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Things Grandma Knew

Erin Bried, author of How to Sew a Button, is here to show us how we can look to our grandmothers for guidance on being more creative, thrifty and self-sufficient, all at the same time.







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" I miss him here on -- make your own jam orphan -- your own fish I don't do that often but I grandmother certainly did. -- author of how to sew a button and she's here to show us how we can lift our grandmothers for guidance on being more creative. Thrifty and self sufficient all at the same time in the data here and give her having actually interviewed a bunch of grandmothers all across country did survive the Great Depression after your pie went wrong is up. Exactly -- I tried to make some friends rhubarb pie and I accidentally by a Swiss chard instead of and it occurred to me that basically grew by about the garden with my grandmother when I was a kid and hasn't developed -- couldn't even identify in the grocery store so -- wanted to find out. What else have forgotten or never learned in the first place and how to so -- answered that and they are pulling its its adhered to and it just came out the -- these tips is that yeah I interviewed ten grandmothers all across country all -- couldn't survive the Great Depression. And they told me not about I'm not just about cooking and cleaning but also about gardening entertaining and joining in marriage they've all been married for over fifty years. So much to learn from them yeah lot of things that they say that our generation forgotten to solicit things at the -- had to do was helpful to -- she exactly so it's proper way to do this is gonna change your life it's that it could very simple enough you can cause completely organized so all you do. Is turning she entirely inside out you put your hands into adjacent corners. Put them together and -- one corner over -- over the other. Okay simply slide down and that's your other two corners together like you just did on the first one. I'd be doing this for twenty minutes yeah. I and I felt I had my hands into corners and is gonna bring them together and do it once more -- is folding over the -- keep holding area on one side and I and then how -- that is already it looks -- and he -- a lot of space in -- here is that why the exact and it just it just keeps you organize and just gonna lay it down. And then folded into -- Fun. To. Three why. Over this genocide. That's pretty pretty fit okay that they should have at home -- they take very good care of their skin and it's not that difficult to you exactly especially in this economy we don't have that extra money to go to spots that doesn't mean you shouldn't pamper yourself at what our grandmothers used to do. Was it just scored -- honey which is high dating and also helps -- skin. Just scored honey and then a little bit of plan which gives you that glow. Perfecting your posture that's another thing that you asked him about what they say you know we spend so much money trying to look at least -- makeup and all these other beauty products products. My grandmother's home and don't forget the most simple things to stand up straight. You know look out of the world and say here I am I'm so proud to be the right yeah. Isn't -- but -- exactly Clinton and I. And I -- why it's so important for limited to do this you know knives are so expensive and one thing and learn from the grandmother's is that. Don't you know just take care what you have united Columbine united -- can stop so it's very easy just put -- steel -- down. Hold your ninth. And join them together had about a twenty degree angle and very slowly. Nice down to the -- of -- to. Okay repeat on the other side don't have to keep buying -- right now I suggest 46 times. Every -- into something amber at thirty seconds left we gotta do the most important thing here mixing in Manhattan. Is like to get -- guy I ever saw me it's most important thing have a signature cocktails and maintenance and just do. Two shots of -- and this is cracking. And it's not. Just how does it removed from. A few dashes of things are matters. I think I just that's fine that's fine I didn't go out have a system. Yes a couple more times yeah Hank exactly so that's famous for it. Out of charities. It's how you did a fantastic job with the research in this book there's been helping out a lot of young women out there you guys wanna get over a hundred other essential life skills that we can all learn from our grandmothers check out Aaron's book is called how to sew a button and it's available."

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