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Inexpensive Backyard Landscaping Ideas on a Budget

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May 17, 2020 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Hacks, Home Improvement, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media Leave a Comment

Create a beautiful outdoor living space with these inexpensive backyard landscaping ideas on a budget. Weekend project ideas for your patio and yard including lighting idea, inexpensive projects, garden hacks and outdoor design tricks.

Backyard Landscaping Ideas

Inexpensive Backyard Landscaping Ideas

When we moved, it was at the end of winter the beginning of spring. Every day our yard was showing a new sign of life. It was beautiful and I marveled at the surprises this backyard would unveil.

You see, our new home backs against the woods with a beautiful little creek that runs into the Potomac. Nature had done it’s own work and I was willing to let nature take care of itself. My husband saw this differently. He saw that heavy rains would bring high creek levels. He saw lower areas that would hold mud. He saw that the grass would grow uncontrollably, perhaps above the boys shoulder. I dismissed his warnings and told him the yard would take care of itself.

Woops. Two months into living here and the grass (in areas) is as tall as the boys shoulders. I have begged my husband to look into landscape help, ASAP. While he is looking for help, I am searching Pinterest for low-cost backyard landscape ideas to perfect our natural space.

So here we go… figured I would share with my frugal friends too!


Backyard Landscaping Ideas on a Budget

DIY Down Spout Rock Drain Idea

Create an instant backyard water feature with your downspouts. Lay down plastic trash bags on the ground as a liner. Pour over river rock and add plants and mulch. When the rain water travels down the spout and over the rocks, it provides a beautiful rock water feature. | Woo Home

Backyard Hack for Flowers

This genius backyard hack mounts flower baskets on wooden posts. Doesn’t that beautifully line the walkway? | Cottage at the Crossroads

Damage from sun, snow, salty air, wind, or rain? Don’t purchase new wood furniture on products that are weathered. Renew weathered wood with this front door home improvement project. Just add Howard Products SunShield Outdoor Furniture Wax with UV Protection.


How to Hang Outdoor Lights

Set the ambiance with lights. This is a very easy tutorial on how to string lights from natural elements like tree limbs using galvanized buckets and concrete.  (As seen in our Backyard Movie Ideas) | Ida klipper och klistrar (in English)

Patio Lighting Ideas in Potted Flowers

In our cheap patio ideas, we shared this cheap patio lighting idea. Even a small backyard can bet transformed by hanging string lights in potted lamp posts. Great a glow with pots of beautiful flowers. | I Should be Mopping the Floor

DIY Horizontal Slat Fence

Take an ugly fence from drab to fab with this DIY Horizontal Slat Fence. Transforms your outdoor space on the cheap. | Fresh Mommy Blog

Christmas Lights in the Backyard

Create a beautiful backyard ambiance using Christmas Lights (even when it isn’t winter!) Shop Wayfair for Lights.

DIY Patio String Lights Tutorial

Transform your seating area and dinning area with this step-by-step DIY Patio String Lights Tutorial. | Place of My Taste

Flower Bed Hack for Weeds

Tired of weeds? Did you know this newspaper hack will prevent any grass and weed seeds from germinating; the ultimate weed solution. Important to note that unlike WeedBlock Barrier fabric, it will decompose after about 18 months. | Rosemary on the TV

Backyard Hack - How to Install Marbles in a Fence

Transform your garden fence with this marble hack and cheap backyard landscape idea. Drill holes, insert colored marbles, and watch the light create a beautiful rainbow sun catcher. I get you will spend more and more evenings outside enjoying the colors of the sunset! | Garden Drama


Styrofoam cooler into a DIY Planter

Planters can be expensive. Did you know you can upcylce a Styrofoam cooler into a DIY Planter! | Salvage Sister and Mister

Circut Beverage Tub with free SVG File

Have a place to hold beverages. This can be something that goes outside and inside or stays outside on the patio. This DIY Beverage Tub comes with two SVG files.

