Tuesday, December 28, 2010

January Upcycle/Recycle No buy Challenge!

How many of us have spent gobs of money on crafting supplies this year? How many of us have stashes that could fuel the creative force of 4 or 5 people? Do you want to save a little money and pay down those Christmas bills? How about saving a little cash in January to buy your sweetie something extra nice for Valentines day?



I am going to host a NO BUY month on my blog! Lets Recycle/Upcycle all of those things that we didn't really know we could use. Lets use our stash! Lets cut into that paper pack and make something fabulous!



The Guidelines of the Challenge

  • Do not buy anything new the entire month of January
  • Recycle items you have in your home, or those you  might be tempted to toss into the landfill into beutiful handcrafted items.
  • Fuel your creative fire by creating something new from something old.
  • Support your fellow No-buyers with feedback on their triumphs and if someone falters, lets pick them back up!
  • Post on your blog or YouTube once per week (more if you are comfortable) and tell us how you did that week, did you make something amazing? Tell us... did you have a slip up? That's ok too... let us help you!
  • Anyone who is still with us at the end of the month will be placed into a drawing for a give-away!
This will be a great month for finding new friendships, strengthing the old and saving our pocketbooks a little stress!!

So, Who's with me???


Leave a comment on this blog post or look for my post on You Tube and leave a comment there. My You Tube Channel name is JulieWalters74

Can't wait to get to know you all better!!!
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6 comments:

  1. purple.lily43December 28, 2010 at 10:40 PM

    Love your blog Lady, and I'm in! Hope to see all the old faces and maybe some new. Lydia

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  2. ShellDecember 29, 2010 at 10:24 AM

    ok so that means I have to race out today and buy stuff right *LOL*.. with coupons... while all the sales are on... cos it's still December!! ;-)

    and I already made something new from old... a couple of posts back on my blog.. I redid a Christmas deco!

    but I do get what you are saying.. sometimes shopping in your own stash is fun - finding things you had forgotten you had

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  3. TracyDecember 29, 2010 at 10:33 AM

    I was planning on doing this for the whole year. Well except when we go away :)

    I'm in :)

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  4. Sandy ReevesDecember 31, 2010 at 1:25 PM

    This sounds like a great challenge! I'm in!

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  5. A GraywolfeJanuary 2, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    I am in I am doing it. Scary as it may be. I am not telling my husband I am going to do this either. I am just going to take the cash and toss it into my can in my studio and see where I am at the end of a month. And then see if I can do it again to some degree in Feb. So for now January no spending. Can someone call me a Dr. I think my hearts going to stop from this.

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  6. JulieJanuary 2, 2011 at 5:25 PM

    LOL Alex! I'm feeling good here.. but cleaning and reorganizing the room is really helping because it shows me just how much crap I really have!!

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