Posts Tagged ‘DIY’

Organization 2012

ShareOrganization 2012 My husband and I were talking about goals that we have for ourselves this year.  Our kids are young so just having a good time while they are little is important to us.    This means we need to be better about organization. Organization is constant with my 3 year old. Don’t forget I [...]

Our Christmas Tree 2011 – Making our own decorations

Share This year is my first year as a stay-at-home working Mom.  Since my daughter is a bit older and the twins are still infants I thought it would be best to make ornaments for the tree. We made stars, and snowflakes from paper.  Doodle had a great time cutting out different shapes and we [...]

Ways to Save on 1.5 volt Batteries – Hacking Video

Share Battery Hack on YouTube.  Have you seen this video? My hubby who loves to tinker with electronics sent me this as a frugal way to save money.  Hmmm…don’t think we need 1.5 volt batteries right now but if we do we might think about doing this. Click HERE – 12 volt Energizer Batteries = [...]

Getting things done

Share This weekend has been a busy weekend.  After buying lots of fabric on Friday and even Saturday!  Yes, I went back and bought more.  I went WAY over my budget, but I have fabric to last me years and years.  Just like everything else I try not to ever buy my fabric at retail [...]

Gardening 2010 – The Box, the Dirt, and the Seeds

Share Last Saturday we put together “The Dirt” for my Square Foot Garden.   See my first post HERE. My hubby created the box a couple weekends ago.  He decided to use pre-treated wood for this project.  There is some controversy of using it because of the chemicals that are used such as extra copper so [...]

Gardening 2010 – Our first Garden

Share Gardening 2010.  I can’t believe it.  I’m going to garden this year. This year my hubby and I have decided to try and grow a vegetable garden.   This is not only frugal but also healthy and educational too.   We live in the woods where the deer are plentiful, so that has caused us some [...]

DIYPlanner.com – Check it out! Get Organized for 2010!

Share Organization is a never ending battle.  No matter what life throws at you, you will be disorganized at one time or another.  There have been times I have been so organized it felt great, but life does happen and that planner gets left at home, or the monthly to-do list gets misplaced on the [...]

How to Defrost Chicken

Share I’m spending the day with my daughter today inside since it is snowing!  We’re trying to relax but that’s not easy when she wants to run around.   Right now she is napping and I’m taking a break! She wasn’t interested in playing when I was preparing the crockpot for the  Slow Cooker Chicken Parmesan,  [...]

Pep Boys – $5 off a $35 purchase!

Share Pep Boys currently has a new coupon $5 off $35 purchase!  Click HERE.  Expires 1/31/10.

How to make a Stocking?

Share I guess you can say I’ve always been frugal in some way or another.   I might not have used coupons as much as I do now and I didn’t always reach for the lowest out of pocket expense but I loved to make crafts with scrap fabrics.  Did I mention that I like to [...]