Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 3, 2011

Before you start shopping around for ideas, it is a good idea to set a realistic budget. If you are budgeting for furniture and appliances, your may have more creativity than cash. Savvy decorators can give a living room or bedroom a makeover with a budget as small as $500. Budget and Kid Friendly Fun.

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Budgeting Budget Friends And Family Sale Furniture 255

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 23, 2015

The year before, after all, I successfully made up a role playing game to reinforce the idea of budgets and household cash flow. There are sites that have templates you can fill in and print to make board games too, but they didn’t suit my needs. I just printed them out on my ink jet home printer. Play test the game.

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Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 19, 2013

Buy a dated, smooth-gliding rocker at a garage sale for next to nothing and customize it with several yards of fabric and a staple gun. Instead, go online or to an outlet and purchase last year’s prints at a reduced cost. The post 10 Tips to Create the Perfect Nursery on a Budget appeared first on Saving Cents With Sense.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 23, 2013

I already had saved up a box full of wine bottles, in hopes of selling them at my next garage sale, so we didn’t have any cash outlay for those. To start, I made a sample bottle as proof of concept using images printed on matte photo paper. It turned out OK, but not spectacular. Have you made centerpieces? Go Frugal'

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Making Paper Wine Friends And Family Sale 187

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 8, 2012

It’s always a challenge to find the balance between wanting to give your child the most amazing birthday ever and working with your realistic budget. And this year, our budget was lower than ever. I printed off this Star Wars “Happy Birthday” printable banner and used black string to hang it up.

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Coupons Do Work

JUNE 15, 2016

What you can save on, what to expect to go on sale, each month, a list of awesome things to stock up on for the entire year ! … This is a way to plan your purchases by month for the entire year and a great way to budget and save money! The best guide !

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