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Here’s a great way to recycle those single use canning lids after you’ve popped them off your jars of beautiful homemade jelly or tasty home canned beans.  Don’t have canning jar lids?  That’s ok–ask your friends who can (they WILL have some), pick up an new unused box of canning lids at Walmart for under… Keep Reading

Happy Crafterday! Now that Christmas is over, it’s time to think about Thank You cards. Sure you could pop out to the store and buy some, but where is the fun in that?  Today I am featuring three fun DIY YouTube videos for Thank You cards. The first one is from HGTV Handmade and shows… Keep Reading

Welcome to “Crafter-Day”! I’ve decided each week on Saturday (now known as Crafterday) that I’ll post a YouTube video sharing a craft or DIY tutorial. This week I chose a simple 3D popup card that’s simple enough for kids to make.  Although it’s show made out of cardstock, I’m sure you could make the same… Keep Reading

How do you celebrate Independence day?  The first thing that comes to mind when we talk about the 4th of July is usually parades and fireworks–but I’m willing to bet that those are closely followed by barbeques and potlucks! So when Walmart Challenged me to do a 4th of July craft I took the opportunity… Keep Reading

This year Princess is getting an American Girl Doll for her birthday. Lest you think I have lost my everliving frugal mind, I hasten to assure you that this is a grandmother gift. . . My mom promised Princess almost 2 years ago that when she turned 8 she would be taken in to New… Keep Reading

JERMM’S Outside created these cool capsules made from soda bottles for lightweight backpacking storage–but I can think of many other uses for them.  How about using them for a pill bottle in your purse, for salad dressing in the kids lunchboxes (assuming you used food safe glue), homemade lip balms. . . you get the… Keep Reading

I know there is snow on the ground–but I’m yearning for and thinking of my spring garden already!  I’m a hands in the soil type of gardener who rarely remembers to put on gloves-so for much of the summer I’ve got dirt ground into my fingers! I found a tutorial online for making a great… Keep Reading

In honor of Earth Month (and because I’m on the road today & don’t have a lot of time) I’m reposting this great and easy craft. If you have actually made these bags, please leave a comment and let us know. I’d also love to include some pictures!!! ******************** Well what do you know? Martha… Keep Reading

Welcome to the third day of the Frugal Thanksgiving Mini Series! So far we have shared some of our best frugal Thanksgiving Side Dishes and our Desserts (and don’t worry, if you didn’t have a chance to link your side dish or dessert the Mr. Linky will be open all week). Today we are looking… Keep Reading

How is this for a cool idea? Melanie over at Bean Sprouts shows us how she painted squares of blackboard paint on jam jars to make reusable labels. I’m not sure how the paint holds up to washing etc, but it sure looks great! It occurred to me that this technique would be a nifty… Keep Reading