Your Cheapskates Club Newsletter 06:23
In This Newsletter
1. Cath's Corner
2. From the Tip Store - Quick Cute Marshmallow Flowers; Setting a Pretty Valentine's Day Dinner Table; Make Some Mini Valentine's Cakes
3. Share Your Tips
4. Join The Cheapskates Club
5. On the Menu - A Dessert Treat for Valentine's Day
6. The $300 a Month Food Challenge - Celebrating on the $300 a Month Food Challenge
7. The Weekly MOO Challenge - Hamburger Pickles
8. Cheapskates Buzz
9. The Cheapskates Club Show
10. The Handmade Christmas Challenge
12. Ask A Question - Have a question? Ask it here
13. Join the Cheapskates Club
14. Frequently Asked Questions
15. Contact Details
1. Cath's Corner
Hello Cheapskaters,
Welcome to our new Cheapskates Club members, we are so glad you found us and decided to join the fun and frugality!
How are you all surviving No Spending Month? Are you building your grocery slush fund and making that gap list? If you're not sure what I'm talking about, head on over to our You Tube channel and watch Tuesday night's live show, it will explain it all.
Other news is the tomatoes are going well, they just aren't ripening. I'm waiting, waiting, and I check them at least three times a day (well they could turn red between breakfast time and lunch!); I have grand plans to make sauce and semi-dried tomatoes and add to the pantry stockpile using just garden produce. While I wait the recipe books are out and the jars and lids have been washed and prepped, so as soon as I see red, it will be go, go, go in our kitchen.
Next Tuesday is Valentine's Day. You know we don't usually do anything special, and certainly nothing extravagant, or that even costs money, on this day. But this year, I just feel the need to make occasions special, in our own Cheapskates way. I think we all need a little cheerfulness and joy and even some sweet surprises after the last long, long, long three years we endured.
So I've made some little treats and some cards to share with Wayne and the kids, of course, and for friends and family - happy mail if you want to give it a name. I didn't buy anything, so no money was spent, all the ingredients and materials were already here. The only cost was my time over the last couple of weeks, something I was happy to spend on this fun day.
This week's newsletter is full of ideas for celebrating Valentine's Day the Cheapskates way. There are some really delicious recipes to try, and some sweet treats you can make, and some reading from the Article Archive so make a cuppa and enjoy the read.
And if you're a new member, don't forget to login regularly, to see what's new and catch up with all the goings on in the Cheapskates Club.
Have a great week everyone.
Happy Cheapskating,
Cath
PS: Love our site? We love referrals! Send a note to your favourite newspapers, magazines, radio stations, TV stations, friends and relatives, and tell them about us!
1. Cath's Corner
2. From the Tip Store - Quick Cute Marshmallow Flowers; Setting a Pretty Valentine's Day Dinner Table; Make Some Mini Valentine's Cakes
3. Share Your Tips
4. Join The Cheapskates Club
5. On the Menu - A Dessert Treat for Valentine's Day
6. The $300 a Month Food Challenge - Celebrating on the $300 a Month Food Challenge
7. The Weekly MOO Challenge - Hamburger Pickles
8. Cheapskates Buzz
9. The Cheapskates Club Show
10. The Handmade Christmas Challenge
12. Ask A Question - Have a question? Ask it here
13. Join the Cheapskates Club
14. Frequently Asked Questions
15. Contact Details
1. Cath's Corner
Hello Cheapskaters,
Welcome to our new Cheapskates Club members, we are so glad you found us and decided to join the fun and frugality!
How are you all surviving No Spending Month? Are you building your grocery slush fund and making that gap list? If you're not sure what I'm talking about, head on over to our You Tube channel and watch Tuesday night's live show, it will explain it all.
Other news is the tomatoes are going well, they just aren't ripening. I'm waiting, waiting, and I check them at least three times a day (well they could turn red between breakfast time and lunch!); I have grand plans to make sauce and semi-dried tomatoes and add to the pantry stockpile using just garden produce. While I wait the recipe books are out and the jars and lids have been washed and prepped, so as soon as I see red, it will be go, go, go in our kitchen.
