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*We’re starting a fun series this week all about planning parties on a budget! Our TNWM contributor Sarah has planned many parties from her own children’s parties to planning parties for friends & family. She’ll be sharing all of her best tips this week on how to plan a fabulous party for less! And make [...]


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Project Pinterest – Week 1 – Organizing

by Jen on February 27, 2012

  As I mentioned last week, we’re starting a new weekly feature here at Thrifty NW Mom – Project Pinterest.  I am a huge Pinterest fan as I’m sure many of you are as well, so I thought it would be fun to highlight some of my favorite finds each week on Pinterest. If you’re [...]

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Thrifty NW Dad in the Kitchen – Favorite French Toast

by ThriftyNWDad on February 26, 2012

This is my husband Ben’s first recipe as part of a new feature called Thrifty NW Dad in the Kitchen! Read more about what he’ll be cooking up for the future! This is a french toast recipe that I came up with and it became an instant favorite. We had this for breakfast this weekend, [...]

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Thrifty NW Dad in the Kitchen Series

by ThriftyNWDad on February 26, 2012

Honey Spice Glazed Pork Chops OK, so some of you may know that Thrifty NW Mom has been a bit busy workin’ the blog and finding great deals for you, so occasionally, she leaves dinner up to me. She has no problem admitting that she loves it when I cook, and I enjoy it if [...]

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I’m excited because we have another live chat scheduled in the Ebates Savvy Living Community and this topic is all about my new obsession – Pinterest!! Our live chat will be happening tonight, Monday February 20th from 6 – 7pm pst (9-10 pm est).  The best part is that you won’t need to go anywhere [...]

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DIY: Liquid Handsoap

by Jen on February 16, 2012

Pin It  Contributor: Sarah from Chickie Momma Crafts: I truly love making our own cleaning products at home.  I love the money we are saving and knowing exactly what I am putting into the products. My latest DIY home product has been liquid hand soap.  Since I have two young boys, we are always making messes [...]

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We attended a little Valentine’s party today with some preschool-aged gals, so I was in need of two different kinds of Valentine cards for my girls to pass out. I totally could have gotten away with them giving away just one thing together, but I knew they’d have more fun handing out their own, personal [...]

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Operation Pantry Makeover – Bin Method

by Jen on January 31, 2012

Pin It Contributor: Sarah from Chickie Momma Crafts: A few years ago when I started really couponing, I realized that my pantry was not working for me.  I was having a hard time finding items I had bought and things were getting lost in the abyss that was my pantry.  After reading some organization blogs and [...]

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Snowman Rice Krispie Treats

by Jen on January 18, 2012

Want to try this out later? Pin it on Pinterest Pin It As I mentioned on Facebook yesterday, we had a snow day from school – yet no snow! Everywhere around us was getting snow, but our area only had trace amounts of snow (it was the neighborhoods in the hill that caused the school [...]

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I’ll be participating in another Live Chat in the Ebates Savvy Living BlogFrog community tomorrow, Thursday January 12th from 4 – 5pm pst. The chat is titled “New Year, New You”.   I’m excited to talk New Years’ goals as I’ve been working on several goals & I’d love to hear what goals you’ve been [...]

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