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HUGE Silhouette Black Friday Sale

November 28, 2013 Leave a Comment

Wouldn’t you love a Silhouette for Christmas? They allow you cut out letters and shapes with ease using a number of materials, including paper, card stock, vinyl, and more! And they are so great for working on school projects, do-it-yourself decor and craft projects, card making, and more!

Right now is the perfect time to shop for you one. For Black Friday and through December 8, they are having a super sale where you can save 40%.

Here’s a little info on the product packages that will be on sale:

(1) A Silhouette CAMEO®, Silhouette Studio® Designer Edition Software, a dust cover (the color is decided by Silhouette), a $25 download card, a hook, a scraper, a spatula, and a pick-me-up® tool for $229.99. Retail price for all of this would total $406.93 (over 40% savings!)

(2) A Silhouette Portrait®, Silhouette Studio® Designer Edition Software, a dust cover (the color is decided by Silhouette), a $25 download card, a hook, a scraper, a spatula, and a pick-me-up® tool for $129.99. Retail price for all of this would total $286.93 (over 40% savings!)

(3) A Silhouette CAMEO®, a Silhouette Portrait®, and two $25 download cards for $299.99. That’s right: If you buy a Silhouette CAMEO® at full price, you get two $25 download cards and a Silhouette Portrait® ABSOLUTELY FREE! Retail price for all of this would be $406.93 (over 40% savings!)

(4) 40% off consumable products at http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/black. This excludes machines, subscriptions, download and gift cards. Cannot be combined with any other offers. Rain checks not available.

AND they are also offering FREE SHIPPING on orders over $25!

Disclosure: For participating in the Silouette Black Friday promotion, I received a Silhouette Machine, free of charge. The opinions are my own.

Filed Under: crafts, product review, saving money Tagged With: Black Friday, Silhouette

Black Friday Shopping with Target #MyKindofHoliday

November 25, 2013 Leave a Comment

How do you spend the day after Thanksgiving? Do you brave the Black Friday crowds?

I usually spend the day after Thanksgiving pulling out my Christmas decorations and decking the halls. And sometimes I do a little shopping.

I used to really get in to the Black Friday shopping. Shortly after I started blogging, I created a 2-part post series with tips for Black Friday and Holiday shopping. Here are the links if you’d like to check them out: Part 1 and Part 2. [Read more…]

Filed Under: saving money, shopping Tagged With: Black Friday, Target

My Favorite ALDI Products #aldiraves

November 13, 2013 Leave a Comment

Today we’re taking an inside look at my latest trip to ALDI. I bought a lot of the items I’d typically buy on a trip to the market, including milk, cheese, meat, can goods, baking ingredients, and snacks. The grand total for my entire trip was $85!

That probably doesn’t sound like a lot of money to spend on groceries, but if you look below, you’ll see just how much groceries I was able to get for this amount at ALDI.

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Filed Under: product review, saving money, shopping Tagged With: ALDI, groceries

Save BIG on Groceries with ALDI #aldisaves

October 23, 2013 1 Comment

With the holiday season coming up, we have a lot of shopping to look forward to, including grocery shopping. You can save money on your weekly grocery bill and all holiday must-haves by shopping at ALDI. I’ve been an ALDI customer for a few years, and I’m a huge fan of the chain.

Not only do they carry all the groceries I need, but their foods taste great, and they always save me a ton of money! [Read more…]

Filed Under: saving money, shopping Tagged With: ALDI, grocery

Breakfast Savings at Publix and a Giveaway

September 5, 2013 4 Comments

With school back in session, it’s time to stock up on your kid’s favorite breakfast items. And it’s always great when you can save a little one when you stock up, right?

During the week of September 5th through 11th Publix is helping families to save money on some of their favorite cereals with a Buy One, Get One Free event on select General Mills kid cereals.

The offer is valid on great cereals like Trix 14.8oz, Cinnamon Toast Crunch 16.2oz, Cocoa Puffs 16.5oz, Kix 12oz, Honey Kix 12oz, Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Crème 10.9oz.

For more news and updates on the latest promotions and savings events at Publix, like them on Facebook.

And for additional savings and money saving coupons, visit everydaysaver.com/publix.

