Wordless Wednesday

                                                          The last of the fall leaves...

Where Are Your Photographs?

 

Are your photos sitting on your hard drive? Are they ignored, unloved, unseen by the people who treasure them? Get them off your hard drive! Too many of us spend time taking pics but them don't do anything with them. I think that's a shame. (But then I have tons of photo albums that we have loads of fun perusing!)

Here are some ideas of what to do with your lovely photographs:

Print them. 
Put them in a collage. 
Display them digitally. 
Make cards. 
Send postcards. 
Create scrapbook pages. 
Post them to Facebook. 
Make magnets. 
Design a photo book. 
Check out Pinterest for Creative Photo Display Ideas
Send them to your mom (or sister or friends or aunt). 

Photographs capture moments in our lives. Time goes by too quickly so here's a way to relive some of those special times.

What do you do with your photographs?

 

Wordless Wednesday

Anna Marie Island, FL

Thank You Veterans!

                                               One day doesn't seem enough...

Shop Smarter

For awhile now I've been using sites like Groupon and Plum District to save money. I've recently come across some other places to help stretch my dollar. Here are a few sites to bookmark for bargains. With the holidays coming up, we can all use some savings!

*Couponblender.com This website lists many deals for you to check out. You'll see a list of sites in various categories.

*PriceGrabber.com Lots of product details and where to buy at sale prices. I looked up a camera lens that I've had my eye on. It gave me the prices at several different sites. Saving this for my Christmas wish list.

*Mygrocerydeals.com A way to save money on your groceries

*Restaurant.com I put in my zipcode and what type of food I like and this site brought up several restaurants in my area. It offers certificates that you can buy at reduced prices.

*Dealery.com You can create a newsletter of your favorite sites and it will send you a list of bargains.

*MrFreestuff.com If you subscribe you will receive info on samples and giveaways.

*TheFrugalGirls.com If you sign up for their newsletter you will get daily updates on ways to save money. Everything from ebooks to Walgreens and CVS to food and online deals.

*Retailmenot.com I have this app on my phone. I always check to see if there are any deals, promotions or promotional codes. Often there are discounts on chains like Target and Macy's.

*Cartwheel.com This is an app I have on my phone just for Target. It will give you products that you can save additionally on if you shop at Target.

*Hukkster.com  One of the top price-trackers. This free service sneds you an email or text alert the minute the price on your chosen items drops.


Do you have any sites that you frequently find deals on?

Wordless Wednesday

Tips for Making Cut-Out Cookies

I love the molasses cut-outs too!

Growing up we always made lots of cut-out Christmas cookies. Coming from a family of ten kids we made A LOT of cookies. It was so much fun to use mom's cookie cutters--each of us had our favorites. (Thankfully not all ten of us were old enough to help at the same time or I think mom would have gone crazy!) I loved the gingerbread man and woman.

I kept the tradition going with my own children. Every Christmas we cut out cookies, baked, frosted and decorated them. Sometimes it seemed like we made as many cookies as when I was growing up but really we didn't. With only three helpers (Jerry mostly came around when we were frosting them just so he could lick out the bowl.) I think I did more than my share of the work but I didn't mind.

I was still making the cookies the way my mom had taught me. Then today I saw Sweetopia's post that includes tips for making cut-out cookies. Man I wish I had found these years ago! Now that the kids are grown I haven't made cut-out cookies for a few years. But after seeing her easy tips I am going to try them again! I can't wait to make them because there will be less mess and the results should be way better. Although I am going to cut my recipe way down since I'll be doing the cutting out, baking, frosting and decorating all by myself. (Jerry will probably still come around for the frosting bowl!)

Do you make cut-out cookies? At Christmas or at other holidays too?