Thanks for the great ideas! These are 4" wide blind scraps-am not considering slicing them. Have all the individual labels I'll ever need. By the way, mini-blinds made before a certain date had some toxic chemicals and Goodwill does not accept them. Newer blinds are ok near food crops. Am still planning a lath bed cover and also plan to let the grandchildren have a family art fair using the blinds as the canvas this summer. For fruit trees, shrubs, other woody plants, I sometimes use the aluminum that comes with commercial baked goods. Fold the outer edgres inward, double and attach to tree/plant with plastic covered wire or copper wire. Electical scraps from #s10, 12, or 14, last forever for tag holders. Easy to write on these with a wooden skewer or 'dead' ball pen. cella jane ky/6

I used 10mil construction plastic that was not UV treated on my 14' X 10' hoop house. It lasted 3 years. This year i am putting on 6 mil plastic and it will probably last jsut this one year. I can't afford the REAL stuff either so I use what I can get. Both of these rolls were given to me so i can't complain! Good luck!

We don't have Target yet and I'd like to get the closet done somewhat (so I can organize myself from the get go). Wally world and Fredmeyer both have the semi clear plastic bins for cheap, but they're not terribly tidy looking when all stacked up, and you really can't clearly see what is inside. I also have bins of cloths RM LOL DS had a gorgeous wardrobe because he never grew. I was a big ebay shopper and it's fll of Polo, Hilfiger, blah blah and his sailor suit collection almost riveled his sweater vest collection. I still hold on, hoping to have that baby to use them on. How's that going? I find out tomorrow if I'm pregnant (we're doing Clomid and a little assortment of timing and drugs). The pee test says no, but I'm told it's rather early for those so we do a blood test tomorrow. We'll see :) I'm sorry it's not happening yet for you...You're in my thoughts there!!! Now, off to sidelines LOL Oh an I do understand shipping because it's a fact of life her in Alaska, but almot 900 for twenty boxes is REDICULOUS! It's not that expensive to ship here.

I think you certainly can. You would just want the treatments to coordinate. Your kitchen sounds lovely. You may want to consider other options besides verticals for your slider. Many people do verticals, but lots of people do not like them and take them down. I had verticals at one time. They were plastic, and I did not like them. A couple of them broke. I hung a rod and bought themal drapes on sale through JC Penneys hung with clip rings, and I have been much happier.