Shutterfly Photo Calander Review

 I just wanted to post a quick review for Shutterfly's Photo Calendars. Last year we made a few for Christmas presents and they were a HUGE hit. My favorite part is being able to add photos to the actual days on the calendar pages for birthdays, holidays, anniversary's etc. I was also amazed at the quality! They are full size on thick durable calendar paper. It was so easy to make on Shuttefly's website and there was no software that had to be downloaded. All in all it probably took me about an hour, it could have taken less time but I had to add a lot of birthdays! 

You can choose from 20 different designs and they are currently 30% off! The perfect gift for that person who already has everything.

$5 off $5 @ Sally Beauty Supply With Free Shipping

Right now at Sally Beauty Supply you can use promo code 555202 for free shipping. (Order has to total at least $1) You can combine it with code 555655 to get $5 off any order of $5 or more.

The code is valid on regular priced items, sale items & clearance items!! You can get some great freebies in the hair accessories section, or some free nail polish!

New Freebies

A couple new freebies released from Freefly:

 

Free ice cream from Baskin Robbins.Click Here

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Free bag of chips from Food Should Taste Good. Click Here
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Free orange flashlight from RadioShack.Click Here

Free Photo Calendar

Vistaprint is offering a free photo calendar with free photo uploads. ($15.99 value)  You do have to pay shipping ($5-$6) You can choose between the wall or desk versions. This is an excellent Christmas present for $5!!!

**HOT** $20 for $40 worth at the Body Shop (Locations Nationwide)

  Today's Indianapolis Groupon (10/25) is one of the best we have seen in a while. $20 gets you $40 worth at the Body Shop. Groupon can be used at all stores nationwide and excludes online. There is a limit 2 per person. May be used with "Love Your Body Club" discount.

Free Halloween Recipies E-Book

All you need to do is subscribe to recipe lions free e-mail recipes, then you can download a .pdf e-cookbook "23 Spooky Halloween Recipes". The book includes snack ideas, drinks, and spooky party treats.

There is a pumpkin chocolate chip cookie recipe that sounds yummy!

FreeFly's Freebies

New freebies!! Freeflys is offering some great new freebies! Quantities are usually limited, I will remove when no longer available.

~Coupon for free Mexican Hass Avocado! Click Here

~Print out a coupon for a free Buxom lash mascara from the Sephora located in JCPenny! Click Here

~Free sample of Purina Pro Plan.Click Here

~Free sample of Sofn free n pretty.Click Here

~Free Kotex sample pack that includes regular Maxi Pads and Fresh and Dry Long Liners. Click Here

 

$.75 Earthbound Farm Organic Product Coupon

Enter their contest to win a free cookbook and you will be able to print a $.75 off coupon good on any Earthbound Farm product. If your store doubles, this could mean some cheap/free organic baby carrots!

Couple of Freebies

These take less than a minute to sign up and they often send you many high value coupons along with the sample. 

Get free samples of Crystal Light & Coupons

Click Here

Organic Samples and Coupons Weekly

 Free pack Mariani Cinnamon Raisin Bread Raisins

Congratulations!!!:

Emily Oleksyk
Jenny
Genevieve Baglio
Charissa Sloan

& DSJ

You all have won a $5 gift certificate to Groupon! (it will be e-mailed to you shortly)

Thanks everyone for entering, I hope to get a giveaway going once a month, so be sure to check back!

~Crystal

Half off Eco Friendly Kids Products & Bonus $5 Off!

Cool Eversave Deal. $13 for $26 worth of eco-friendly/non toxic products for kids and babies from Greeno Bambino. If it is your first time using eversave you get $5 off your first buy. Details and other available saves at Eversave Guide.

Free General Mills Samples & Coupons

Sign up HERE! The registration page is in Spanish, but its not hard to figure out what goes where. I got this the last time they were offering it and it came with lots of cool stuff and coupons! Don't wait because they run out fast!

Kmart *Free $5 for 5 reviews*

Head over to Kmart.com and review 5 products that you own/have owned and they will give you a $5 gift card to Kmart or Sears! Ends on October 12th or when all gift cards have been claimed. So don't wait!

*EXPIRED* Free Workout Gear

The free workout gear promotion is over. However when you register with the link below you can still get in the running to win other prizes including a trip to Bermuda, a tread mill, and other prizes.

The first 5,00 people to register for Self.com’s Reach Your Goal Program today will receive FREE workout gear from Champion (Workout Pants, Performance Tee, Texture Tee, Low Cut Socks or Cinch Sak). This free offer is only available to U.S. residents.

