Bling it up

So I bought this little wood sign from Mighty Dollar last fall. I wanted to freshen it up a little bit. So I added some Stickles. Who doesn't love glitter?!?

Birthday... The easy way!!

This year there was no extravagant craziness for my daughter's birthday gathering. But I still put my frugal crafty spin on it.

They painted this pumpkin candle holders for $1 each and took them home. I also made pumpkin placemats with my YourStory. To save my table from paint and as another party favor gift.

They had a lovely time and took home decorations for the season!!!!

Thank God for Sundays

Im feeling weak in the knees for adding to my stash so it is a great thing that Hobby Lobby is closed on Sundays. To help me cope my good friend shared a couple of sheets of cute paper with me from her All About Boys DCWV stack. I don't have a boy but the paper with the lightbulbs would be perfect for the science camp layout.

Which leads me to Thrifty Tip #1: share with a friend. Shop the mat stack sales with a friend. Don't buy the same stacks and when u are finished with that theme, switch stacks. Sure some of the paper is missing but it's like having new product in your home and it cost you nothing!!! Awesome huh?$?

On a side note, I made these awesome cupcAkes for a friends get together today. They are as. Yummy as the look

No Spending- Day 1

Hey y'all!!

I Was forced to go into Joann Fabrics with some coworkers today. I only purchased a pack of dcwv paper for my neighbor (we don't have that kind in our town and her daughter is a huge Twilight fan) and an apple door hanger for her teacher. It was $6.99 and 70% off!! I thought it would make a cute Christmas gift for her teacher along with some handmade stationary. (more to come on that later).

The point is: I didn't spend any money on my scrap stash!! Hurray me!!

No more shopping!!

Hello!!! My name is Jessica and I am a scrapbooking supply addict. I have enough materials in my home to have a scrap room and fill it up and for a single mother with increasing responsibilities and $0 in my savings account, I have realized that this must stop!! Why do I have a store in my home when I should only have necessary supplies and an 100 or less stash of varying paper???

So from today on I am hereby on a scrapbook spending freeze until January 1st, 2012. (with the exception of photos purchased with coupon or adhesive when I have run out (which is unlikely to happen). This includes no Black Friday, after Christmas sales, or Cricut cartridges.

During this time. I will try to post a weekly "frugal- stash using- $$ saving" idea or project. I hope whoever reads this will find this grand experiment /torture interesting and enlightening.

Let the saving begin!!!