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Easy Fabric-Covered Photo Album
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsThese thoughtful, inexpensive keepsakes are easy to make and personalize for any friend or family member. Full Article
Fall Leaf Collage
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsFall is a great time for kids to do fall crafts. Leaf collages
are easy to make and can provide hours of fall fun. Kids enjoy
looking for the leaves as well as using the leaves to create
their creative collages. Full Article
Easy Pumpkin Centerpiece
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsNeed an easy, inexpensive centerpiece for your autumn table? All
you need is a pumpkin and a handful of fall flowers. You can
complete this project in less than an hour! Full Article
Recycling Christmas Cards
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsNo one wants to throw away Christmas cards after Christmas. It
seems like such a waste! I have a few creative ideas for
recycling Christmas cards from visitors to my web site, as well
as a few crafty ideas of my own: Full Article
Kids Craft: Fall Leaf Placemats
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsMaking placemats from fall leaves is a fun activity for kids of
all ages. Even toddlers will have fun collecting leaves and
creating their own placemat. For this craft you will need: Full Article
Dyeing Pasta for Craft Projects
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsKids love to play with pasta! Who knew something so simple and
inexpensive could be so interesting to young children. Full Article
Slashing Grocery Bills
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsEven the thought of spending a lot of time tracking grocery prices from store to store gives me a headache. I know a lot of people who keep detailed notes of every grocery item they regularly purchase and routinely note the price fluctuations at the grocery stores they frequent. Full Article
Cutting Food Costs: Saving Time vs. Money
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsWhen I first started consciously cutting back on my household expenses, reducing my grocery bill was one of my highest priorities. After I got married and started juggling my career, my marriage, and the responsibilities of being a parent, however, I had to rethink some of my ways of doing things. Full Article
Re-Using Old Picture Frames
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsIt’s fun taking something apart and putting it back together again in a new creative way. I work in an office where we had a lot of old promotional type posters that were very expensively matted and framed. Now that we’re moving to a new office we wanted something new, but didn’t want to spend a lot of money decorating. We decided to disassemble the old frames and re-use the mats to frame new prints. Full Article
Liquidation Bargains
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsBargains are all around you. You just have to know where to look for them. It’s easy to get stuck in a rut, going to the same stores all the time, not taking the time to seek out new opportunities to save money. Full Article
Second-Hand Clothes, First-Class Style
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsConsignment shopping can be fun as well as rewarding. I was first introduced to consignment shopping when I was pregnant with my daughter, about 12 years ago. The trend of buying second-hand items was just beginning. I started shopping at a store that consigns women’s and children’s clothes, toys, and baby furniture. At first I just bought some baby clothes there and marveled at how inexpensive they were (1/3 or less of retail prices). As my daughter got older I didn’t have any little girls to give her clothes to, so I started consigning her clothes. The consignment store decided how much the clothes should sell for, and after the clothes had sold, they gave me 30 to 50% of the purchase price. For just a few items that might only add up to a couple of dollars, but if you make a practice of taking in all of your children’s outgrown clothes, it can add up quickly. Where I shop, they will either give you the cash when the item sells, or they will hold your money “on account” so that when you buy something there in the future, your purchase is subtracted from your account. Full Article
Easy Cereal Snack Bars for Kids
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsIt’s hard to find easy after school snacks for kids. These
cereal bar recipes are easy to make and made from your children’s
favorite breakfast cereals. Full Article
Quick, Easy Dinners that Even Toddlers Will Eat
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 1 CommentIt’s hard enough trying to figure out what to make for dinner
every night let alone trying to please picky toddlers. Make that
two picky toddlers! We have one that is a really good eater and
one that changes his mind about what he likes almost every day,
sometimes every meal. Through a little trial and error, however,
I have found several dinners that both toddlers and daddy will
eat without any complaints. Don’t be afraid to give your
toddlers new things to try…who knew my boys would love canned
salmon! Salmon patties are now one of their favorite meals. Full Article
Mother’s Day Gift Basket Ideas
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsMother’s Day baskets are a great way to show off your creative talents while also showing your mom, mother-in-law, grandma, or another special mom how much you care. Full Article
Four Homemade Mother’s Day Cards to Make
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsThere is nothing as special or personal as a homemade Mother’s
Day card. Surprise your friends and family with your handmade
creations. Here are some ideas to get you started. Full Article
Surviving Family Financial Hardship: My Story
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsMy daughter is 18 years old this year, older than I was when she
was born. For years we lived on a very low income and barely
made ends meet. Full Article
No-Excuses Exercise for Stay-at-Home Moms
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsWhen I was younger (late teens, early twenties), I was good about
incorporating exercise into my daily routine. I’ve never been an
athlete by any stretch of the imagination, but I led a fairly
active life. Full Article
Ground Turkey Recipes
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsOur family has recently made the switch from ground beef to ground turkey. With ground beef more than $2 a pound, we had basically quit eating hamburger for quite some time. On a recent trip to the grocery store I noticed that ground turkey was HALF the price of ground beef, about $1 a pound. I decided to give it a try, and our family loved the ground turkey. Honestly, you can’t even tell the difference in taste, and it is very low fat. There is almost no fat to remove from your pan. Here are some recipes our family adapted to our tastes: Full Article
Easy Spaghetti Recipes
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsSpaghetti has always been a favorite family meal. My teenage daughter will eat leftover spaghetti for breakfast, lunch, and as a mid-afternoon snack. Not everyone loves spaghetti so much that they will go to that extreme, however, and the same meals can getting boring after awhile. Here are some ways to jazz up this old favorite: Full Article
Easy Holiday Quick Breads
Written on September 20th, 2008 | 0 CommentsQuick breads are a quick, easy accompaniment to any holiday meal. Full Article
