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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
650 Posts |
 Posted - May 14 2011 : 8:50:21 PM
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| I have went back to page 9 and havent seen this but does anyone have uses for the walmart bags? I use them as small trash can liners and still have way too many saved up. I forget to return them to walmart when I go. Do they still take them? Seems like there should be a clever craft or something out there for them |
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Annie S
True Blue Farmgirl
756 Posts
Annie
Custer
S.D.
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2011 : 09:50:07 AM
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| I know you can crochet shopping bags out of any plastic shopping bags you get from stores, as well as crochet rugs. Also, a lot of grocery stores now have a container or spot where you can bring back your plastic bags and they are shipped off - probably to some faraway factory that will shred them up and make even more plastic shopping bags out of them! Also check out consignment/thrift stores - they will take them (clean of course)to use for their customers. I'd check out sites on-line for other crafty ideas too. Good luck. |
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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2011 : 12:44:40 PM
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| Thanks I really like the thrift store idea. I can tell myself I am going there to drop these off and in the process who knows what other "must haves" I will find! |
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2011 : 6:27:16 PM
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| Thank you.I will see if our library has it |
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DeborahLee
True Blue Farmgirl
85 Posts
Deborah
Starkville
Mississippi
USA
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Posted - May 16 2011 : 09:40:47 AM
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I've tried to reduce the number that I get by using reusable bags but it's not always easy to do that. I have found that my local public library likes to have some for their monthly books sales and my local salvation army also will accept the bags for use in their thrift store.
Professor, librarian, writer and farmgirl! |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jun 04 2011 : 11:51:56 AM
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I save them to give away to community clothing banks or swaps or clothes giveaways, bags make it easier for the needy to "shop" in the free stores. I believe so much in those kinds of charities that I wish I had a garage to host one in :( I don't even have a shed to store and sort donations.
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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Mariebelle
True Blue Farmgirl
54 Posts
Marie
Clarkston
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2011 : 1:34:00 PM
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I try not to get the store bags, i like those reusable ones, now that i've trained myself to remember to take them into the store with me! I do have two dogs and a cat, so i do get those store bags once in a while to use when i have to clean up the yard and litter box. But i don't get more of them than i need. I like the idea of taking them to thrift/antique stores, but then when you go to shop take your own re-usable bag so you don't go home with the same bags you just brought in! hahaha
Born in the wrong era...
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nancypo
True Blue Farmgirl
362 Posts
nancy
boise
idaho
USA
362 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2011 : 9:28:06 PM
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I still like to get paper ones once in a while. I sue them in the garden as a weed blocker....
Be the change... |
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tammyknit
True Blue Farmgirl
135 Posts
Tammy
Reedsburg
WI
USA
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Posted - Jun 24 2011 : 7:45:14 PM
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We use the fabric bags for grocery shopping, but sometimes forget them in other stores. My DH uses the plastic bags for small bathroom and bedroom trash cans and for cleaning up the lawn and for used cat litter. We also use paper bags for paper recycling. Sometimes we deliberately do not carry in bags to the grocery store, just to get paper bags when we run low.
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Bart
True Blue Farmgirl
115 Posts
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Posted - Jul 08 2011 : 08:55:09 AM
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I fuse them together with an iron (on a low setting), then paint, stamp or??? decorate. You can stitch and quilt them too! I then line them and make them into purses.
They're really attractive, washable and lightweight.
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soapsister
Farmgirl in Training
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Terry
Gandeeville
West Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2011 : 08:59:23 AM
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How do you do this?.. I have never heard of it before..quote:
Originally posted by Bart
I fuse them together with an iron (on a low setting), then paint, stamp or??? decorate. You can stitch and quilt them too! I then line them and make them into purses.
They're really attractive, washable and lightweight.
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