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11 Ways to Update Your Home Using Only Paint to Make It Feel Brand New

FREE DIY Printable Love Coupon Book for Him makes a perfect, loving gift for your sweetheart for Valentine's Day or even birthdays and anniversaries! Make a Love Coupon Book with 54 love coupons to choose from, some naughty and some nice. Tutorial with entire book printable for you to print!

Printable Love Coupon Book

DIY Spider Costume for Kids - Make this easy, fun, and creepy DIY Spider Costume for Kids for a creepy crawly frugal do it yourself Halloween costume! So cool. Made from just a few black shirts!

DIY Spider Costume

Although you might swear by YouTube makeup tutorials that use only the latest, there are so many vintage makeup gems out there that can deliver the same results – if not better! With their glowing skin, tumbling curls and perfect pouts, vintage beauties like Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, and Audrey Hepburn are still the envy of women today!  Here are 8 vintage beauty tips that still work today!

8 Vintage Beauty Tips that Still Work

Free Printable Gummy Bear Valentines for Kids - Free Printable Gummy Bear Valentines that are easy to put together and perfect for kids to hand out at their school Valentine's Day party.

Printable Gummy Bear Valentines

5 Reasons Your Canning Lids Won't Seal and what to do about it - Running into problems while you're canning? If you're a beginning canner, the most common problem is that your jars won't seal. For some easy troubleshooting, read these 5 Reasons Why Your Canning Lids Aren't Sealing and what to do about it!

5 Reasons Why Your Canning Lids Aren’t Sealing

6 Places to Find Free or Cheap Canning Jars - If you're looking to get into canning, you'll need to find some canning jars! Check out these 6 Places to Find Free and Cheap Canning Jars to get you started! Great ideas to save even more money on a budget for canning!

6 Places to Find Free and Cheap Canning Jars

8 Reasons Why Canning is Being Revived - Have you noticed the lost art of canning making a comeback recently? Here are 8 reasons why canning is being revived! See if you want to join in, too! These are great reasons to actually start canning too

8 Reasons Why Canning is Being Revived

9 Uses for Mini Pumpkins - Pumpkins are everybody's favorite! They just scream Fall! Check out these 9 Uses for Mini Pumpkins to squeeze even more pumpkin into your life while the season lasts! Love decorating for Fall and mini pumpkins are so fun! Love these ideas

9 Uses for Mini Pumpkins

8 Frugal Ways to Decorate for Fall - Fall decor can be so fun, cozy, and comfy for the home. Make your home look, smell, and feel like Fall on a budget with these 8 Frugal Ways to Decorate Your Home for Fall! Fall leaves, pumpkins,... Not going to lie. Decorating for Fall is MY FAVORITE!

8 Frugal Ways to Decorate Your Home for Fall

How to Make Your Own easy DIY Homework Station - Set your kids up for success this school year with a DIY Homework Station that's just for them to work on their homework and school projects stocked with everything they might need. School and craft supplies organization ideas for kids 

DIY Homework Station

Easy DIY Duck Tape Lunch Box - Make this fun and cute Duck Tape Lunch Box for an easy and useful back to school DIY project that the kids will love making and using! Simple to make and an easy to follow tutorial!

Duck Tape Lunch Box

DIY Steampunk Butterfly Decor - Make this unique and pretty DIY Steampunk Butterfly Decor project with just a few simple supplies, including some vintage finds from your local thrift store. 

DIY Steampunk Butterfly Decor

How to Beat the Heat without Turning on the AC - Whether you're trying to save money or dealing with a broken air conditioner, sometimes you need to find simple ways to beat the heat without turning on the AC like these 6 tips!

6 Ways to Beat the Heat without Turning on the AC

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Happy St Patrick’s Day!

Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage is the perfect dish to celebrate St Patrick's Day.  Easy Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage creates tender, fall-apart beef and warm, flavorful veggies and potatoes, all in this simple Crock Pot recipe.

Slow Cooker Corned Beef and Cabbage

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Grasshopper Pie

Make this easy Irish-inspired Reuben Dip recipe with creamy Thousand Island, tangy sauerkraut, salty corned beef, and gooey cheese in less than 30 minutes with just 5 ingredients! Great festive appetizer recipe for St Patrick's Day.

Reuben Dip

Reuben Casserole is a family favorite with layers of warm egg noodles, tangy sauerkraut, thousand island dressing, corned beef, gooey cheese, and buttery toasted rye bread. It's like a reuben sandwich made even better in one dish for easy clean up! #easyrecipe #stpatricksday

Reuben Casserole

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