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Do It Yourself-How to Fix a Hem

Fashion Without Guilt

Ever have a item of clothing that you are dying to wear but have to wait to get to the tailor for a mending of a hem ? Especially for those of you that require hem on most of your clothing. LOOK NO FURTHER, Fabsugar provides Easy and Simple Do It Yourself video with tips for keeping up on your clothing maintenance.

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Save Money With DIY Home Repairs

Saving Cents With Sense

However, there are many home maintenance and repair tasks that most people can handle, and doing it yourself can save lots of money while improving the appearance and comfort of your home. These may be done by do-it-yourselfers for the costs of tools and materials plus the time to complete them, saving a substantial amount of money.

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Used Furniture – Re-purpose, Recycle, Re-use.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Often older cloth furniture retains the smells from its prior life. Furniture with cloth components can also harbor things you don’t want to even think about. If you have ever hung your clothing on a line to dry, you know that sheets dried outside generally smell wonderful! Dealing with smaller cloth items.

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All You Magazine Subscription – $10 Per Year

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In each issue, you’ll get helpful articles on taking care of yourself, healthy and fast ways to feed your family, clothes you can wear and afford, do-it-yourself home repair projects and relationship advice. About All You Magazine : All You is a new magazine that speaks directly to value-conscious American women.

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Using Kids Crafts to Teach the Gift of Giving

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you are adding strength with hardware cloth (this is metal mesh – usually with squares ¼’ across), place your pre-cut piece of hardware cloth into the mold after pouring part of the cement, then put the remaining cement on top prior to smoothing. How do you teach your children and grandchildren the benefits of giving?

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Should You Spend Your Money on Home Re-Decorating?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One of the fastest ways to change the look of a room is to repaint it, but even that is not cheap – even if you do it yourself. Paint will run you upwards of $30 a gallon these days at the big box stores, and then there are the drop cloths, brushes, extender poles and ladders you may need to get to those lovely high spots.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

12 – Do It Yourself. If you have a big financial goal, think about how much you pay someone to do something that you are capable of doing yourself. I’m always amazed by the amount store tags I see on clothing and household item at thrift stores. Put the money in your emergency fund instead.