DIY

12 Oct 2011

DIY Mirror Upgrades

Mirrors, much like light switch plates, are often overlooked as a place where one can get crafty and really add color and light to a room without having to drop a lot of coin. We briefly touched on mirrors back when we talked about stencils, but mirrors offer a slew

Amber Bouman - Crafty & Cashless 0
12 Oct 2011

Avoiding a Broke Birthday

Everyone seems to have at least one month where it’s birthdays galore! For me, that is this month- October. Aside from my own birthday (on the 8th! whoop whoop!), I currently know of at least twenty people with birthdays this month! Damn…(Maybe it was all that excitement between New Year’s

Paulette Greenhouse - The Penny Pincher 0
10 Oct 2011

A Broke-Ass Guide to London

As the London riots showed this summer, people can get pretty sick of being broke in one of the world’s most expensive cities (London’s 18th on the global list and more costly than anywhere in the US).

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
05 Oct 2011

Hardware Store DIY

Ever since I was little, I’ve had a love for hardware stores. I’m not sure exactly why but there’s something about all those hooks and nails and shelves all lined up and neatly sectioned, just waiting to fix your annoying household problems. Maybe it appeals to my sense of order,

Amber Bouman - Crafty & Cashless 0
29 Sep 2011

DIY Pringles Can Crafts

One of my many weaknesses – in addition to boots, 80’s movies, tattoo’d dads and books – are potato chips. I am defenseless against a salty, crispy snack and out of all the potato chips across the lands, Pringles Original has maintained a top three position for an impressive number

Amber Bouman - Crafty & Cashless 0
25 Sep 2011

DIY Cold Remedies

Sore throat, congestion, a cough that sounds dangerously whooping, and more phlegm than you can shake a stick at comprise my current state of existence. I’ve basically been dying since Monday, but I’m using all my energy to emerge from a mountain of used tissues and Halls wrappers and help those

Sarah M. Smart - Red-Light Special 0
20 Sep 2011

Broke-Ass Diets: How Low will You Go?

Desperate times call for drastic measures. I was at a BBQ party the other day, and I started talking to some girl about how she used to kidney beans and ketchup for dinner and then eat white rice and mix it with different flavored jam for desert. Then we sort

Heidi Smith - The Ultimate Scavenger 0