Note from Bev: This is a guest post from Helen at HelloSewing.com She’s sharing her tutorial for 10-minute cloth napkins from upcycled fabric which is a frugal and simple way you can make your own napkins and reduce waste too. Enjoy! Isn’t it great when you can repurpose something youRead More
6 Easy Homemade Cleaning Sprays
In a previous post I shared how I made a set of color coded glass spray bottles for my homemade cleaning sprays. The spray bottles I bought came in a set of six and guess what? I basically have six favorite types of DIY natural cleaning sprays that I useRead More
DIY Color Coded Glass Spray Bottles
Most of the time I’m happy to be resourceful and get by with whatever I have around to use instead of buying something new. This had definitely been the case with the spray bottles for all my homemade cleaners. I was always just grabbing whatever cheap spray bottle I alreadyRead More
Updated Raisin Quick Bread
Quick breads may be a rather old fashioned treat, but it’s a treat I still very much enjoy and make all the time. One of my favorite recipes was my grandmother’s – the classic raisin brown bread that every good homemaker made back in the day. Once before I’ve writtenRead More
Anti-Static Fabric Softener Dryer Spray
When it comes to homemade recipes, I love to find simple ones that are just a matter of mixing a couple of things together. In fact every summer I celebrate some of these recipes with my annual DIY For Dummies List of things you can make with just 2 ingredients.Read More
Homemade Birdseed Cakes #3
Every year I like to make some homemade birdseed cakes for my feathered friends during the coldest months of the winter. When I was getting ready to make some again this year, I noticed I had a recipe for a batch that made six homemade birdseed cakes, and recipes forRead More
My Favorite Morning Oatmeal Recipe
I’ll begin by saying I never thought I would use the words “favorite” and “oatmeal” together in a sentence. For years I couldn’t stand the stuff. To me oatmeal was a bland, mooshy, gooshy mess that I could barely get down and so I avoided oatmeal for a long, long,Read More
DIY Photo Coasters
Ever since I first started making my own mod podge several years ago, one of my favorite ways to use it has been to make homemade ceramic tile coasters. Seriously, I look for excuses to make more DIY coasters. I have them for different seasons and holidays and make themRead More
DIY Christmas Plates
Christmas dishes can be such a pretty way to dress up a table around the holidays. But if you’re a frugal, practical sort of person, you may find yourself not wanting to spend a lot of money to buy dishes that are only used once or twice a year. TheRead More
How To Make A String Christmas Tree
I’ve always thought that Christmas is a season that can bring out our inner craftiness. Even if you’re not willing to be crafty at other times of the year, you might just give it a go for the holidays. And there’s not much else to do during the cold monthsRead More
Make Your Own Mod Podge for Decoupage Crafts
If you’ve done any amount of crafting, you’ve probably heard of Mod Podge, a product that’s been around since the 1960’s and calls itself an all-in-one glue, sealer, and finish. It’s most often used for decoupage crafts which is the art of decorating surfaces with paper cutouts that are sealed,Read More
More $5 to $10 Gift Exchange Ideas
Last year I put together a list of $5 to $10 gift exchange ideas that uses one of my favorite strategies – combining a simple homemade item with a complimentary store bought item. This is a strategy that’s worked so well for me over the years and it’s a greatRead More
Dark Chocolate Bark Recipe
Some of the recipes that I enjoy most are those that are more of a “method” or a “formula” than a recipe. Rather than having to very closely follow instructions and a list of ingredients, they are more of a process that can be easily used to create new versionsRead More
Homemade Cinnamon Spice Body Scrub
Making homemade things makes me happy. No secret there! And one of the things that always adds to my happiness is if all the ingredients are easy to find. Sure, I know that I can probably search out what I need on the internet if I have to, but ifRead More
Homemade Chocolates {No Sugar}
One of my little indulgences in life is chocolate. I don’t have much of a sweet tooth and can bypass lots of desserts without too much effort but when it comes to chocolate? Well, chocolate will almost always get a yes from me! And so it was that I foundRead More
How to Make A Crumb Coating for Fish
For many years I was intimidated by cooking fish. My idea of having fish for dinner was to pick up a package of frozen fish sticks. Thankfully I progressed a little bit beyond that option and we now have several homemade recipes for baked fish at our house that weRead More
Homemade Bubble Bath Salts
I’ve gotten in the habit of keeping epsom salt around the house because I use it in my favorite homemade laundry soap recipe. But I was reminded again the other day as I was looking at some of the info on my bag of epsom salts, that it can beRead More
Round Knit Scrubby Pattern
If you’re a knitter, you might be a little envious of crocheters who can whip up those nylon net scrubbies. Around and around they go with their crochet hooks and in no time they have a sweet little round scrubby. But what if you like to knit? Are we knittersRead More
Summer Corn Chowder {Copycat Panera}
Once in a while when I’m out and about I treat myself to lunch at Panera Bread, and one of my favorite things to order is their Summer Corn Chowder. But as the name implies, it’s an item they have on their summer menu and you can’t always get itRead More
Recycle Old Newspapers To Make Your Own Bags
One of the little things that always makes me happy is when I can use what I already have to make what I need. That kind of thinking has always fit with my frugal nature, but it’s also become a bonus for me to know I’m not creating more wasteRead More
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