The following guest post is from Brooke of Slow Your Home: Four Fuss-Free Meal Planning Hacks You’ll Love Meal planning. You understand the benefits. You know it's a good idea. You can see it helps save both money and energy. But, honestly... Thinking of endless new recipes? Keeping everyone's preferences in mind? Finding good, seasonal…
I've seen so many fabric flower projects but never taken the time to make my own until recently. My mom and I made these fabric flowers to go on this year's Christmas wreath (post coming soon!), and they are surprisingly easy to make. Use fabric flowers on wreaths, in place of bows on gifts, or…
I love sending Christmas postcards rather than regular cards because the postage is less expensive and it saves me the extra step of stuffing and sealing envelopes! This "partridge in a pear tree" design is my favorite, so this year I made a printable postcard to go with the gift tags and appreciation tags from…
Gift baskets are a fun and thoughtful gift, and this Movie Night basket is an affordable gift that's perfect for a family. The best part about gift baskets is you can customize them to your heart's content: Include your favorite family movie, the classic you think every home DVD library needs or a Redbox gift…
I saw this project in Family Fun over the summer with big stars for 4th of the July, and I knew small versions of these paper stars would be perfect ornaments for the wooden tree in our kitchen! These are easy to make (albeit tedious if you're making a dozen of them!), and you can…
As of today, September 15th, there are only 101 days until Christmas, and I'm so excited to launch the second annual 101 Days of Christmas series with DIY projects, decor, gifts, baking, traditions, and more. Every day, you'll find a new project to inspire you to embrace the season with joy and creativity! To kick…
A friend of mine shared this mantra on her Facebook wall a couple of weeks ago, and I haven't been able to get it out of my head: "Keep doing the hard things until the hard things become the easy things." Isn't that the essence of discipline? Choose to do the hard things -- even…
The following guest post is from Lisa Barthuly, author of A Simply Homemade Clean: Simplify. Save Money. Two things that seem pretty elusive these days, huh? Not so! Making your own homemade products sounds pretty overwhelming, but the truth is, it’s simple. I’ve been making my own bath, beauty and cleaning products for over a…
This month’s Eat Well, Spend Less theme is all about back-to-school, with plenty of menu planning tips, meal ideas, and more. As part of my commitment to simplifying for fall and putting some better routines and discipline in place for our family, I decided to go back to menu planning for a full month at…
A few weeks ago, I shared an embarrassing picture of our grill, which was dirty and fairly rusted in places. We were excited to realize that baking soda can be used on large outdoor products like grills, garage floors, and patio furniture -- I'm not sure why we hadn't thought of that before! -- and…