*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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
by Jen on February 20, 2012
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 [...]
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 [...]
by Jen on February 12, 2012
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
by Jen on January 11, 2012
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 [...]