Snowflake Your Way to Savingsby Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 03 Jan 2008 01:29 PM Using the snowflake method, you can save enough money for vacations, private school for the kids, groceries, holiday gifts, or your emergency fund. You can snowflake to build up your stockpile or be a stay at home parent. You can even snowflake to buy an iPod. Many people use the snowflake method, whether they work outside of the home or not. it is easy to do, and you can earn as much or as little as your time allows. What is the snowflake method? You basically find ways of making small amounts of money (the snowflakes) in short bursts of time that eventually wind up collecting into a blizzard! What are some of the common ways that people snowflake? There are many, but here are the most popular. You can snowflake by doing online surveys for a little bit of extra cash. There are some legitimate ones and some not so legitimate ones. Ask around in the forums or send me a private message if you want to know more. You can snowflake by participating in test panels from reputable companies, such as Pine Cone. These companies pay you to try out new products and answer questions about them. McCormick and other manufactures also sponsor their own test panels. if you have free time during the day or evening, you can participate in on-site test panels. These can pay well: $75 - $200 for an hour or two of trying out soft drinks, diapers and more. Snowflake your way to extra cash by selling items around your home. Ebay and Craigslist are popular methods. Also consider selling books on Amazon.com or Half.com. Snowflake by working only three or four hours a week. Book stores, coffee shops and other retail outlets often need people who are willing to fill in gaps in their coverage, especially on weekends. What other methods can you think about that would help you snowflake your way to success? Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here. Related Articles: What Did You Do Today that Was Frugal? Keeping Your Children from Feeling Deprived Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantfrugal tags User Comments  QueenAngie Central Illinois, USA (60106) 03 Jan 2008 06:06 PMGreat suggestions! Thank you for sharing! mrshelm (10) 04 Jan 2008 09:23 AMMy grama used to call this "egg money". (Basically, anything you can do without actually having a full time job, that brings in a small enough amount that your family doesn't notice and ask for it.) Babysitting. Having a yard sale or craft/quilt sale. Sewing/mending, doing laundry or cleaning, or cooking for others. These all sound old fashioned, but ask any mother who works full time if she wouldn't LOVE to have someone do her laundry, dishes, or cooking for her sometimes, and be willling to pay $5/10 for it. Or, if she needs someone to watch the kids a couple hours after school, or on school holidays sometimes. And, since you're going to be there anyways, you might as well do hers and get paid for it. Plus, most of these things can be done on your time with your kids around. For someone with handyman skills, let all your friends and family know that you're available to help with minor home/car repairs for a small fee. Sometimes people just need an extra hand moving a piece of furniture, painting a room, or changing their oil. Community Tags frugal, make money, one income, snowflake, thrifty Discuss this article
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