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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

25 Staycation Ideas - Take a much needed relaxing and fun break on a budget.  These 25 family friendly Staycation Ideas will help you plan a break from life that doesn’t break the bank.

25 Staycation Ideas

November 2016 Monthly Meal Plan - Easy November 2016 Monthly Meal Plan for weekly and daily breakfast, snack, and dinner. All you need to do is print, add your sides and shop!

November 2016 Monthly Meal Plan

October 2016 Monthly Meal Plan - Easy October 2016 Monthly Meal Plan for weekly and daily breakfast, snack, and dinner. All you need to do is print, add your sides and shop!

October 2016 Monthly Meal Plan

September 2016 Monthly Meal Plan - Easy September 2016 Monthly Meal Plan for weekly and daily breakfast, snack, and dinner. All you need to do is print, add your sides and shop!

September 2016 Monthly Meal Plan

6 Easy Laundry Hacks to Save You Money - There's no way of getting of doing the laundry, but you can do it on the cheap! Check out these 6 genius laundry hacks to save money! | frugal living tips

6 Laundry Hacks to Save Money

45 Financial Tips for the Busy Mom - Being a busy mom doesn't mean you should ignore the finances.  Get smart with your money, even when you're busy with these 45 clever Financial Tips for the Busy Mom.  Hmm... Some of these are pretty useful.

45 Financial Tips for the Busy Mom

16 Unusual Uses for Toothpaste - Toothpaste isn't just for your mouth! Try these 16 amazing and unusual Uses for Toothpaste around your home to see how useful and effective it really is! Cleaning tips and hacks, around the home, and even beauty fixes, toothpaste does it all!

16 Unusual Uses for Toothpaste

Tips to help you save more money. Start putting your money where you really want it (and need it!) with these 4 Ways to Motivate You to Save More Money. | save money | frugal living

4 Ways to Motivate You to Save More Money

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Blueberry Crisp

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Classic Blueberry Buckle

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Sautéed Zucchini and Squash

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Easy Corn Fritters

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