Frugal Luxuries® by Tracey McBride Est. 1993: Gift Pantry

The original "FRUGAL LUXURIES" ~ Based on the books by Tracey McBride ~ Established 1993

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"FRUGAL LUXURIES: Simple Pleasures to Enhance Your Life and Comfort Your Soul" was written by Tracey McBride and published by Bantam Books, NY, in 1997. It was the first of its genre to synergize the elements of simplicity, frugality and gracious living.

After more than a decade, FRUGAL LUXURIES has never been out of print and is now more relevant than ever.

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For all who value both the material and intangible aspects of existence.

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Ponder Humble Philosophies

Practice the Art of Frugality

Simplify

Make Every Day a Feast (on pennies a day)

Nurture Home Graces (beauty need not be expensive)

Mingle Luxury With Economy

Enhance the Ordinary

Create a Gift Pantry all year round

Bring Order from Chaos

Cultivate Home Peace

Meet Kindred Spirits

Savor Frugal Luxuries

Make Something from Nothing (well...almost!)

Learn how to live every day with a sense of abundance, beauty and luxury...without breaking your budget...

all the while keeping in mind this notion from Robert Louis Stevenson:

"Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life."

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Welcome...we're lucky to have you!!!

A Brief History of Frugal Luxuries

"We are lovers of beauty without extravagance."
--Thucydides

Our newsletter Frugal Luxuries* was established in 1993. Our goal was...and remains...to blend beauty, grace, and spirit with the practical details of living. Regular features such as Home Peace; Creative Recycling of the Ordinary; Homespun Alchemy™; Kindred Spirits; Every Day a Feast; and our longtime favorite...Frugal Luxuries®, have been a breeding ground for the alchemy that transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary.

You are warmly invited to mingle minds, exchange ideas and comfort your soul via the philosophy of frugal luxuries.
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*Originally titled Frugal Times: Making~Do With Dignity until 1997 when it was permanently changed to the title of our long-time, back~page feature Frugal Luxuries.

INSPIRATION~SIMPLICITY~SPIRIT~ FRUGALITY~LOVELINESS

My Symphony

To live content with small means...to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion...to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich...to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly...to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart...to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, never hurry...in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious...grow up through the common...this is to be my symphony.

---William Henry Channing

Note: Words to live by. This poignant quote touches me more now than when I used it in my first book, Frugal Luxuries, Bantam Books, NY, NY, in 1997.

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