Several years ago I learned that making your own soft scrub was a super easy thing to do. Basically you just mix baking soda and dish soap, although if I’m feeling fancier I love to make my homemade lemon soft scrub too. I’ve grown accustomed to always keeping a batch of my money-saving homemade soft …
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3 Ways to Jazz Up Plain Rice
Rice is a staple in most households that are trying to save a buck or two. You can usually buy a good size bag for a little over a dollar. But then what? Do we just have to face that pile of plain rice with our meals if we want to save money? Thankfully I’ve …
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Make Your Own Pudding Mix
One of the things I love about homemade mixes is their versatility. Once you have the basic formula, you can keep streamlining, tweaking, or adapting as you find what you find works the best for you. The homemade pudding mix recipe that I’m sharing today is a good example of this too. It can be …
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Homemade Taco Seasoning Blend
Maybe you’ve heard it said before that the one thing you can count on in life is change. The older I get the more I find that to be so very true. Things just don’t stay the same . . . and that can even be true for making your own taco seasoning! My original …
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DIY Cloth Napkins from Upcycled Fabric
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 you don’t need anymore and turn …
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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 use so it all came together …
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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 already had in my stash. And …
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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 written about this recipe and even …
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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. And when one of those …
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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 for a single batch to make …
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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, long time. But a few …
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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 them for gifts and have them …
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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. The money-saving solution? Make your own! …
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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 months anyway so hey . . …
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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, glued and finished. But did …
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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 great way to be able to …
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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 versions of the original. Today’s recipe …
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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 if I can just grab everything …
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