Mother’s Day is only a week away. What are you planning to make your Mom’s day extra special? Do you have a family tradition or do you try different ideas? If you’re at a loss for what to do, I’ve searched online and found some unique ways to make the day special for her.
Cook up something special for Mom. Bagel Family Portrait, Cool Cake for Mom and Mother’s Day Truffles are just a few of the creative and fun recipes available at Disney Family Fun http://bit.ly/d9vksr. If you want to make her breakfast in bed, whip up a Blueberry Mother’s Day Breakfast Cake. The recipe is available from @CDKitchen at http://bit.ly/aqqPlS.
Kids and adults can find crafty ideas for making Mom an inexpensive gift at Suite101 http://bit.ly/aBrH5a and Sherri’s Family Crafts Blog http://bit.ly/cOpVXH. I personally love the Mother’s Day coupon idea. I used a version of this idea for a Valentine’s Day gift to my husband. I filled a bucket with all of his favorite chocolates, Hershey bars, Kisses, Reese’s, M&M’s and more. Then I decorated the bucket with paint pens and stickers. To finish it off, I put the handmade coupons in the bucket on top of the chocolates. You could decorate and fill your bucket with Mom’s favorite candies, chocolates or snacks for a fun way to present the coupons to your Mom. Bath salts are also an easy craft for kids and adults that any Mother will love. After you cook her dinner, you can run a hot bath with candles for a soothing atmosphere and present her with the handmade bath salts. Both of these ideas are available on Sherri’s blog (link above) with detailed instructions.
Mom’s card can also be made by hand. Kids can trace their own hand to create a “Guess How Much I Love You?” Mother’s Day card. The instructions and template are available from Kid Crafts Magazine http://bit.ly/9CtNID.
If you’re looking to purchase Mom a gift online, retailers are offering very good incentives this year. The following are a variety of gift options with current coupon codes:
eBags is offering a Celebrate Mom special - Extra 20% Off Sitewide at eBags! Hurry, this offer ends Sunday, 5/2/10 at midnight. Coupon Code: COMJMOMS20. Link: http://bit.ly/9yCCSe.
Flirty Aprons is offering a Mother's Day 40% Off Sale with coupon code FA-4110. Expires 5/12/10. Link: http://bit.ly/bUTrWF.
Stew Leonard’s Gift Baskets is offering a free cookbook with minimum purchase of $25 using coupon code MOMDAY. This offer expires 5/6/10. Link: http://bit.ly/9Ut3s0.
Get Mom a gift she will treasure for years to come! Turn Photos/Slides/Videos into Memories with ScanDigital. Use Code: Mothers10 for 10% Off! Expires 5/31/10. Link: http://bit.ly/b4TbLq.
Mother’s Day gifts, including personalized gifts, are available on my website at http://bit.ly/bE3cWh. Coupon code: BUYNOW for 10% OFF!
More Mother’s Day coupon codes for online shopping are available at http://bit.ly/99SViX.
I hope you find this information helpful in planning your Mom’s special day. And if you are a Mom, Happy Mother’s Day to you!
Sharing is caring! Save money, save time and help save our environment. Lots of fun resources are available to help find creative ways to spend quality time with your family while staying on budget. Crafts, decorating, do it yourself projects, parting planning, preparing meals, shopping and more valuable resources and information are free online. I love to share my fun finds with you. For more free resources and tips follow me on Facebook and/or Twitter. My website is http://www.shopchristi.com/. Check it out!
Love Crafty Creations!
May God bless the work of your hands! :)
Friday, April 30, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Spring Gardening
Well, I am happy to say the gardens are finally completely planted. I'd like to say it took a few days but it really took 2-3 weeks. The flower bed, rock garden and vegetable garden combined were a much bigger job than I anticipated.
The flower bed and rock garden were actually fun. The boys helped me pull weeds and get everything cleaned up and planted. We finished those by working in the afternoon a few days in a row.
Now the vegetable garden is a whole different story.
Let me begin by taking you back to last year. I did the bare minimum to the front yard and focused on a vegetable garden in the back. It was my first attempt at a true veggie garden. I've grown tomato plants and herbs but not a real seed planted vegetable garden.
Everything started out great, my niece, two boys and I planted the seeds for 8 different vegetables and had a great time watching them begin to grow. However, it wasn't long before the zucchini plants grew so big, so fast they took over the garden. The huge zucchini plants produced huge zucchini too. I'm talking the largest zucchini I've ever seen! The only survivors were a couple of cucumber plants and one yellow squash plant. The cucumbers and squash only produced a few average size veggies before being overcome by the massive zucchini plants.
This is why I decided it was necessary to move the veggie garden to a new, larger area. My fear of a repeat zucchini attack, determination to grow more veggies and a bad case of spring fever made me oblivious to all the work I was creating for myself.
