CO-US-IN-S!

I made this for Addy's room to display her and her cousins.  We are so excited because one of them gets to come visit us next week and one at the end of July.  Both of them live back East so we don't get to see them as often as we would like...and her other cutie cousin lives near us so we are lucky to get to see him a lot...tomorrow actually:) 

The Winner Is....

A while back I asked for your help to decide which picture I should have printed that I edited.  That post is HERE.  Well, here was the winner that most people chose:

Thank you for your help in deciding!!

Fun Gift Ideas

During Father's Day my parents were out of town so we are going to celebrate tomorrow with Sunday dinner.  Tonight though, Jason and I are going to take my parents out to dinner and Ice cream as part of my dad's Father's Day gift.  Even though we are taking him to dinner we wanted to do a little something more. Some of these ideas I found on eighteen25.blogspot.com HERE.  They actually did this idea for teacher appreciation, but you could incorperate it for anything you want...which I did with Father's Day.

I edited the picture on picnik.com to say "Cool...Just Like My Grandpa" (To go in his office at work). Then I thought it would be fun to put this Nivea Mens "Cool" Body Wash with it.  The Sweedish fish say "You are O"fish"ally the best dad ever!"  The A&W says, "My Grandpa is AW-some."  The Chocolates say,"We love you a (Choc)-lot"...That one is a little different then the chocolate they put on their site.  Their's says "You Deserve Chocolate" 

Whats up?!

Just thought i'd play catch up since I wrote last. 

                                    June 15th was this little dudes bday!

Of course this isn't a recent pic of my cutie little nephew because it would be blasted hot in that coat and hat! 

Cousins playing in the sand box:)

My mom and I took Addy, Lexie and Cameron to the Summer Clubhouse movie.  They were playing the Alvin and the Chipmunks Squeakquel movie.  Addy and Lexie wore their princess dresses and stick on earrings. (Thoughts probably going through Cam's head: Wow when is Ashley just going to give up on trying to get Lexie and Addy to look at the Camera and just take the pic):)

Our ward had a Scout and Young Woman auction for them to save up for Camp.  They do it every year and it is a lot of fun! 

Addy got to go to her friend's princess bday party:)  We had a great time.  They did a great job with the party and Alycia had a lot of creative games.  Like pin the prince on the beast etc... after each game they got to have a peice to the princess costume (wand etc..)  Afterwards, Addy and Lilly decided to go into the "frog prince pond" and go for swim:) It was cute!

Sunday was Father's Day!  This is a shout out to all the fathers in my life!...Grandpa's, Dad's and of course my sweet hubby!  I love you!  I am so blessed to have you in my life... Let's not forget all the rest of you fathers I know!!! 

Here are a couple fun pics I was able to access easily.  I wish I had a picture of Jason's Dad on this computer because I would have posted it too! 

   

My Dad with Addy on her first Bday

Jason and Addy at the park!

Some exciting news is that Jason found a countertop dishwasher at DI!  It works perfectly and looks new too!  I'm so happy about it!  He Surprised me with it:)

Oh yes and lets not forget!....JASON IS DONE WITH SUMMER SEMESTER!!!! WOO HOO!!

Latest Projects

I've totally been on a creating kick lately which has been fun.  Here are the latest projects I have done for our kitchen. 

I got the idea for this one HERE. 

My Vinyl Lettering Obsession!

Lately I have been really into the vinyl lettering.  It started when I saw a quote I wanted on my wall.

I custom ordered this off of Etsy.  If you have a saying you want on your wall I really recommend THIS seller.  It was inexpensive, great quality and FAST!

       Then last night at Enrichment AKA Relief Society Meeting... I made this!

           

Well, Today I was at JoAnns Craft store and found this on clearance for $2.97! It is perfect in Addy's room!

There were a ton of different ones on clearance.  I also got a set of 16 vinyl keys that was also on clearance.  Here is what I did with one of them.  This one is for Erin's room.   I am going to make a bigger one for our kitchen that I will post when I make it.

Ulta, Staples, Walmart, Rite Aid Deals 6/7/10= 9.93 Including tax! BEFORE SALES COUPONS AND REBATES IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 127.09!!!

This post is going to be long winded showing you some good deals I got and you can get too!  If you are interested...READ ON!

