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Vicki McClure Davidson | October 24, 2011

  I’m all set for Halloween. A colleague gave me a fabulously feathered Mardi Gras mask as a little gift from his recent trip to New Orleans, and I’ll either resurrect my black high school graduation gown (the nearly always perfect, last-minute Halloween garb) or a long-sleeved, slinky black sorceress dress I made eons ago [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | October 28, 2009

From Glenn Smith’s new YouTube cheap cooking video series, he makes two easy, frugal main dishes: Recession Curry and Tasty Flatiron Steak. I’ve watched a number of non-professional frugal cooking videos, and most are lacking in appeal or quality. I like Smith’s comfortable, upbeat style in the kitchen and the production values of his videos [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | October 24, 2009

Halloween is quickly approaching… Buying a pair of fairy wings for a Halloween costume can cost a hefty amount of cash. Here are a few video demos to show you how you can make your own fairy wings. The easiest and most inexpensive fairy wings are shown in the first video, where Corinne from ThreadBanger [...]

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