For some of you, this is going to be a post like the one about taking a shower. You are not going to believe that there is anyone who doesn’t know the things I am going to tell you. I mean, they are not actually secrets. So you can go relax with a book while… Read More »
The Satisfaction of Frugality; or, How to Make a Creamy Vegetable Soup
Here at Like Mother, Like Daughter, one of our goals is to show you that frugal living is joyful and can be pretty, and actually produces personal contentment, among other interesting results. Why is this a goal? Well, because before starting to blog, I heard once too often, “I have to work — it’s impossible… Read More »
10 Practical Tips for a Calm Wedding Morning
{Apology to our readers: When this post was first published, many of you chimed in with great feedback and suggestions of your own, and we had an awesome discussion in the comments. However, when we switched our blog platform over a number of months ago, the comments on several posts were lost irrevocably. If you… Read More »
How To: Cut Back on the 5 Big Costs of Weddings
This post is the first in the {pretty, happy, real weddings} series. See the bottom of the post for the links to the rest of the series. Photo by Ryan Scott Johnson Photography Mainstream sources will give you all kinds of information about how to cut down on marginal costs or DIY it — by… Read More »
Plum pudding, a tutorial.
Herewith, a plum pudding tutorial! {The recipe and instructions for flaming your plum pudding are at the end of this post.} Our family is so Thanksgiving-pie-oriented that by the time Christmas rolls around, we really are ready to have a dessert that is not pie. But, in the early days when we were settling our… Read More »