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DIY Wedding Ideas

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It’s wedding season right now, and my friend is getting married. Her parents are helping her and her fiancé out a little bit, but weddings are expensive, even with help. They also don’t want to push it with her parents so are trying to control costs where possible. Have you ever been to a DIY wedding?

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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

If you have the knack for your DSLR, a photo session would be a perfect idea for new parents, soon-to-be high school or college graduates, or a family portrait. As our wedding gift, my cousin wrote the addresses on our 150 wedding invitations (years ago). Give your Gift of Organization. Are you good at calligraphy? Babysitting.

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10 FREE (but Thoughtful) Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

I realize not everyone has family heirlooms to give away, but my grandmother has been downsizing and gifting her grandchildren pieces from her Fostoria Glass collection that were my grandparents wedding gifts back in 1945. As our wedding gift, my cousin wrote the addresses on our 150 wedding invitations (years ago). Babysitting.

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Frugal Friday: 11/04/16

Family Balance Sheet

They can be pricey, but I will hand down her outgrown LE coat to her younger sister. My younger daughter is getting her sister’s outgrown coat (which she loves), along with a new hat, and new gloves. We celebrated 16 years of wedded bliss last week with a FREE date night last Saturday night. Free Date Night!

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Lazy Saturday Reads : Jane Austen Girl , Worthy and More

For the Mommas

Yet what she comes to understand is the depth of a parents love. The Tidewater Sisters : Postlude to The Prayer Box byLisa Wingate. Tandi Reese and her sister, Gina, have always been bound by complicated ties. Better Than Before byKathryn Shay. Sisterhood was safety.

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Free Kindle Books: Color Tour, Camping Essentials Cookbook & More

For the Mommas

Leah Townsend, a recently orphaned heiress, flees Richmond after discovering her fiancé’s plot to kill her after their wedding. But when Leah arrives at the mountain ranch, she learns her intended husband was killed by a grizzly, leaving behind a bitter older brother and a spunky younger sister. by Anna Andersen.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

I’m a long-distance cyclist, a triathlete, a wife, a mother of two, a sister, a daughter, a friend, DIY-er, and a community member! Brian and me at the Sears Tower Having our first child just one month after our first wedding anniversary was NOT in the plan, but so far it’s worked out well! K and Finn (my parents dog) 12.