We're moving {barely}

Dear blog readers:The URL for this blog will be changing ever so slightly. Instead of cheapcollegeliving.blogspot.com we'll now be cheapcollegelivin.blogspot.com. Slighly irritating, I know. I feel the same way I can assure you. But this simple littl (read full article)

We're Moving (but barely)

DIY Pillow Transformation

This past week I was bitten by the "craft bug". My fiance came home on my day off to a living room full of scrapbooking paper, glues, scissors, and random scraps of fabric- he had no idea what he was getting himself into! I've got several projects in (read full article)

cheap, diy, Fabric, home decorations, pillow covers

aaaand the Earth Box is planted!

Well, its not quite the sprawling garden I regularly dream of, but we have our little Earthbox set up and ready to go for the year.The set-up process was actually a lot easier than I had expected. The directions were simple and from start t (read full article)

canning, container gardens, Earthbox, gardening for food, grow your food, heirloom, home preserving, natural, no fuss gardening, pickles

Fuss-free Gardening

I'm a little sad this spring that I won't be able to have quite a large and productive garden as last year, we're moving and toting a bunch of 2 foot tall tomatoe plants just isn't going to fit the bill. So I'll be downsizing this year, and trying to (read full article)

container gardens, gardening for food, no fuss gardening, small space

No fuss book club

Most bookclubs aren't very "college student friendly" because of the time commitment (not only the meetings, but the reading of books themselves). Plus, with all that studying, who's got time to read for fun? In college, reading for pleasure is a dre (read full article)