How often do you lust after the beautiful tablescapes, especially for the holidays, in magazines?  And then you read the find italicized print that tells you where they bought everything and the suggested price tag on it, and you realize that this beautiful tablescape costs over $100. If you are like me, your desire to re-create that tablescape is quickly nipped in the bud  and you go into your special occasion or holiday with the same old table setting. I am going to give you a few thrifty … [Read more...]

DIY.  It is one of those terms that we use so frequently today, but is fairly recent in coming into our culture.  I love a good DIY project and had I realized what I could do myself as I entered adulthood, I think I would have saved myself a lot of money. Of course, to be fair to myself, I graduated from high school in 1989.  Most people did not have cell phones, much less any access to the internet.  Thanks to the internet today, we have a vast amount of tutorials and ideas from which to … [Read more...]