Have you ever wondered how you could upcycle an empty ice cream carton to make it into something pretty and useful?I'd imagine your answer is no to that question but now that I've put the question into your mind I'm going to answer it for you by showing you exactly how you can upcycle an empty ice cream carton and turn it into either a git box or a cute little storage box for your bits and bobs.First of all you need some paint that will work on the material of your ice cream carton - I use the Dulux Made by Me paint which I bought from the car boot sale not long ago.I … [Read more...]
DIY Folded Paper Envelope Tutorial….
I'm actually not here right now, I'm having my annual mother and daughter long weekend away with Miss Frugal and hopefully, I'm having a great time. We've done something similar for the last couple of years and the men (well one man, one boy) of the house are more than happy to stay home without us and talk football and gaming without us rolling our eyes and changing the subject to something we actually understand. ;-)I will miss them though and as I always do, I'll Facetime every day and stay in touch as often as possible by text message but this year I've done something extra as well as … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {7th April 2017}….
By the time you read this I'll be in New York with Miss Frugal enjoying (hopefully) our long awaited holiday so it's probably not going to come as a huge surprise that today's post is New York themed with each of my five frugal things having something to do with our trip.1) First up we have toiletries! Miss Frugal wanted to go and buy some of the cute little travel sized bottles of everything from deodorant to hair spray and from shampoo to toothpaste but they seemed very expensive compared to their larger sized versions. To give you an idea of what I mean, Sure deodorant is £1.20 for a … [Read more...]
DIY Freezer Smoothie Packs {And six of our favourite Smoothie Recipes}….
Last week I briefly shared my DIY freezer smoothie packs in my 5 Frugal Things post but I wanted to tell you a bit more about the smoothie packs today because I've seen similar things popping up in shops more and more lately and mine are a LOT cheaper!We all have smoothies regularly, especially for breakfast when we're in a rush, but fresh fruit definitely makes them an expensive option if we're not organised with our little smoothie packs which we make in bulk every now and again. We make our packs using reduced fruit from the supermarket, frozen fruit and fruit from our fruit bowl … [Read more...]
Cadburys Creme Egg Cupcakes….
I thought I'd have a go at making some Easter themed cupcakes this week so I headed over to Pinterest for some cupcakey inspiration. I was met with everything from handcrafted bunnies made from icing to perfectly crafted chicks piped onto cakes - all of which is way above by capability! I can however make an amazing chocolate cake so I decided to combine that with the one thing that I most think about when it comes to Easter - Cadbury's Creme Eggs!How to make Cadburys Creme Egg Cupcakes. The basic recipe for the chocolate cupcakes is just a normal chocolate sponge cake recipe so you … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {31 March 2017}….
1) Honestly, excitement is at record levels in our house right now because this time next week Miss Frugal and I will be in New York! Top of my list of things to sort this week was our mobile phones as we're both on monthly tariffs that are great value for money here in the UK but not so much for abroad and we really want to use them when we're away to keep in touch with home. I had heard that Three were great for using your card abroad so I've had my phone unlocked and ordered a free sim from Three which I've topped up now and when I get to New York, I'll swap over the Sim and because Three … [Read more...]
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