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Choose to Thrive

A place to share my Rock-What-Ya-Got approach to living and crafting without spending a dime.

Super Duper Cheap Back To School Clothes

September 6, 2012 By Nike@ChooseToThrive

Happy Back To School! For the first time in eleven long years, all six of my kiddos are in school—five in elementary and one in preschool! (Please pause for Party Rock Anthem) That means that I now have dedicated time to get back to spending some quality time over here at Thrive while my kids have a blast […Read More]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: DIY Projects, Fall, Kids, Refashion, Silhouette, t-shirts, Upcycle, Vinyl, Wearable

Girls Tights Update: Video How-To Awesomeness

July 27, 2012 By Nike@ChooseToThrive

Remember that girls’ tights tutorial from last year? Well I’ve had several questions from viewers about trying variations of this project and had a chance to film a video how-to with Megan from Brassy Apple over at MyCraftChannel.com. I hope you’ll stop by and check out the video version as well as the other great episodes on MyCraftChannel.com. If you like […Read More]

Filed Under: DIY Projects, Kids, Recycle, Refashion Tagged With: Video

Kids Summer Break Sewing Project: Silly Pillows

June 29, 2012 By Nike@ChooseToThrive

Well, despite my hours of dedicated research on Pinterest, my kids still arrived at ‘bored’ last weekend. *Sigh* It’s only been a couple of weeks and apparently all the park trips, splash pads and kid crafts just aren’t cutting it anymore. And movies, coloring and playing outside were also nixed. Bummer. But those stacks and stacks […Read More]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Decor, Kids, Refashion, Summer, t-shirts, Upcycle

Putting On My Big Girl Pants: My TV Anchoring Debut

June 28, 2012 By Nike@ChooseToThrive

A month ago I sat at the computer trying to decide weather or not to publish a new post on Thrive. It was short and sweet – just a quick note to say that Thrive was closing it’s doors and to thank everyone for their support during the last year and a half.  This year […Read More]

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What Not To Toss Weekend: Girls’ Pillow Case Skirt Refashion

June 10, 2012 By Nike@ChooseToThrive

Anyone else have one of these in their linen closet? A special pillow case made by a grandma/aunt/mother/friend/neighbor that you can’t bear to part with even years after it’s stopped being used?  Or what about regular ‘ol pillow cases with fun designs that are rarely used? My girl is way too tall for one of […Read More]

Filed Under: Kids, Recycle, Refashion, Wearable, What Not To Toss Weekend Tagged With: Skirt

I Was Here Today

May 13, 2012 By Nike@ChooseToThrive

I saw an all-call on Facebook this week from a fellow craft blogger who is fairly connected in social media circles. She was soliciting input for an article for a large media outlet and posed the following question: “Are the Mommy Wars over? Or are moms still judging moms?” Mommy Wars? I’d never heard that […Read More]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Holiday, Keeping It Real, Mother's Day

How To Paint Your Stairs: Prep Work

April 25, 2012 By Nike@ChooseToThrive

For the record, let me say this: painting your stairs is fairly easy, but very, very time consuming.  This is not a quick weekend project. I highly recommend painting your stairs if you’re looking for a cheap facelift and/or to buy you some time until you can do a major stair remodel. That being said … holy cow. This project […Read More]

Filed Under: DIY Projects, flooring, painting Tagged With: carpet, stairs

How NOT to paint a vinyl floor–Epic FAIL

April 18, 2012 By Nike@ChooseToThrive

Thanks for your kind comments on my door painting fail – so glad I’m not the only one who’s screwed up a DIY project. And I’ll give a quick disclaimer right now: painting your floors can look AWESOME and is a great solution for a cheap face lift until you can replace flooring outright. However […Read More]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: carpet, DIY FAIL, DIY Projects, flooring, Kids, No-Money Remodel, painting

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I’m Nike — that’s “Neeka” — a SAHM of six kids, age ten and under determined to THRIVE in spite of a layoff, bad economy and our household budget being slashed by half. I refuse to accept that creativity must be a casualty of financial hardship.

I created THRIVE to share my Rock-What-Ya-Got approach to living and crafting without spending a dime. No money. No shopping. No problem.

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