28
Feb
Posted by: Sarah / Category:
digital scrapbooking,
freebie,
word art
I was fortunate enough to be one of the first five commenter’s on Lisa’s Creative Corner goodies giveaway. Now, it’s my turn to pay it forward. The first five people to respond to this post will get a word art made especially for them! The quote of your choice! This offer does have a few “rules of play”:
1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make — but I hope you do!
2- What I create will be just for you — one of a kind! It will not be a freebie up for grabs…so make it what you want it to be!
3- It’ll be done sometime this year (most likely it will be in the next month).
4- You have no say in the graphics other than the quote or saying.
5-The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog!
So….who will be the first 5 people?
Even if you aren’t in my first five, why not start this on your blog, too? Spread more love FASTER! Ready, set…..who will the first five be??
28
Feb
Posted by: Sarah / Category:
digital scrapbooking,
freebie
Shabby Princess has done it again. An awesome, FREE desktop wallpaper that you can personalize with your own picture! Just slide in the picture, save and make it your desktop!! The above picture is what I will be seeing for the next month on my computer. Isn’t it cute!? All I did was slide my picture into it. Go HERE and download it and enjoy. Also they have a new freebie kit HERE. Leave some love and enjoy.
28
Feb
Posted by: Sarah / Category:
Uncategorized
I was doing my blog surfing thing and I found THIS blogger. Check them out. I am sure you will be visiting them often like I wil!
28
Feb
Posted by: Sarah / Category:
grocery,
penny pincher
I am a butter person. I love butter. “Butter is better” is my motto. Coming from a culinary background this is what is engrained in us from the beginning. Quality ingredients equals a quality product. But there are times when I don’t want to wait for the butter to soften or I forget to put it out for the rolls. So I suck it up and use the spread stuff. Not the same but it does the job in a pinch.
We all know a great way to pinch pennies is to buy in bulk (most of the time). I look longingly at the value of the big bulk of butter spread thinking, “what a great way to pinch pennies”, but I don’t want a 3 lb tub of hydrogenated oil sitting on my dinner table. So I have surpassed it up until now. I had this realization that I COULD but the big tub but I could transfer part of it into a cute covered crock. I rarely use the crock but I love it. Now I have killed multiple birds with one stone! I got my value, I get to use a serving piece I rarely use and I get spreadable butter-like spread on demand.
27
Feb
Posted by: Sarah / Category:
coupon,
freebie,
wallgreens
I am getting better and better at this coupon stacking thing. Let me tell you about my deals pictured above.
Transaction 1
Gillette Gammer Razor on sale 8.99
MFG coupon -4.00
Gillette 2.5 oz shave gel clearance 1.29
MFG coupon -1.00
Total with tax 5.90
The razor was apart of a Register Rewards. Once I paid it printed out a $6.00 coupon. To be used like cash on my next purchase. So after tax they paid me .10 to take these two items out of the store!
Transaction 2
Excedrin Migraine 24 ct. on sale 1.99
MFG coupon -2.00
FREE
Johnson & Johnson Red Cross First aid kits 2@ 1.49
MFG coupon save $3.00 on 2 items
FREE
Oust Air sanitizes on sale 2.99
MFG coupon B1G1F
1.50 each
Mitchum 2.5 oz deodorant 2@ 4.99 each
walgreens in store coupon 2@ 1.99 each
2 for $4.00
6 Hershey candy bars .89 each
walgreens B1G1F coupon
6 for 2.10
redeem my $6.00 RR from transaction #1 -$6.00
When it was all said and done I paid $4.19 with tax. Now I could have paid less if I had not gotten a deodorant but my husband uses this brand exclusively and now I don’t need to buy deodorant for the rest of the year. And it was GREAT price. Not as good as free but a great price for that brand. I could have lowered my bill more but my daughter and I are going to see the play “Annie” tonight and I wanted her to have a snack or two to take along. And I wanted my mom to have a chocolate bar to take with her on the drive home. Thanks for watching my kids while I did the coupon dance mom!
27
Feb
Posted by: Sarah / Category:
cheap,
craft
I was talking with a friend last night and she was saying how her shoulder was just aching her. It was keeping her up at night and it was well….a pain in the neck. I had asked her if she had a rice bag for it and she looked at me like I was crazy. Rice bags are awesome! It is a cotton bag filled 1/2 way with rice and you heat it in the microwave.
The heat is so good for
- sore muscles
- breast feeding moms to help with engorgement
- arthritis
- fibromyalgia
- keeping your feet warm in bed
- relieving sinus pressure and pain
The wonderful thing is this is such a penny pinching project!! Use a clean, hole-free tube sock and fill it 1/2 way with dry rice. Knot it or sew it shut and microwave it 1-2 minutes, depending on the size of the sock and the strength of your microwave.
Another project is to sew a square or rectangle with 1/4″ seams. Turn inside out and fill 1/2 way with dry rice. Sew the fill hope shut and microwave as directed above.
Rice bags make wonderful gifts. Use pretty fabric and add lavender oil or tea tree oil to the rice before you add it to the bag. Once microwaved you will have the added benefits of the essential oils!
Here are some pictures of my 4 year old making a rice bag for my friend. Yes, I allowed a 4 year old use a sewing machine. I was right there talking her through the whole thing. She even signed her work and I wrote the microwaving instructions on the bag so she would know exactly what to do.
This is my latest word art freebie! I am loving making these! Click HERE to download it. Sorry the link wasn’t working before.
26
Feb
Posted by: Sarah / Category:
blogs,
penny pincher
THIS is an awesome article from one of my favorite blogs, Wise Bread. Go read it….It has some wonderful tips and hints. I would love to tell you I think one idea is better than another but they are all just wonderful! Check them out.
25
Feb
Posted by: Sarah / Category:
recipe
Photo from Food Network
In case you missed it yesterday was fasnacht day or Fat Tuesday. If you splurged and got a few dozen and didn’t eat them all in one sitting (like I usually do!) you now have day old doughnuts. What to so what to do… what to do?! Make another fattening dessert! In case you haven’t make it THIS is a recipe for Paula Dean’s bread pudding featuring Krispy Kreme donuts. If you don’t have the KK any glazed donuts will work nicely. Once you make it just forget about all the fat that is in the recipe. You will enjoy the pudding more!