Next Tuesday is Valentine's Day. You know we don't usually do anything special, and certainly nothing extravagant, or that even costs money, on this day. But this year, I just feel the need to make occasions special, in our own Cheapskates way. I think we all need a little cheerfulness and joy and even some sweet surprises after the last long, long, long three years we endured.
So I've made some little treats and some cards to share with Wayne and the kids, of course, and for friends and family - happy mail if you want to give it a name. I didn't buy anything, so no money was spent, all the ingredients and materials were already here. The only cost was my time over the last couple of weeks, something I was happy to spend on this fun day.
This week's newsletter is full of ideas for celebrating Valentine's Day the Cheapskates way. There are some really delicious recipes to try, and some sweet treats you can make, and some reading from the Article Archive so make a cuppa and enjoy the read.
And if you're a new member, don't forget to login regularly, to see what's new and catch up with all the goings on in the Cheapskates Club.
Have a great week everyone.
Happy Cheapskating,
Cath
PS: Love our site? We love referrals! Send a note to your favourite newspapers, magazines, radio stations, TV stations, friends and relatives, and tell them about us!
2. From The Tip Store
Quick Cute Marshmallow Flowers
I saw the idea on Pinterest, and they were so pretty and so easy I had to try them. Of course I also modified the instructions to suit Australian ingredients and my budget.
You'll need:
1 packet Coles pink and white marshmallows (or use your favourite brand, as long as they are large marshmallows)
1/2 cup white choc chips
1/2 cup pink cake sprinkles or hundreds and thousands
Pink straws
Step 1. Melt the chocolate over a double boiler (or in the microwave).
Step 2. Stick a straw into the bottom of each marshmallow.
Step 3. Dip each marshmallow into the chocolate and then roll it in the sprinkles.
Step 4. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and put into the fridge to harden.
Step 5. Tie three marshmallow flowers into a posy with pink or red ribbon.
Setting a Pretty Valentine's Day Dinner TableDecorate your dining table for Valentines Day with red and white flowers, napkins and table sprinkle. Make the ‘flowers from tissues. Use white tissues and concertina fold them, then fold in half lengthways and tie off at the fold. Carefully spread the layers of tissue out to resemble carnations. Take a red felt pen and very carefully draw around the edge of the tissue, letting the felt pen bleed into the tissue. Use red and white cake sprinkles scattered over the table top. They don t sparkle like glitter, but they are easier to clean up, won t hurt animals or children who may eat them and are cheap.
Make Some Mini Valentine's CakesMake mini Valentines cakes. Use a butter cake mix (generic is fine and cheap) and make them in muffin tins. Put a marble in the centre of each indentation, pour some cake mix into patty cases and pop on top of the marble. Bake in the usual way. When you turn the cakes out, carefully take the patty case off and when you turn them over you will mini ‘heart shaped cakes. Ice with white icing and quickly dip in red jelly crystals before the icing sets.
There are more than 12,000 great tips in the Tip Store
Add a Tip
Quick Cute Marshmallow Flowers
I saw the idea on Pinterest, and they were so pretty and so easy I had to try them. Of course I also modified the instructions to suit Australian ingredients and my budget.
You'll need:
1 packet Coles pink and white marshmallows (or use your favourite brand, as long as they are large marshmallows)
1/2 cup white choc chips
1/2 cup pink cake sprinkles or hundreds and thousands
Pink straws
Step 1. Melt the chocolate over a double boiler (or in the microwave).
Step 2. Stick a straw into the bottom of each marshmallow.
Step 3. Dip each marshmallow into the chocolate and then roll it in the sprinkles.
Step 4. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and put into the fridge to harden.
Step 5. Tie three marshmallow flowers into a posy with pink or red ribbon.
Setting a Pretty Valentine's Day Dinner TableDecorate your dining table for Valentines Day with red and white flowers, napkins and table sprinkle. Make the ‘flowers from tissues. Use white tissues and concertina fold them, then fold in half lengthways and tie off at the fold. Carefully spread the layers of tissue out to resemble carnations. Take a red felt pen and very carefully draw around the edge of the tissue, letting the felt pen bleed into the tissue. Use red and white cake sprinkles scattered over the table top. They don t sparkle like glitter, but they are easier to clean up, won t hurt animals or children who may eat them and are cheap.
