I also have jars with my sewing machine. A small pint jar has a can of sewing machine oil in it. Sealing it up in the jar keeps it from falling over, the cap coming off and making a mess! Another larger jar stores buttons. Still another is a pencil can where I keep my scissors. I glued a pincushion to...

Plastic baggies. Aluminum foil. 25# -50# Grain bags Mulit purpose uses for things like a dehydrator. Cheap storage for pots/pans/lids. One grain used many ways. All these (and more as my mind works) are multi-use topics that help me save pennies around our home. This has helped us in the lean times more...

If, like us, you are preparing your long term pantry for whatever reason (weather, gas savings, economic future) you may be a tried and true veteran of this longstanding homestead traditon or you may be new at it and ready to take the plunge. Either way, it doesn't matter if you live in the country...

My last post was hoping to see how very far I could stretch my $115 in groceries for our family of five (all adult eaters). This fun frugal challenge, however, came to an abrupt end when my husband took us on a switch in direction. We are now re-stocking our 6-8 month pantry. Why? and How? You may ask...

I recently switched my children from disposable diapers to cloth diapers. I needed a bucket to put the soiled diapers into, with a baking soda/water solution until there was enough for a full wash load. I phoned my local bakery to ask if they had a bucket I could have. To my suprise, the baker had over...

Hi all, We're cleaning out the barn, etc and after 5 year I'm finally ready to buy some new rubbermaid roughneck storage totes- 18 gallon. John stopped by Shopco where we used to get them and he couldn't find them- only those awful sterilite ones that almost break when you blink. I saw them...

Oh I love these spice ideas! I have a whole spicerack of spices to be tossed - the jars (which I'd asked specifically for, for christmas, having seen them in a catalogue) are cute but not airtight. So with our humid summer the spices are spoiling. So I'm going to repurpose the jars to organize...