My Chef [ a.k.a. my Hubby ] has injured himself and he won’t be in His Natural Domain [ i.e., The Kitchen, Pantry and Freezer ] for about the next 2 months … so I am in the driver’s seat…
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Have you taken the $21 Supermarket Challenge yet ?
Tagged with: #upcycle, $21 Supermarket Challenge, budget, cheap, economical, economy, environmental, frugal, homemade, money, recycle, repurpose, save money, savvy, second life, shopping, zero waste
Posted in food, kitchen
Posted in food, kitchen
How to Personalise your Valentines Card
Show your l♥ve by giving a customised greeting card, into which you have put some time, effort and thought – rather than one you have just bought off-the-shelf. The easiest way to do this is to repurpose an old card,…
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Posted in crafts & home, Valentines Day
Posted in crafts & home, Valentines Day
Repurpose your Bread and Crusts
This week’s Guest Post is by Jim ” Eat your Crusts, they’ll make your hair go Curly ” so said Nanna, all those years ago. You might remember a while back that I wrote about a bread pudding inspired by…
Tagged with: economical, frugal, homemade, repurpose, reuse, savemoney, second life, shopping
Posted in food, Repurpose
Posted in food, Repurpose
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…
Tagged with: #upcycle, designateddriver, drink, drinkresponsibly, economical, entertaining, frugal, holidays, homemade, inspiration, mocktail, NewYear, NYE, sober
Posted in entertainment, food
Posted in entertainment, food
How to Repurpose Bread to make Dessert
This week’s Guest Post is by Jim Jim loves to cook and has similar repurposing principles to myself He is a ‘ Waste Not, Want Not ’ cook I hope you enjoy the read as much as I did, Glenda…
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…
How you can make various cheap ★ Christmas Decorations
How to make Baubles from Roll-on Deodorant balls Option A: For months now I have wanted to repurpose some empty roll-on deodorant bottles. Finally, it came to me; but first I had to remove the ball ! I had to…
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…
4 easy steps to making Storage Canisters
Why buy mainstream when you can create a handmade gift? Everyone needs extra storage but it usually comes at a high price You can customise them, as imaginative or quirky as you like Material: Cans* – with or without lids…
How to Save Money by making your own Gift Boxes
‘ Good things come in small packages ‘ so the old saying goes Here is an easy, cheap and quick way you can gift wrap your presents with just a few items you already have around the house. You can…
Tagged with: budget, children, Christmas, craft, DIY, doityourself, economical, environmental, frugal, giftideas, giftwrap, handmade, homemade, inspiration, repurpose, reuse, savvy, second life, shopping, Xmas;
Posted in crafts & home, gift ideas, Repurpose
Posted in crafts & home, gift ideas, Repurpose
Growing Snowballs - How to Save Time & Money in your Life 