OLD TIME MONEY SAVING WAYS & SIMPLE LIFE! Oatmeal Bread!
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I have been a homemaker for the past year (due to job loss). I have wholeheartedly embraced this time to go back to a simpler life. Doing laundry by hand, cooking from scratch, keeping the house clean (using vinegar and baking soda are invaluable). I love being frugal! My depression and anxiety have almost disappeared! More people need to stop living the fast life and get back to basics.
Sara, I couldn't agree more! So happy you are enjoying the simple life!
I love simplicity...however my washing machine is one thing I want. It doesn't have to be fancy ! Lol. And a dryer even if it is seldom used. You really took it up a couple of notches!!😀😀
Sara LaVair I’d love you to write a blog for us on that- your simpler life and decreasing your depression and anxiety!
I remember how simple life was when I was a kid. I was born in the 60's and grew up in the 60's and 70's. It was a simple time where there was always something to look forward to. We didn't have instant gratification in those days. We wrote letters to our family and friends. Long distance calls were only made on Christmas. We had rabbit ears and an antenna on our roof that got four channels on our black and white TV. We looked forward to the Disney movies on Sunday evenings. My mom sewed all of our clothes. We used paper grocery bags for book covers for our school books. We got a lot of our furniture, bedding, and towels from hotel sales; they would sell off the old stuff for pennies on the dollar. My mom was a very thrifty housewife and she knew how to stretch our pennies.
Love your comment! Such simple sweet memories!
Same way I grew up and it was the best times! Kids as well as some adults are missing out by being too connected to electronics and not cooking from scratch when possible. I came from Depression Era parents and grandparents that lived in OK and moved to Ca so I have learned as an adult all the things I thought were quirky as a teen. Five million twist ties or paper bags in drawers and pieces of aluminum foil. lol Cooking from scratch only😊
And we felt like we were prosperous and doing great! We used to walk over to our friend’s house and ride bikes and play outdoors until supper time! Yes! Thanks for those memories!
I also grew up in the 70's and remember covering my school books with brown paper bags. My entertainment consisted of playing outside all day with friends and doing puzzles with my parents.
I grew up in Africa at the same time as you did and your life sounds just like mine was. We had no shame in repurposing and reusing.
A few years ago my Dh wanted to build me a new chicken coop, but we didn’t have much of a budget. He tore down an eyesore shed and saved all the useable wood for the new coop. I found an old window at a thrift store. We used shingles I made roofers leave after they redid our roof (they were loaded in their truck ready to drive off with shingles we paid for!). All we had to buy was some fencing for the run, and siding to match the garage. We used paint leftover from doing the house. We were so far below budget we splurged on a cute metal chicken weather vane for the roof. My husband has a scrap wood stash that has come in so handy over the years, but using nothing but repurposed wood to build my adorable chicken coop was our best low cost project to date.
Fabulous idea! My son is a professional fencer, and saves good wood fencing that he removes for his mama, lol. Raised bed planters are next on my list!
Brilliant Diane! So creative and resourceful!
@@floridahorsegirl1019 I don’t know how to post a picture on here. It’s probably a 6x8 building with a roof that slants down on just one side. The run is totally enclosed and is about 8x10 I suppose. The nesting box is attached to the outside so I don’t have to go in, and has a ramp for them to walk up to get into it. Lots of roost area inside and out. The only thing I’d do different is add a larger overhang from the coop to the run so it stays drier in the wet weather.
I’ve bee collecting scrap lumber, fencing, nails, bolts, brackets, windows, doors and cement blocks from the local dump to build my chicken coop. I have enough but need to build it, I’m a 55yr old woman and don’t know how to build it and winter is here so I have to wait for spring but it won’t cost me a thing 😍
My neighbor told me the other day his daughter has $9k in her coop 😳
That’s nuts !!!
Blessings
Great video! On Sunday nights during the 70’s my dad would fill a granite ware canner of popcorn (cooked in bacon grease too) and we would watch Lawrence Welk and Wonderful World of Disney movie. I sure do miss the simple times💕
Such great memories...
I make tote bags with bird, dog, and animal feed bags. The bags are given to me from the food bank. I make them and give back to the food bank. 💙
What a great creative DIY!
More like this please with ways to be simple! This year when cleaning out my Mom’s house, I took my Dad’s old arm chair that had no seat and got it recovered. Ready for another 65 years! It was headed to the dump and now makes me happy every day. I can just see my Dad sitting it. Blessings E & P!
Oh Deborah that is so precious!
