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I have a limited budget so I try to be as creative as possible. Ribbon goes a long way, especially when it's fabric so it can be used on ponies! I have bought things on clearance and held onto them for a year in order to have the right themed things for a swap. I have bought candy on sale just because I knew I would need it later. I always keep an eye out for cute goodies at stores year-round. I try to buy tea in foil-sealed pouches instead of the paper packaging so that I can toss in a few when I send things to people. I have a whole basket of things I add to throughout the year and then it makes swaps much easier... I probably got this habit from my mom. She and I would buy baby clothes and whatnot from the clearance racks and therefore, whenever there was a baby shower, we'd just open up the "presents tub" and pick out whatever fit the family's needs best.
Quote from: lovesbabysquirmy on September 16, 2012, 04:40:26 PMThat's pretty ingenious.Thank you! It's really fun when I do get to participate in them, though my budget is pretty much one a year - for now. ;D
That's pretty ingenious.
I do this too! I also picked it up from my mom. The only difference is she tends to lose the things that she buys lol! She'll be like "Remember that thing I bought last summer..?" Or she find it years later, after completely forgetting about it. I've gotten old christmas and birthday gifts that she found hidden in her closet before..
Yeah I know what you meanI'd love to do my first custom in a swap (I know it wouldn't be great)But if I get tons of stuff and I only send out a pony and a few things I'd feel bad My family's budget's getting low due to the fact we have so much to do around the houseto fix up. So I don't know.