their goal is to collect 50,000 – a might goal, [...]

Freecycle

My friend Nicole (and Thankfully Thrifty reader) sent me this email that I thought I’d share with you: Have you heard of Freecycle? It’s a website similar to Craigslist, but everything is free. The person who has the item gets to decide who the item goes to, so you may not get everything you say [...]

Recycle Jeans, and Get 30% off Gap Jeans

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Bring in a pair of your old denim jeans, and get 30% off your purchase of men’s and women’s 1969 brand jeans at Gap! This deal is good through October 20th.

Bear Naked: Buy 3, Get a Shirt

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Send in 3 empty bags of Bear Naked, plus $5. They will “upcycle” these bags for you into a t-shirt. “What’s upcycling?” you ask. It’s a way to reduce waste on the earth. Bear Naked has partnered with Terracycle, who will convert this bags into things like t-shirts and totes. Learn more about this offer [...]

Our Second Annual Swap

I admit. I was completely terrible about taking pictures this year… meaning I didn’t take any. Oops! But nonetheless, I thought you all deserved a swap update! This past weekend, my friend Jessica and I hosted our second annual swap. Invitations: We sent out a save the date about six weeks in advance to give [...]

Our Second Annual Swap

This Saturday we are hosting our second annual swap party! Check out last year’s swap here.

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