*HOT* Kraft Natural Cheese Coupon

Right now on Target's Coupons, you can get a manufacturers coupon for $.75 off 1 package of Kraft Natural Cheese. This cheese is currently on sale at Shaw's for $2 making it only $.50 a pack after the coupon doubles. Cheese doesn't get much cheaper than that!*note the coupon does have the target symbol on it, but since it is manufacturers it can be redeemed anywhere that accepts coupons.*

Groupon Gift Certificate Giveaway

Now through 9/15 I am running a giveaway for $5 in credit on Groupon. All you need to do is become a follower of this blog. (over on the right hand side near the top) I will randomly select 5 winners from all the followers who join by midnight on September 15th. Winner will randomly selected through random.org and will be announced the following morning! Good Luck! More giveaways soon to come.

Be sure to keep up with all the non-exclusive Groupon deals at www.grouponguide.blogspot.com!

Amazon Mom

I have just been notified of a new program Amazon is running for moms, dads, & caregivers of young children. It is called Amazon Mom. Members will receive exclusive discounts via e-mail, 30% off diapers and wipes and best of all a free 3-month membership to Amazon Prime. In case you have never heard of Amazon Prime, it is a shipping promotion where you can get free 2-day shipping on items marked with the Amazon Prime logo. You can also opt for $3.99/item overnight delivery. This comes in real handy around the holidays when Amazon has so many discounted products. In addition to the 3-month membership, you can get an extra month of Prime added on for each $25 spent in the Amazon Baby department! What a GREAT program!

What to do with all those plums?

This week Whole Foods has plums on sale for $.99lb! That is a great price in my opinion, but what to do with all those plums? Aside from just eating them the usual way, I don't really have much experience with plums. I scoured the recipe books and the net and found two you might enjoy.

Purple Plum Pie: (this one seems easy)

Ingredients

• 4 cups sliced fresh plums
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 (9 inch) unbaked deep dish pastry shell

TOPPING: 

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3 tablespoons cold butter or margarine

Directions

In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients; pour into the pastry shell. For topping, combine sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small bowl; cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over filling. Bake at 375 degrees F for 50-60 minutes or until bubbly and golden brown. Cover edges of crust during the last 20 minutes to prevent over browning. Cool on a wire rack.

Frozen Plum Yogurt (definitely going to try this)

Ingredients:

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  • 2 lb Plums -- pitted & chopped
  • 3/4 cup Sugar -- or substitute
  • 1 Cinnamon Stick
  • 32 oz Nonfat Yogurt -- vanilla

 Directions:

In saucepan combine plums, sugar, cinnamon stick and 1/2 C water. Bring to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 10 min. until plums are tender, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; discard cinnamon stick. 

In food processor or blender process plum mixture until smooth. Press plum puree with back of spoon through sieve set over bowl. Discard skin and pulp. Stir yogurt into plum puree. Freeze in ice cream maker according to manufacturer's directions. Or pour plum-yogurt mixture into 9" sq. metal baking pan. Cover and freeze for 2 hours until firm.

In food processor process frozen plum-yogurt mixture until smooth. Place in same baking pan; freeze 2-3 hrs. more until firm. Let stand 10 min. before scooping.

Do any of you have a plum recipe you'd like to share? Leave a comment below!

 

 

*expired* 2 Mini Photo Books for $5 Shipped @ SeeHere

This week Seehere is running a buy one get one promotion. Make yourself 2 of their mini photo books and add to cart. (You could also just get 2 copies of the same one) Coupon code minibook-3 drops the price to $4.99 with free shipping. ($2.50 Each!) The mini book size is about 3"x4" has 24 pages and a custom photo cover. These are great for kids, just add pictures of their family members and other favorite things. You could also make an alphabet book , by taking photos of things around the house that begin with each letter. Does anyone have any other ideas? Comment below!

Deal ends on Sept 8th so don't wait!

*DEAD DEAL* Free Pack Energizer Rechargable Batteries

Right now the first 30,000 people to "like" Energizers Facebook Page will get a free 4-pack of rechargeable AA batteries.($13 VALUE) Item will ship in 3-4 weeks.

Free Phish Album Download

Download the full mp3 album for Phish's Live Bait Vol. 1 HERE. Sweet deal! Album consists of 10 all live tracks from this summer's tour.

Track list: Phish – Live Bait Volume One

1. Alumni Blues > Letter To Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues
2010-06-25 2010 Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ

2. Backwards Down The Number Line
2010-06-12 Blossom Music Center – Cuyahoga Falls, OH

3. Swept Away > Steep
2010-06-20 Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) – Saratoga Springs, NY

4. Gumbo > 5.My Sweet One
2010-07-03 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre @ Encore Park – Alpharetta, GA

6. Kill Devil Falls
2010-06-22 Comcast Center – Mansfield, MA

7. Tweezer >8. Slave to the Traffic Light
2010-07-03 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater @ Encore Park – Alpharetta, GA

9.Show Of Life > 10. Tweezer Reprise
2010-06-19 Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) – Saratoga Springs, NY

Whole Foods Wednsday 8-25-10

Whole Foods weekly specials run from through Tuesdays. I will highlight each weeks sales on Wednesday so as you have plenty of time to shop. Be sure to check out the newest edition of the Whole Deal Newsletter found at the stores entrance. It is packed with valuable coupons which can be "stacked' with a manufacturers coupon for the same item, maximizing savings.

