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Inexpensive Ways to Modernize Your Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Here are some things that we saw really updated the house drastically, with little work and little budget: Give it a Fresh Paint Job. These tips may give your home that breath of fresh air that you crave without breaking the bank. It’s absolutely astounding what fresh paint will do to a room. It makes it look cleaner and newer.

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Free or Inexpensive Holiday Activities

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you live in a close knit neighborhood, or have a special group of friends, you can get together and host a shopping experience for the children to buy gifts to give. The post Free or Inexpensive Holiday Activities appeared first on Prairie Eco-Thrifter. Christmas kids shop. There is a fee for this one. Local garden events.

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Giving: Does It Always Have To Be About The Money?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When many of us think about giving, the first thing that comes to mind is money. The reality, though, is that giving doesn’t always have to be about the money. So, when he’s done, we give it to a neighborhood family that struggles financially. Provide a service : This is related to giving your time.

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Sustainable Gift Giving this Holiday Season

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Instead, focus on ways that you can give items that are inexpensive, personal, and eco-friendly to some degree. You don’t have to buy new to give a classy, thoughtful gift. A great way to give a unique gift, as well as help save the planet. Give Something You’ve Made. Buy Vintage.

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Create a Gift Giving Fund | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

Family Balance Sheet

Since the underlying theme of this series is planning and budgeting, today’s assignment is to create a gift giving fund. Download another budget (but save under a different name) for your other yearly gift giving. Gift giving isn’t just a December sport. We need to plan for gift giving all year long.

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Using Kids Crafts to Teach the Gift of Giving

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Teaching The Gift of Giving This year the grand kids are 5 and 8 years old and I want to demonstrate the pleasures of giving. Moms always love anything their kids give them! As it turns out, the ingredients are pretty inexpensive and the instructions pretty simple. Should You Line Dry Your Clothes? Driving across.

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Terrific Tech: Red Pocket

Motherhood Moments

Enter Red Pocket: a cool, inexpensive way to get big 3 coverage without the hefty price tag. With plans as low as $5/month - Red Pocket makes Spring gift-giving affordable! In many ways, flexibility in offering monthly or annual plans gives consumers more control of their cellular bill. Why was Red Pocket created?

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