Make Some Mini Valentine's CakesMake mini Valentines cakes. Use a butter cake mix (generic is fine and cheap) and make them in muffin tins. Put a marble in the centre of each indentation, pour some cake mix into patty cases and pop on top of the marble. Bake in the usual way. When you turn the cakes out, carefully take the patty case off and when you turn them over you will mini ‘heart shaped cakes. Ice with white icing and quickly dip in red jelly crystals before the icing sets.
There are more than 12,000 great tips in the Tip Store
Add a Tip
3. Share Your Tips
The Cheapskate's Club website is thousands of pages of money saving hints, tips and ideas. There are over 12,000 tips to save you money, time and energy; 1,600 budget and family friendly recipes, hundreds of printable tip sheets and ebooks.
Let's get together and make the Cheapskates Club Australia's largest online hint, tip and idea library. Share your favourite money saving, time saving or energy saving hint and be in the running to win a one-year membership to The Cheapskate Club.
Share your favourite hint or tip that saves money, time and energy and be in the running to win a one-year subscription to The Cheapskate Journal.
Remember, you have to be in it to win it!
Share Your Tip
4. Join The Cheapskates Club
Twenty Benefits of Cheapskates Club Membership
Not sure a Cheapskates Club membership is for you? Well here are 20 - yes, 20, benefits of Cheapskates Club membership.
1. Unlimited access to the Member's Centre during your membership
2. Weekly newsletter – full of money, time and energy savings ideas sent directly to your inbox every week
3. Article Archive
4. Cheapskates Tip Store - over 12,000 hints and tips to save you money, time and energy
5. Cheapskates Club Forum - this forum is for the exclusive use of Members only
6. Menu Plan Archive - search for previous menu plans and find new dinner ideas (all the way back to 2006, that's over 200 meal plans!)
7. Newsletter Archive - the weekly Bright Ideas newsletter is archived so you can read them anytime
8. Saving Stories - be inspired by other Cheapskates Club members as they share their saving stories
9. Budget Renovations - three years of one-on-one budget renovations
10. Just Ask - do you have a question? Just ask and let other Cheapskates help you!
11. Learning Centre - e-courses to help you live the Cheapskates way
12. E-books - a library of e-books dedicated to saving you money and growing all the time
13. Cheapskates Bill Paying System - our original and so easy to use bill paying system will help to keep you on budget
14. Tip Sheets - there are currently over 140 tip sheets prepared exclusively for members, with new tip sheets added monthly
15. Recipe File - over 1,800 tried and true family favourites that will save you money and help your budget
16. Tools – a library of worksheets, inventories, budgets and spreadsheets for you to use on your journey to frugality
17. Member only offers - these special deals and offers are for Cheapskates Club members only
18. Discounts to workshops and seminars - Cheapskates Club members enjoy a 10% discount on all workshops and seminars
19. Saving Revolution - exclusively for Cheapskates Club members
20. Member only access to Cath via the Contact Us form - Members have priority
If you want to beat the battle of the bills, and live life debt free, cashed up and laughing, you need the Cheapskates Club.
What are you waiting for? Click here to join the Cheapskates Club today and start living the Cheapskates way, debt free, cashed up and laughing!
5. On The Menu
A Dessert Treat for Valentine's Day
It's been a while since we had a dessert recipe and with Valentine's Day next Tuesday, I thought I'd share this so, so easy mousse. I love to make this for special occasions, it's quick and easy to put together, but looks amazing turned out onto a serving plate.
Raspberry Ice Cream Mousse
Ingredients:
2 pkts raspberry jelly crystals
2 cups boiling water
1 litre vanilla ice-cream, softened
400g pkt frozen raspberries*
Method:
Dissolve jelly crystals in boiling water. Set aside to cool to room temperature. When the jelly is cool beat the jelly into the softened ice-cream until thoroughly combined. Pour into a wetted mould and return to the freezer to set. To serve turn out onto a serving plate. Sprinkle with frozen berries.