This warms my heart!
I was gifted a second-hand wooden barstool that someone's puppy had chewed on just a little bit. I had my husband cut the stool down and I used the seat portion with about 3 inches of the legs left and use it as a riser for my plants. The dilemma was what could I do with the rest of it, after looking at it from all angles I realized that if I turned the bottom portion upside down it would hold my husband's work boots and work as a rack to dry his wet boots in cold weather. We put it to the test last winter and it worked wonderfully when place next to heat vents. This was by far my most successful repurposed item.
BRILLIANT! Now that is clever and resourceful!
Great use of ols stool. I added a kitchen cupboard
door to my stool make an outdoor side table, works great
I've recently taken up cooking from scratch. Yesterday I made my first pizza dough in about 25 years! And it worked out! I've been making fried chicken from scratch, and freezing my food in ziplock baggies before use and I love that method! I found a really easy pizza dough recipe and I made my 2 little pizza's in the air fryer and they were delicious! Thank you so much for your encouragement of the simple life, it's keeping me going! Love your channel!
Wonderful! Thanks so much for the kind words!
Our friends were going to trash their artificial Christmas tree but we saved it! It’s absolutely beautiful. This will be our 10th Christmas using that tree. 👍❤️
YAY! So resourceful Shannon!
I too took my friends tree and used it many a year until the cat jumped in it and I couldn't fix it. Then I got my mom's aluminum tree out of attic and used that. All the teenage boys never saw anything like it. They thought it was neat.
I used my old one that literally was falling apart and made wreaths out of the branches. A few pine cones, sweet gum balls, magnolia seed pods, scrap ribbon, and lights made them so pretty and I even shaped a tree wreath for our front door.
We also got a second hand tree. After 12 years of our use (and who knows how many before) it was looking sparse. I got ‘garland ties’ from Dollar tree. They look just like my tree. I twisted on a few packs of those and it filled in nicely. Spruced up my tree for about $7.
I’m so happy people are going back to being frugal, even if they are forced, now I won’t get made fun of as much ! I’ve been so poor that being frugal was how I survived but even when I started making really good money I can’t not be frugal 🤷🏼♀️
I totally understand! So smart!
I bought some beautiful thick off white textured sheets at the thrift store and sewed a gorgeous comforter cover! I bought 4 fall colored dinner napkin and sewed throw pillow covers for our couch for Thanksgiving!
Wonderful! So creative and economical Julie!
I am a quilter. I give my quilts to family, friends, and charities. I keep all the scraps that are usable and have now made several quilts just from the scraps. It really stretches the fabrics and helps me use my creativity.
Oh how wonderful! Quilts are so beautiful!
Our neighbors gave us tree trunks ( small) to cut up for firewood, we heat with it. Also, they gave me some hostas that their grandsons landscape business was going to toss. We give them veggies and other things so we are not just takers. It’s great that we can share!
Such great point Reba, you give back as well!
It's a Hob nail glass dish...it has no marking because it's a hand made end of day glass. I worked as a curators assistant at Wheaton Glass Museum in Millville N.J. The glass blowers for hundreds of years would make creative one of a kind items with the left over glass in the furnace at the end of the day.
Are you sure it isn't Fenton glass. I collect it and that looks like many pieces I've seen.
Thank you! I will do more research on it for sure!
My husband used our old wall unit towers to make us a custom walk-in closet. I absolutely love it!!! Two of the towers we used were left on the curb free for the taking!! I have such a beautiful closet!
How creative!
My neighbor tossed out 3 tomato cages. They were brand new with the tags. I actually needed tomato cages because ours didn’t make the move with us last year. I was thrilled! $45 saved.
YES! Great score!
I saw a beautiful southwest Christmas tree made with tomato cages turned upside down.
I used scrabble tiles left in my mothers stuff when she passed and made the grandkids names on Christmas ribbons as ornaments for them and made the song O Christmas tree with leftover tiles in the shape of a Christmas tree on a framed chalkboard. Also I used my grandmothers buttons and made a framed ornament to remember her. It was stuff my family was going to throw away.
Oh my gosh that is creative Gasele! Thank you!
The best thing I found in the trash was a box of cook books. Found like a if things on the alley way when a family was moving. Knocked on door and asked if they were put out. Yes, take what you want. High end baby crib, window air conditioner, and can't remember what else. My husband nicknamed me Sanford &Son. All things were given to friends that needed them. Hv to try the bread. Looks delish.
