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Giveaway: Cash Envelope Wallet PDF tutorial from Wiener Dog Tricks

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To celebrate the release of the PDF tutorial for her Cash Envelope Wallet, Ginger from Wiener Dog Tricks is giving away the tutorial to one lucky Craft Gossip reader.  Will it be you? 

Her PDF tutorial steps you through the process of making a Cash Envelope Wallet – a wallet with many pockets, each designated for a different budgeting area.  Many people find that moving from debit and credit cards to a cash-only system keeps their spending in check and the budgets balanced. Bright fabrics and labeled pockets are SO much prettier than a stack of paper envelopes!  And her easy-to-understand tutorial makes this an easy, fun project. 

To enter the giveaway, leave a comment on this post.  Deadline for entry is midnight CST on Tuesday, February 23.

Love this wallet and don’t want to wait a week to see if you won the giveaway?  You can purchase the tutorial for only $6.00.

Comments

  3. I love it! I saw the pattern before, but unfortunately I’ve moved lately and my sewing machine doesn’t work since the big move. And I need a new wallet – this could be a perfect coincidence 🙂

  4. love the fabric wallet idea.
    my family and I have been using the envelope method for years now. I even have my 20, 16 and 14 year old DD started on thier own system.
    deana

  8. This is great! I have been on the envelope system for about 3 years now and this would make life so much more easier. Love it!

  11. I love the wallet idea, I have played around with various ways of keeping the money separate but this is by far the best I’ve seen!

  12. I love it, that is so adorable. I often make little wallets and put money in them as gifts for my kids’ friends at birthday parties. This one looks like it would be easy to make and super cute for boys and girls!

  19. I love the wallet & my cash envelope wallet just fell apart. Not talented enough to sew anything useful on my own though. 😛

  26. Just googled this and found you… oh, please let it be me! We are about halfway through the FPU class and loving it! I need a better (prettier) way to work my cash envelopes.

  29. I would love this tutorial. I am always looking for new things to make out of blue jean scraps.

    I need to follow this system as my income just dropped nect month by about 300 dollars. I have to look for some creative ways to generate some extra cash.

    Laurie

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