Mega Swagbucks Friday!

Do you use Swagbucks? I DO! And I've earned $50 in Amazon Gift Cards in 8 months! Don't believe me? Well look!

See? And there's days where I don't even use it at all-so when I'm consistently using it, I'm sure I could get nearly $10 in Amazon Gift Cards a month. If I'm not making sense, well here's the bottom line:

You use the Swagbucks search engine, and you get FREE gift cards of your choice! It really is as simple as that!

I LOVE using amazon for kindle books, so it's PERFECT for me!

The best way to win Swag Bucks is to use the engine for genuine search and discovery. Doing a ton of searches, or clicking on search results, will not increase your chances of winning in any way.

What I have found is that you can generally win a maximum of 4 times per day. Searching over and over typically will not produce better results than just searching naturally. To be honest, in my experience you will almost always win some bucks within the first 5 searches everyday. If you are lucky you might win again in the next 10 minutes or so, but you are usually better off searching a few hours later, maybe around lunch time.

Friday is "Mega Swagbucks Day" meaning you have a chance to win very large amounts, maybe even a 1000 swagbucks in one search.

I also subscribe to SBCodez Facebook, where they instantly post any code that comes up so that's extra codes on TOP of your searching. Awesomeness!

 So what are you waiting for? Sign up under me and start earning giftcards! I promise, it really works! :)

As for us, we're heading to see a certain....MOUSE today.....

WOOOHOOOOOO! 

Happy Friday All!

10 Minute Jewelry Holder

Ok, so it's no secret that I love necklaces. And I needed a place to hold my necklaces. But....it got a little crowded. Would you agree?

(Excuse the quality of my pictures, my lighting is a little wacky in there!)

After brainstorming and perusing Pinterest, I came up with this idea!

I spent a total of $7: I bought a 6 foot round dowel, which is cut into three 2 foot pieces and some screw hooks! 

 Now I have so much room, I'm thinking I need to expand my necklace collection! 

Hee Hee.

DIY Tombstones!

Hi everyone! We are finally getting fall weather over here, PRAISE THE LORD! 

 So naturally, I've been getting in the fall mood. Usually we don't decorate for Halloween, except for our carved pumpkins, but this year I wanted to do a little something so I bought a few decorations and then decided to make some tombstones!

So here's a quick little tutorial on how to make your own tombstones!

 I used some leftover MDF I had, and traced out 3 tombstones.

 I cut them with the jigsaw, and then sat and admired them, crookedness and all.

I then painted them, cut out some funny names with my cricut and then hand painted the pictures on!

 I attached them to some wooden stakes, and had some awesome, ridiculously inexpensive tombstones! Super cute, if you ask me!

Meet Firmoo--Quality Glasses At An Affordable Price!

I don't wear glasses. My sweet Husband does, and even my kids! But let's be honest here--sometimes, glasses are a great accessory to add to a great outfit! YEAH, sign me up!

 When Firmoo contacted me to review a pair of their glasses, I was all about it! They have hundreds of styles to choose from, and I had no problem selecting a SUPER cool pair that I thought would look just right on me!

 When my package arrived, I was tickled pink with the nifty hard case that my glasses came with, along with a soft pouch and a soft cloth enclosing the glasses! 

 I put them on, and fell in love! SO CHIC!

Why choose Firmoo.com?

Here at Firmoo, we offer over 300 styles of affordable and stylish frames for you to choose from. Customers even can buy 8 pairs of different eyewear on our site instead of only one pair at the local retail outlet or mall with the same amount money. Different clothes, different mood, different glasses every day, sounds interesting, huh? And if you don’t want to rack your brain to think it over which style suits you most, we offer Virtual Try-On System that helps you see how you look with our glasses or sunglasses. You even are able to use your own photo to try our eyewear virtually, and also you can share your awesome try-on photo on yours and Firmoo’s Facebook wall and see what your friends think of it. 

Do you wear glasses? Well why don't you give Firmoo a try? Right now Firmoo is offering Free Eyewear for first time buyers! (Just pay shipping!) For more info on this program CLICK HERE. 

Harvest Blocks

So I did these a few weeks ago, and LOVED the way they turned out! Seriously, it was so super cheap! I used the scrap 1x4s in our garage, some fall scrapbooking paper....and my handy dandy CRICUT to cut my letters!

Cute right?!

(ignore my papers tucking out of the basket, lol!)

Love me some Harvest blocks!! :)

Mickey Mouse Birthday Party!

Our youngest turned 2 in August, so I decided that since she LOVVVEEESSS Mickey Mouse, we'd do a Mickey Mouse birthday party! I wanted to keep it minimal because this summer has REALLY worn me out...but less worked out to be more, in this case. 

Here are some pictures of the decorations!

The cake and cupcakes were made by an AMAZING and talented friend, aren't they GREAT?!?!

Super simple decoration: a painted clay pot, tissue paper and mickey mouse cutouts glued to skewers!

The banner was made out of mickey mouse cutouts from posters! Really cheap, and oh, so cute!

The cupcake stand is made of plates and painted candle holders!

 The princess herself! She had a wonderful day! 

Laminate Flooring-Halfway Done!

Well hello there, friends!

 Here we are, in AUGUST, which means that it's almost my favorite season of the year-FALL!!!! However, that ALSO means we've zoomed through the summer, and the break is coming to an end. Boooooo. 

We are going camping for the first time as a family Thursday. I must say, I'm slightly nervous. But I've read quite a few blogs with camping tips on them, so I believe I'll be a little more prepared and ready to conquer tent camping. And, if all else fails, I'll just hop in my parents' 31 Ft. RV next to us. HAH! Camping with 2 toddlers will be a unique experience, that's for sure!

 So we've been slaving away the past week trying to get our laminate floors in. We're halfway done. The living room and most of the hallway is done; next is the dining area and kitchen. Oh Lord, have mercy on my knees!

 Here's a few pics of our progress-I'm LOVING how it looks. When we're finished, I'll post before and after photos....the tile we covered up (yes, you heard that right: we put laminate OVER TILE) was hideous. JUST HIDEOUS.

We still need to add the molding all around the walls, but we LOVVVEEE the way it's turning out! It looks great....and SO MUCH BETTER than the tile. But oh, you'll see. YOU'LL SEE. 

So it's back to work this weekend! 

Happy Friday everyone!!

A Sweet Girl's Birthday

Hey guys! I promise you all, I'm reading blogs....just not updating because I'm out there, doing 1290437325894723984723984 things at once! Summer seems to do that to a person.

This past weekend, we celebrated our sweet daughter's 3rd birthday! She's our girl with paralyzed vocal cords....if you haven't read her story, you can read it HERE. 

 She had a BLAST. I decorated her table....It always seems like pictures never do the finished product justice: it's one of those, you had to be there, things.

 Here's her table-

 The picture was an engineering print from Staples, $3 and some change! I put it on insulation board, and painted the edges. 

The "3" is also insulation board, covered in glue and pink glitter. 

The sticks are spray painted yellow, and decorated with yarn pom poms!

 Paper lollies in the front.

 Painted table cloth 

Painted vases. 

All the works. 

I'll have to do a post about the vases, FROSTED GLASS Spray paint is ahhhhhhSOME! 

It was a HAPPY BIRTHDAY, indeed!

Now it's time to plan my next daughter's birthday!

(They're 12 months and 10 days apart. FUN FUN FUN.)

Keep cool, blogging friends!