*Frozen raspberries for presentation are optional.
Cost: Without raspberries $3.60; with raspberries $8.60
Next week we will be eating:
Sunday: Roast Chicken
Monday: BBQ sausages, onion jam, salad
Tuesday: Pumpkin Ravioli, salad
Wednesday: Sweet'n'sour chicken, noodles
Thursday: MOO Pizza
Friday: Macaroni cheese, salad
Saturday: Tacos
There are over 1,800 budget and family friendly recipes in the Cheapskates Club Recipe File, all contributed by your fellow Cheapskates, so you know they're good.
Add A Recipe
Recipe File Index
6. The $300 a Month Food Challenge
Celebrating on the $300 a Month Food Challenge
Celebrating Valentine's Day, or any other day or special occasion, doesn't have to blow your grocery budget to smithereens.
Before you start throwing extra food and drink and treats in the trolley, think about how you're planning to celebrate, what you'd like to eat and drink, how many you'll be serving and what you already have in your pantry stockpile. Oh, and don't forget your recipe book collection - those recipe books we all seem to collect are a goldmine of budget friendly celebration ideas, so get them out and see what takes your fancy. Then check your ingredients and supplies and you can create a lovely celebration without going over budget.
Remember, ingredients give you options, so always check your ingredients against the recipes you've selected. If you find you don't have most of them, choose another recipe. If you are only short one or two, check the substitutes list on the Cheapskates Club and see if you have something that will work, so you're not having to buy something for just one recipe.
Use what you have; even a simple lasagne can be special if it's served with a green salad that you've put into individual bowls.
Serve iced water to drink with the meal, you don't need to buy soft drinks. Use a pretty jug, fill it with icy cold water and frozen fruit - strawberries or orange and lemon slices.
Make a cake and slice it into three layers, then add cream or the filling of choice (chocolate cream is delicious). Put it in the centre of the table on a cake stand (if you don't have one you can make one following these directions to create a designer cake stand.and make the dessert the centrepiece of the table.
And then think about how you're going to set the table. Use your best dishes and cutlery. Get out the good glasses. Put a pretty tablecloth down (or a pretty coloured flat sheet or go modern traditional and use a plain white sheet).
Use cloth serviettes. If you don't have any they are quick and easy to make, no sewing required if you have an old shirt or sheet or pillowcase. Just fold into even sized squares, iron the folds to make a crease and rip along the folds. Instant serviettes with a shabby rustic feel. Or you could hem them or fray them - use your imagination.
Wander around your garden and see what's in bloom. Follow nature and you can't go wrong. Choose the greenery and flowers that are in bloom in your garden now to make a table centrepiece. It doesn't need to be huge, in fact it's better if it's small so it doesn't dominate the table and stop people from talking.
Add a candle or two to the table (you can wrap them with a serviette or tissue paper to pretty them up - find out how to wrap candles here https://www.cheapskatesclub.net/pretty-wrapped-candles.html
You can celebrate and do it in style even on the $300 a Month Grocery Challenge.
The $300 a Month Food Challenge Forum
The Post that Started it All
7. The Weekly MOO Challenge
Hamburger Pickles
These are better than any pickle you'll find on a fast food joint's burgers. They're so good we actually eat them, rather than open the burger and pick them off! And they're good on a charcuterie board with cheeses and cold meats. Best of all they are quick and easy to make, keep for months in the fridge and if you grow your own cucumbers, cost very little to make.
Ingredients:
750g small Lebanese cucumbers
2/3 cup fresh dill leaves
2 tsp black peppercorns
3 cups water
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
1 1/2 tbsp coarse salt
Method:
Wash the cucumbers and dry well. Thinly slice and layer in a clean, dry 3 litre jar alternately with the dill and peppercorns. Combine the water, vinegar and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to the boil over medium-high heat, then carefully pour the hot liquid over the cucumbers in the jar. Seal the jar immediately. Set aside for at least 1 week to pickle before serving. Store the jar at room temperature until opened.
Note: These pickles keep unopened for up to 6 months. Once opened keep them in fridge for up to two months.
