Wanna Save Some Money??

I don't know about y'all, but recently I have been on a big money saving spree. I am a Goodwill shopper and a yard sale stopper. I clip my coupons (no foolin') and I do lots of car poolin'. :-)

I just discovered this site where you can find the best coupons for Savings. It's so very WORTH IT!! Especially if you do lots of online shopping. There is also a great selection of printable coupons so that you can march yourself right to the store and use it in person. Check out these Home Depot Discounts. When I saw those coupons I totally had this moment:

Minus the balding Picard, of course. You see, we JUST replaced our old fridge and bought ourselves a new energy star one. Only, if we had done some browsing at Savings.com, we could have saved %10. **sigh**

Here's a fun one for those of you going to school in the fall (or sending a loved one to school).... how about a coupon code for HP products. Now, THAT could come in handy. Do some browsing on their site and you'll be surprised at all the savings....and it may help you to avoid those pesky *facepalm* moments. :-)

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Seal Polymer Pup

Boy-oh-boy am I in love with polymer clay. So is our Munchkin!! Where else could you get such quick animal toys. For this project, all I did was shape some polymer clay in the basic shape of a seal based on this picture I took on our last vacation.

We called this seal Phoebe. She was a regular at the low tide rock island in front of our cottage.  Once I finished shaping the seal, I baked it according to the directions on the package. Once dry and cool I put on a coat of heritage white acrylic paint over the entire seal. Then, I sponged on a light grey and finally a darker grey/black. 

For the face I used a tiny paintbrush and some black ovals for the eyes, nose and mouth lines. Grey for the cheeks and the forehead line to the nose. I sponged a bit more grey around the face and that was it. Munchkin named it Dasher as first (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is a perennial favorite in our house) but soon changed the name over to Phoebe once I mentioned what picture I used for my model. :-) 

We're heading off for our Munchkins first tenting expedition. It's about a 4 hour drive away to the middle of nowhere. Should be fun (fingers crossed)!! I'll tell you all about it when we get back and hopefully I'll have some pictures to share. :-)

Here are some parties I am linking up to:

Thrifty Thursday

Frugalicious Friday

Plant a Punkin Seed Party

Frugal Friday
Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays 

Kiddo Craft-o's: Watermelon Slice

One of the things I do for volunteer work in my community to run a weekly craft-time at our local library. It's a total blast and it gets my brain working to come up with new and fun crafts. Some are off the top of my head and some have been inspired by others (duly credited, of course). I thought I'd do a weekly progression of the crafts we've tried out.

This week was so darn-tootin' hot, I thought it would be fun to cool down with some watermelon slices. Wish we could have eaten them!!

To do this craft you need:

Paper Plate

Salt

Red and Green Paint 

Marker

Used Tupperware

Paint Brush

Glue

Water

Spoons

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds

~Pour some salt into a tupperware and mix it up with a splash of red paint that's been watered down. Do the same in a separate container for the green salt. 

~On the paper plate sketch a triangle for the watermelon, rind included:

~ Water down some glue in a container and mix it up. Use a paint brush to paint the rind section of the picture entirely with glue.

~Spoon some green salt over the rind section. Patting down when need and gently shake of the excess onto a paper towel. 

~Now paint with glue the entire melon section, pour the red salt over it, pat it down, and shake off the excess.

~To glue the sunflower seeds onto it, scrape a little hole in the melon salt where you want the seed to go and put a dab of glue in the hole, then press the sunflower seed on top of it. Let the whole thing dry and VOILA!! A slice of melon. Cute, huh??

I am sharing this project here (check them out and be inspired!!):

Thrifty Thursday

Plant a Punkin Seed Party

Frugal Friday