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Sofia the First Free Printable Party Set
Courtney LOVES Sofia the First. Carson even likes her. Ah heck, so do I. So when I decided to put together a set of Free Party Printables for our readers, I decided to go ahead and do a Sofia the First Printable Party Set. Download Now In this FREE printable set you will get: Sofia the First Invitat
Baby Bullet Giveaway!!!
Do you want to serve your little one only the best foods but feel it can become a bit overwhelming at times? This doesn't have to be the case with the versatile Baby Bullet! This product helps you give your baby the best nutrition it needs to set the stage for a lifetime of health and wellness! The
Free Halloween Party Printables
Are you planning on throwing a Halloween Party? Or do you have the task of planning your child's classroom party this Halloween? Well let us help out with these FREE Halloween Party Printables . We have created a set of Bag Toppers, Mini Candy Bar Wrappers, Cupcake Wrappers and Cupcake Toppers for y
Day 3 FREE Photoshop Class - Basic Photo Editing
To day we are going to cover basic photo editing in Photoshop. While Photoshop can do some pretty amazing things, just knowing how to clean up an image can dramatically improve it's quality. From removing red eye, to brightening eyes, to removing blemishes, we will cover some of the basic photo touc
Homeketeers FREE 14 Day Photoshop Class
Welcome to the Homeketeers Free 14 Day Photoshop Class, where we hope you will walk away with confidence in creating graphics and printables as well as photo editing with all the techniques we will be showing you. Each day we will be providing you with a different video tutorial on a Photoshop techn
Photoshop Class Day 2 - Watermarks, how to create and place on your image
In today's FREE Photoshop Class we are going to learn about how to create a watermark, and how to place it on your images. Later in this series we will be teaching you how to automate your Watermark into a Photoshop action, which will save you time. Watermarks can be done in several ways, and I am h
Free Photoshop Class Day One ~ Tools, Brushes and Text
Today is Day ONE of our FREE Photoshop 14 day Class , where we will be teaching you 14 new techniques in Photoshop. Since I am not entirely sure where everyone is in their ability levels in Photoshop, I am starting today with a just a quick review of the tools. After we review the tools palette we w
12 DIY and Crafty Christmas Ornaments
Besides my need to create all my Christmas ornaments by hand this year, I know I am not the only one who doesn't want to spend a bunch of money on their Christmas Tree this year. So for the week of 12 Christmas helps, we have found a dozen Easy and Adorable DIY Christmas Ornaments. Remember, to see
Jake and the Never Land Pirates ~ Neverland Rescue Watch Party
I am hosting a Jake and the Never Land Pirates ~ Neverland Rescue Watch Party over at Temporary Tourist for tonight's special World Premiere on the Disney Channel. Throughout the movie we will be giving away Pirate Goody Bags and playing games. As I got to decorating and getting ready for our Pirate
12 Saturdays to Christmas, So Here's a Dozen ways to Make Christmas Easier
Can you believe that we are only 12 Saturdays away from Christmas?!?!? This seems far to close. Where has the year gone? Since I am making everything homemade (hopefully 90% up-cycled and recycled), I am really starting to stress about the time left to get everything done! Yes, I did start my Organi
12 Christmas Stocking Patterns and Ideas
Every year (well almost every year) we have had a tradition of making new Christmas Stockings. This year, I am going to sew new stockings for each of the kids, and I have started to search through patterns. I have found some super simple patterns, and I have found some extremely complicated ones. Bu
12 Clever Ways to Wrap Christmas Presents
I am always looking for new ways to wrap presents, especially Christmas presents. When all the kids were little, I would try to make things easy on myself and wrap each child's present in a wrapping paper that was just for them. Then as they got older and started trying to guess what was what, I sta
12 Christmas Cookie Recipes
I am ALWAYS looking for new Christmas Cookie Recipes. I am hoping that this year, I can even find a Christmas Cookie Exchange to be a part of, but since we live in a predominately tourist area, I am not holding my breath. But I will baking Christmas Cookies, and LOTS of them this year. So on my way
Organizing Your Christmas, Don't get behind {Organization Challenge Day 18}
For today's Organization Challenge, I am going to dive into Christmas. Every year I hear myself say, I am going to be all done long before Christmas, and every year I am up until 2am finishing the last of wrapping and sadly last year, I was even hitting up the only 24 hour WalGreens in the area! So
Carole P. Roman Celebrating, Talk Like A Pirate Giveaway
Ok everyone, I have the PERFECT Giveaway to go with our Tad: The Lost Explorer Giveaway. How about a Popcorn Cart, Popcorn and a great series of books? Ahoy Me Mateys and all you Landlubbers! In these parts it is "Talk Like A Pirate Day" (September 19th) and Author Carole P. Roman of the Captain No
