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Bad Advice for Frugal Halloween Costumes

Bad Advice for Frugal Halloween Costumes

One of the best things about Halloween is that it’s a night to let fantasy run free… So instead of money, why not spend a bit of creativity? Sometimes those quick homemade Halloween costumes can be the best costumes, if the ideas are good ones.

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Halloween Treat Buckets

Halloween Treat Buckets

Why send the kids out to collect Halloween treats in a tacky plastic pumpkin, when there are more attractive treat containers to be found — like these cheerful reusable buckets in felt or painted metal? Reusable and durable items means that you won’t be shelling out for new treat containers, year after year. And when [...]

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Baby Photo Album for Family Bonding

Baby Photo Album for Family Bonding

This photo album probably qualifies as a “developmental toy” for your infant, but much more important, it could do wonders for Happy Family Togetherness a few years down the road… We usually think of baby photograph albums as something like Granny’s “brag book” stuffed with pictures of the adored new grandchild, but Baby’s My First [...]

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Back to School

Back to School

Cartoon: Barbara Smaller I love this cartoon: One woman says to another, “My favorite part of being a stay-at-home mom is when they’re at school.” Oh, c’mon, Mum, are you trying to tell us the thought never crossed your mind? Not even once at the end of a long summer with three kids who don’t [...]

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Stainless Steel and Fridge Magnets: 7 Solutions

Stainless Steel and Fridge Magnets: 7 Solutions

Whether it’s your family message center, an ever-changing scrapbook page, your photo gallery, or a do-it-yourself collage of spontaneous artwork, the front of the refrigerator is one of the most important pieces of real estate inside your home. Oh, but those stainless steel appliances that look so elegant and modern? They’re a problem. Because it’s [...]

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