Love that! You used what was going to be more stuff in our landfills!!
Sanford &Son-- we must be related! Good things are good things no matter if found along the road discarded, in a thrift store or at the mall. Frankly I don't see the difference. 😂
I have done this too. One of my most cherished finds was a huge stainless steel mixing bowl that was brand new with the sticker! I still use the tar out of it! No shame… the landfills are exploding enough with trash.
I moved to a house with a pedestal sink in the bathroom. Needed a place for makeup & hair. Repurposed an antique child's desk as my vanity.
GREAT idea! So creative!
My husband wore a big hole in one of our fitted sheets with his feet. It was 100 percent cotton and quite pretty. I cut it into sqares, hemmed the edges and made over a dozen cloth napkins with it!
So smart!
The blue glass bowl is gorgeous! And,you're right: Emmy made!
I took the drawers out of a dresser, that was left in an apartment I rented, and stacked them up to make a bookcase...while I shopped for a bookcase. I never bought a bookcase because those drawers worked so well. Once, in a thrift shop, where wealthy people lived, I found a couture 2 piece dress, which was not only custom designed, but the fabric was also actually custom hand loomed. It was FANTASTIC!! I bought it for $10 I wore it and wore it till I couldn't fit into it any more. Usually, I'd have cut it up to make something else. For this dress, though, I re-donated it and got a tax deduction for it. While I was there to re-donate it, I found a few more things to buy...but never again something as wonderful as that 2 piece dress! 👗
Oh I bet the dress was just lovely!!
Yesterday I was in my glory. I picked a peck of apples off of my tree, and cooked them in my pressure cooker and then used my grandmother's food mill to make them into a beautiful pink applesauce. I got 3 quarts and 8 pints put up for winter enjoyment. I will use the other's to make apple slices to slide into the freezer for pies for the holidays.
Oh how wonderful Elizabeth!
Today we took the kids to Lake Erie. Hubby's birthday is tomorrow, so the road trip was part of his birthday gift. It was so fun to see the kids see something so amazing! Earlier this week I got winter squash on sale at Meijer, then the next day Aldi had it on sale at $.20 cheaper. But I'm not complaining because it was only like $.89 and $.69 each. Today I used the stove, my blender and the instant pot to make a butternut squash soup. I used chicken broth I had frozen last month and seasoning, spices and ingredients I already had. It was a really simple yet filling meal with a side of grilled cheese w/tomato sandwich.
Sounds delicious Jennifer!
Our dad passed away earlier this year. Had some of his shirts made into memory bears for keepsakes. Plan on making Christmas ornaments for all the grandkids out of other shirts.
Oh how wonderful!
When the best horse I ever owned died I kept some of his horse shoes. A friend asked me for some. At Christmas he presented me with a book holder for cookery books and my husband with a wine stand.
That's so wonderful Sue!
I turned off the TV about 6 years ago. I don't know any of the current actors or programs. We have one landline; no mobile phones. I like to watch old TV shows on RUclips. I've gone back to the 50s and it's great.
Sounds pretty great actually lol!
In Germany your bulk day called "Sperrmüll". Once a found a beautiful kitchen cabinet. I still use it. We also have a zinc bathtub - use it in the garden for flowers. During the years we always brought stuff second hand. It's frugal and good for the environment.
Absolutely Gabi! Great finds!
I love that you opened this video with that gorgeous sunrise! For me that's the epitome of why I live frugally, so that I actually have the time to enjoy things like that. My best trash find was an entire patio furniture set, with cushions, that a relative of my neighbors gave to them. They decided they weren't really using it and so they put the the table and 6 chairs out to the curb. This was such a blessing to me. I live in Florida now and my children came down for Christmas last year and the weather was so beautiful that it would have been lovely to eat Christmas dinner outside but, I didn't have patio furniture. My son said that next year he wanted me to get patio furniture so we could enjoy Christmas dinner outdoors. I was planning on picking up a patio set on sale until my AC broke down and I had to spend $8000 on a new one. So if the neighbors hadn't thrown away their set I would never have been able to afford even a cheap set on sale. Love your channel 🌻🍁🌻🍁🌻
Laurie thanks for sharing that! What a wonderful comment! I bet the set is lovely!
God knows and cares about our needs and wants 🥰
Blessings
Our neighbor called us and said her sister was redoing their backyard. We were gifted three large terra cotta planter pots...one even has an awesome lemon tree.
How nice that your beautiful glass bowl had found a new loving home!
A lemon tree, how wonderful!
