Visitors to the Alternative Village Fete at the Festival of Thrift weekend, Darlington 2013 , contributed their own personal Thrifty tips, transforming them into hand printed letter press texts. Inspired by printed quotes from ‘Enquire Within upon Everything’, of 1889, and ’Model Cookery and Housekeeping Book’, of the same year with their money saving tips, visitors contributed their austerity coping tips. A selection of Thrifty ideas printed by hand during the weekend event have been bound into a series of traditional Japanese style book.