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Ways to Upcycle Newspaper – 10 “New” Uses for Newspaper

Do you get the Sunday paper or the daily delivery? If so, you might be dealing with a bunch of left over newspapers that are either sitting on your kitchen counters or stacked in a pile in the garage....

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How to Get Paid for Your Thrift Store Shopping Habit

Do you have a thrift store shopping habit? I totally do. I love being able to go into my favorite thrift stores and walk out with amazing deals. What I also love about thrift store shopping is that I...

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Ways to Use Empty Milk Jugs: DIY Upcycled Milk Jug Bird Feeder

Have I mentioned that I love upcycled projects? There’s just something special about turning an item bound for the trash into something that is not only usable for another purpose, but money saving as...

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14 New Uses for Old Bottles – Ways to Upcycle Bottles

It’s really well known among my friends and family (and you guys too!) that I love to find ways to upcycle common items around my home. Seriously, I recycle everything from the list of 52 everyday...

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Sewing for Beginners – DIY Pokemon Storage Bag

Do you have a Pokemon fan at home? I do and honestly? I get so sick of seeing Pokemon cards and other toys just lying around all of the time. Pokemon toys are about as painful as Legos are when left...

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Emergency Preparation – How to Build a Stockpile

Those who coupon are generally very proud of the fact that they have built this masterpiece they call their “stockpile”.  They have a tendency to talk about how to save money on groceries and even go...

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How to Landscape Your Yard – 5 Landscaping Tips for Beginners

I don’t know about you, but I adore my back yard. I have a nice sized covered patio that I love to enjoy in the early mornings or late evenings when it’s cool. I’d enjoy it during the day, but I live...

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Dollar Tree Crafts – DIY Upcycled Candy Jar

Have you ever looked at something and then realized that it could be made into something new? That is my life. I seriously will sit and stare at a jar or bottle for a while trying to find a new way to...

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What Do You Need for a Baby? A Realistic Look at Must Have Baby Items

Take a look at any infant themed commercial or internet ad and you’ll find that every single one of them has something in common. “What,” you ask? They’re all trying to sell you something and 90% of...

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Easy Lasagna Recipe {Casserole Recipes}

It should be long established around here that I love pasta. It’s filling, comforting and best of all? Cheap! We eat pasta at least twice a week and while I know that isn’t exactly the healthiest? It’s...

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Snack Recipes – Homemade Blackberry GoGurt

Do your kids love GoGurt? Mine does, but I hate the fact that they are so stinking expensive. Around here they’re priced around $2.75 per box, which considering what they are? Is just insane to me. Add...

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Lemon Recipes – 27 Sweet and Tangy Lemon Treats

I adore lemon recipes. For real. I could eat lemon bars everyday for the rest of my life and never get tired of them. They scream summer to me so when it’s the middle of winter and cold out, a sweet...

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Beach Camping Tips – Why Every Child Should Go Camping on the Beach

Have you ever been camping on the beach? I don’t mean renting a cabin near the beach either. I mean taking your tent and parking that bad boy right near the water, in the sand, with no one but you and...

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Family Budget: The Ultimate List to Cutting Down Household Expenses

We all want to cut back on how much we’re spending, but rarely do we ever look at every single way that we can. We like to take the easy way out instead of really working on ways to save money around...

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How to Have a Family Celebration on a Budget

  Family celebrations are a time for bonding and deserve all the fanfare they can get. They are the best way to get grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and in-laws together to catch up. Whether it’s...

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How to Ensure Tenant Happiness in Your Rental Property

  Many families have turned to rental properties as a way to make supplementary income, and this can be a great way to finance college for the kids, vacations for the family, and to bolster that...

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Pallet Project – Upcycled Pallet Table

It’s only a small secret around here that I love upcycled projects. From upcycled denim projects, ways to upcycle milk jugs, ways to upcycle sheets and even ways to upcycle towels, I love finding a new...

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30 “New” Ways to Use WD40

As a child, I remember my Dad always had a can of WD-40 in the trunk of the car and in the house under the sink. It stayed right beside his rolls of duct tape. When I was little, I used to think that...

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How to Homestead – 9 Reasons To Become a Homesteading Family

My entire life I have dreamed of more. Not more as in “more stuff” or “more money,” but more to life. I don’t know about you, but I get seriously worn out by amount of technology, political correctness...

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Fall Home Decor – DIY Burlap Fall Wreath

There comes a time in everyone’s life when they just want to move away from the bare walls and “single person” bare décor in their home. It doesn’t matter whether you live in a house, apartment or even...

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