Today I'm going to share with you 10 books with the power to change your life!If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen my post from the airport on the day I was travelling to San Fransisco. My flight was a few hours delayed which is the only excuse I have for succumbing to the temptation of WHSmiths.I felt like going to San Fransisco was a little bit about finding myself again after a rough year so I justified my purchases to myself because I chose some pretty deep books and magazines to read during my time alone on the other side of the world.Until recently I … [Read more...]
Homemade Bath Jelly….
Remember my homemade pink prosecco gummy bear jelly sweets? They taught me a valuable lesson in life - that you can add gelatin (or vege-gel) to pretty much everything and you'll end up with a jelly. Sooooo, I thought we could investigate making some homemade bath jelly and the results were fab!Homemade Bath Jelly is my new favourite thing - the possibilities are endless as you make it using your own favourite body wash. It's also an excellent excuse to use up all that shower gel and body wash that you're probably accumulating in the cupboard under your sink.I made one using a … [Read more...]
Amazing Frugal and Free Fathers Day Gift…. {Free Printable}
Today I wanted to share with you how to use my Christmas Family Traditions Poster Maker to make an amazing frugal and free Fathers Day Gift.If the Dad in your life is anything like Mr Frugal, he'll pretty much buy himself the things he needs as and when he needs them and don't really want 'stuff' for the sake of giving a gift on Fathers Day.In the past, we've always felt like we needed to buy him something so we've ended up buying something just for the sake of it and although, he's always grateful for whatever we give him I know he would have quite happily not had a gift.So … [Read more...]
A bored jar for teenagers….
Over the years, we've had various different bored jars that have kept the kids occupied during the long Summer Holidays but this year, I'm very aware that, at 13 and 15, the kids are too old for the bored jars we've made and used so much in the past. That's why I thought I'd do an updated version with a bored jar for teenagers!I absolutely HATE the words "I'm bored' and ever since the kids were old enough to say them, I've tried to be prepared with ways to keep them occupied. My favourite things to do this have without question been our bored jars and we've had a few over the years … [Read more...]
Five secrets to teaching teenagers about money management in the real world….
Today's post is all about teaching teenagers about money - something I take very seriously as I want my two to leave home as well equipped as possible to deal with their money in the real world. I'm not going to tell you that my two teenagers are particularly frugal or that they don't crave the latest Xbox games or designer goods because they're normal teenagers who want the nice things they see their friends with.What I am going to tell you is how I'm teaching them money and giving them what I hope to be the skills they need to manage their money in the real world when they don't … [Read more...]
How to make a Pincode to help people find you on Pinterest….
Today I want to share how to make a Pincode to help people find you easier on Pinterest.Before I do though, I should say that having a huge amount of followers is not something you NEED to have to be successful on Pinterest. The key is having great descriptions containing your keywords and relevant hashtags but your followers will be the first people to see your content and in theory, if they engage with it then that's going to add some extra juice to your pin when the Pinterest algorithm is looking at which posts to share more widely.A great pin with everything else going in its … [Read more...]
