DIY Modern Minimalist Handbag

I love this minimalist ultra modern bag. I could make this very easily. See here for tutorial. 

Significant Savings on Pet Vaccinations

I found a wonderful blog for learning to live on a shoestring(frugal minimalism). In fact, I just finished her book,The Shoestring Girl: How I Live on Practically Nothing and YOU Can Too before finding her blog, Annienygma. While reading through her blog, which is a book in and of itself, I read something that I had never thought of - vaccinating your own pets to save money! The rabies shots need to be done by the vet for recording purposes, but others can be done at home for less than $10.00 each.

I already purchase dog Frontline Plus flea and tick control and portion it out to the cats at .5 ml for a significantly reduced cost.* So this is just one familiar step closer to reducing my costs by doing it myself.

* Talk to your vet first. This particular brand has contents safe for grown cats at a lower specific dose. Not all products for dogs are safe for cats(and vice versa) and can cause them harm. I have used a carefully measured dose of canine Frontline Plus with a syringe on both my cats for years without problems. Animal shelters have been known to use this as well. There are websites that warn against this, and others that mention that it is okay. Educate yourself, talk to your vet, and choose wisely for pet in this matter. 

DIY Inexpensive Adirondack Chair Tutorial

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A Super Tutorial on How to Wash Pillows and Get Them Extra Clean

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Blog Update

I know I'm not posting here much, but I have been posting items to my Pinterest pages. Be sure to check out the Homeschool Helps and Children's Art sections. I've been posting pictures with links fairly often. My Gardening pins are here.

 We continue to use the same money saving ideas that I've listed throughout this blog. The only new items are an ongoing DIY powder room remodel which I'll update when we finish. 

Both children are still being homeschooled, and loving it.

The only thing that I wish for is money to travel. Otherwise, we have a roof over our heads, food, and love. It's all good. :)

Video Recipe Tutorial: Teriyaki Chicken and Pineapple Stir Fry

Concrete and Wood Deck Resurfacer

What a great concept for saving money! I may try this on my concrete floors, if I can apply it over the paint.

Art and Math Coin Counting Fun

Cute idea for learning coins, counting, addition, and even subtraction . Give child a specific number of coins, have them design shapes or things while counting the total. Art and math!  For subtraction, maybe this caterpillar could eat shapes that you've made with coins. Make it fun and imaginative.
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Spring Bird Songs and Hatching Eggs

Alternatives to a Grass Lawn

Our backyard has a good number of oak trees, which is wonderful during our hot summers, but means growing and maintaining a grass lawn is quite labor intensive. We gave up watering the lawn years ago, and now there are bald sections due to droughts. I decided to grow something green that would be helpful to the wildlife and be low maintenance. I chose white clover . I put down about a pound of the seed two weeks ago and already, with all the spring rain, it is coming up.

 There is also an "estate lawn" mix - grass and clover that looked interesting: Ecology Lawn Seed- 10# Low Grow- No Mowing

Free Vintage Notebooking Paper: Spring Children

Source: lilac-n-lavender.blogspot.com viaAlexandra on Pinterest

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Preschool/ Kindergarten Counting Easter Eggs Game

This is an interactive YouTube video.

Young Children's Easter Read-along Song

Free Elementary Art Project: Peacock

Source: artprojectsforkids.org viaBri on Pinterest

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Food for Thought

Although, it should read, "What if Money Were No Object".

Free Food: Eat Your Weeds

Source: bhg.com viaAlexandra on Pinterest

Great photo identification slide show for "weeds". Identify them and then find out if they are edible. See here.  See here too.

Weeds have many vitamins and minerals, and they are free for the taking. See here: Five Healthiest Backyard Weeds.

   The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants

The Longest Sun: American Indian Cultural Studies

Story in Tewa language with subtitles. Tewa is the dying language of Pueblo Indians in northern New Mexico.