• Cake Decorating

    Budget Cake Decorating for Non-Artists

    With all the ready-made tubes of colored decorating icing and gel available in the grocery store’s birthday cakes section, you’d think it would be fast and easy to decorate a birthday cake yourself.  But what happens if you can’t draw? It may be a great intention to make a frugal birthday or baby shower cake at home, that is- if the horses and flowers you draw on top of the cake really look like horses and flowers. Mine look like “The Scream” from the famous Edvard Munch painting. Not a pretty sight! You want an inexpensive cake that agrees with your grocery budget, but that doesn’t look like your school-aged…

  • Baby

    How To Give Small Baby Shower Gifts

    Readers Ask: How Do I Give Small Baby Shower Gifts? Being on a small budget may mean giving a smaller gift at a baby shower.  That’s not necessarily a bad thing, though.  Check out the 13 Best Baby Shower Gifts on a Budget for some great baby shower gifts to give when the budget is tight.  Before you start to feel guilty thinking of all the bigger gifts that will be opened around yours, remember that it really is the thought that counts.  In the case of small baby shower gifts, you have the opportunity for personalization that will make your gift both special and memorable to the new mom.…