Monthly Archives: February 2010

A Girl’s Best Friend #62 Penny Postcard Art

A Girl’s Best Friend — Kelley Wise Inspiration / About the Art: When I first came across Penny Experiment, I immediately wanted to do artwork featuring Marilyn Monroe. I’m not fully sure why, except that it possibly had to do … Continue reading

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Teaching Food Banks to Become Super Couponers

On Thursday, we packed up the car: and made our second food bank trip to Open Heart Kitchen: Where we delivered the food Open Heart Kitchen’s food storage area: While there I met with one of the volunteer coordinating directors … Continue reading

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My $146.67 Worth of Food for $16.48 Trip

I made a grocery shopping run late last week ans was able to get $146.67 worth of food for $16.48 which is a savings of 89% and that includes a stupid mistake I made that added on a few more … Continue reading

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Feeding Four Saves 67% On Latest Purchases

Keli at Feeding Four made her latest buying trip for Penny Experiment to Giant foods and came away with $17.37 worth of food for $5.70, a 67% savings. The purchase included 3 boxes of Ritz crackers and 3 Jennie O … Continue reading

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Seeds Of Change #47 Penny Postcard Art

Seeds Of Change — Brandi Crye Inspiration / About the Art: I wanted to add elements of jewlery making to the postcard, that’s where the wire and beads came from. The idea was for it to have a kinda sewn … Continue reading

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La Vida Cheapo: New Penny Experiment Couponer

It’s always exciting for me to welcome a new couponer who has decided to participate in Penny Experiment because that means another person getting great deals for their local food bank. Leah who writes La Vida Cheapo is the latest … Continue reading

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Unleash Change #19 Penny Postcard Art

Unleash Change — Underground Concepts Inspiration / About the Art: The inspiration for this piece is that we humans and mimes alike need to unleash preconceived notions to change the world. The red balloons signify all the mental blocks and … Continue reading

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MoneyMate Kate First Purchase Is $45.90 For $0.00

It’s great to welcome another couponer that has decided to participate in Penny Experiment. Kate who writes the personal finance blog MoneyMate Kate (be sure to check out her informative post Supermarket Couponing for Non Couponers) took full advantage of … Continue reading

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Who’s Helping Who? #69 Penny Postcard Art

Who’s Helping Who? — Jorge Dupont Inspiration / About the Art: Sometimes when you help someone or something, you in turn end up helping your own soul. Hands are special to me as they say a lot without talking. Significance … Continue reading

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Feeding Four Saves 68% On Latest Food Bank Purchases

Keli at the Feeding Four blog made another food purchasing trip for Penny Experiment — this time to Target. She was able to pick up $15.32 worth of food for $4.93 for a savings of 68%. This is what she … Continue reading

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