You can get fresh dill from the herb area of your supermarket produce department or any good greengrocer if you don't grow it in your herb garden.
Get in on the fun and discussions here.
8. Cheapskates BuzzFrom The Article Archive
15 Ways to Have a Great Valentine's Day The Cheapskates Way
Cute Marshmallow Flowers
White Chocolate Valentine Haystacks
Favourite Recipes for Valentine's Day
Orange Upside Down Cake
Orange Cloud Whipped Cream
Rhubarb Delight
In The Forum
How to Use Easiyo Yoghurt Maker
The Demise of the Piggy Bank
A New Year, A New Budget
9. The Cheapskates Club Show
Join Cath and Hannah live Tuesdays and Thursdays on You Tube at 7.30pm AET
Latest Shows
The Cheapskate's Club website is thousands of pages of money saving hints, tips and ideas. There are over 12,000 tips to save you money, time and energy; 1,600 budget and family friendly recipes, hundreds of printable tip sheets and ebooks.
Let's get together and make the Cheapskates Club Australia's largest online hint, tip and idea library. Share your favourite money saving, time saving or energy saving hint and be in the running to win a one-year membership to The Cheapskate Club.
Share your favourite hint or tip that saves money, time and energy and be in the running to win a one-year subscription to The Cheapskate Journal.
Remember, you have to be in it to win it!
Share Your Tip
4. Join The Cheapskates Club
Twenty Benefits of Cheapskates Club Membership
Not sure a Cheapskates Club membership is for you? Well here are 20 - yes, 20, benefits of Cheapskates Club membership.
1. Unlimited access to the Member's Centre during your membership
2. Weekly newsletter – full of money, time and energy savings ideas sent directly to your inbox every week
3. Article Archive
4. Cheapskates Tip Store - over 12,000 hints and tips to save you money, time and energy
5. Cheapskates Club Forum - this forum is for the exclusive use of Members only
6. Menu Plan Archive - search for previous menu plans and find new dinner ideas (all the way back to 2006, that's over 200 meal plans!)
7. Newsletter Archive - the weekly Bright Ideas newsletter is archived so you can read them anytime
8. Saving Stories - be inspired by other Cheapskates Club members as they share their saving stories
9. Budget Renovations - three years of one-on-one budget renovations
10. Just Ask - do you have a question? Just ask and let other Cheapskates help you!
11. Learning Centre - e-courses to help you live the Cheapskates way
12. E-books - a library of e-books dedicated to saving you money and growing all the time
13. Cheapskates Bill Paying System - our original and so easy to use bill paying system will help to keep you on budget
14. Tip Sheets - there are currently over 140 tip sheets prepared exclusively for members, with new tip sheets added monthly
15. Recipe File - over 1,800 tried and true family favourites that will save you money and help your budget
16. Tools – a library of worksheets, inventories, budgets and spreadsheets for you to use on your journey to frugality
17. Member only offers - these special deals and offers are for Cheapskates Club members only
18. Discounts to workshops and seminars - Cheapskates Club members enjoy a 10% discount on all workshops and seminars
19. Saving Revolution - exclusively for Cheapskates Club members
20. Member only access to Cath via the Contact Us form - Members have priority
If you want to beat the battle of the bills, and live life debt free, cashed up and laughing, you need the Cheapskates Club.
What are you waiting for? Click here to join the Cheapskates Club today and start living the Cheapskates way, debt free, cashed up and laughing!
5. On The Menu
A Dessert Treat for Valentine's Day
It's been a while since we had a dessert recipe and with Valentine's Day next Tuesday, I thought I'd share this so, so easy mousse. I love to make this for special occasions, it's quick and easy to put together, but looks amazing turned out onto a serving plate.
Raspberry Ice Cream Mousse
Ingredients:
2 pkts raspberry jelly crystals
2 cups boiling water
1 litre vanilla ice-cream, softened
400g pkt frozen raspberries*
Method:
Dissolve jelly crystals in boiling water. Set aside to cool to room temperature. When the jelly is cool beat the jelly into the softened ice-cream until thoroughly combined. Pour into a wetted mould and return to the freezer to set. To serve turn out onto a serving plate. Sprinkle with frozen berries.