Our good deals for the day:)

ULTA

Free Nail Polish @ Ulta!  Hurry! It is only while supplies last and it started on the 25th of May! I was there today and there was still some to choose from.  This nail polish is normally priced at $7.99!  HERE is the link for the coupon.

Thanks to my friend @ Alyatagin.blogspot.com for the info on this deal!

STAPLES

Buy 1 Case of Staples Bright White Multi-Use Paper 5 ream case (Item 728375)

$24.99

Buy 1 Case Hammermill Copyplus paper 500 sheet ream (Item 122408)

$6.49

Note: The notebook was for Jason for school, but doesn't have anything to do with the good deal (it's .99 if you need one though:)

Anyway, without the notebook it is $31.48....Use the $10 off $25 Office Depot coupon HERE (Staples takes competitor coupons.) This brings the total down to $21.48.  Then Submit for the Easy Rebate online for a total of $17.49 back  TOTAL FOR 6 REAMS OF PAPER AKA 3000 SHEETS!!= $3.99

(HIP2SAVE.com)

WALMART

Pampers Baby Wipes $1.97

Use the $2.00 off Coupon from the PG Sunday Newspaper insert =0.03 overage!

I bought 4 so I made .12 with the coupon and bought some candy for .59 to make up the difference.  The total with tax came to $1.02!!!!!

FREEBIES2DEALS.COM

RITE AID

Split into 2 transactions

Transaction #1

WHAT IT NORMALLY WOULD HAVE COST:

Clean and Clear Foam Cleanser 5.49

Gillette Fusion Proglide Manual or Power Razor System 12.99

Jones Soda .89

John Frieda Root Awakening Smoothing Hair Lotion 6.99

Blink Tears 10.49

 Princess Photo Book 2.49

Dreft Multi surface wipes 3.99

Total=$43.33

WHAT I GOT IT FOR

Clean and Clear Foam Cleanser 5.49

Use the $2/1 coupon found HERE

Use the $3/1 in-ad coupon

TOTAL=.49

Gillette Gusion ProGlide Manual or Power Razor System 12.99

Sale Price= 9.99

Get a $5.00 Single Check Rebate

Use the $4/1 coupon from the 6/6 PG coupon insert

TOTAL= .99

Jones Soda .89

John Frieda Smoothing Hair Lotion 6.99

Sale price 4.99

Get 1.00 Single Check Rebate

Use the $3.00/1 coupon from sundays 6/6 Smartsource insert

TOTAL= .99

Blink Tears 10.49

Sale Price 7.99

Get a $7.99 Single Check Rebate

Use the $2/1 coupon from the 5/16 Redplum insert (comes in the mail)

Total= FREE plus 2.00 Money Maker

Princess Photo Book 2.50

Clearance item for 1.24

Total= 1.24

Dreft Multi Surface wipes 3.99

Clearance price 1.99

Total= 1.99

USE THE $5.00 Off $25 coupon from the video values HERE

TOTAL=  $-0.49 of course this is after the rebates

with tax before rebates it cost me 15.23

Transaction #2

WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST

CareFree pantyliners 1.59x4

Princess Photobook 2.49

Bike Lock 3.00

Hershey Extra Dark Assorted Pouch 3.50x2

Childrens Style Science Sunglasses x2  7.99

                                                                           TOTAL=34.83

WHAT IT COST ME

CareFree Pantyliners 1.59 x4

Sale .99 x4

Use $1/1 coupon in the 4/25 smartsource insert

TOTAL= -0.04 for all

Princess Photobook 2.49

Clearance 1.24

Bike Lock 3.00

Hershey's Extra Dark Chocolate pouches 3.50x2

Clearance for 1.75x2

=3.50 for both

StyleScience Kids Sunglasses 7.99x2

B1G1 1/2 off

7.99

3.99

Use the $4/1 Video Values coupon HERE

Submit for a $10.00 off Rebate

Total= -2.02

USE $5 off $25 Video Values Coupon found HERE

TOTAL= 0.68 but before the rebate I pd 11.80 counting tax

WITH BOTH TRANSACTIONS BEFORE TAX I PD .19!!!!! INCLUDING TAX 2.48

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN $78.16 BEFORE TAX
A TOTAL SAVINGS OF $75.68 (not counting tax because I don't know the before tax)