Tad: The Last Explorer Review and Giveaway
Tad: The Last Explorer is an absolutely great animated film. At first just my husband and I started watching it, but soon it found it's way into the playroom DVD player as well. Carson watched it 5 times in a row. I did have to explain the scary things were fake, and answer a lot of what is its. It
How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies and Gnats
So my mother-in-law called yesterday to ask me about my trick to get rid of fruit flies and gnats. It seems that while she was canning tomatoes this last week these little pests invaded her home. Awhile back when we lived in Omaha, I had a severe infest of fruit flies thanks to a bunch of bananas I
Disney Vacation Countdown Project with FREE Printable
Going on a Disney vacation is exciting! And today we have a simple project for you, to help build the excitement. Counting down the days to your vacation can be a lot of fun. For our home, having visual countdowns to events, for instance, going to see Gabe, or Stevie coming, helps with the transitio
Disney Vacation Countdown Calendar Style
We decided that there may be a large number of you that don't have a laminator at home, (which I HIGHLY recommend investing in one, I personally recommend the Swingline Laminator ) we would make a Disney Vacation Countdown Calendar style for you. First, you will need to download and print the Disney
Win a $150 Target Gift Card
$150 Target Gift Card Giveaway Who wouldn't want to win a gift card to Target? Especially right before Christmas. Well we are thrilled to have joined together with some other fantastic blogs to bring you a chance to win a $150 to spend at Target. Hosted by : Conservamom & Co-hosted by: Everything Mo
Secret Millionaires Club ~ Warren Buffet Teaching Kids to Invest and Save
This is considered a #sponsored post as I was provided a free copy of the series on DVD to review. All opinions are always my own. This is disclosed in regulation with FTC 16 CFR part 255 Guides to Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. Ok on to my Review... So I was provided a copy of Volume
Easy Halloween Costumes (Instructables Halloween) ~FREE
If you saw the Halloween Foods FREE Kindle Book, then you must also grab this Easy Halloween Costumes FREE Instructable Kindle Book as well. I am thrilled with these two finds, and highly recommend that you grab it while it is still free!
Nightmare Before Christmas 20th Anniversary Give Away
Hey everyone, I know how much you love a contest, so we joined in with some other bloggers and websites, and thought that three of you might like to win a fun prize to celebrate Nightmare Before Christmas turning 20! You could win one of these two bags or the extra large coffee cup. Good Luck! Homek
Halloween Food (Instructables Halloween) ~ FREE on Amazon
FREE today (and I am not sure how much longer so grab it quickly) is the Halloween Food Instructables Kindle book. If you have a Kindle, or the Kindle App for your iPad then you need to nab this great little book full of ideas and recipes for some FUN Halloween foods!
Make Your Own Coffee Creamer - Not Worth It
So I saw the pins about making your own coffee creamer, and of course I had to try it. You see we are major coffee drinkers in this house. Between my husband, my daughter and myself we go through at least one and half pots of coffee a day. But what makes it worse, I literally use way too much creame
Tulle or Deco Mesh Holiday Wreaths
I have been wanting to decorate our front door for the last six months, but just haven't gotten around to it. I keep thinking oh I need to put up a wreath, or a sign or something to make our condo feel more homey. But it seems to be falling to the bottom of the list of things to do.... Well not any
Hot Coupons to Clip 09/02/13 for match ups
These are the coupons you need to clip for upcoming deals and match up over the next couple of weeks. I recommend printing off at least 4 to 6 of each or more if possible. These are great for starting your stockpile. I will be posting Match Ups for these items below over the next couple of weeks, an
Brita Coupon Deal
If you are like me, then you have a small stock pile of items for worst case scenario possibilities. When I lived in the midwest it was for tornadoes, now that we are in Florida, It is for Hurricanes. One of the things that concern me is, unsafe water supply and stockpiling gallons of water and bott
Organize your Craft Room and Craft Supplies With These Ideas
Organizing all my Craft supplies is a constant for me. I am always looks for new and clever ways to better organize my craft supplies. I figure when we find a house, I will have my craft room back, and I get to start from scratch. So I am constantly looking for new ideas for my craft room and for wa
5 Necklaces from $2.50 to $6.00 Shipped For Christmas
If you saw the 18 Necklaces for under $2.50, you know we found some GREAT deals, but I couldn't pass up sharing a few other finds that while still cheap, aren't quite as Jaw droppingly cheap as the first 18. My Middle daughter, Becca, happened to peek over my shoulder while I was doing some shopping