This weeks sale highlights & coupon match-ups are as follows:

Meat/Seafood:

• Wild SuperFrozen Tuna Steaks $8.99lb. (normally $16.99lb)
• Boneless Center-Cut Pork Chops $3.99lb. (normally $6.99)
• Oven Roasted Turkey Breast (Deli) $4.99lb. (normally $8.99) GREAT PRICE!!
• Chicken Sausage $3.99lb. (Save $2lb.)
• Air-Chilled Whole Chicken Legs $1.59lb.
• EZ-Peel Shrimp 26/30 $9.99 (Save $3lb.)
• Local New England Fish Cakes $1.49ea.
• BONELESS RIB EYE STEAK $12.99lb. (regularly: $16.99, save $4!)
• FRESH IN STORE GROUND ALL WHITE MEAT TURKEY  $5.99lb. (regularly: $6.99, save $1!)

Produce:

• RED & BLACK PLUMBS $.99LB regularly: $2.49

• RED FIELD PEPPERS $1.99lb regularly: $2.99, save $1!
• ORGANIC CANTALOUPE 2/$5 regularly: $3.99 ea!

Prepared Foods: 

• ALPHABET SOUP $2.99 24oz.
• SUSHI CALIFORNIA ROLL $5.99

Bakery:

•  6-INCH CAKES $8.99
• ECLAIRS 2/$4

Grocery:

• HONEST KIDS JUICE BOX 8pk. 2/$6 use $.75/1 coupon here combined with the $1/1 in the August/September Whole Deal Flyer or @ Whole Deal Coupons= $ 1.25! 
• KETTLE BAKED HONEY BBQ POTATO CHIPS sale: 2/$4 use $1/2 here
• Clif Kid Z Bars $ .69, use the $ .50/1 coupon in the August/September Whole Deal Flyer or @ Whole Deal Coupons= $ .19!
• RAINBOW RESEARCH KIDS BUBBLE BATH $5.00 normally $7.49
• GARDEN OF EATIN' BLUE CORN CHIPS 2/$5 use $1/1 coupon here

Don't forget your reusable shopping bags, you get $.05 off your order for each one used.

Drying Blueberries

Maine is right in its peak for blueberry season. They are everywhere this year, from the u-picks to the local farm stands. Even grocery stores have been offering rock bottom prices for a few weeks now. This is the time to stock up. We all know how it goes when the snow begins to fall, a half pint at the local grocer will likely run you $5-6. Who really buys them for that price anyway? If only there was an easy way to capitalize when the pickings are good and have blueberries year round. Fortunately there are countless ways of preserving blueberries that don’t take too much time or effort. Freezing is often a popular choice, but not very versatile. They work great in baked goods and smoothies, but defrosted blueberries are too mushy for much else.  A great alternative is drying blueberries. They taste great, store well, and can be used in a variety of ways. These make an excellent school snack choice. Here is the basic way to get it done!

• Set oven to lowest possible temp. Mine is 170 degrees.
• Line cookie sheet with wax paper to prevent sticking.
• Wash blueberries well, and remove stems, leaves etc.
• Spread the blueberries one layer thick over pan.
• Bake in oven for 6-10 hours until the blueberries resemble raisins & are leathery. (time varies with blueberry sizes)
• Store in bags or jars in a cool, dry place. In ideal conditions they can last up to a year.

There is no end to the possibilities with this delicious berry! Cook them in your favorite recipes, sprinkle on salads, or just eat them plain. So go pick some up cheap, before its too late!

Green Review: Seventh Generation Training Pants

 This weeks "green" product is Seventh Generation brand training pants. Average retail price $11.99 for a 25-29 count package. They can be purchased at your local  whole foods, or Amazon. I highly recommend these! Though my daughter is potty trained, we still have her wear training pants at night. Seventh Generation training pants are super durable, much like real cloth. They also have excellent absorbency.

I have noticed when buying some of the generic brand training pants, they often rip and have a strong odor if the child has an accident. Seventh Generation training pants has neither of these issues. Most training pants are in this same price range, but do not offer any environmental or health benefits.

