Archive for November 2008
Exciting Giveaway at Almost Frugal!
Posted by: onebagnation on: November 30, 2008
Kelly, my friend and blogging mentor, is hosting a great giveaway at Almost Frugal, just in time for the holidays. She’ll be giving away a Giftybox (valued at $100) – a fun and unique way to give a very personalized gift.
Visit Almost Frugal between Monday, December 1 and Monday, December 8 to enter – good [...]
Visible Progress At Last!
Posted by: onebagnation on: November 20, 2008
Here is a photo of all the glorious space we have cleared in the basement. There’s still more work to be done, but now my husband can begin work on the wall and shelves he’s planning. Next, the lighting, paint and some carpet and we’re in business!
The holiday room is looking much, much better as [...]
Holidays by Hand: Ribbons and Thread
Posted by: onebagnation on: November 17, 2008
Kelly at Almost Frugal is this week’s Holiday by Hand hostess. I haven’t posted a project this time, because I’m not at all clever with ribbons or thread, but do head over to Almost Frugal to see the cute holiday projects Kelly has assembled.
And remember, I’m hosting the Holidays by Hand food theme week on [...]
The Basement Report: Going, Going, Gone!
Posted by: onebagnation on: November 11, 2008
As promised, here are photos of some of the stuff we finally got rid of this weekend, as we made a big push in the basement clean-up project.
Vintage Daddy took two loads of stuff to the dump, as well as a load we donated to Value Village. We have one more pile that we’re taking [...]
Holidays by Hand: Papercraft Gifts
Posted by: onebagnation on: November 10, 2008
This week’s Holidays by Hand host is Rachel at smallnotebook.org. Visit her blog for more fun papercrafting ideas!
I have a lot of scrapbook paper around. In the spirit of frugality, simplicity, and re-purposing, I decided that I would try to use some of it to make holiday gifts this year.
My idea was to make monogrammed [...]
The Holidays by Hand Festival Starts Today!
Posted by: onebagnation on: November 4, 2008
Holidays by Hand (a brainstorm of yours truly) is a six-week festival of bloggers sharing ideas for handmade holiday gifts. I’ll be hosting the last week, on December 9th, with recipes for homemade food gifts.
This week, Tsh at simplemom.net starts us off with ideas for holiday gifts you can sew.
I didn’t submit anything this week [...]
The Basement Report: We’re Getting There
Posted by: onebagnation on: November 3, 2008
After a very unproductive week in my ongoing basement declutter project, we made some headway this weekend.
My husband took our ancient, broken old computer and the giant monitor to the recycler. For only $10 a piece, they’ll dispose of the toxic elements and recyle the rest – what a great deal!
This week I need to [...]
Holidays by Hand Festival Kicks Off!
Posted by: onebagnation on: November 3, 2008
Holidays by Hand (a brainstorm of yours truly) is a six-week festival of bloggers sharing ideas for handmade holiday gifts. I’ll be hosting the last week, on December 9th, with recipes for homemade food gifts.
This week, Tsh at simplemom.net starts us off with ideas for holiday gifts you can sew.
I didn’t submit anything this week [...]
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- Why is Change so Uncomfortable?
- New Year Affirmations
- I Hit the Wall, Fell off the Wagon, and the Wheels Came Off!
- Slowly but Surely . . .
- Get in (Micro)motion to Manage the Holidays
- Holidays by Hand: Food Glorious Food!
- Exciting Giveaway at Almost Frugal!
- Visible Progress At Last!
- Holidays by Hand: Ribbons and Thread
