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Making Your Own Hand Sanitizer at Home

Amidst all the news about the Coronavirus Making Your Own Hand Sanitizer at Home sounds like a good idea. It’s simple to make and actually fun for the kids to participate too. Making Your Own Hand Sanitizer at Home You’ll need: 2/3 cup Rubbing Alcohol

Planning a Simple at Home Wedding

I’ve been very busy these last several weeks Planning a Simple Wedding at Home for my daughter. It’s been wonderful spending the extra time with her planning and shopping for her wedding. They decided they both wanted an intimate wedding at home with just immediate

Canning Jar Cakes for Gift Giving

Canning jars are so versatile, you can use them for canning, pickling, storage, and now for canning jar cakes for gift giving. I have wanted for the longest time to try this, it seemed more difficult than it turned out to be. I’ve had this

How to Use Kool-Aid to Color Easter Eggs

      This is actually I post a wrote a couple years ago on how to color Easter eggs with Kool-Aid.  I like to try different ways to color the eggs. These turned out pretty good. I haven’t decided on how we will be coloring them

DIY Outdoor Solar Fish Pond

While I was visiting my brother a few weeks ago he showed me his Outdoor Fish Pond. I fell in love with it. He had two little goldfish living in his pond. The grand kids would enjoy caring for the fish so I wanted one

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Homemade Star Bird Feeder ~ Easy Kids Craft

Making this Homemade Star Bird Feeder is an easy kids craft. My granddaughter Katie and I love making things together. I found this great idea in the Family Fun magazine. We love feeding the birds and with spring on the way I thought we could make

Homemade All Purpose Spray Cleaner

Cleaning products are so expensive. I used to would stock up on them when a sale was good and I had a coupon. I like the GreenWorks products. I came across this recipe on The Frugal Girls. I love it. It works great and there

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Snowman Stocking Stuffer

Here’a an easy way to jazz up a chocolate bar for a cute stocking stuffer. This was one of many little goodies Miss Pam, Katie’s pre school teacher had in Katie’s Christmas bag. I thought it was so cute I wanted to share it with

Homemade Laundry Detergent

  Have you ever considered making your own laundry soap? If you haven’t you should. I have been making my own for over four years. I’ve always been able to get a pretty good deal on laundry soap. But this homemade laundry detergent recipe makes 2

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Homemade Foaming Dish Soap

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a big coupon user. I can’t imagine paying full price for any personal care items or household cleaners. I have always been able to get really great deals on those items. I have found that Dawn dish

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Homemade Heating Pad

I work at a computer and I get occasional neck strain. I don’t have a heating pad. I found this instructional post that helped me whip up a heating pad for my neck in minutes. All you need is a pair of socks and 1