Category Archives: Thrifty Crafts

Christmas Crafts – Chalkboard Christmas Mugs

Written by Brian on December 26, 2011 — Leave a Comment

If you’ve been following this blog for a while you know that this past Christmas was my leanest in years. Luckily, being low on cash inspires me to get creative with my gifts. My wife showed me  some chalkboard mugs on pinterest about 2 weeks before Christmas and it got my creative juices flowing! I [...]

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Some last minute ideas for Christmas presents.

Written by ThriftyRachel on December 21, 2011 — 2 Comments

I love Christmas presents that require a lot of thought and time.  It means so much when I get those presents that the giver put a lot of love into. This year for some of my friends I made a plate of cookies (recipes to come), and bought some candy canes at our local Hammond’s [...]

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Free Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic

Written by ThriftyRachel on December 8, 2011 — Leave a Comment

I love to build relationships with my children.  I love watching my children learn how to work with their hands and I love working together as a family producing something worthwhile that we can remember for a long time. So, I was really happy to learn about Lowe’s Build and Grow clinics.  Completely free, completely [...]

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Celebrate Fall Craft Ideas

Written by Brian on October 4, 2011 — 2 Comments

I’m an artsy craftsy type of guy. When fall starts to roll around I get that hankering for pumpkin candles, orange leaves and fall craft projects! Last night I cozied up with my family and pulled out our bins of fall decor from last year and started churning up some fall craft ideas. My favorite [...]

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