*Frozen raspberries for presentation are optional.
Cost: Without raspberries $3.60; with raspberries $8.60
Next week we will be eating:
Sunday: Roast Chicken
Monday: BBQ sausages, onion jam, salad
Tuesday: Pumpkin Ravioli, salad
Wednesday: Sweet'n'sour chicken, noodles
Thursday: MOO Pizza
Friday: Macaroni cheese, salad
Saturday: Tacos
There are over 1,800 budget and family friendly recipes in the Cheapskates Club Recipe File, all contributed by your fellow Cheapskates, so you know they're good.
Add A Recipe
Recipe File Index
6. The $300 a Month Food Challenge
Celebrating on the $300 a Month Food Challenge
Celebrating Valentine's Day, or any other day or special occasion, doesn't have to blow your grocery budget to smithereens.
Before you start throwing extra food and drink and treats in the trolley, think about how you're planning to celebrate, what you'd like to eat and drink, how many you'll be serving and what you already have in your pantry stockpile. Oh, and don't forget your recipe book collection - those recipe books we all seem to collect are a goldmine of budget friendly celebration ideas, so get them out and see what takes your fancy. Then check your ingredients and supplies and you can create a lovely celebration without going over budget.
Remember, ingredients give you options, so always check your ingredients against the recipes you've selected. If you find you don't have most of them, choose another recipe. If you are only short one or two, check the substitutes list on the Cheapskates Club and see if you have something that will work, so you're not having to buy something for just one recipe.
Use what you have; even a simple lasagne can be special if it's served with a green salad that you've put into individual bowls.
Serve iced water to drink with the meal, you don't need to buy soft drinks. Use a pretty jug, fill it with icy cold water and frozen fruit - strawberries or orange and lemon slices.
Make a cake and slice it into three layers, then add cream or the filling of choice (chocolate cream is delicious). Put it in the centre of the table on a cake stand (if you don't have one you can make one following these directions to create a designer cake stand.and make the dessert the centrepiece of the table.
And then think about how you're going to set the table. Use your best dishes and cutlery. Get out the good glasses. Put a pretty tablecloth down (or a pretty coloured flat sheet or go modern traditional and use a plain white sheet).
Use cloth serviettes. If you don't have any they are quick and easy to make, no sewing required if you have an old shirt or sheet or pillowcase. Just fold into even sized squares, iron the folds to make a crease and rip along the folds. Instant serviettes with a shabby rustic feel. Or you could hem them or fray them - use your imagination.
Wander around your garden and see what's in bloom. Follow nature and you can't go wrong. Choose the greenery and flowers that are in bloom in your garden now to make a table centrepiece. It doesn't need to be huge, in fact it's better if it's small so it doesn't dominate the table and stop people from talking.
Add a candle or two to the table (you can wrap them with a serviette or tissue paper to pretty them up - find out how to wrap candles here https://www.cheapskatesclub.net/pretty-wrapped-candles.html
You can celebrate and do it in style even on the $300 a Month Grocery Challenge.
The $300 a Month Food Challenge Forum
The Post that Started it All
7. The Weekly MOO Challenge
Hamburger Pickles
These are better than any pickle you'll find on a fast food joint's burgers. They're so good we actually eat them, rather than open the burger and pick them off! And they're good on a charcuterie board with cheeses and cold meats. Best of all they are quick and easy to make, keep for months in the fridge and if you grow your own cucumbers, cost very little to make.
Ingredients:
750g small Lebanese cucumbers
2/3 cup fresh dill leaves
2 tsp black peppercorns
3 cups water
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
1 1/2 tbsp coarse salt
Method:
Wash the cucumbers and dry well. Thinly slice and layer in a clean, dry 3 litre jar alternately with the dill and peppercorns. Combine the water, vinegar and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to the boil over medium-high heat, then carefully pour the hot liquid over the cucumbers in the jar. Seal the jar immediately. Set aside for at least 1 week to pickle before serving. Store the jar at room temperature until opened.
Note: These pickles keep unopened for up to 6 months. Once opened keep them in fridge for up to two months.
