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Why pay for a FREE magazine?  (around 150-300 points)

FREE Target Beauty Bag-Sign Up

Have you signed up to receive your free beauty bag from Target?  I did and ALREADY received mine!  I love these little bags.  They are filled with awesome samples from face wipes, lotion, personal care, etc.  



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Homeschool: Sign up your K-6th grader for Pizza Hut BookIt!

Don't forget to sign up your homeschooled children (grades Kindergarten through 6th) for BookIt for 2012-2013!  September 2012 is the deadline, but it's a first come, first serve basis!   Sign Up Today!

All kids love a Free Pizza and it helps foster their love for reading!

Remade Watering Can

I was SUPER excited to see a CHEAP and easy way to obtain a watering can to water my newly emerging plants.



A Journey To Dream shares the tutorial on how to create your own milk jug watering can.  (I used a nail to create the holes in my lid...but my plants are outside...so I didn't need the smaller holes)



I am so excited to begin watering without tearing up the dirt in my newly planted pots!

Dish Scrubber from fruit net bag

While visiting my mom in December/January, she had a "scrubbie" that she used to clean off her dishes before loading the dishwasher.  Once I got home, and my dishwasher had to have a thorough cleaning, I decided I would clean most of the food items off of my dishes before loading them. 

....(apparently you are supposed to clean out your dishwasher monthly including cleaning out the jets...the spinning things above and below your racks.  It's where all of the food collects and gets trapped...gasp!  I have never done it other than running a cup of vinegar through an empty machine)

Now I needed a "scrubbie" and a sponge wouldn't cut it.  You know what I'm talking about.  The first time you use a sponge to remove fettuccine or cheese you have a nasty cheese covered sponge.

Looking around my counter, I had an orange bag. 

I cut off each end, and then wound it to my satisfaction.

Voila!  A new FREE scrubbie!

It's been working great for a few weeks now! This was linked to:

Free sample of Bliss Aromatherapy oils

Jump on over to Find Your Bliss and get your FREE sample of Bliss Aromatherapy Oils – Shower Gel and Body Butter.

$5/$5 Coupon for Michael's

Valid 2/3-2/4, Michael's is offering a $5/$5 Coupon!  What????  This is an AWESOME deal!  You can get something for nothing just by printing off this coupon.  Just spend $5 or more Pre-Tax and you will get $5 off!

Make your own GIft bags....from Newspaper...FREE

The other day, (after I had already purchased a gift bag bundle from the store) I found this great link to making your own newspaper gift bags at How About Orange. 
I was done with work, the kids were done with school and I haven't crafted much lately....so it was a feet wetter.  AND it was easy.

Naturally washing my hair

I read THIS blog from Living on a Dime, and with my sensitivity to hair products lately, I thought I would try to go Au Natural for hair shampoo and conditioner. 

I normally wash my hair every other day unless my hair is dirty.  About the middle of the day after shampooing, I start to feel really greasy and just yucky.  I have been using vinegar after shampooing about 1-2 times a week anyway, but after reading about substituting my shampoo for baking soda/water mix and conditioner for vinegar...I knew this was just for me.

Free sample of Barista Prima for Keurig

Get Your FREE sample of Barista Prima Coffeehouse for the Keurig system by liking them on Facebook!



Thanks MoneySavingMom!

Toothpick Art-Cheap or Free

For a quick, easy, fun kids craft, grab a piece of construction/cardstock paper, some toothpicks and glue and you have an instant are project.

Supplies:

Toothpicks

Paper (construction or cardstock)

glue

Draw a picture or assemble the toothpicks. 

Glue toothpicks onto paper.

Instant craft and work of art!

**Thanks to THE BOY for allowing me to photograph his project for today.

Christmas ornament decor

The other day we ate a frozen pizza.  Doesn't really work with the "trying to eat healthier" diet, but hey...it was onhand, quick and easy. 