DIY Orb Lights

Don’t open your wallet, I bet you have everything to make these DIY Glowing Outdoor Orbs for about $1 to $3 (if anything!) | The Art of Doing Stuff

How to Build a DIY Fire Pit on a Budget

These DIY Fire Pit was only $60! Consider it a weekend project. You could later add a homemade fire pit bench.  | Keeping It Simple Crafts

How to Hide a Meter Reader

This couple took a $20 yard sale armoire and upcylced it to cover unsightly wires from a meter reader and electrical box. They turned the other half into a vegetable garden bed. | Shabby Glam

Gardening Hack and Tip for changing flower pots

As seen in our garden hacks and tips, try this pot-in-pot method, so you can switch plants almost instantly. | Florida Friendly Plants

how to make a garden teepee

Patiently wait and watch this bean pole teepee plant grow. Such a fun and inexpensive backyard idea that also acts as the perfect DIY fort and hangout for the kids. | Artful Parent

Rock Flower Bed Ideas

Have an area of the lawn that is brown and isn’t growing? Hiring a landscape designer can be costly. Instead, replace dead grass with a DIY Rock Garden. Save money by replacing turf with rocks! | Home Talk

Rotating herb gardens

Transform your flower beds with this garden hack. Put your terracotta pots within the grown and assign each pot a different herb. | Town Mouse

Rock Edge Flower Bed

Add charm and character to your area with rock wall edging against a colorful flower bed. | Pine and Prospect

How to Hide an HVAC Unit

Take an eyesore like a HVAC unit or garbage cans. Hide these ugly items with easy to install decorative fencing.  | All Things Mama

Garden Wood Pallet Walkway

Solve the problem of mud and dirt on your shoes with this frugal-friendly up-cycled wood pallet walkway. Such a beautiful garden idea and a stray from the traditional stone path. | The Homespun Hydrangea


DIY Backyard Landscape Hacks and Tips on a Budget

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18 Creative IKEA BILLY Bookcase Hack Ideas

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May 10, 2020 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Hacks, Home Improvement, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media Leave a Comment

Eighteen Creative IKEA BILLY Bookcase Hacks and Ideas. Get inspired with these low cost IKEA home decor ideas for those with million dollar taste.

IKEA BILLY Bookcase Hacks

IKEA BILLY Bookcase Hacks

IKEA Billy Series

The IKEA Billy Series has been around over 50 years. Developed in 1979 by the Swedish designer Gillis Lundgren, IKEA has sold over 60 million units of the bookcases worldwide. Obviously it’s a popular series. Well the world has gotten more creative and the platform of Pinterest has been created.  This media sharing has inspired many Billy Bookcase creative designs with an IKEA low-cost price tag.


IKEA BILLY Bookcase Ideas

We have found same amazing Billy bookcase IKEA ideas. Enjoy this list of the top 18 IKEA BILLY Bookcase ideas. Show us what you design after being inspired by these IKEA hackers.

Billy bookcase with glass doors and cheat sheet and stacking formula

If you want a floor to ceiling custom built in, get started with this BILLY Bookcases cheat sheet and stacking formula. Turn IKEA BILLY Bookcases with glass doors into the most perfect built in you’ve ever seen with this full tutorial. | Vintage Revivals

Adding molding to IKEA BILLY bookcase

Turn your shelving unit into a craftsman dream by adding trim. Adding molding to IKEA BILLY bookcase makes it look like an expensive built in unit. | Blesser House

IKEA Billy Bookcase Hack Dollhouse

Get crafty for the kids! Turn a white bookshelf into a life size DIY dollhouse. Touches of paint, wallpaper, craft paper and dollhouse furniture and you have a complete home. | The DIY Village

How to Add lighting to IKEA Billy Bookcase

This BILLY bookcase lighting hack adds illumination to any space! Best of all, Jamie doesn’t even have to flip a switch this this remote control lighting trick! | Southern Revivals

IKEA Billy Bookcase Hack Closet

This BILLY bookcase hack closet idea is perfect for someone who lacks the IKEA closet PAX wardrobe space. Lauren has quite the experience with IKEA storage units too. Her entire room has intricate plans! | Blesser House

IKEA Billy Bookcase Hack Drawers and Dresser Idea

Make your book shelf pop with this DIY hack with billy bookcase drawers. Turn your BILLY book shelves into a colorful dresser. | Infarrantly Creative

IKEA Billy Bookcase Hack Day Bed

This built-in day bed and reading nook transformed this playroom. The hidden gem is created form two different sizes of IKEA bookcases. | House Homemade (Also seen in our Reading Corner Ideas for Kids)

