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  • Summer Pasta with a No Cook Sauce

    Now that it’s warming up and our fresh veggies and herbs are planted, it reminds us that’s it’s just about the time we like to take out one of our favorite go-to summertime recipes. We hope you like it as much as we do. It’s a super easy to make pasta dish that’s light and… [Continue Reading]

    Summer Pasta with a No Cook Sauce
  • DIY Succulent Pumpkins

    This is so exciting!! It’s FrugElegance-Style Fall decor that we are totally in love with. DIY Succulent pumpkins are so popular and we just couldn’t wait to try for ourselves. They are easy to make, with a little bit of mess but well worth it. The supplies are reasonable and the finish product comes out… [Continue Reading]

    DIY Succulent Pumpkins
  • Skinny Frozen Yogurt Sandwiches

    OMGoodness, these skinny frozen yogurt sandwiches are so easy to make and even better, they are super sweet and satisfying! The original recipe is from weight watchers but we tweaked it a bit and made it into our own. Haven’t had the need to buy bought store-bought ice cream in the 6 months. You might… [Continue Reading]

    Skinny Frozen Yogurt Sandwiches
  • Easy Homemade Bagels

    While we are doing our part and spending more time at home, we are cooking more. The stores can’t seem to restock bread fast enough, so this easy-to-make dough comes in real handy. How easy? The dough recipe only needs 2 ingredients. It’s perfect for making rolls, pizza crust, breadsticks and like the instructions in… [Continue Reading]

    Easy Homemade Bagels
  • DIY Brick Fireplace Update

    Home Improvement projects really can be as easy as simply painting on a new and updated look. Like our Easy Brick Fireplace Update. The project does require a little more labor than actual handywoman (or handyman) skills. But it’s easy enough that you can do it with a friend or with the family. And if… [Continue Reading]

    DIY Brick Fireplace Update
  • Prize Filled Plastic Wrap Ball Game

    If you are Looking for a super fun game, the whole family can play together, we have a winner for you! Have you heard of the “Plastic Wrap Ball Game” (aka Saran Wrap Ball Game)? We came across some funny viral videos online and knew we had to give it a try.  It was an… [Continue Reading]

    Prize Filled Plastic Wrap Ball Game

Arctic Zero Sundaes (And Giveaway!)

01/21/2016 By frugelegance@aol.com 10 Comments

Following our New Year’s Resolution to eat healthier, this seemed like the perfect time to share with you one of our favorite desserts… Arctic Zero has been a favorite of ours for over a year so we decided to write the company to share with them how much we enjoy their products. A great big Thanx! […]

Super Easy Rose Heart Sign

01/18/2016 By frugelegance@aol.com 16 Comments

Rose Heart Sign | FrugElegance | www.frugelegance.com

Create a Super Easy Rose Heart Sign for Valentine’s Day decor or any time… The combination of soft silk roses mixed together with shiny tin metal, together give an incredibly elegant look. We purchased 3 bouquets of artificial roses & 1 Crimped Tin Plaque at our local Michael’s. The crimped plaque is not available online but they […]

Super Easy Valentine Napkin Ring Ideas

01/13/2016 By frugelegance@aol.com 9 Comments

Super Easy Valentine Napkin Ring Ideas | FrugElegance | www.frugelegance.com

We have a few ideas on how to create the simplest, easiest & extremely low cost FrugElegance Style napkin rings for your Valentine’s table settings. Using items from the local Dollar Store & items found around the house, we created a few different napkin ring ideas. Cutting up TP (toilet paper) tubes into 3 rings […]

30 Minute Minestrone Soup

01/05/2016 By frugelegance@aol.com 6 Comments

30 Minute Minestrone Soup | FrugElegance | www.frugelegance.com

Our kind of “Fast Food”! When you don’t have time, try our 30 minute Minestrone Soup! We are year round soup lovers! During the colder months of winter, soup is at the top of our dinner favorites. If we don’t have time to cook from scratch, we depend on a little “help” from dry soup mixes […]

2015 in Review For FrugElegance

12/30/2015 By frugelegance@aol.com 2 Comments

2015 Year in Review For FrugElegance

FrugElegance Highlights of the 2015!! 2014 was a year of FrugElegance blog beginnings & lots of learning. Everyone has to start somewhere, right?! Big changes came in January ’15, when we moved FrugElegance from Tumblr to WordPress – the best example to describe this move is that we started in an apartment but had to move into a house. […]

Easy Christmas Tree Decorating

12/21/2015 By frugelegance@aol.com Leave a Comment

Easy Christmas Tree Decorating | FrugElegance | www.frugelegance.com

Easy Christmas Tree Decorating using a mixture old & new decorations… A super easy & elegant touch that professional decorators use is wide mesh ribbon. Mesh ribbon is so easy to work! We cut a section from the 21″ roll of mesh ribbon. Next, we fold the corners inside & pinch together so we get a little […]

Colorful Christmas Mantel

12/15/2015 By frugelegance@aol.com 2 Comments

Colorful Christmas Mantel | FrugElegance | www.frugelegance.com

Our Colorful Christmas Mantel, whimsical & fun… We had so much fun with our decorations this year. As you can see from the pictures we changed things around a few times. The only new items added to our decor is the beautiful Elf Boot Flower Bouquet & our Christmas Joy Marquee Wreath, which is actually an up […]

Hanukkah Party Poppers

12/10/2015 By frugelegance@aol.com 1 Comment

Hanukkah Party Poppers | FrugElegance | www.frugelegance.com

Hanukkah Party Poppers are fun for your Holiday Party, Holiday Gift Giving and Hanukkah Decor.. First, we start with empty, clean rolls – we are using toilet paper rolls. You can also use paper towel rolls if you prefer. Just cut the longer rollers into smaller. Fill with all Hanukkah fun: Chocolate Coins (aka, Hanukkah […]

Santa’s Cookie Tray

12/06/2015 By frugelegance@aol.com 10 Comments

Welcome to The “Home for Christmas” Blog Hop hosted by Hometalk.com & CountryLiving.com! We are so incredibly excited to be included & participating with some of the most talented bloggers around! At the end of this post you will see links so you can go see each participating blogger & their awesome posts. Santa’s Cookie […]

A Christmas Joy Marquee Wreath

11/23/2015 By frugelegance@aol.com 15 Comments

Christmas Joy Wreath | FrugElegance | www.frugelegance.com

Our Light Up Christmas Joy Wreath is part old & part new. This is the same beautiful wreath we have used & loved before and now, with a batter operated JOY marquee sign it gets an updated new look. It was so easy to attach the letters using white zip ties. They are easy to tie around […]

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