I had never thought of creating a baby shadow box until I recently went through my toddler’s room in preparation for the upcoming consignment sale. As I was working on this project I came across a box containing all my child’s baby keepsake items. It’s a cute box, but it just gets stored and all those memories…
I have found a really simple way to make artwork for your house, dorm room, nursery or office. It started with a stroll down the scrapbook isle at my local craft store. I really loved so many of the prints I found. There have also been many times I’ve been in the fabric department and…
Do you have summer vegetables piling up in your kitchen? Maybe your neighbors, co-workers, family or your own garden have produced a ridiculous amount of squash, grape tomatoes or zucchini and you’ve had about all the squash casserole you can take? This recipe will use them up and takes very little time to make. There is no…
I think that since the economy took a nose dive a few years back people who never thought they would set foot in a second hand store are moseying their way down the thrift store isles. My family members are all thrift store fans. My mother in law calls Goodwill the “G.W. Boutique”. At the end of the day, babies/kids…
So if you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m pretty cheap. But the problem is, I do like nice things. For example, I like to have Vera Bradley bags. But I’ll never pay full price for one. I’m gonna have a coupon code! Other “nice” things I like are items from Bath and Body Works….
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I’m sure you get lots of advertisements in the mail from all the utility companies in your area. Where I live there are 3 internet providers, 5 garbage companies & 3 natural gas suppliers. Every time I get an ad for utility prices from my company or competing companies I save it in a little…
A few years ago a good friend of mine sent me some info about digital scrapbooking. I had tried to replicate this using some publishing software that my husband had that was not user friendly. Now that I have a little better software I use two methods of digital scrapbooking. One is using my own…
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Feel free to view our disclosure policy here. Cleaning is about like going to the dentist. Some small percentage of people love it while most really hate it. With that being said, I am in the group that believes that you can’t live with it but you certainly can’t…
If you’re looking for an easy DIY inexpensive firepit tutorial, then you’ve come to the right place. Summer and fall are the best times to be outside, enjoying nature. One aspect we love most about summer and fall are bonfires. However, it’s hard to achieve that true bonfire feel in anything but a firepit. Chimenea’s…
So your husband is going away on a business trip. It’s bittersweet right? He will be gone leaving you with the kids but at the same time you are silently sighing in relief for one less person to take care of for a day or two. You know that you don’t have to cook because…
Are you about ready to throw in the towel on your dishwasher? Well, check out this simple tip for how to get your dishwasher cleaning again. Before you go shopping for a replacement try this out. I have never lived in a home or apartment with a new dishwasher. I have always been aggravated by how unclean…
“Oh No! My mom’s gonna kill me!” These are the words I hear every single summer. Because every summer I volunteer for a sports kids camp at my church. Every year my heart goes out to those 2 or 3 kids that lose, damage or break their eye glasses. Why? Because those kids know that…
Are you one of those people who decided to spend a little less for an older home because you saw lots of promise and charm beneath the 80’s or 90’s decorating nightmare shell? This was us and we decided to renovate without remodeling! We found ourselves a short sale in 2009 and even though…
Chore reward charts aren’t just limited to kids. Check out how we developed our own chore charts for husbands & wives or chore charts for adults and get your free printable. Why We Set Up Adult Chore Charts: You go to work, you work hard, and you come home and instead of relaxing, you have…
You’ve probably heard of Pinterest. You may even use it all the time. Time to harness the power. In this post I want to break down how to Menu plan with Pinterest! For whatever reason social networks always seem to create this new foreign language or change the meaning of the language I already know. For example,…
You want to know one of my main secrets to paying off our $93,000 mortgage debt in under 2 years? This is it. The Cash Envelope System. This quick start cash envelope system kept my overspending rear in line for two straight years when nothing else had worked in the past. Every month, I took…
Everybody goes through a season where they just want to clear the clutter in their lives. After you ditch all the stuff, you need to know what to do to get rid of the stuff AND hopefully make money off clutter. Check my ideas for how to sell used clothes near me gain more space…
I love selling children’s clothing at consignment sales because they generate between $200-$600 in income each season for about the same amount of work as having a garage sale. You can actually make a decent income on the side from consignment sales, get rid of some stuff, and/or have enough money to get your kids…