TDK Quilted Wallet

This pattern was super easy. I know I went a little off the pattern on accident but improvised and made the bottom cc slots work anyway.

This was a last minute “sew something for my daughters friends b-day part tomorrow” item.

Squeezed in an hour and a half for ME sewing!

I had to try my hand at one of the SMS Summery Tops by Made by Rae.

I skipped ONE of the pleats on both sides of the center and I shortened it. It is only about 17″ on the botton instead of cut 20″.

Excuse my pink pants and no head shot, it is Saturday, lol.

Get cashback on your regular Online Purchases

So last post I told you about Swagbucks, which is a search engine that gives you bucks for some searches and then allows you to purchase items with your bucks!!!

This post I thought I would let you in on another small secret to saving money.  While it isnt much, I have received over $30 this year by shopping at home.    The service is called Shop at Home.   You must login, then search the store you are wanting to purchase from *or a store that carries something you want to purchase*.  Then click through the link and make your regular purchase.  You will receive whatever % Shop at Home is offering at the moment on that purchase!! 

So for example I received the following Cash back on purchases I would have made anyway:

• $2.02 from Inkgrabber.com *bought recycled ink cartridges*
• $1.37 from Diapers.com
• $1.78 from Highlights Magazine *renewed subscription online*
• $.84 from Snapfish
• $2.99 from Checks in the Mail *purchased new checks*
• $1 from Ebay several times for purchases made

Those are only the most recent.   You also get a $5 registration bonus when you sign up and $5 for every friend that signs up and makes a qualifying cashback purchase!    You dont get a check in the  mail until your cashback has reached $20, but it rolls over month to month.  So there isnt any rush.  Just buy what you would always buy!!   I received my first check in February, so it is a real deal!!!

Sometimes when I do is search for what I need.  This is what I did on the ink cartidges.  I searched for Ink, then sorted the searches and found the one offering the best few % of cashback, compared the prices and shopped at the best deal.   Also some stores offer coupons AND the Cashback, so you might also find a free shipping or 10% off you order coupon on the Shop at Home site when you search!

If you make lots of online purchase, I hope you register and save some money!  Dont forget when purchasing online to make sure you login to Shop at Home and go through the link to the store so your cashback is logged!!! 

YAY for Swagbucks and free Gift Cards!

Normally this blog is all about Sewing and sometimes my kids, lol.   But today I was just elated at my accumulation of “free money” that I wanted to post about it.

If you have never heard of Swagbucks, you really should check it out.   You download a toolbar to use for searching.  You search the web just like you ALWAYS do and you have the chance to earn “swagbucks” everytime you search.   I usually earn an average of ONE buck a day.   Once accumulated you can shop the Swagbucks store to buy items or GIFT CARDS!  I am saving my Bucks to buy either Target or Amazon Gift cards.  Figured it would help with Christmas shopping this year. 

I have enough Swagbucks now to purchase 4 Amazon gift cards and my husband has enough to buy 2.   That is $30 worth of Amazon dollars that we earned for doing nothing but using Swagbucks as our search engine.  The results are pretty good as they are pulled from Google too!  Hoping to have $80 worth of giftcards to use for Christmas shopping by the Fall!!!

A TIP for faster accumulation:  Sign up your friends, kids or spouse underneath you on another computer or laptop so you earn double bucks.  You get a buck every time they do!  Of course all the links to Swagbucks posted on this thread sign you up under me, but feel free to just go to their main page and sign up if you dont want to credit me for the referral.  I just want others to know that even if you only earn 45 bucks and a $5 Amazon card this year, it is $5 you wouldnt have had, RIGHT????

Restocked Rings & Update

Hey all!  Thanks so much for your emails and comments over the last few weeks while I have been absent!!   Few things have grabbed my attention lately making me absent from my blog.  One, we are expanding my Bottombumpers business and there is many orders, meetings, and things to do!  Two, my baby girl turned ONE!! Can you believe it!

I hope to be back on a more consistent basis by early summer.  Until then, I restocked some wood rings in my Apple Tree Boutique store so you can make the free tutorial for the Teether Ring!

So what have I been doing?

I have been sewing “a few” Bottombumpers diapers!   I have sewn and finished over 250 diapers in the last 2 months with the help of my friend Ashley!   Dont have much else sewing going on here because of it, lol.  SO I havent posted anything interesting in a while.  Here is a pic of a FEW diapers waiting to have their soakers attached and sent to Texas!

Cloth Diaper? Until Friday at Bottombumpers 10% off starter packages!

I own a cloth diapering business called Bottombumpers!   This week until Friday we are offering 10% off Starter Packages.  Coupon code is MONEYSAVING.   You can choose all different colors, they dont have to all be the same.

Strechy Headbank Ebook is now on YCMT!

This pattern is finished and is now available on You Can Make This!

My baby is featured on there too, isnt she so cute!!  All my kids have deep deep brown eyes like their Daddy except Baby Girl.  She has blue eyes like her Mommy!!    

Look what else is new!!  So cute.  Love the creative genius that gathers at YCMT!

 

Can you guess her name :)

My 8yo daughter made this name sign for herself. I, of course, helped her but she did all the sewing, cutting letters, etc. herself.

She is pretty proud can you tell (Mama is too).   I see this pictures and just mourn the loss of my toddler! Just last year she was all baby face and now look at her..  Boy, she has truly blossomed into a young lady!

My artist doing her Trading Cards

When I saw Erin’s Post about a Kids Artist Trading Card Swap, I just knew Tara would want to participate.  This girl is an art loving fool!   She loves all forms of crafts including papercrafts, painting, coloring, sewing, beading, etc.  She is her mothers’ daughter, for sure!

I caught this picture of her diligently putting details on her first ATC and wanted to capture the moment of creativity (and silence, lol)!

 

She is so excited to put some of her imagination on paper… and thinks those precut Trading Cards are “SOO cool”!