While discarding all the wrapping....i thought....I can use this circle piece of cardboard for something......(it sounds like the something a hoarder would say)

That something turned into an ornament:

CIrcle cardboard from frozen pizza (clean) mod podge, glue stick, 12x12 scrapbook paper x2, 4x6 inserts from CVS photos

I cut a piece of the cardstock that came with my CVS photos as the top of the ornament and covered with scrapbook paper. Then i traced and glued on my cardstock.

I applied a thick layer of mod podge and now they are good to go. 

Easy, quick and best of all FREE!

Magazine for all of the Creative party makers

A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon an awesome blog with GREAT ideas for parties and crafts:

Bird's Party puts together a magazine stuffed FULL of pics and great ideas for parties.  They just came out with their December issue and you can view it online for FREE or buy it as well. 



Check out Bird's Party for great party ideas!

Candy Flower Bouquet

As I sat staring at my handful of snack size Snickers to take to my pal Shelly in the hospital after having her baby, I thought "I can't just take her a handful of Snickers....how can I dress it up?"  So....in a dash...literally 15 minutes I made this.

Here is a quick HOW TO in case you wanna do it.

Start with your supplies:

Once I started, I realized I wasn't going to make just one flower...so I added more candy.

I started by making some circles tracing a glass.  I used the larger circle and taped on the candy to it.  (This was wrong....i will explain later)

It helps to have an audience while you make these. 

THE GIRL also helped take pictures as did THE HUSBAND.

Next, take your dowel rod, or whatever you are using for to support the heavy candy topper and wrap it with ribbon. 

Again, I taped the stick to the flower.....WRONG...keep reading.

I realized...Hey...this tape is NOT gonna hold the weight...so I broke out the glue gun.  Instead of taping...use the hot glue...just don't melt the candy :)

At this point, I realized that I needed something to stabilize the candy bars to keep them from flapping forward.  Floral wire worked great and glued it to the circle cardstock behind the candy.

Then I taped the candy bars to the wire for support (this is the back of the flower).

I hot glued the smaller circle to the front...again careful not to melt the candy.

I completed a second version with Twizzlers.

 Then, THE GIRL taped individual candies to floral wire and we used those as a filler. 

The tootsie rolls at the bottom are brown...just like soil. 

The best part...It won't die!  (Just hopefully get eaten!)

Walgreens: Free toothpaste or toothbrush

Walgreens has a 4-day sale running today through Saturday. You can get free Oral-B Complete Deep Clean Toothbrush or Crest

Buy 2 Crest Complete Deep Clean Toothpaste 5.8-6.2 oz. at $2.75 each
Use 2 $2/1 Crest Complete or Oral B Deep Clean coupon from the 9/11 SmartSource insert
Spend $1.50 plus tax out of pocket, Get $3.50 Register Rewards back
Free plus overage after coupons and Register Rewards

Thanks, Moms By Heart!

How do I become a President FREE poster

I saw this on MoneySavingMom.com and just HAD to share it with you.



Request a free How Do I Become a President? Poster.

I ordered mine today!

I'm just saying....

Saw these during our field trip to the Pumpkin Patch.  

***Feel free to copy and paste

ReUsing Old CDs for FUN hovercraft

As an idea for a post, I have decided to see what I can ReMake from items around the house.....(that post to come at a later date....)



How about a COOL and FUN idea for reUsing those CDs lying around the house?

Check out this Instructables on how to make a hovercraft with a balloon, bottle lid, cd, glue and sharp pointed cutting tool.  Easy Breezy.....I can't wait to make one!

$10 in free downloadable products from Scholastic Teacher Express

Download $10 worth of any ebooks from Scholastic Teacher Express for free when you use coupon code 10THANKS. They have a number of dollar downloads available, so you can get as many as 10 ebooks for free.




Thanks, The Freebie Blogger!

Shutterfly 50 free prints TODAY only 9/6/11

Don't miss out on your 50 FREE shutterfly pics.....TODAY only!

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One time redemption per member.