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Mother’s Day Gifts for Every Type of Mom (Under $20)

Couponing 101

If you’re looking for affordable, last-minute Mother’s Day gifts, I bet you’re searching on Amazon. Even the most skilled gardener could use the help of these attached claws for quick and easy digging. Bonus: it’s machine washable! For the Green Thumb. For the Writer. For the Artist.

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Spring Cleaning Tasks to Get a Head Start On

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Even re-organizing the garage can leave you with a chill. Many households take spring cleaning as an opportunity to repaint, hang photographs and picture frames, and re-organize art. I write down how much of it I have, and then find recipes so that I can use up the ingredients that were just sitting there. Wipe Down the Walls.

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Creative Play with Wummelbox

Nicoles Nickels

Even the box is re-useable, becoming a part of each craft! Each craft is designed to be used not once but over and over again (e.g. It has great value and my favorite part is that it results in a toy or game that you can use again and again! Noah was all over this and was so excited to build his own time machine.

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101 Ways to Use Vinegar – the Magic Elixir

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We used vinegar and water to wash the windows and old newspaper (back when people still actually read the paper) to dry and polish them. In case you aren’t aware, vinegar can be used for a myriad of purposes – ranging from diabetics treatment to pickling agent to cleaner. Here, for your reference are 101 uses for vinegar.

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Things I’ve Learned During 30 + Years of Home Ownership

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

As a child and teen, I painted (inside and out), mowed and trimmed, punched holes in concrete to install decorate iron railings, worked with hand and power tools and helped my parents do everything from putting up a garage to putting up storm windows. It doesn’t pay to re-decorate every few years. Roofs don’t last forever.

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"Potential Accomplishments" and The Natural Magic of List-Making: Creating a Master~List

Frugal Luxuries

My memory is on overload most of the time so I especially love the idea of a Master List of Potential Accomplishments and have long used this tactic to unburden myself mentally. moving the sewing machine to the spare room (I hope to set up a separate area in there, once it's been thoroughly de-cluttered and reorganized).painting

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Using Kids Crafts to Teach the Gift of Giving

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Since I already had some sandrete (a kind of cement I use to fill the lines in my brick sidewalk), I decided to wait on getting a kit and do a bit more research. Something to use to write messages on the wet cement. I used the sandrete I already had. Pretty things to embed in the wet cement.

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