I don't have an apron but a snap-up-the-front scrub top works great for protecting your clothes. I i bought a couple from a thrift store that i use almost all the time because i bought a "large," plenty big enough to cover my clothes and not restrict movement, very loose and comfortable. (And has large pockets, just as the old aprons did.) Really saves your clothes when you cook. My grandkids can use my old med or smalls for painting/playdough smocks.
Great idea Vickie!
Culk pickup in my neighborhood is crazy. I recently brought home a beautiful victorian style birdhouse. My husband said “we dont have a bird” lol. I gave it to a woman I work with who wanted to get a bird for her daughter. I have also picked things up and donated them to thrift stores. I cannot stand to see useable items going to the dump. That bowl was meant for you Emmy!
I agree Laurie! Perfectly good items just being tossed away!
We just returned from a church retreat we help facilitate. While there I realized just how much we have become in the habit of electronics. I made a vow to read more & stay away from TV, social media etc. Mindful usage & saves electricity.
Great idea! Thanks!
I took yarn I had and made an afghan last year. This year I will take yarn to make myself a sweater. I also buy stuff on deals to give to cancer fundraisers for their auctions.
That is so wonderful Ann!
My husband wears very colourful and patterned shirts. When he has finished with them I turn them into reversible aprons for our grandchildren. One side is for baking and cooking and the other side for arts and crafts. They love them because they are Gramps’ shirts and they get to choose the patterns for each side.
Great idea.
Oh my gosh I love that! Thank you!
Genius!
Excellent idea
The senior apartment building that I live in has something that I call the Community Table in our community room. People put items on it ranging from food to clothing, books to cookware, all free for the taking. A couple of my favorite treasures are a little painted wooden house with a crow perched on top, a set of felt owl ornaments, and a mug from a local restaurant where I've spent many a happy lunchtime with friends.
Awesome. Love these Sharing Tables!
Sharon a sharing table is such wonderful idea!
As I may have mentioned before, my friend in Jersey lives in a City where there are many curb finds. I'd say about 90% of her apartment is from the curb. Each year she finds a new Christmas Tree, she is always finding lamps (while I can't find any in a store), furniture, wall decor, you name it.
Love that! great finds!
Mom use to keep left over chicken or Turkey broth from the bones for Christmas Day Soup,or gravy.
The jar way. Water,flour,and baking powder or soup stock.
On Halloween, she used black construction and made a pumpkins face on an orange lamp we had.
She turned it on when it got dark.
Sharen
Simple yet wonderful!!
I reuse yogurt cups for my seedlings. We use bags from e.g. toilet paper in the dustbin. We use paper and plastic bags from sugar, flour, coffee etc. for the bread we take with us to work/school/hiking... (we also have stainless steel boxes, but they need more space in the bag). My children were sometimes asked why they take a bag of flour to school 😂 And I keep the glasses from honey and pickles and store nuts etc. in it.
Such great tips Nici! love the flour bag hack!
I reuse jars too and was just thinking today I need to start s9me seedlings and I have yogurt containers! Thankyou for the idea
Yes!! It is truly the simple things that can provide so much joy. I find that I really enjoy simplicity the older I get. I don’t know that I repurpose as much as pick up things I need…like one day I was walking and someone who was moving out a bunch of things on the sidewalk for people to take. I saw a Nordicware small cookie sheet and I needed one and was going to plan to buy one, but I found this for free and it was in great condition. I use it when baking all the time.
So smart to keep an eye out for items like that!
Went to an Estate Sale and on the last day was gifted for free, many, like new popular author books for our neighborhood sharing table library.
That's wonderful!
All my life I have enjoyed hanging my laundry outside. I remember helping my mother as a young child. The lines were at the back of the yard. behind our home was a power plant (We were in the heart of Dallas TX.). There acres of land and a huge lake that fed the plant. In early spring the field was FULL of wild flowers and yes.. some were actually weeds! After hanging out laundry we would go under the barbwire fence and pick flowers and play(till Security would wave at us and we would leave). I love being outside and listening to the birds. With my VERY large family I have saved a lot of money on my electric bill. All of my 8 children attended Catholic school. I put thier uniforms in the dryer for just a few minutes then put them on hangers. I hand them on a rack or the shower curtain rod in the winter and rainy weather. I love the fresh smell on my linens. I've been stopped by strangers who asked "What kind of detergent do you use?". A simple thing I truly love...especially when the entire family gets involved!
What a wonderful comment Jace! Thanks for sharing!
