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Frugal Living

Want to let your kids do sports, music, or art but are tight on money? Find out how to afford kids' sports and activities on a budget with these 11 simple ways to save on kids' activities and sports! These are great ideas for frugal families!

11 Ways to Save on Kids' Sports and Activities

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

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

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

11 Cheap Meals with Potatoes - You can save money by making some frugal meals to stretch your food and your money with these 11 yummy and filling Cheap Meals to Make with Potatoes. Frugal living and saving money with these frugal meals with potatoes. They're sooo good too!

11 Cheap Meals to Make with Potatoes

How to Save Money on Back to School Clothes - Back to school time can be expensive! Save a little money, stay under budget, and send your kids back to school in style with these 6 tips to save money on back to school clothes. Parenting tips

6 Tips to Save Money on Back to School Clothes

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

Don't Toss it! Fix it! 7 Simple Fixes for Clothing Damage - Instead of tossing damaged clothes, save money and resources by fixing them! Use these 7 simple fixes for clothing damage to get the most out of all of your clothes!

7 Simple Fixes for Clothing Damage

Top 5 Best Investments When Renovating an Older Home - Confused on where to start renovating your older home? Some projects are worth more when selling than others, and some will even pay you back! Check out these top 5 best investments when renovating an older home to get started on the right track. DIY Farm house renovation

5 Best Investments When Renovating an Older Home

10 Ways Growing Your Own Herbs Saves You Money - Herbs are incredibly useful in cooking, crafting, beauty products, and more, but they can be costly. Check out these 10 ways growing your own herbs saves you money and start saving now! Frugal Living | Save Money

10 Ways Growing Your Own Herbs Saves You Money

6 Tips to Save Money Gardening Supplies - Start your garden off the right way. On a budget! Grow a happy, healthy garden without breaking the bank with these 6 Tips to Save Money on Gardening Supplies!

6 Tips to Save Money on Gardening Supplies

6 Ways to Reduce Your Family's Food Waste - Save money and resources by wasting less food.  Stop wasting and start being resourceful now with these 6 easy ways to reduce your family's food waste!  Frugal living - budget

6 Ways to Reduce Your Family's Food Waste

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Falling for Fall

Overhead view of butternut squash gratin on a small glass plate topped with a fresh sage leaf.

Butternut Squash Gratin

Pecan cheesecake pie on a small white plate with a layer of pie crust, pecan filling, cheesecake, and crunchy pecans.

Pecan Cheesecake Pie

Pumpkin sheet cake topped with chopped pecans and a creme pumpkin. The cake has a bite taken out sitting on a fork on a small plate.

Pumpkin Sheet Cake

A piece of turtle poke cake topped with pecans and caramel sauce on a small plate.

Turtle Poke Cake

A southern sweet potato pie in a glass pie dish topped with swirls of whipped cream, all on a rustic wood background with a linen napkin behind.

Southern Sweet Potato Pie with Crumble Topping

A slice of no bake pumpkin cheesecake topped with a caramel drizzle on a small white plate on a rustic wood background.

No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake

More Fall Recipes & Ideas

Game Day Favorites

A chip in melty baked elote dip in a cast iron skillet topped with cotija cheese and fresh jalapeno slices with chips, lime wedges, and fresh cilantro around the skillet on a concrete background.

Elote Dip

Crockpot grape jelly meatballs on a small plate with toothpicks sticking on the top, sprinkled with fresh chopped parsley.

CrockPot Grape Jelly Meatballs

Air Fryer chicken wings coated in buffalo sauce in a pile on a matte black plate.

Air Fryer Chicken Wings

A pretzel dipping into a white matte bowl of ranch beer cheese dip topped with fresh chives with a bunch of parsley behind and crackers and pretzels all around the bottom.

Ranch Beer Cheese Dip

A graham cracker dipping into a cast iron skillet of gooey s'mores dip.

S'mores Dip

Close up of a stack of Mexican pinwheels topped with freshly chopped cilantro.

Mexican Pinwheels

Side view of a bacon ranch cheese ball coated in crumbled bacon and fresh chopped parsley with a section missing to expose the creamy interior, sitting on a plate surrounded by crackers and cherry tomatoes.

Bacon Ranch Cheese Ball

Breaded Air Fryer zucchini chip being dipped into a small glass bowl of ranch dressing surrounded by more zucchini chips on a small black plate.

Air Fryer Zucchini Chips

Side view of a horseradish deviled egg topped with crumbled bacon and fresh chopped parsley on a serving tray with a rustic wood background.

Horseradish Deviled Eggs

More Game Day Recipes

Reader Favorites on The Gracious Wife

Close up picture of a Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes with a bite taken out on a marble background.

Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes

A glass mug of green mint white hot chocolate topped with whipped cream and crushed green mint candy pieces on a white marble surface surrounded by more star mint candies.

Mint White Hot Chocolate

A slice of no bake s'mores cheesecake topped with mini marshmallows and graham cracker crumbs on a small plate.

No Bake S'mores Cheesecake

Slice of crockpot breakfast casserole on a white plate with stainless steel crock pot in the background.

Crockpot Breakfast Casserole

A corner slice of chicken pot pie with golden crust on a small plate with a fork with a bite on it, on a rustic wood background with a striped linen

The BEST Chicken Pot Pie

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