Frugal Valentine’s Day Ideas
Readers tips on a frugal Valentine's Day
Holidays
Valentine’s Day Recipes
In years past, I have given you a Valentine’s Day Menu but, since the nicest thing to do on Valentine’s Day is to make your sweeties their favorite foods as a special treat, I will be giving you recipes and tips for cute things you can do on this special day instead of a menu. …
My Funny Valentine
Here are some cute and easy ideas for Valentine cards. Hi Tawra, I was just thinking of a new idea this morning as I read the Sunday paper and browsed through the colorful comic section. As I read and chuckled through some of the comic strips, I realized how perfect some of them could …
Free Homemade Potpourri
I have been buying sweet orange cinnamon tea for a long time. I love the smell of it. One day a few years back I was dumping the tea leaves out and they still smelled so good I really hated trashing them. Then it dawned on me– Why not put them in a pot of …
Easy Casserole Meal
Easy Casserole Meal Tip: If you know the basics for a casserole you can mix and match almost anything to make one. Here are some of the basics used in making a casserole. Starch – rice, potatoes, noodles, macaroniMeat – any type or small amount of leftover meatVeggie – one or more of most any …
Christmas Card Books
Christmas Card Books I saw these Christmas Card Books and thought they were a great idea! I just throw mine away but this is a good idea if you like to keep all your Christmas cards. Tawra
“Tis the Season” Homemade Sachets
How to make yummy smelling homemade sachets! Using this easy recipe, you can make great personal homemade gifts that your family and friends will love!
Candy Ornaments
Easy Candy Ornaments We all love to see candy canes on our trees but here is a different candy ornament to use. The kids will love eating them and making them. Take the old fashioned round flat suckers, the kind with a white loop for a handle and hang them by their handles on the …
Saving Cooking Disasters
How to save a burned Thanksgiving dinner.
How to Make Blue Glass Jars
I saw a Make Your Own Blue Glass Jars Tutorial over at Remodaholic. Wouldn’t these be pretty sitting on a mantle for Christmas and you use them making jars that you would normally throw away. It is super simple to make and yet so elegant! Tawra
How To Mail Christmas Cookies
How To Mail Christmas Cookies Many of you will have loved ones far away for the holidays and for those separated from their families a gift of a box of cookies from home is such a wonderful treat. Here are a few tips about how to package and ship cookies so that they survive in …
Chocolate Covered Spoons / Marshmallow Sticks – Homemade Christmas Idea
How to make homemade chocolate covered spoons! These are easy to make and great as gifts for Christmas or almost any occasion!
Christmas Card Uses – Ideas Needed
from: linziehunter.co.uk From: Jeanne Today I found some lovely, small Christmas card sets at the Tuesday Morning store where I live. They are very old-fashioned designs (Victorian/early 20th century), very lovely, and I bought them because I’d like to create some Christmas decorations as gifts using these cards. One idea I had was to use …
Money Tree- Homemade Christmas present idea.
Cute ways to give money.
Homemade Christmas Present Idea- Corkboards and Clipboards
Homemade clip and cork boards are easy to make.
Homemade Christmas Present Idea- Ice Cream Sundae Kit
Homemade Christmas Present- Ice Cream Sundae Kit Jan at mixingbowlkids.typepad.com came up with this really cute Ice Cream Sundae Kit. This would be great to give as a family gift and to teachers! It would easy to make up several of these all at once and have them done and ready to go before …
Halloween Treats and Not So Scary Food Ideas
Fun and yummy Halloween party food ideas!
Halloween Decorating Idea- Mummies
From Parent.com From BGH.com Aren’t these the cutest mummies! All you need to do is take some normal gauze from the first aid aisle at the store or cheesecloth and wrap them around your pumpkins. Tawra
Halloween Decorating Idea- Spiderwebs
This is such a simple Halloween decorating idea. We did something similar to this for our $25 Halloween party. .25 spider webs strung all over the house just added the right amount of "creepy". Tawra
Homemade Christmas Present Idea- Laptop Sleeve
I found this cute laptop sleeve at The Cottage Home. This would be a great idea for anyone even guys. It could be personalized so many ways! Enjoy her tutorial. http://thecottagehome.blogspot.com/2010/10/laptop-kindle-i-pad-sleeve-tutorial.html Tawra
Bugs on Nylons
Costume Idea – Bugs on Nylons Bugs On Nylons. What an easy and cute Halloween costume Idea! All they did was glue bugs on a pair of nylon pantyhose. You could do this with tights too! I’m not sure what kind of glue they used but I"m sure fabric glue would work just fine. -Tawra …
Halloween Decorating Idea- Pumpkin Can Lanterns
Pumpkin Can Lanterns Aren’t these these pumpkin lanterns just too cute!! Tawra