I never expected a reply! Thank you! Love your video
Love your beautiful fall colored top! My most recent 'fix it up' story is with a purse. I wanted a new purse for this coming winter, and found a very cute, stylish, black and white Rossetti purse at the thrift store for $1! As I got to the check out, I saw that one of the fabric sides had a coffee stain on it. For a dollar, I decided to try to get it out. Sure enough, my wet Norwex cloth took the stain out in 30 seconds! The inside lining needs a little stitching in one place, but that will be easy to do by hand. Hello cute 'new' winter purse! Also, our son needed some more storage in his room, and I'd been thinking a 6 section cube shelf would work well. While walking this summer, I FOUND one out for the garbage! I heard the trash truck on a nearby street, so I hurried home to get the car. Even though the shelf unit needed cleaned and tightened, it was just what we wanted. Husband and son cleaned and tightened it, and it looks like new! Another example for our young adult son that God provides!!
Such great repurposing! So creative!
Joann fabric sells purse handles. Often I can extend purse use by replacing worn handle.
This video hit on a word that I think is SO IMPORTANT -- contentment! I think this is the key to a frugal life. A person who isn't contented is always looking for it and many succumb to buying to meet this need. Thanks for the reminder.
So true Alice!
The joy of being a frugal person- love that!
So true!
Your sweet disposition blesses my heart. Thank you for the ideas to be more frugal. Your channel is special and I appreciate you and Paul.
I've been away for a while due to a major remodel to our home from a water leak. We are finally resolving the long wait and hope to be finishing up as the year closes. Blessings to you and your family. ❤
So great to hear from you Willette! So glad your home is almost done! Blessings right back, thank you!
I quilt, but my friend knits/crochets. She goes to thrift stores and gets cashmere sweaters, unravels them separates any very worn fibers and re-knits them into other garments. I am so envious of this talent of hers. Me? I will work any cotton fabric into a quilt. I have "rescued" more than one antique quilt in my life. The challenge is amazing and fun at the same time.
Oh my goodness you both have such talent!! Me? I can sew a button on LOL!!
The bowl looks to be Fenton glass. Enjoy your special find!
Thanks Lori!
That bowl is beautiful! Did a quick shopping at Publix grocery store this morning and I grabbed a few items. A couple of items were on a month long sale with today being the last day of the sale. It wasn't until I got into my car that I looked at my receipt and saw that the two sale items rang up at regular price. Went back into the store and up to the courtesy counter where I was refunded the entire original cost (not just sale price) of each of those two items meaning I got them for free! Did not realize that Publix will refund you the original cost of any sale item(s) if they do not ring up on sale! I am so grateful I went back into the store!
YAY!! So glad you caught that error! It pays to be vigilant! Great job Karen!
I like the picture of the aprons on the clothes line. Reminds me of my grandparents in PA
Wasn't that precious!
I’m using a wood clothes rack that belonged to my great grandmother , and one that my mother in law had used . I dry my clothes on it in a spare bedroom . I do that because I have neighbors that burn . It’s great to use something from previous generations .
That is awesome!
I have always wore an apron, when my children were little it meant I could pop things in my pocket still keeping my hands free whilst tidying up. Kept my clothes clean when little toddlers were about. Doubles as a peg pocket whilst bringing washing in from the line if it showers. Have one for gardening whilst deadheading etc. I love aprons :)
Yes! Love that Carol! So true!
What a beautiful bowl you got for free! Blessing! Wonderful recipe! :) Dawn @ Rich & Dawn in MN :)
Thanks so much! That bowl was dirty but I knew it was beautiful underneath lol!
When my son was little, we used to go ‘junking’ a couple of towns over.
He would be on the lookout from his car seat for things that looked cool.
We found a teeny tiny wheelbarrow that he used to help me in the garden. When he got to big to use it, I took it apart, refinished it, drilled holes, and use it as a planter in my garden. I always think of our adventure when I see it.
I also ‘junked’ an entire farmhouse of old large windows. I couldn’t believe they were just being thrown out. We brought them up to my dad and with my vision, and his skills, they were turned into beautiful trellises for my flowers.
I plant black eyed Susan vines on them every year. 😊😊😊
So wonderful and creative! Thank you!!
Hi Emmy and Paul. Glad you are home safely. We are saving glass and plastic food containers where we can for future use. Enjoy your weekend.
Free and useful...perfect combo Karen! Thank you!
