Friday's Frugal Find

This week's Friday's Frugal Find comes in the department of make-up! Ever have stubborn make-up that refuses to come off your eyes no matter what you use? Stop buying those fancy eye make up removers and instead buy a jar of Vaseline or Petroleum Jelly.

I read in a magazine this week that using a Q-tip and Vaseline to remove eye make up works wonders. I was a bit skeptical at first. I was especially afraid it would make my eyes feel greasy. I tried it and it worked really well! It took the make up right off, better than the eye make up remover, and didn't leave my eyes feeling greasy. Then I just used the excess on my finger to soften my lips!

Not only is this effective, it's economical! One jar of Vaseline will last you quite a while and is much cheaper than eye make up remover!

Did you have any frugal finds this week? Let us know in the comment section! To check out more frugal finds, visit Life As Mom's Frugal Friday roundup.

Fridays Fugal Find!

This week's Frugal Find is an update on last week's Frugal Find. The $60 bookcase is done! It came out beautiful! It's exactly what we wanted, fits the spot perfectly and really enhances our space.

Without further ado, the $60 bookcase!

Pretty good for being made out of an old bookcase and scrap wood found in the garage! Good job hubby!

Fridays Frugal Find- recreating what you already have!

This week's Friday's Frugal Find is compliments of my husband! We bought a house last year and have been working long hard hours at remodeling the inside. One wall is rather large and in need of a large piece of furniture. We decided we would like to make that section of the house into a sitting area with a bookcase. After searching online for a large bookcase, we decided it would be much more economical (aka frugal) for my husband to build one himself.

Not only does building anything yourself take time, but it costs money as well. After searching through our garage, my husband came up with enough scrap wood to make a beautiful bookcase that would fit our spot perfectly and be designed exactly as we would want it! So, something that would have cost us over $300 to buy brand new, cost us less than $60 to build ourselves. All we needed to buy was one sheet of wainscoting, some primer, two knobs for the doors on the base of the bookcase, three magnets for the doors, angle braces, and one 1X6X10in board.

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What about you? Have you been able to recreate anything from items you have laying around the house? Please share in the comments section!