debut issue
How to Save at Starbucks • Hipster Scum Coolest & Freest iPhone Apps • Gaga on a Budget The Strange & Beautiful World of Thrift Shopping
On the Cover: Hipster Scum!
Entertainment: 04 Cheap The Art of the Claw
From the Website: Thriftshoppin.com Highlights 16
Thrift Shopping: The Strange & Beautiful
For the iPhone: Coolest & Freeest Apps
Planning: 20 Meal Not For Soccer Moms
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Your Paycheck: 10 Stretch Save Money at Starbucks
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Strategies: 16 3Saving 16 on Household Items
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Fame: 32 JoinThe Gaga on a Budget
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The Penny Saver Letter From The Editor Joshua Ballard Thriftshoppin.com Founder
Thank you for picking up or downloading your copy of The Penny Saver! We have worked on this publication for quite some time now and we are all so happy to bring this to you! The Penny Saver is a magazine, catalogue, and lookbook created by Thriftshoppin.com’s design team, editors, and contributors. We work hard to bring quality content to Thriftshoppin.com and have decided to take it a step further with this magazine. The publication will be released once a season. We are hoping to constantly deliver new and interest content with fun design and great tips. We really couldn’t have done this without all the support from our staff and community, so we thank
you all very much for being behind us and getting your hands on a copy! Thriftshoppin.com’s main focus has been to show people how to be fabulous on a budget. We built, launched, and promoted our website during a really tough time economically. Everything we have done for the website and this publication so far has been done on little to no money. Our articles come from life experience, because we all are on tight budgets and love finding ways to live a fabulous life on the means and income we have currently. This magazine, and Thriftshoppin.com are grass roots and we apprecite everyone’s support to the fullest. We hope you enjoy our debut issue of the publication we have been so excited to bring you!
Contributors
Joshua Ballard Editor-in-Chief & Lead Designer
Robert Greene Co-Editor & Designer
Tama-Lea Lorenzen Lifestyle Guru
Stefani Hitchcock Fashion Contributor
Ashley Watson Food Editor & Contributor
Daisy Tibbetts Contributor
hipster scum You don’t need Urban Outfitters or $300 to look like street trash.
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TSHIRT: $18 @ White Rabbit Iowa City NECKLACE: $3 @ Flea Market GLASSES: $5 @ Party City Photo Editorial by Joshua Ballard & Robert Greene. Model: Bryce Comstock