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure…. You found a beautiful treasure. My husband found a large mirror on trash day. It looks fabulous over our fireplace! The bread recipe looks delicious, I wonder if it could be adapted for a bread machine as well?
Oh what a great find! Mirrors are expensive! I'm not about the bread machine though, I don't have one.
What an amazing find, Id use it for desert like candies or baked one bite size delicious cookies etc. I recently reused my old stained with wine and coffee (those stains does not come out anymore) dressing gown instead of apron and I liked it. I was about to throw it away but one cold morning I put it on went to make a coffee and started cleaning the kitchen. Then it was like an eye opener - I could put this dressing gown instead of an apron (which I dont have) and wear it while cleaning my house. Perfect protection for clothing. Nobody sees me anyway when Im indoors cleaning. Thank you for your warm and inspiring videos. ❤😊
Such a creative great idea! Thanks for sharing
I love you mentioned the aprons....I use to never understand why use an apron. This past year I figured it out, with cooking, cleaning, gardening, an apron is essential to protect your clothing. Only problem is, I am a bigger chested woman as such i never liked an apron because it doesnt cover my chest areas properly. Well i taught myself to sew over the pandemic and i suddenly realized i could take my apron, make a Templet, and add adding the extra width I need and just see up my own aprons with pockets and all to my liking.
Oh how wonderful! Good for you!
Dear Emmy, I am baking every weekend bread or bread rolls. I love to do this. Your recipe looks great! I will try it! My first frugal blessing "for free" is to use the old garden of my parents in law, who died 6 years ago. In this big garden we grow lots of potatoes, peas, beans, cale and so much more for our great family. It is always a family event when we are there and share all the harvest. Yesterday, for example, we harvested 30 kg of potatoes, tons of apples and plums and planted 5 big rows of little strawberry plants (for free from my own garden), garlic and winter salads. Our second frugal blessing was a little sports equipment, which we have got for free from a neighbour. Now we can do some exercises in our pantry in the basement of our house. By the way, you are looking so beautyful with your hair❤.
Sabrina what a large harvest you have! My goodness how abundant! What a blessing! You are always so kind with your words! Thank you!
Oh my goodness, that candy bowl or whatever it was intended to be is beautiful. My favorite color!!!
Oh thank you Glenda!
I knit and crochet unravel old things and make other items .
So resourceful!
I love my apron ❤
We have bulk pick up once a month. My son found a big TV a few years ago and just needed to put a new cord on it and it still works.
That's amazing!
Great video Emmy and Paul....so good.
Love the idea of a simpler time.
Something I found a long side someone's trash:
It was a 3 panel screen, you know the kind you open to use as a room divider and in the old days, some ladies would dress behind ..I found one of those. The fabric on it was very thin and tore in a few spots.
What I use it for: when I want to have my front door open for fresh air or cool air, I will set it up in front of the open door and it keeps my dogs from seeing out and barking at everything. If the screen wasn't there, the dogs would bark at people walking by or a cat crossing our yard or the mailman....
It's a perfect solution.
And one of these days, I will re-cover it and make it pretty again.
What a great use of a repurposed item! Thanks for sharing!
Love the idea of keeping the house clean. It is much easier to stay home and admire your hard work.
It really is! Thanks Jackie!
I reuse my large birdseed bags and guinea pig hay bags to collect recyclables and bring them to our local Green Truck for ♻️ recycling.
Such a great use Kay!
That bread looked scrumptious. That bowl was an awesome find it may become one of your greatest conversation pieces! Enjoy
LOL! Yes, definitely!
I just bought a decorative clear glass bowl and a green glass vase from the Dollar Tree. I am going to turn the vase upside down and glue the bowl on top. I can put a battery tealight inside the upside down vase. Whalla, I will have a pedestal bowl that I can fill with candy or Christmas greenery and the pedestal base will have a soft light. Bowl and vase cost me $2.50 total.
Great idea!!
It appears that your lovely little vase is a Fenton hobnail vase. It's beautiful! Good find! Blessings Abound.
Thanks so much!
You saved me from going to the store with your oatmeal bread recipe! I'm making chicken noodle soup for dinner and was thinking I needed to go buy a box of saltines. With prices today, I'd pay two to three dollars. Since I bake regularly, I had all the ingredients on hand. I used my bread machine, so my work time was just a few minutes. The recipe you linked includes bread machine instructions. I just began a No Spend Week this morning, so you helped me not spend and I'll have a yummy loaf of bread. Win win! ❤️❤️❤️
YAY!!! So happy to hear that! Thank you!
