This is a beautiful reminder that shaped cookies can be made without expensive molds or cutters. I believe Tasha Tudor also freehand cut her gingerbread cookies!
Interesting links about frugality, thrift, hospitality, home decorating and more.
Although I bookmark these items for my own reference, maybe this food for thought will encourage you, too.
Proverbs 31 says that the ideal woman "is like the merchant ships, getting her food from afar." You can read about my family's creative adventures in thrift at the archives of http://likemerchantships.org