IKEA Billy Bookcase Hack Entertainment Center

I gave my husband these plans and begging him to make this IKEA billy bookcase entertainment center for only $300! It would resolve our “no entertainment center” problem by 1,000s! | Amanda Katherine

IKEA Billy Bookcase Hack for Small Spaces

Look at this home improvement hack! Cover an ugly AC Wall Unit with an IKEA bookcase hack. | Design Evolving

IKEA Billy Bookcase Bedroom Ideas for Girls

This BILLY Bookcase bedroom idea is perfect for a little girls room. Combining a dresser and IKEA book shelf and then paint for the most adorable pop! | Designer Trapped

IKEA Billy Bookcase Hack Pantry Ideas

Need more storage in the kitchen? Custom build a pantry with this IKEA bookcase idea. Compare the price! You can buy IKEA pantry cabinets for around $400 or buy a 15” BILLY bookcase (with a door) for just around $100! | Run to Radiance

IKEA Billy Bookcase Hack Entryway and Door

Look at this great idea! Take an IKEA bookcase and install over a door or entryway! | The Accent Piece

IKEA Billy Bookcase Hack Playroom

Revamp your playroom with this painted IKEA bookcase storage unit. Perfect for organizing – so easy on the eyes. | Blesser House

IKEA Billy Bookcase Playroom Idea with Green Paint

Paint the background of your custom bookcase like this IKEA playroom idea. Love that pop of green! | Centsational Style

IKEA Billy Bookcase Kitchen Island with IKEA Butcher Block

Think outside the box and transform your kitchen island by adding a billy bookcase island with IKEA butcher block. | Golden Boys and Me

IKEA Billy Bookcase Hack Mudroom

Revamp your entryway or even your garage with this custom mudroom built ins From IKEA white bookcases for $300! | The Kim Six Fix

IKEA Billy Bookcase Mudroom Ideas

Find a similar IKEA mudroom hack using white bookcases with full design inspiration and links. | House homemade

How to Hide IKEA Billy Bookcases Shelf Holes

This might be my most favorite BILLY Bookcase hack. It is so easy and really makes your shelf look like a million bucks. Hide the holes in your BILLY Bookcase with DryDex Spackling. Goes on pink and dries white. How satisfying! | Centsational Style


IKEA Billy Bookcase Hacks and Low Cost IKEA Home Decor

IKEA BILLY Bookcase Planner

Inspired? Become your own interior designer with the help of the IKEA Billy Bookcase Planner Tools. Create your perfect storage and home improvement solutions. Plan online at IKEA and you’ve completed your design you can add it to your cart and order it online – easy.

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Speaking of these IKEA BILLY Bookcase ideas, take a look at these Reading Corner Ideas for Kids. Pin to Pinterest.

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How To Make Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

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April 11, 2020 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Easter, Facebook, Hacks, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media Leave a Comment

Intimidated by the Instant Pot? We have the easiest recipe! How To Make Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs in only five minutes plus a Hard Boiled Egg hack that will create easy to peal hard boiled eggs!

Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

These might be many reasons you have put the Instant Pot aside since receiving it as a gift or perhaps ordering it Black Friday for yourself. Trust me, I get it. The Instant Pot cooker can be quite intimidating.

If you have been hesitant getting started with the Instant Pot, making hard boiled eggs and easy way to get started. Like really easy. Additionally, they store very easily in the refrigerator making them easy to grab for a quick low calorie snack.

We have a five minute Instant Pot recipe and a Hard Boiled Egg Life Hack that will create the perfect hard boiled eggs. Perfect because they are the perfect firmness and so easy to peel!

Instant Pot Boiled Eggs Recipe

Makes 12 eggs
Cook time: 5 minutes

Only a few simple ingredients and supplies to make the easiest hard boiled eggs ever! Never make eggs the same. Learn about 5-5-5 method for making hard boiled eggs, discover the best Instant Pot egg holder for your electric pressure cooker, and follow this hard boiled egg kitchen hack for creating perfectly easy to peel eggs.

Ingredients:

  • 12 large farm fresh eggs
  • 2 ½ cups water

I love to serve my hard boiled eggs seasoned with Lawry’s Seasoned Salt – so yummy!