Giveaway: One Simply Sweet Home reader will win a $25 Publix gift card.

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Disclosure: The information and prize pack have been provided by Publix® through MyBlogSpark.

Filed Under: Giveaways, saving money, shopping Tagged With: breakfast

Home Furnishings: How to Get Luxury for Less

August 17, 2013 Leave a Comment

Achieving the look of luxury in your home can be costly. But sometimes, choosing simple and classic furnishings that can be styled up to suit your more lavish desires can make more financial sense in the long run.

There are so many ways of getting luxury for less in the home; you just have to know how to be thrifty and clever with your budget. [Read more…]

Filed Under: decorating, saving money Tagged With: decor

6 Great Apps to Help You Get Your Home in Order

May 31, 2013 Leave a Comment

Do you constantly feel like you have too many jobs to do at home, and never enough time? Or are you in the midst of renovating your home or researching potential house and land packages, and feel overwhelmed by the amount of choices you need to make? Just remember — it is possible to take control of your household and “to-do” lists, with the help of the latest and greatest apps, designed to make a disorganised home a thing of the past. Whether you want to tick jobs off your list more quickly or find and sort information in a hurry, look no further than this list of six great organizational apps for a simpler home life, especially if you’re considering JMB house & land packages. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Home/Garden, organizing, saving money Tagged With: apps

Great Savings with Campus Book Rentals

April 4, 2012 Leave a Comment

Recently my husband started taking college classes again, and as we went about purchasing the textbooks, I was reminded of just how expensive some of the books can be. I was excited the other day when I learned about Campus Book Rentals.

This site allows you to save money on textbooks by renting them as opposed to buying them. Previously I had heard of renting ebooks, but this is the first site I’ve learned about which actually lets you rent a physical copy of the book you need and then ship it back when your class is over.

Bright Beginnings for Baby

April 17, 2011 Leave a Comment

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of PBM Products for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

For the new mom who wants to start her child off with the best in nutrition, consider infant formula from Bright Beginnings.

The mission of this company is to provide Premium Nutrition Without The Premium Price. Comparable to the leading brands, Bright Beginnings offers milk based baby formula with DHA and ARA, the key nutrients found in breast milk.

Four unique formulas are available to fit your child’s special dietary needs, including Premium, Soy, Gentle, and Organic Formula.

And now the busy mom can save time and avoid a trip to the store by purchasing the baby formula online! Bright Beginnings is available to buy on diapers.com. And they have lots of great deals, including Free 1-2 day shipping when you make a purchase of $49 or more!

They also have great prices on Bright Beginnings, starting as low as $9.79 for a 12.9 ounce can of Premium Formula and just $22.59 for the 25.75 ounce can of Organic Formula. And you can save even more money on Diapers.com by purchasing the Bright Beginnings Formula in 6 packs.

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Filed Under: Baby, saving money, shopping

Mousey Thrift Store Fix-up

May 20, 2010 3 Comments

As some of you know, I collect mouse ornaments and figurines. I found the little guy above at a thrift store for 50 cents! There was only one problem. The sugar on his spoon was missing, and the spoon was no longer attached properly to the bowl. But that, of course, didn’t stop me from getting him!

When I got home, my first thought was, “What am I going to use for the ‘sugar’?” And for some reason I just couldn’t think of anything. The easiest and most obvious choice seemed to be a piece of cotton ball, but I knew that would look dumb. So I asked my very smart hubby for help. I showed it to him, and asked what I could use for sugar. He looked at for a second, and almost immediately he said, “a packing peanut.” Why didn’t I think of that?

So I went to grab a packing peanut. I’m always getting packages in the mail, so we usually have a large supply! To attach the spoon back to the top of the sugar bowl, I simply used the hot glue gun. (I was going to gorilla glue, but it just wasn’t working.) And then I tore off a piece of peanut and used the hot glue to attach it to the spoon. Very quick and easy!

Here’s how it turned out. Very cute! And you can’t even tell it’s a packing peanut unless you pick it up and look really close. In my opinion, this was 50 cents well spent! So if you’re shopping at a yard sale or thrift store, and you find something you like, but it has a minor flaw or break, don’t get too disappointed. It just may be an easy fix!

-Jerri

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Filed Under: crafts, saving money