May 19, 2011 | Trash to Treasure
As part of my new blog design, I have added a “Submit Guest Post” feature at the top of my site. It offers readers the opportunity to submit an original DIY Project (as well as original recipes and frugal living posts.) Jennifer Davenport shared her Trash...
Apr 27, 2011 | Mother's Day
How special to honor the gift of legacy and generations in your life with this unique homemade Mother’s Day gift idea. Often, pictures say more than a thousand words, especially for the women who have “everything,” and these accordion style albums...
Mar 9, 2011 | Home Projects
As we gaze and gawk at the Pottery Barn catalogs each season, those first tendencies to compare, complain and covet can get us, can’t they? Well, I may be speaking for myself, but I can’t help mourn the fact that my home will never look like that. So...
Feb 19, 2011 | Trash to Treasure
Window’s cracked open, spray paint bottles dusted off, and storage bins pulled for a make-over…life is good. Spray paint sprayin’ definitely means springs a comin’. Forget the ground hog, this is a much surer sign. This $5 yard sale shelf...
Jan 26, 2011 | Home Decor
(Kim’s Drop Cloth Curtains) While I am away, my sweet friend Lynn is sharing one of her frugal successes – How to make drop cloth curtains. I remember when she first asked my advice about making them, and I told her to “go for it.” (Of course,...