Supplies:

  • Instant Pot
  • Bowl of ice water

Egg Holder:

Though it is not required, an Egg Holder can help create the best cooked eggs. This 18 Egg Cooking Rack fits a 6 or 8 quart Instant Pot Duo electric pressure cooker.


You also can purchase an egg holder for a 3-quart pressure cooker.

Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs

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Ingredients

  • 12 eggs
  • 2 ½ cups water

Instructions

  1. Add 2 1/2 cups of water to the bowl of the Instant Pot.
  2. Place one dozen eggs in the water.
  3. Put the lid on the Instant Pot Pressure Cooker and seal the vent. Set to pressure cook on high for five minutes.
  4. When the cook time is up, allow the Instant Pot to naturally release the pressure.
  5. Hard Boiled Eggs Hack: Remove lid from Instant Pot and transfer eggs to a bowl filled with ice water.
  6. Allow eggs to cool in the ice bath for 20 minutes before peeling to create perfect easier to peel hard boiled eggs.

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Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs Directions

Do you have five minutes of time? If so, that is great because Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs only require five minutes. Follow these step by step directions to make cooking hard boiled eggs easy peasy.

First, add 2 1/2 cups of water to the bowl of the Instant Pot.

Second, place a dozen eggs in the water.

Put the lid on the Instant Pot and seal the vent.

Set the pressure cook on high setting a timer for five minutes on high pressure.

When your cook time is up, allow the Instant Pot to naturally quick release the pressure.

Next, follow the steps to this boiled egg hack!

Kitchen Hack for Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs

Hard Boiled Eggs Hack

Ice is an incredible hack to creating the most perfect, easy-to-peel Hard Boiled Eggs. This is true of cooking in a pressure cooker or on the stove top.

Once your hard boiled eggs are done cooking and your Instant Pot pressure has released, transfer your eggs to a bowl filled with ice water.

Allow your eggs to quickly cool in an ice bath for 20 minutes before peeling.

This hard boiled eggs hack make easy to peel eggs. After submerging in water, the eggs peeled perfectly.

I love to serve my hard boiled eggs seasoned with Lawry’s Seasoned Salt – so yummy!

5-5-5 Method for Eggs

When cooking hard boiled eggs, some remember the 5-5-5 method. Five minutes of electric pressure cooker, five minutes of rest before opening the lid, five minutes of an ice water bath. (However, we did 20 minutes and they turned out perfectly. Consider me a perfectionist or maybe just truthfully a forgetful mother.) Both time worked perfect staying true with the 5-5-20 or 5-5-5 method.


Making eggs for Easter? Take a look at these Inside Out Hard Boiled Easter Eggs. We also have many creative Easter Egg Dying Recipes and Ideas for thinking outside the egg carton!

Instant Pot Cheat Sheet

We have a wonderful Instant Pot Cheat Sheet. This cook time chart provides the ultimate list of Instant Pot Directions. The directions list all the possible things you could want to cook in your Instant Pot including Instant Pot Eggs.

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Instant Pot Cheat Sheet

I keep a copy of these Instant Pot Tips in my Recipe Binder. (Another suggestion would be to laminate this cheat sheet and keep it beside your air fryer. Laminating this instant pot tip guide will keep it clean and easy to wipe.)


Figuring out which Instant Pot Duo is right for your family works best for your family can be tricky. Read more about What Size Instant Pot Do I Need? Pin to Pinterest under your kitchen and recipe boards.

What Size Instant Pot Do I Need

You can find many Instant Pot Recipe Directions in our Instant Pot Recipes and Instant Pot Dinner Recipes. Pin to Pinterest.

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Everyday Busy Mom Life Hacks

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March 8, 2020 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Hacks, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media 8 Comments

Busy Mom Life Hacks. Everyday mom solutions for moms on the go. From morning routine, to app that connect your family, the crazy sock tip and a dinner solution that will become a a weekly tradition!

Busy Mom Life Hacks

We were in survival mode for two years. Does anyone else go through a season where you are barely making it? This season was a bit too long but I was working full time plus a part-time stay at home mom with twin newborns and a 14 months old. As they grew, the chaos seemed to grow too. More to do, more to accomplish, a never ending to do list trying to win at both work and home.

