Frugal Friday

Welcome back to Frugal Friday! This is a weekly forum post to encourage people to share tips on saving money, especially but not only by doing stuff yourself. A new post will be going up every Friday, and will remain active until the next one goes up. Contributions will be moderated, of course, and I have some simple rules to offer, which may change further as we proceed.

Rule #1:  this is a place for polite, friendly conversations about how to save money in difficult times. It's not a place to post news, views, rants, or emotional outbursts about the reasons why the times are difficult and saving money is necessary. Nor is it a place to use a money saving tip to smuggle in news, views, etc.  I have a delete button and I'm not afraid to use it.

Rule #2:  this is not a place for you to sell goods or services, period. Here again, I have a delete button and I'm not afraid to use it.

Rule #3:  please give your tip a heading that explains briefly what it's about.  Homemade Chicken Soup, Garden Containers, Cheap Attic Insulation, and Vinegar Cleans Windows are good examples of headings. That way people can find the things that are relevant for them. If you don't put a heading on your tip it will be deleted.

Rule #4: don't post anything that would amount to advocating criminal activity. Any such suggestions will not be put through.

With that said, have at it!

A Slightly Odd Request

I am in need of a rather specialized object, and figured my readers are strange enough that they might be able to help.

What I need is a wooden statue of any one of a small number of Celtic deities revered in the Druid Revival tradition:  either Hu Gadarn, Ceridwen, Hesus, Sul, or Elen. It needn't be especially fancy -- something as simple as the statue of Njord on the left would be fine. What makes this a challenging request is that it needs to be hollow: that is, there needs to be a cavity in the middle of it into which certain items can be placed.

I am entirely willing to commission such a piece and can provide ample details of the iconography I have in mind. The details noted above, however, are inflexible: the image has to be made of wood (and not any other substance), it has to be hollow, and it has to represent one of the deities named above.

If anyone can help I would be most grateful.