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Frugal First Day of Summer Fun for Summer Solstice

By Homemaker Barbi - Danelle Ice | June 21st, 2008 | Category: Summer | 1 Comment »

Frugal First Day of Summer Fun for Summer Solstice
What are your plans to celebrate the first day of summer? The kids are out of school, it’s a beautiful summer solstice weekend, and the living’s easy! Just because the first day of summer is such a huge event here in my city, I have to tell [...]

Mother’s Day Crafts from Family Fun

By Homemaker Barbi - Danelle Ice | April 30th, 2008 | Category: Other Holidays | No Comments »

If you subscribe to Family Fun Magazine, you already know about the great holiday craft projects they provide. Their great crafts are now available through their website also! (I love their magazine, but didn’t know about their extensive website when I subscribed… perhaps I could have saved the subscription fee.)
There is a great Mother’s day [...]

Happy Easter!

By Homemaker Barbi - Danelle Ice | March 23rd, 2008 | Category: Easter | No Comments »

See everyone tomorrow!
thanks to Plebius for the cool glitter text and MorgueFile for the photo

Frugal Easter Baskets

By Homemaker Barbi - Danelle Ice | March 21st, 2008 | Category: Easter | No Comments »

Here is how I made 2 cute Easter baskets for my kids while keeping the costs down (hurray Walmart for the supplies; some of you who have Walgreens and CVS may do better finding your deals there).
The supplies:
· Easter grass x 2 bags = $2.00
· Plastic Easter eggs 48pk =$1.68
· 2 wicker baskets = [...]