I wasn’t winning and I had to come up with solutions. First, I learned to balance both work and life/family. I am still working on that one. Second, I began organizing our family in my own family command center – The Busy Mom Binder.I tested this binder on other busy mothers to see what was missing. They were so great and I think I have a very helpful product for you!

Once those things were set in place, I began researching Busy Mom Hacks. These were hacks and tips that would help this mom functionally organize her home. Some of these mom tips I was already doing, others I asked around and inquired what other busy mothers were doing to bring order back to their home….

Thus, our …..

Busy Mom Hacks

I get it guys, I am so busy too. I work and raise three kids and cart them to and fro from after school activities In order to get a hold and re-organize my life, I created the Busy Mom Binder. This keeps your family command center in one spot. It easily organizes your home, your kids and you and gives you a place to direct your husband when he asks that home/kids question for the 100th time – wink!

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This Mommy Hook has saved me many times on a grocery run. I look it to my stroller and run around grabbing what I need. It also holds the diaper bag pretty well!


One of the biggest gifts I have given myself is Grocery Delivery. I hardly visit the grocery store anymore except for a quick forgotten run or to hit the hot bar for a lunch for dinner entree. You can get grocery delivery from 1.) Peapod (what I use) 2.) Instacart (seems to be the most popular) or 3.) Amazon Fresh.

Put things in a laundry basket as you’re going about your day that need to be put away. Then when you go upstairs for bed, put everything away; things like toys and random things from my kids’ rooms. If you lay things like scissors, though, remove them from the path of the child. | Love Love Love Blog

Days of the Week Drawers. Use plastic drawers like these to organize school clothes and help mornings go a little more smoothly. Brilliant! You can find a similar drawer units at Staples.

My car and house keys are on a Retractable Key Chain attached to a carabiner. This is one of the best ways I keep my hands free, especially unloading three kids from car seats and carrying all their stuff! It especially saves me from loosing my keys. I always know they are attached to my bag with a carabiner. I do not even take the keys out of my bag to unlock the door – they stay attached to my bag handle. (You can watch my video here!)

Is the end of a busy day calling for a glass of wine? This Wine Bottle Stopper and Stand has been the most amazing solution for my glass of wine. No more crying over spilled wine in the refrigerator. Since they no longer sell this exact stopper, try this Silicone Stopper and this Wine Bottle Stabilizer Stand.


Read this laundry tip carefully. I can never find the right time to get laundry washed and then put in the dryer. Either I forget to switch it or I leave the house and the wet laundry sits. This is my solution. 1.) I set a timer on my washer. If I know I will return home in three hours, I start the laundry in 2 hours with a delayed timer. 2.) I set an Alexa reminder for when it is complete “Alexa, give me a laundry reminder at 4:30 PM.” … and that is how I get my laundry done as a busy mom!

If you find yourself on the go with a need to run through a  drive through, try this Dollar Store shower caddy for holding happy meals and other to-go meals. (As seen in our Car Hacks.)

Prepare your snacks and lunch. Always prepare for the unexpected, that is my motto. So I do snacks and lunches at night. This allows me to prepare for a busy morning and limits my to-do list trying to get out the door. Have a grab and go snack station (for morning or afternoon) like Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom. You can pick up a children’s lunch planner in our Busy Mom Binder.

Turn your veggies into characters! Jane Stine is a super hero. Quote straight from her “Here’s my best parenting hack. You know how kids always want Paw Patrol yogurt or Disney waffles or whatever? Bring your own stickers to the grocery store and start sticking. Today we’re having Winnie the Pooh brand spaghetti squash. It goes perfectly with Toy Story broccoli.”

So rest is everything to us. I sleep trained my kids and they have been sleeping through the night since 15 weeks of age. When my son started waking early has a 3 year old toddler, I began the solution of a green light letting him know when he can get out of bed.  The Hatch Baby Night Light and Time-to-Rise light was our solution (we actually don’t use the night light.)


Create an app folder on your phone. Put inside apps that usually waste time like social media apps. “Stop and Think” before you open this folder! Any since we might be loosing your attention on social media, make sure you are on our email list!

