I’m a little bit obsessed with picking out invitations and cards for birthdays and special events. I love to spend hours choosing the perfect photo and playing around with different colors and templates.  Sure, you can send a quick e-greeting or make a quick post on social media but paper invites have a certain gravitas …

I’ve mentioned before that I just love hand print crafts.  And this elephant handprint craft is one of my favorites. Sometimes we make cute salt dough handprints like the ones we made for our handprint photoframes but normally we make them using canvas or card stock. I rarely take part in the crafts myself and that …

When you are trying to live frugally, one of the first money saving tips you hear is that you can save money by not eating at restaurants. It’s true that one of the best ways to save money on food is to cook and eat at home. Buying the ingredients at the store and preparing …

Saving money and living frugally is sometimes as simple as asking yourself “What would granny do?” Chances are, most of the money saving cleaning tips for the home that seem revolutionary to us, are old-hat to folks who lived through the post-war period or depression era. Obvious cost savings ideas for home include saving money on …

Writing killer content is only half the battle when it comes to blogging. Marketing your latest posts should take up the majority of your time and for that,  you need to find lots of places to promote your blog and draw in your target reader. Most people agree that content creation should take up about …