You can get fresh dill from the herb area of your supermarket produce department or any good greengrocer if you don't grow it in your herb garden.
Get in on the fun and discussions here.
8. Cheapskates BuzzFrom The Article Archive
15 Ways to Have a Great Valentine's Day The Cheapskates Way
Cute Marshmallow Flowers
White Chocolate Valentine Haystacks
Favourite Recipes for Valentine's Day
Orange Upside Down Cake
Orange Cloud Whipped Cream
Rhubarb Delight
In The Forum
How to Use Easiyo Yoghurt Maker
The Demise of the Piggy Bank
A New Year, A New Budget
9. The Cheapskates Club Show
Join Cath and Hannah live Tuesdays and Thursdays on You Tube at 7.30pm AET
Latest Shows
Subscribe to our You Tube channel and never miss a show.
10. Handmade Christmas Challenge
Week 5
Five weeks are already gone. I have finished off some small gifts and added them to the present box.
This week I've been concentrating on making little Valentine's treats. We don't normally do anything for Valentine's Day, but this year I think we all need a little cheering up and some surprises, after the last three dismal years. With this thought in my head, I've cut some little treat boxes on the Scan and Cut, using some scraps of pretty DSP in the craft room and have made some little White Chocolate Haystacks to put in them (and these are in a container and well hidden in the freezer marked "stewing meat").
I've also made cards for everyone, and posted some off to friends, just to let them know we are thinking of them and to give them a surprise in the mail box, hopefully a happy one!
What have you crossed off your handmade Christmas list this week? Have you made any Valentine's treats or cards? Don't forget to check in for our Make It Monday show and tell over at Cheapskates Chatter, we'd love to see what you've made.
Handmade Christmas Central
The Handmade Christmas Forum
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10. Handmade Christmas Challenge
Week 5
Five weeks are already gone. I have finished off some small gifts and added them to the present box.
This week I've been concentrating on making little Valentine's treats. We don't normally do anything for Valentine's Day, but this year I think we all need a little cheering up and some surprises, after the last three dismal years. With this thought in my head, I've cut some little treat boxes on the Scan and Cut, using some scraps of pretty DSP in the craft room and have made some little White Chocolate Haystacks to put in them (and these are in a container and well hidden in the freezer marked "stewing meat").
I've also made cards for everyone, and posted some off to friends, just to let them know we are thinking of them and to give them a surprise in the mail box, hopefully a happy one!
What have you crossed off your handmade Christmas list this week? Have you made any Valentine's treats or cards? Don't forget to check in for our Make It Monday show and tell over at Cheapskates Chatter, we'd love to see what you've made.
Handmade Christmas Central
The Handmade Christmas Forum
11. Join The Cheapskates Club
For just $20 you can join the Cheapskates Club and get exclusive access to the Cheapskate Journal, the monthly e-journal that shows you how to cut the costs of everyday living and still have fun for a full year.
That's unlimited 24/7 access to EVERYTHING in the Member's Centre!
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12. Frequently Asked Questions
How do I change my email address?
This one is easy. When you login to the Member's Centre just click on your name at the top of the page to go straight to your profile page where you can update your details, change your password and find your subscription details.
Not a Cheapskates Club member? Then please use the Changing Details form found here to update your email address.
How do I know when my membership should be renewed?
Memberships are active for one year from the date of joining. You will be sent a renewal reminder before your subscription is due to renew. You can also find your membership expiry date on your profile page.
When you login to the Member's Centre just click on your name to go straight to your profile page where you can will find your join date and your expiry date.
What will you do with my email address?
We never rent, trade or sell our email list to anyone for any reason whatsoever. You'll never get an unsolicited email from a stranger as a result of joining this list.
How did I get on this list?
The only way you can get onto our newsletter mailing list is to subscribe yourself. You either signed up to receive our Free Newsletter at our Cheapskates Club Web site or are a Platinum Cheapskates Club member.
13. Contact Cheapskates
The Cheapskates Club -
Showing you how to live life
debt free, cashed up and laughing!
PO Box 5077 Studfield Vic 3152
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