Speaking of apps, this is one your want to organize your family, especially if you have older kids with smart phones.  The Cozi Family Organizer App connects calendars, lists, and more to everyone! A three time award winning all, with Cozi you can:

  • Keep events and activities all in one place
  • Keep and share the grocery list in real time
  • Store recipes, plan meals, and shop for ingredients
  • Use from any mobile device or computer

Read this quote from mom hack influencer, Marleni…

We use the Cozi calendar app for more than just appointments. We use it for groceries too. If it’s not on the list, it doesn’t get bought. And with it synced to Alexa, we can update while we are in the kitchen. The calendar keeps us all on the same page with games, practices, appointments and special days as well as the needed items. The kids also made their Christmas Wish List in cozi this year.

Don’t forget to take care of yourself. I have told you in other posts how I wash my hair once a week. The day before I wash it, I load up my hair with Argan Oil. So there are days, where my hair is just too dirty. On those days I use dry shampoo (Living Proof is my favorite dry shampoo!) You can follow According to D for four days of dirty hair ideas!


Have a daily cleaning list. This keeps you on top of house maintenance. You could also use our less than 1 hour a day deep cleaning checklist. Often 20 to 30 minutes. If each day holds too much, split it among your spouse and among your kids. In our Busy Mom Binder we have a deep cleaning checklist, daily checklist, a monthly declutter challenge and chore chart for kids. Get inspired with these KonMari Method Ideas.

Busy Mom Freezer Dinner Hack

Each week, triple at least one dinner recipe that freezes well. Eat one and freeze the other two for busy nights! It doesn’t take that much longer to make a double or triple amount of a dish, than a single amount. This is a great idea for over the weekend and eventually your frozen meals will add up! This is a great way to pay it forward as well, especially when you sign up for a meal train or gift a dinner to a neighbor or elderly couple. Tip from Mary Ann at Menus 4 Moms.


Make a daily quiet box. This is a box pulled out each day for a set amount of time. Each box is assigned a different day. This is a quite time where mom is free to catch up on work, house hold chores or time to herself. With each box there is a new discovery. If you have two boxes for each day of the week, you can ensure these toys/activities feel pretty new each time they are pulled out (only two times a month!) Idea on Babies and Kids Review.

I don’t know why socks are such an issue but we all complain about them! This Sock Hack is great. First, for younger kids socks, wash them in a mesh bag. This keeps all socks together so they are not lost in the deep dark abyss. Second, try this Crazy Sock Trip from the Thrifty Couple. Each family member has a different color/style of sock, so in the laundry 1.) socks match 2.) you can quickly identify which sock belongs to whom! Genius.

Don’t Forget! Keep a do not forget list by the door. Laminate this list and hang it on your door with a Command Brand strip or Velcro. You can write on it with a dry erase maker and wipe it off with a wet paper towel. No need to leave the house and return home because you forgot something!



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Busy Mom Solutions | Round Parchment Paper

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Hate having to soak pots and pans? This Round Perfect Parchment Paper is your baking hack solution.

The Smart Baker’s Perfect Parchment Pre-Cut Parchment Paper is made for a variety of common cake pans and cookies sheets. Forget the irritating rolls of parchment paper, put down the scissors and line your pans in no time. The Smart Baker’s Perfect Parchment is the right fit every time.

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Busy Mom Solutions | Smart Plug

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“Alexa turn on the light” is the phrase I always use when asking Alexa to turn on a lamp. It is great for when you have full hands!

The TECKIN Smart Wi-Fi Plug allows you to create customized schedules for your appliances so that they run on your schedule. You’ll find that automating your devices will help streamline your daily routine for a more efficient household.



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Busy Mom Solutions | Laundry Bag for Tiny Socks

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February 20, 2020 by Frugal Coupon Mom Filed Under: Amazon, Hacks, Online Shopping Leave a Comment

I know many of you have heard of this trick but for those who have not, prepared to be mind blown. Buy a Mesh Laundry Bag to hold tiny socks in the wash. Never lose a sock again!

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Busy Mom Solutions | Clorox Wipes

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February 20, 2020 by Frugal Coupon Mom Filed Under: Amazon, Hacks, Online Shopping Leave a Comment

I am on the go all the time and sometimes find myself hanging out in my car with a child or two for car pick-up, after school activities, etc. I keep Clorox Wipes in my car and do frequent wipe downs when I have five minute waits.

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