Hi, im a single parent (32) with two lovelly girls, so thrifty is my life.We like to grow our veg,i knit and sew.Really all crafts i like to do, i have made new friendships from this site for which i am greatfull for. looking for new crafts on here keeps us busy, ohh yes my 8 year old also loves this site.I love sewing nappies and knitting socks,i guess my fav items to make, im also doing swaps with a lady in NY which is new to me but fun.she can crochet much better than sew so my kids get nice jumpers sent, im not so good at crochet(blankets ok!) but thats about it.
We are so lucky, that here in the UK we do not have to supply anything, my daughter takes a pencil case as do many other children, as shes now 9. But in the younger years they are told they are not allowed to take pencil cases in, (in our school anyway) also here we have many free fun days to take the children in the summer holidays, all these have many different stalls giving out freebies with the advertisements on. We went to one today all the children were given a free canvas shopping bag that they then put all the things in from various stalls, between my two girls they were given 10 pencils, 10 pens, a few note blocks, 2 bags, 4 star shaped marker pens with colors on each end, and many other items. this has all been divided up with all the other holiday freebies they have collected, and will now be posted to her cousin in Canada and our friends children in New York, and I know my friend and family look forward to these parcels. ... View related article.
My daughter is allergic to many foods, here is the recipe I use: 190g all purpose flour, 3g salt, 200g white sugar, 20g unsalted cocoa powder, 5g baking soda, 75ml veg oil, 15ml vinegar, 5ml vanilla extract, 235 ml cold water, 85 g semi sweet choc chips. I have changed the last item many times to dried fruit. You really cannot taste the vinegar in these, they are lovely. I got this recipe from the net, but I have now had to put an egg replacer as the vinegar has barley in it, which is not wheat and gluten free. Otherwise, they are very good, hope this helps. ... View related article.
Hi, here in the UK we have pound shops(I think same as your dollar stores)and they sell lots of silicone bake ware. They don't have mitts but they have silicone flat discs that you put in your hand and pick the pans up with. Would these be any good? Ruth ... View related article.
so sorry to all the thrifty fun family, our thoughts are with you all, especially susans family,kind regards Ruth and girls hull UK. ... View related article.
