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How to Repurpose your Food Scraps and Green Waste

Everyone should compost their green waste. It makes economic and environmental sense. There is a method to suit every household, whether you live in a house, townhouse or apartment. Composting Methods: Lidded Bin System Tumbler Worm Farm Hot Composting Fermentation

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Posted in garden

How to Save Money when flying

If you are lucky enough to procure a cheap flight on a budget airline or you are able to cash in some Loyalty Points, you will soon find out that checking in your Luggage seems to have become an optional

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Posted in holidays

Are you getting all your entitlements from your Service Providers & Memberships?

Have you checked out what Freebies and Discounts are being offered by all your Suppliers? Do you read the paperwork they post out to you or regularly visit their websites? You may be missing out on saving money.  Many Companies,

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Posted in memberships, saving money, shopping

NYE Survival … without necessarily drinking your own bodyweight in OJ

  Hello again,  Jim the Guest Writer here again This week’s post is a little off the normal track, but with New Year’s Eve fast approaching, it could help us Designated Drivers to avoid drink-time boredom, not to mention some fairly

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Posted in entertainment, food

Dinosaur Eggs, Treasure Tubes and other effortless Gift Wrap

Don’t you hate it when it’s time to wrap your carefully thought out gift to find it is more difficult to wrap than you imagined? You can just imagine what this looked like after it had been wrapped tightly for

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Posted in Christmas, crafts & home, gift ideas, Repurpose

How to build a cost effective Christmas Tree

  So, you want a Christmas Tree that is cheap, recyclable and repurposed from items you already own.  The beauty of this project is that the whole family can get involved. I have been reading online recently that a lot

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Posted in Christmas, crafts & home, Repurpose

No Money Required – more Free books and entertainment

  As you know, from the byline of my blog, I do love to Save Money.  Libraries are a great way to entertain the whole family and save lots of it.   If you have read my post Books, Magazines

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Posted in entertainment, holidays, travel

Make your own Christmas Tree for the table in 10 easy steps

Requirements: Scissors Cardboard Wooden skewer Spring loaded Clothes Pegs Kraft Paper – Deli or Butcher’s Paper Wood glue – thinned down a little, 3:1 glue to water in a small jar. Keep the original glue bottle handy; you will need

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Posted in Christmas, crafts & home

Books, Magazines & more … FREE !

Did you know that not only can you borrow a book in person, you can also download books and magazines for FREE with your library card? Great for when you are short on time or going on holidays and want

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Posted in entertainment, holidays, travel

From Rags to Richness

My favourite Sheridan percale cotton, fitted sheet has finally worn thin.  After nearly 12 years of faithful, consistent use it is no longer fit for its purpose. Now you know I don’t like to waste things.  Time to repurpose. I

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Posted in bathroom, crafts & home, gift ideas, Repurpose
How to Repurpose Plastic Bottles into Gift Boxes

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