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How To Hem Jeans

August 30, 2010

I’ve mentioned before – I’m pretty short. 5 feet and 1 inch tall, to be exact. Whenever I buy pants of any kind I have to buy the “short” length, and even then they are sometimes too long. Last weekend I found a pair of jeans at Old Navy that fit me perfectly on top [...]

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Homemade Mothers Day Gift Ideas

April 27, 2010

Mother’s Day is coming. Need some ideas? With a little thought and planning you can give the moms in your life something meaningful without spending a small fortune.

Potted flowers
Purchase an inexpensive clay pot. Have the kids paint it or put hand prints on it. Put some potting soil in. Purchase a 6-pack of annuals and [...]

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Cloth Napkin Rings

April 12, 2010

I finally got tired of looking at my Fall/Winter cloth napkins this week. I pulled out my enormous stash of fabric and began looking for spring-looking scraps that were big enough for napkins. I found some and began cutting them out (Word for the wise – as soon as you set your rotary cutter down, [...]

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Easter, In Perspective

March 24, 2010

Holidays can be difficult when you are living frugal or you’re on a strict budget. Your spouse expects things, your kids expect things, and the commercial mentality of our culture feeds those expectations. Easter is coming up, and while it’s not nearly as expensive as Christmas, it still carries it’s own presumptions.
I try my best [...]

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Homemade Draft Guard

January 11, 2010

We all know the benefits of keeping the cold air out of your home during the heating season. It’s pretty much common sense that if you have cool drafts coming in then your furnace/wood stove/heat source is going to have to run more often.
My house is drafty and poorly-insulated.We have a programmable thermostat to make the [...]

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