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Keep Kids Entertained with a Hobo Stove
Need a fun and inexpensive project for the kids? How about letting the kids sleep in a backyard blanket tent and showing them how to cook their own dinner on a hobo stove? Make the stove first as a craft … Continue reading
Make Your Own Sofa Table
“Would you be interested in a dark-blue leather sofa?” my friend asked. She planned to feature neutral earth tones in the home she was building, and navy wasn’t one of them. You bet I was interested! The color perfectly matched … Continue reading
The $15 Wedding Dress
One of the great joys for a frugal person is an upcoming holiday, especially a lesser one, such as Presidents’ Day or Columbus Day. I become giddy with delight because I know that’s when my local thrift store will offer … Continue reading
Saving the Croatian Salt-and-Pepper Penguins
Four years ago, my friend Linda and her husband took a three-week cruise along the Dalmatian Coast of the Adriatic Sea. Their ship anchored at a port in Croatia, and passengers descended on the town shops. Unfortunately, all the shops … Continue reading
From Hat Box to Jewelry Box
When my beloved cat Remington Steele was still alive, he delighted in absconding with necklace chains so he could bat them under furniture and large appliances. I was forced to resort to jewelry boxes that could not be easily opened … Continue reading
Decorative Frame Hides Light-Switch Gap
When I moved three years ago, the bedroom I planned to use as an office featured a nautical-themed switchplate cover. The long, tall lighthouse was cute, but unfortunately, my office décor was Jungle Cat Gold, not Seashore Blue. So I … Continue reading
16 Sweet Secrets to Soft Brown Sugar
We were recently shocked to discover that some people actually throw out brown sugar that’s hard and lumpy — a wasteful practice contrary to our mission of helping you save money and keep good stuff out of landfills. Our discovery … Continue reading
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Make Your Own Outdoor Cleaner
It never ceases to amaze me how quickly algae, moss, and mildew grow on my deck and sidewalk here in the Pacific Northwest. And as if the ugly appearance weren’t bad enough, the brownish-green slime becomes slippery with every rain … Continue reading
Make easy canister labels
Do you ever have trouble remembering what’s inside your kitchen canisters? When Jennifer and I were growing up, Mom used four metal canisters to hold flour, sugar, brown sugar — and tea, I think it was — in that order, … Continue reading
From Coffee Tins to Tofu
Coffee Tins I used to treat myself to those fancy, flavored-coffee and instant-tea mixes — the kinds that come in cool rectangular tins with fitted plastic lids. When the tins were empty, I recited the Savage Sisters’ mantra, “What else … Continue reading
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The Fiercely Frugal SAVAGE SISTERS 