Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without!

[esantoro]

extra straws from fast-food restaurants work well as stir sticks for edge finishes..... oops... I think that goes under another thread for "Things to steal."

[sdkid]

Well, I'll add my .02.

Check the farm and ranch store for scalpels and blades. I have a better chance of finding the farm store than a craft store in my area.

Snag a free keyring anywhere you can. I can't see buying a bag of rings for my projects.

I wanted a tracing box. What I found was a kids version at walmart. It was spideman or something. about $20. I saw them again at kmart the other day with Hannah Montana.

And again, 2nd hand, thrift, slavation army type stores. You never know what you will find.

[Elegant]

extra straws from fast-food restaurants work well as stir sticks for edge finishes..... oops... I think that goes under another thread for "Things to steal."

That is horrible. I cannot believe this..almost like using the plastic condiment cups for mixing paints...er....umm..or so I hear.

[Ian]

Don't know if this fits the topic, but I have an annual new years ritual of buying all new socks and underwear. The old ones become shop rags. Socks are great for applying finish and conditioner. It's a little embarrassing having dirty, dye stained underwear lying around the shop, but.....

This may seem a little wasteful since some of the socks and underwear still have some use in them, however the joy of having a drawer full of new matching white socks and underwear is unmatched. And, since my party days ended many, many years ago, my new whites cost less than one night of new years eve partying.

New socks are a beautiful thing!

[Timd]

Wow, Ian. And I thought MY life had become tame! LOL

[Ian]

Wow, Ian. And I thought MY life had become tame! LOL

It's called age, brother. When slipping on a pair of brand new socks becomes better than.....well, you know what....is there much left?

[Denise]

We use old "glue socks". (We skip using old underwear.) Old cotton socks are the best things for wiping up the glue we use. Rags from shirts, etc. just don't do the job near the same. And there are always holey socks around.

[Crystal]

It's called age, brother. When slipping on a pair of brand new socks becomes better than.....well, you know what....is there much left?

Ian - I totally get that! Nothing better than new socks. Some people want to win the lottery and buy big houses and jewelry - I'd never wear the same pair of socks twice.

Crystal

[twinklestarchild]

It's called age, brother. When slipping on a pair of brand new socks becomes better than.....well, you know what....is there much left?

Age maybe for you, but I'm 26 and I still think that there are few things that rival the joy and comfort of a pair of "freshies".

Just my copper.

[MADMAX22]

Well while we were on the topic of clothes used in leather craft, I dont know if it has been mentioned but I use the old levis (any denim really) pants that have finally bit the big one. Personally I use them to burnish edges with. They work really well generally when your doing it by hand, kind of like the guys that use canvas.

Another thing I have done is wrapped them around the little rubber adaptors on your dremel tool (the ones that hold the sand paper rounds) and drop a dap of glue on the end after Ive wrapped it several times, put a stitch on each side (gotta make them slightly larger) and dont forget to wind them in the proper direction. This works for me for doing the power slicking on the edges. Atleast until I get moved into the house with a garage and stuff.