That bread look so good, and the blue bowl… what a great find!
Thanks Kim!
My husband and I picked up a dresser from the curb when we were first married. My husband refinished it and our son used it while he was living at home. Now our 10 year old grandson has been using the same dresser since he was born!
Love that so much Darlene!
Your bowl is a Fenton. I have the pink one just like it that was my grandmothers. I set it out every year at Christmas filled with the old bulbs from their tree light string. So pretty and simple, yet so special.
Nice idea! Thanks!
What a wonderful way to start my weekend. Love your channel ❤ My favorite find was an antique pharmacy bench in a dumpster outside the pharmacy I was working at (over 40 years ago!) Physically dragged it down the street and brought it home. My cousin refinished it. It has been my TV stand ever since.
Linda so smart and creative!! Thanks so much for the kind words!
We found used lumber on the side of the road that was from a deck. We used it to build an addition to our shed. It was $4000 worth of lumber. I got really good at pulling out nails
WOW! That's so wonderful Nancy!
My home here in the uk is filled with thrifted and gifted. My father always used to say, an item to have needs to tell a story. I always used to make up the coal fire when I was a child, I taught my 6 year old grandson how to clear and build a fire today. Absolutely love your account, I wish I found you earlier as I was in beautiful New York last spring.
Thanks for sharing and for the kind words!!
Your bowl looks like Fenton glass. My late mother-in-law liked Fenton glass and got our daughter a few pieces. Your bread looks wonderful! I'm going to have to try that recipe!
I also thought it could be Fenton
I thought it was fenton also
Same thing I thought as soon as I saw it!
Thank you! I will do more research on it for sure!
I strain and reuse my vegetable oil just like my mom did. I also put an apron on around the house. When my mom passed away we donated many things to Goodwill but they would not take an end table as it had minor water damage from lack of using a coaster. I saved the table and with a light sanding and some Minwax it looks as good as new. It's solid wood and I love it.
Oh that's such a great DIY! I'm sure it's lovely!
Great find Emmy and such wonderful ideas. I love your blouse. It looks like Autumn!
LOL! Thank you Sherri!
Loved this video and all the tips. The little bowl is a God blessing. When we are good stewards, He blesses us even more.
Thank you Cindy! He is great!
Good morning Emmy and Paul... was just thinking of making oatmeal bread recently... you read my mind! I repainted our laundry room last month and as it really is the main way people come into our home I try and make it look nice. I went through my vintage tablecloths and found one perfect to use as a curtain for our hot water tank then used some of my falling leaves Hall pottery collection to put laundry supplies into and display dryer balls, cleaning cloths and a floral arrangement. So lovely to use what I had and love in a new way!!!
How lovely! You shopped your home! Great job Stephanie!
The bread looks really delicious. What a great little free bowl! Thank you for the reminders to strive for a simpler, more frugal lifestyle.
Thanks for watching!
The bowl is beautiful. What a good find. I bought my kitchen scale from Goodwill as well. Love the simple life. Saves money. Many blessings to you and your family as well.
Yes! Thank you! You as well Cathy!
I got a Melissa and Doug toy for free because it was missing some magnets. . Pictures of the pieces in the actual size were printed on the back of the toy. I took a photo of the pieces-with my phone and printed it out in color for free at the library. I glued them to refrigerator magnets given away by a local business and cut them out. You cannot tell which pieces I made and which came with the toy originally. My granddaughters love that toy.
So smart! How creative Judith!
Omgosh! The bowl is GORGEOUS!!
Wasn't that an amazing find!!
I think your treasure is "blue hobb-nail". Beautiful!!
Thanks Tamara!
Always wanted one of those big wooden welcome signs, just last month a neighbor put one out in the trash! Love it!
YAY! Score!
What a darling glass bowl.
So much fun repurposing things.
I love aprons or pinny as my great grandmother would call them.
I have a half pinny with pockets and I put my phone in one pocket so I can listen to music or and audio book with my headphones.
Wishing you blessings and big hugs From England xx
What a lovely term "Pinny!" Thank you! Big hug right back!
