Penny Experiment

With all that has been going on, I haven’t been able to spend a whole lot of time promoting the Penny For Your Thoughts books that I have asked people to launch. Despite this, people continue to trickle in wanting to participate and launch the books to the point where 25% of the 100 numbers [...]

I love it when I get emails telling me that someone has made a delivery to their local food bank as part of Penny Experiment. It is the culmination of all the hard work of everyone who has decided to participate in this project, and it should be satisfying to all to see food getting [...]

95 Wounds — Tricia Pinkert-Branner

Inspiration / About the Art: I wanted to add to a sutured heart painting that I had created a decade ago. The piece symbolizes the desire to find love despite heartache or loss and the determination to keep love alive.
Materials: Watercolor and oil pastels
Size: 5 inches x 7 inches
About the [...]

I ended up going on a second shopping run early this week to try and cash in on the Cereal King shopping trip I had done late last week. I had similar coupons and I went through the same motions of buying 4 packages of Fruit Roll Ups to get the coupon back. The new [...]

Mommies with Cents took a trip down to Target this week to grab some can of Campbell’s soup. She purchased 8 cans which came to $8.32 worth of food for $2.80 — a solid 69% savings off of the regular retail price.

The 8 cans of soup will be added to the master list of all [...]

Feeding Four made her second grocery shopping trip for Penny Experiment and picked up some soup and other items for her local food bank — $26.38 worth of food for $8.06 and a solid 69% savings.

The purchase included the following items which will be added to the master list of all the food purchased for [...]

Change is Coming — Janet Chui

Inspiration / About the Art: I love pennies for their colour, and my ideas for my piece (since I regard myself more an illustrator than artist) really wanted the penny to be integral to the story in the image. In the end I landed on the idea of two children [...]

One area that I really need to study up on is the drug store loyalty programs when it comes to getting great deals using coupons. For example CVS Pharmacy has a loyalty program where you can get “Extra Bucks” back on your purchase which you can use toward your next one.
Coo Coo 4 Coupons (Another [...]

I have the utmost respect for the couponers who have decided to participate in Penny Experiment because I still don’t know how they do it. I have been taking a crash course on “super couponing” since beginning this blog and all I seem to be able to buy at a good discount is cereal — [...]

En Masse — Matthew Logan

Materials: Oil on illustration board.
Size: 3 inches x 8 inches
About the Artist: Matthew Logan is a figurative painter working in and around Chicago, IL.
Price: This piece is not currently for sale: There are great reasons to purchase Penny Experiment art. If you would like to purchase En Masse #66 or other [...]