Don’t let anybody fool you, gardening is a real workout! I’m 5’3” so lifting 3 - 60 lb. bags of cedar mulch that look as big as me is not easy. The 20 bags of 40 lb. soil were no picnic in the park either. After a few trips carrying those suckers, I got creative. I’m sure I looked pretty funny using my ice chest with wheels to roll one bag of soil at a time to the backyard. The digging, bending and stooping are good exercise as well.
After all the hard work, I’m happy to say the gardens are planted and look great. Now all we can do is water, weed and watch it grow.
I’ll let you know if we have any monster plants try to take over the garden again. If we do, I hope the extra room gives the other veggies a better chance at surviving.
It was a big job but I think it will prove to be well worth it. I’m stronger and tanner for my efforts so far and hopefully my family will enjoy eating fresh, healthy veggies soon.
Sharing is caring! Save money, save time and help save our environment. Lots of fun resources are available to help find creative ways to spend quality time with your family while staying on budget. Crafts, decorating, do it yourself projects, parting planning, preparing meals, shopping and more valuable resources and information are free online. I love to share my fun finds with you.
For more free resources and tips follow me on Facebook and/or Twitter.
My website is http://www.shopchristi.com/. Check it out!
The flower bed and rock garden were actually fun. The boys helped me pull weeds and get everything cleaned up and planted. We finished those by working in the afternoon a few days in a row.
Now the vegetable garden is a whole different story.
Let me begin by taking you back to last year. I did the bare minimum to the front yard and focused on a vegetable garden in the back. It was my first attempt at a true veggie garden. I've grown tomato plants and herbs but not a real seed planted vegetable garden.
Everything started out great, my niece, two boys and I planted the seeds for 8 different vegetables and had a great time watching them begin to grow. However, it wasn't long before the zucchini plants grew so big, so fast they took over the garden. The huge zucchini plants produced huge zucchini too. I'm talking the largest zucchini I've ever seen! The only survivors were a couple of cucumber plants and one yellow squash plant. The cucumbers and squash only produced a few average size veggies before being overcome by the massive zucchini plants.
This is why I decided it was necessary to move the veggie garden to a new, larger area. My fear of a repeat zucchini attack, determination to grow more veggies and a bad case of spring fever made me oblivious to all the work I was creating for myself.
Don’t let anybody fool you, gardening is a real workout! I’m 5’3” so lifting 3 - 60 lb. bags of cedar mulch that look as big as me is not easy. The 20 bags of 40 lb. soil were no picnic in the park either. After a few trips carrying those suckers, I got creative. I’m sure I looked pretty funny using my ice chest with wheels to roll one bag of soil at a time to the backyard. The digging, bending and stooping are good exercise as well.
After all the hard work, I’m happy to say the gardens are planted and look great. Now all we can do is water, weed and watch it grow.
I’ll let you know if we have any monster plants try to take over the garden again. If we do, I hope the extra room gives the other veggies a better chance at surviving.
It was a big job but I think it will prove to be well worth it. I’m stronger and tanner for my efforts so far and hopefully my family will enjoy eating fresh, healthy veggies soon.
Sharing is caring! Save money, save time and help save our environment. Lots of fun resources are available to help find creative ways to spend quality time with your family while staying on budget. Crafts, decorating, do it yourself projects, parting planning, preparing meals, shopping and more valuable resources and information are free online. I love to share my fun finds with you.
For more free resources and tips follow me on Facebook and/or Twitter.
My website is http://www.shopchristi.com/. Check it out!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Try A Different Approach
Try a different approach! Let me help you save on expenses and get the work done. Many large companies are discovering the cost effectiveness of outsourcing, why not you too? No need to provide benefits or insurance. I work independently from home on a variety of projects. Accounting, order processing & fulfillment, payroll, sales brochures & flyers, spreadsheets, websites and many more services are well within my capabilities. I am known for "getting it done". Let me help you free up some time by taking these tasks off your to do list. You can count on me! I will get it done accurately and on time. Contact me at christi@shopchristi.com or check out my website, http://www.shopchristi.com/ for more information.
My past experience includes 18+ years at The Dallas Morning News. I worked in several positions during my tenure: Inside Sales Representative, Group Manager, New Business Supervisor, Inside Sales Manager and Project Planning Supervisor.
For free resources and tips follow me on Facebook and/or Twitter.
My website is http://www.shopchristi.com/. Check it out!
My past experience includes 18+ years at The Dallas Morning News. I worked in several positions during my tenure: Inside Sales Representative, Group Manager, New Business Supervisor, Inside Sales Manager and Project Planning Supervisor.
For free resources and tips follow me on Facebook and/or Twitter.
My website is http://www.shopchristi.com/. Check it out!
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