A Place For All Things Creative

I have learned that to survive challenging times, I must find the silver lining.  Due to circumstances beyond our control, my husband and I are learning to live on the strictest of budgets.  It is a challenge most days to leave things on the store shelves that we would have once been able to purchase, however, I have a competitive streak that I will now put to use to see just how little money we can spend and how far we can distance ourselves from the overwhelming materialism that seems to plague so much of our society.  If we are successful, I'm sure this will be an entirely new way of life, one we will continue to pursue, even as financial hardship passes.  

So this blog is my attempt at finding the silver lining -  a place to share and learn about creative and thrifty ideas and thoughts for  for recycling, crafting, budgeting, cooking and anything else that comes to mind.  Here's to a simpler life!