A Tag, My Bargains, and A SNEAK PEEK!!

A TAG-
My talented sister craft tagged me along with some other ladies in efforts to get some cute and simple Christmas gift ideas or just for craft ideas... we are ALWAYS looking for those! The rule for the tag are as follows:

1. Post a project that you have been working on lately or some thing you want to start soon.
2. Include pictures, a few instructions on how to make your fun project/craft idea, or a link to where you found the idea.
3. Then tag a few people to do the same!!

I am generally TErriBle at getting back to tags (more on that later) and frankly I probably would have slacked on this one too had I not just had a craft day with my dear friends Ashley and Chantel (Chantel is my cousin and my dear friend:))
For some reason this craft has taken us a while but we started on our Vision Boards some time ago and finally got together to make the cute cork boards to hang our 'visions' on.

Here is how we made them:

#1- We purchased unpainted open back frames from Michael's Arts and Crafts (with our 40% off coupon of course) and then painted and sealed them with our desired colors.



#2- We cut out a piece of solid cardboard to fit in the back of the open frame and proceeded to hot glue the corks onto the cardboard in our desired patterns. (My mom donated some wine corks she found at a yard sale and the rest we purchased on eBay.)



Notice in the picture below that the frame is not painted... we used it as a guide while the others were drying but do not glue all your corks down until the frame is painted and ready to go because you will not be able to get the cardboard with the corks attached in or out after they are all glued on.



#3- Hang and enjoy with either photos or as a vision board.




MY BARGAINS-

For those of you who know me at all know that I am one of the cheapest (in a good way) people you will ever meet. I was thankfully (maybe not always so thankfully at the time) brought up bargain shopping. My mom and dad always worked hard to save money so that my mom could stay home to raise us, another blessing I am truly grateful for!!! And I am also grateful to have married a man that knows how to bargain shop!
Well on with it now right?!?!
I have clipped coupons for years but have just recently gotten VERY serious about it and I am so excited and happy every time I go to the store and save SO SO much money and come away with bags full of groceries for practically nothing.



My total bill for the items shown above was.... $7.16

YEP! that is right ONLY $7.16 for:
8 bags of Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers Veggies
5 Zone Perfect Nutrition Bars
6 Arrid XX Deodorant - Ultra Fresh Scent- (the absolute only deodorant Jeff will use)

Keep in mind none of these items are pull dated or even close! They are all fresh off the shelves at my local Alberston's Super Market!

My bargain from several weeks ago:



4 Boxes of Electrosol Dishwashing power tabs...$0.36.
Yes, Yes, I typed that right, I paid 36 cents for the above pictures items. Once again fresh off the shelves of my local Albies.
I LOVE A GOOD BARGAIN!


A SNEAK PEEK-

I have been working on Avery's nursery for months and months and months now!!! The plans changed I think 2 times and even after that it has taken me way to long to get it done and well it is not actually ALL done. So here is just a sneak peek with more pictures to come once I have finished the bumper and other finishing touches!

Tagged

I am always a little slow on getting to these tags so here is me finally getting to the one my mother-in-law left me a while back.

*How to play this game of tag. Post these rules on your blog. List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

3 Joys
**My husband and family
**the gospel
**my days off

3 Fears
**having enough money for retirement
**lately... the economy (time to start heeding the years and years of counsel from our leaders to have food storage. and I have been begging Jeff to get a Hybrid that runs on natural gas, $.64 per gallon, need I say more?)
**Jeff dying young.

3 Goals
**to have a better food storage
**to read my scriptures more regularly
**to find great deals on all of the upcoming baby stuff we will need to be purchasing:)

3 Current obsessions and/or collections
**I love to collect scrapbook supplies (disclaimer: I am not a collector!! However, I have had to come to terms with the fact that I am really not a scrapbooker like I used to tell myself I was, I am just a collector of scrapbook supplies! so sad)
**sleep (I am both obsessed with and a collector of!)
**Before pregnancy... a clean house

3 Random surprising facts about yourself
**I absolutely LOVE to get rid of stuff! Be it old clothes, mine and Jeff's;), when I use up the last of the dish soap, or returning something I borrowed. I love to take a load to the DI as much as I love to empty the garbage! I just want it all out of my house!!
**I love to hear about where people work and what they do for a living, it is so fascinating to me all the different job and types of work that are out there!
**I love to fly!! Whenever I go see my sister I get so excited that I get to fly and hang out at the airport. When I am on the plane I try not to go to sleep because I just want to be awake and enjoy it... well sometimes I want to sleep.

Tag you're it!

A- Attached or single: Very Attached
B- Best Friend: Jeffrey and my sister Kathryn
C-Cake or Pie: Ice cream cake!
D- Day of Choice: Thursday night. Work is over for the week and the WEEKEND is a head.
E- Essential Item (s): Contacts, chapstick, and lotion. (I have nightmares all the time that I left the house without my contacts or glasses)
F- Favorite Color: lately... Brown
G- Gummy Bears or Worms: Gummy watermelon slices
H- Hometown: West Point, Utah but I also grew up in Indiana, Germany and Texas.
I- Indulgence(s): Ice cream from Cold Stone (but only if we have a coupon)
J- January or July: JULY!!!
K-Kids: 1 boy, Jeffrey:)
M- Marriage Date: October 20, 2004
N- Number of Siblings: 3 older brothers and 1 older sister
O- Oranges or Apples: Clementines
P- Phobias or Fears: Being the center of attention and speaking in church... only because I know I will cry and I HATE THAT!!!!
Q- Quote(s): "Take a deep breath" what I say to Jeff every day when he needs to CALM down! Oh, and "SSSSHHHHHHHH" he can also be kinda LOUD:) (I love you honey!)
R- Reason To Smile: My Jeffrey! He can be funny too! and At the realization of the many blessings I have!
S- Season: Spring
T- Tag Six: Darcie, Emily L., Emily P., Sivi, Amber, Jen B.
U- Unknown Fact About Me: I have NO self control when it comes to diet and excercise! And I LOVE to get rid of stuff!
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: I eat meat!
W- Worst Habit: Laying in bed while I say my prayers... I am currently trying to break this one! Please don't judge me! Oh yes, and I burp really loud in front of my husband and family!
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: I would like to have an ultrasound someday but currently I take probably 40+ x-rays every day!
Y- Your Favorite Food: Mexican and anything sweet!
Z: Zodiac: Scorpio