Hi Emmy, I made the bread this afternoon. I’m not an experienced cook but some of your recipes have been ‘game changers’ for me so I was happy to give it a go. I made it with wholemeal flour and I didn’t have the right size tin but I was thrilled with the result nevertheless. Your clear explanations make it so easy. Thank you 👍. Petra xx
Oh I am so happy Petra! Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful video! After our hectic move in early September, we are finally getting settled and back to our frugal ways (spending all that money for home improvements and moving costs was terrifying to us!) :D We are happy to pick up useful things that we have a genuine need for/time to make good if necessary. We once picked up a desperately needed item from the side of the road which was just being thrown away. We found the clothes airer a little rusted but otherwise fine and after checking it was OK to take it, we did! We de-rusted it, painted it up and we have been using it constantly since then! That was in 2019! Praying you are both well and have a Blessed weekend ahead xx
So happy you are all moved in and settled! KaelaLee thank you! You as well!
I used a discarded kitchen cabinet as a mini library in my yard.
That is awesome!
That bread looks amazing!! 👏🏻 I can’t wait to make it! I repurposed a canvas I painted at a painting class that I was going to give away into artwork for our bathroom by taking leftover sticky tiles & decorating the canvas to compliment the floor design 😎
Oh how creative!!
My husband and I grew up in New Jersey where we had 'junk night'. About rwice a year people could put just about anything out on the curb and in the morning the city would haul it to the dump. We furnished our first apartment with some of that 'junk' (because there were no laws against taking it. Someone had put out a rataan couch and chair! Family contributed too, pots and pans, serving dishes and lamps. I still miss some of those hand-me-downs.
Carla I bet you found some wonderful items!
This was such a great video today. Full of wonderful ideas. We had a piece of plywood we used for a homeschool desk. We all signed it. We took the desk down but saved the piece of wood. We got a new puppy that needed crate training, but no room for the crate. Took out the end table I was using and cut the wood piece down and attached it to the top of the crate that we already had and made a nice crate/table.
Such a creative DIY!
Oh my goodness, when I first found your videos I went all the way back to watch your older ones. One of the videos I found was for the oat bread. It sounded so delicious, and you were so encouraging, that I tried it. I was instantly hooked on bread making! I can't wait to to try this version!!
As far as repurposed finds, my entire house is full of them, lol. One of my favorites is an older rolling cart that I repainted and use at the end of my bed to hold my PJs, slippers, and an occasional napping kitty😂!
Tracey thank you! The bread will be a keeper for sure!
I had a lovely large art canvas but it did no longer fit the room colors, so I just painted over it and it looks lovely. Another canvas which was given to me completely damaged, I stripped the canvas and reused the frame as a weaving frame. Changed a baby changing table put an old mini sink over it and use it as a potting area for my plants. I repurposed an old coffee table as a seating bench, reusing old baby baskets and wash baskets as plant pots which are easier to store away than heavy plant pots, I reused old chairs and scrap wood to build a chicken coop which is still solid after many years and I reuse laminate flooring pieces where a bookcase or cabinet backings are torn. The laminate if fantastic and easy to fit and looks lovely.
Oh goodness you are so creative! Thank you for sharing!
Amazing!
Thank you for your videos, I look forward to watching them every week. You have fabulous ideas and tips.
Kim that is so kind of you! Thank you!
My new favorite old is a small clipped article from 1940s I recently found between my grandmother's cookbooks. Pantry cakes. It didn't give any recipes, but it reminded women that you can make crumble cakes (thick pie crust bottom, some filling or thick jam and crumble on top) and store them airtight in cooler pantries and you can serve them up piece at a time for a month. As they are largely sugar, flour and lard/butter - they age well and harden up enough to cut them neatly. They were suggestions of making 2 cakes with different filling and cutting them up in portions so you can give your family a piece of cake every other day with their soup to cheer them up. I think it is actually a very nice idea, because most recipes suitable for it, like poppyseed cake, tend to be quite sweet and wholesame so you cut them in rather small pieces per serving. Goes well with the patch cooking too.
What a unique concept! Thanks for sharing Liisa!
just love what you say, it is so resonating with me. I am 60 years old and miss the time I grew up. I am now a new subscriber and I totally agree with the apron. I still can see my grand-mother wearing her apron with huge pockets to put all things out of place so she can fill them and once she reached each spots where these items we near, she just emptied her pockets...she did this all day. She had no room for a tissue, so she put it in her bras, which I do also. Such great memories.
Welcome! So happy you found us! Thank you!
About 15 years ago my husband found an antique sewing machine table at the side of the road. He brought it home and put it in the basement and years later when my daughter moved out it became a lovely piece in her living room. One person‘s trash is another person‘s treasure!
I couldn't agree more Sharon!
Hi friends! Your glass piece is a Fenton blue opalescence hob nail glassware. I have some that was my grandmothers. Enjoy it. It is special!
Oh thank you!