Product features include:

• Wood pulp processed without chemicals containing chlorine 
• Soft, cloth-like comfort
• Hypoallergenic
• Stretchy, tear-away side panels for better fit and convenience
• Inner leak barriers for superior leakage protection
• Fragrance and latex free

The only down-side to these is that they lack the colorful cartoon designs like on other brands. My daughter was a bit disappointed when she realized there were no princesses on them. For fun,  I let her take markers to them and design her own.

Homemade Fairy Wings

This is a fun project to make a little girls costume fairy wings. The best part is that you probably already have all the items needed on hand. It only takes 15-20 minutes and will make your little fairy very happy.

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1.Supplies needed: 2 wire coat hangers,tape, tights, items to decorate (glitter, markers, ribbon, etc.)

2. Remove the curved parts of both hangers. This may require snips for heavy duty hangers. The cheaper kinds will just snap with a bit of twisting and bending. 

3.Tape ends of both hangers together tightly.

4. Bend and shape the hangers to resemble wing shapes.

5. Cut tights at the tops of each leg. Cut a 4 inch strip from the top of each leg for the straps.

6.Wrap each side of wing with one leg piece of tight. Pull tight to get out wrinkles, and tie a knot at the center.

7.Work each of the strap pieces over the wings to the center.

8. Now its time to decorate. Add beads, glitter, flowers, whatever you want! You could even color with markers and make "butterfly wings" instead.

Have fun!

Whole Foods Wednsday 8-18-10

Whole Foods weekly specials run from through Tuesdays. I will highlight each weeks sales on Wednesday so as you have plenty of time to shop. Be sure to check out the newest edition of the Whole Deal Newsletter found at the stores entrance. It is packed with valuable coupons which can be "stacked' with a manufacturers coupon for the same item, maximizing savings.

This weeks sale highlights & coupon match-ups are as follows:

Meat:

• Whole foods grill-ready marinated boneless chicken breasts $4.99lb., save $2lb.
• 93% lean ground sirloin $4.99lb., save $1lb.
  
• Bulk Dry Rub Bacon $4.99lb., save $2lb.
  

Produce:

• Organic Mini Watermelons $3.00, save over 35%
• Organic Field Tomatoes $1.99 lb., save $1.00
• Organic Red & Yellow Roaster Potatoes 2 lb. bag $2.99, save $1.00
• Organic Fennel $1.99 lb., save 20%

Prepared Foods:

• Cajun Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges $3.99, save $3.00
• Grilled Eggplant Mozzarella Sandwich $2.99, save $2.00
• Smoked Mozzarella Pasta Salad $4.99, save 3.00
• Oven Roasted Turkey Breast $6.99 lb., save 35%

Bakery:

• Crostini - Assorted Varieties $3.00, save $2.99
• Hatch Chile Cornbread $1.99 lb., save 40%

Grocery:

• Stonyfield Farm Fat Free Yogurt $ .50, save over 45%, use $ .50/1Mango Honey Flavored= FREE! or $.50/3 printable @ Stonyfield.com= $.33 each!
  
• Cedar's Hummus $2.00, save 45%
• Snikiddy Snacks Baked Fries $2.00, save 25%, use $1.00/1 @ Snikiddy.com=$1.00 each
• Annies Homegrown Cheddar Bunnies $3.50, use $1.00/2 @ Whole Deal Coupons or in the August/September Whole Deal Flyer
• Kiss My Face Toothpaste $4.00, save over 30%, use $1.00/1 @ Kiss My Face
• Barbara's Bakery Cereal Multi grain Puffins $3.00, save $1.49
  
• Sesame Street Juice Elmo's Fruit Punch 8-pack $2.50, save $1.19, use $1.00/2 8-pack juice boxes @ Apple & Eve= $2.00 each
• Terra Veggie Chips Bonus Bag $3.50, save over $1.29, use $1.00/1 in the 6/20 SS
• Honest Tea Moroccan Mint Tea $1.00, save over $ .49, use $ .50/1 Honest Tea
• So Delicious Organic Coconut Water Lemonade Sorbet $3.99, save $1.40, use $1.00/1 @ Turtle Mountain or here
• Kiss My Face Olive Oil Bar Soaps $3.25, save $ .74, use $1.00/1 @ Kiss My Face
• Genisis Today Acai 100 Juice 32 oz. $33.99, save $8.50
  
• ThinkThin Think Bites $4.00, save $2.39, use $ .50/1 in the August/September Whole Deal Coupon book or @ Whole Deal Coupons combined with $ .50/1 @ Think Thin= $3.00 each!
• Clif Kid Z Bars $ .69, use the $ .50/1 coupon in the August/September Whole Deal Flyer or @ Whole Deal Coupons= $ .19!

Don't forget your reusable shopping bags, you get $.05 off your order for each one used.