Most people understand what creativity is, and have a good idea what it means to be frugal.
But the idea of putting the two together is a little hard to grasp. Because creative frugality is one of those things that is easier to show than to tell, here is a quick list of dead giveaways for identifying creative frugality in action. It's making something out of little bits of nothing that the average person would have overlooked or just thrown away. It's stubbornly refusing to pay full price because you know that if you hold out, the store will have a sale soon. It's using your talents, skills and abilities to produce a gift that's priceless because it cannot be purchased in any store.