I originally planned to purchase real flowers, or maybe fake flowers to give to my Daisy troop during our Investiture Ceremony. However, I forgot to look for the fake flowers at the craft store, and since we are on a tight budget I decided to use my own supplies I already had on hand to…
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5 Reasons You Need These Pilot Frixion Erasable Pens
(Please note this is not a typical sponsored post, but it does contain affiliate links. I recently won a lovely gift from Pilot, and since I am totally smitten with their pens I just HAD to share!) It all started a few months ago when I received a Pilot Frixion ERASABLE pen in my VoxBox…
Holiday Fragrances By COTY
I enjoy being a product tester for several reasons. Not only do I get to try great products for free or at a discount, but most of the time it’s products I may not have thought to try otherwise. Then there are those times when I get to try something that I discover I love! When…
Happy Snail Mail Club: Large Stuffable Easter Eggs
For Easter my first thought was to send boxes of goodies rather than an actual large basket to save on shipping expenses. Then I saw this adorable post and knew I simply MUST send an egg full of goodies! Sadly, I searched high and low at the Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Walmart, Target, Joann’s, and Michaels…
Happy Snail Mail Club: St. Patrick’s Day
My Happy Snail Mail for St. Patrick’s Day was a set of watercolors for my younger niece and nephew (10 and 5), and a box of Skittles for my older niece (15). I added a shamrock sticker that said, “Sending you a little rainbow for St. Patrick’s Day” on each of them, and “Be a rainbow in…
25 Easter Treats That Won’t Rot Their Teeth
As I walked through the aisles at the store the other day I enjoyed all the fun, colorful Easter baskets, fake grass and eggs. Then I cringed at all the candy. Loads, and loads of sweets. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE sweets. I send treats to family and clients, and I eat chocolate on…
Super Sweet Snail Mail
I love mail. Love it. Getting the mail is one of the highlights of my day. Not sure why…as if I’m expecting a Publisher’s Clearing House letter that says I won a million dollars, but they come to your door so that idea is out. And most anything that I am expecting that is of…
Make Your Own Halloween Luminaries
Cute, huh? They’re pretty easy to make, too! You need: Cardstock Vellum (any color works) Adhesive X-acto knife Scoring tool (optional) Pencil Stencil design LED Candle – I like the color changing ones, which I buy on Amazon: Color Changing Everlasting Tealights Candles with 7 Rainbow Colors- Set of 12 INSTRUCTIONS Cut your 8.5″x11″ paper…
Baby Food Jar Christmas Tree
As soon as I started feeding my daughter baby food I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the empty jars. Correction. BEFORE I started feeding my daughter baby food I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the empty jars. =) Twenty-plus years ago I watched my mom upcycle baby food jars into this…
Storage Crate Seat
Here’s more proof that I do more than spend endless hours surfing the internet. Not that I DON’T spend countless hours online…daily…but every now and then I actually DO something with what I’ve learned online. 🙂 For example, I found instructions for this awesome project on A Day in the Life of Miss Kranz via…
