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Reusing and repurposing - frugal ideas and tips on how to reuse and repurpose virtually everything!

Elisheba · 2025-05-19 11:51:35

Hello all, I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread on tips and tricks people have found to reuse and repurpose all the things in our lives that have come to the end of their first life, and would otherwise be chucked in recycling/bin. From an environmental perspective recycling should be our last port of call.…

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Elisheba Posts: 1,770 Forumite

19 June at 3:45PM

kimwp said:

kimwp said:

I saw a YouTube short where someone made a cosmetics bag out of ribbons they had collected and my purse is getting very threadbare, I can't decide whether to patch it or try to make a new one with the ribbons I have.

I'm not going to win any prizes, but it's got fewer holes...

I think that looks fantastic! Well-done 😁

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