My Grandma’s Crocheted Easy Square Slippers

frugal, holidays
I decided for Christmas presents I'm going to make our food manager and her little girl matching slippers.  I decided to use my Grandma's pattern. It's very, very simple. You only need to know how to chain, single crochet, and all you need is a tracing of the foot for which the slipper is being made. This post can be downloaded as a PDF by clicking here. Once you know the pattern, you won't ever need to follow it again.… Read the rest

Gift Idea – Movie Basket with Candy and Popcorn

holidays
Yesterday was our annual staff Christmas potluck Secret Santa gift exchange party at my job. I pulled the CEO! Serendipitously he and one of my coworkers were standing a doorway from my office and I could hear them talking about movies. He said his favorite movie of all time was Heaven's Gate and he said it was always on television, oddly enough whenever he was just sitting there flipping through the channels he'd come to it and watch whatever was… Read the rest

Festival of Frugality #206 Homemade Christmas Gifts Edition

Carnivals
Welcome to the 206th Edition of the Festival of Frugality – Homemade Christmas Gifts Edition! Posts to the Festival stopped coming in right around 8pm on Friday night. Either y'all were too stuffed from Thanksgiving Dinner, everyone was too busy out on Black Friday or shopping online Cyber Monday, or something's up with the Festival of Frugality email. So this week's edition will be short and sweet. Interspersed amongst the few posts from the early birds, I am going to… Read the rest

Working with Old Photos – My Mom’s Christmas Gift

holidays
I have spent the last two days working on some old photos.  My Grandma passed away two years ago, and my mom let me have all of Grandma's photos so I could put together a memory book. Before I go any further, I don't think any of my family reads my blog, I only know of one sister who I accidentally commented on her blog using my Mrs. Accountability account. So dear sister, if you are reading my blog, maybe… Read the rest