DIY Glimmer Costume from She-Ra: Easy Cosplay Tutorial

A girl dressed in a glimmer cosplay with a pink and purple wig, light purple shirt, sparkly blue cape, purple pants, and blue fingerless gloves.

My daughters and their friends decided to go together to a local science fiction fantasy convention. Though I’ve been before, I never wore costumes, but my daughters wanted to cosplay their favorite characters. I didn’t want to buy a ready made costume for many reasons. First off, I enjoy creating costumes. Secondly, ready made costumes […]

Homemade Gluten Free Vegan Soft Pretzels Recipe

Gluten Free Vegan Soft Pretzels

I was never the biggest bread fan, so going off gluten wasn’t such a big deal for me in that sense. Pasta? Eh, gluten free stuff isn’t perfect, but it’s nearly as good if fresh, and I haven’t been lacking in that area in the 14 years since going gluten free. Pizza was one of […]

Allergy Friendly, Vegan Ceasar Salad and Dressing Recipe

I didn’t have Ceasar salad often growing up, but it is something I enjoy eating. Did you know where it originated? It has nothing to do with the Roman Caesars. It was named after Caesar Cardini, a restaurant owner, in Tijuana, Mexico, who made it up one day, ostensibly when he was low on ingredients, […]

My Recent Frugal Accomplishments

My Recent Frugal Accomplishments  1 It’s that time again, where I write up the list of frugal things I’ve done recently for everyone to see. This provides me with accountability, sometimes inspires me to do more frugal things (so I can write about it here after), and reminds me when I feel like I’m […]

DIY Cryptic Spren Costume from Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive

Happy Almost Halloween! My favorite author is Brandon Sanderson, and he writes so many amazing books, with the majority of his series taking place in his Cosmere universe, with crossovers between different series. They’re just fun books to read and reread, because then you notice crossovers that you might not have noticed before. In one […]

DIY Modest Nimona Cosplay Costume Without Much Sewing Required

All dressed up in cosplay at the convention, minus the belt. Halloween is right around the corner, and in that spirit, I wanted to share some costumes that my daughters and I recently made and wore. They wanted it to wear to a Comic Con type event, but I told them that if I was […]

Homemade Copycat Peach Fuze Tea Recipe – Easy DIY Iced Tea

A bunch of years ago, I shared my recipe for my homemade version of Lipton’s lemon iced tea I grew up with. It is great and refreshing, but, to be honest, I didn’t remember to make it for a long time. Lately, my kids have been really obsessed with Peach flavor Fuze Tea and I knew […]