Frugal Invitations

One of my many hobbies is to make invitations for people. As soon as someone makes an announcement, I usually jump up and say, "I'll make the invitations!" The invitation on the left was for my sister-in-law's wedding and yes, she wanted camoflauge for her colors. The invitation on the right was one I made for my college graduation. I could not bring myself to pay the hundreds of dollars on the invites from the university. These invitations will fit in a standard greeting card envelope which you can usually find a 50-count box for around $3. Also, to bring your costs down further, you can purchase the card stock from Hobby Lobby when they mark it down to 50% off.

Each invitation is one piece of 8 x 5.25 piece of cardstock on the bottom then a 7 x 3.75 piece of carstock, with the information printed on it, glued on top of that and finally a 4.5 x 7.5 piece of vellum on top. Punch two holes through the vellum and bottom piece of cardstock and tie it with a 16" long ribbon. Voila! Custom invitations! If you have any questions about the process you can email me at savingscafe@gmail.com or post a comment.

Free Kashi Entree & Free Samples

Kashi is offering coupons for a free entree. This works out well with my new eat better plan, plus I already like their cereal and oatmeal. Click here to print your coupon. Thanks, Erin at Coupon Cravings.

Go here to Wal-Mart's site to see their latest offering of free samples.

Another Coupon Roundup

Get a free trial of the new Good Housekeeping magazine by clicking here.

Check out drugstore.com's big clearance sale here.

Kohls is having a 2-day stock up sale. They are offering 40-50% off of spring styles. Check it out here.

Friday Coupon Roundup

I'm back again with another coupon roundup...check out some of these great deals..

Restaurant.com is offering 80% off of restaurant gift certificates!! Get a $25 gift certificate for $2. Use code DINE at checkout.

Artscow.com has just upgraded their photo collage program. To celebrate this, they have decided to let their mouse pads be their pilot product. Right now you can get custom photo mouse pads for $2.98 each. Uses code MOUSPD298 at checkout. These would make great gifts for someone who has a birthday coming up or you could get started on those Mother's day and Father's day gifts.

Kohls is having a 2-day sale. Take 20% off your entire order PLUS get free shipping when you spend $100 or more. Use code SAVE2DAY at checkout.

Walgreens is offer 20 free 4x6 prints today only! Use code ONEDAY at checkout.

Estee Lauder is offering free shipping with a $25 purchase. Use code FEBFREE at checkout.

Restoration Hardware Baby & Child is having a clearance event. You can get up to 75% off of their merchandise. For an extra 10% off, use code BXTRA10 at checkout. I love the look of their nursery and kids room decor!

Dear Gain,

I know its been a while since you and I teamed up to fight the forces of dirty laundry but you see, lately I've been on this frugal kick. With the downturn of the economy, I've been trying to save a little money here and there. One way I thought I could save a little money was to make my own laundry detergent. The laundry detergent I made has no scent. I can understand how this suprises you because I'm all about smell! Anyway, I've been using the homemade detergent since November and I've come to realize that it pales in comparison to you. I've missed your fresh clean smell. Not to mention, my sweet hubby spends quite a lot of time in the mornings lint rolling his clothes because that homemade stuff leaves some kind of weird residue behind.

But, oh happy day, our favorite store, Publix, recently put you on their list of essentials at $4.99 a bottle AND I had a $1.00 off coupon to purchase you. Now you happily reside back on my laundry room shelf where you belong and I'm back to sneaking sniffs of my shirt at work! Can you ever forgive me for my extended absence?

Love,
Angel

A Midweek Song

I've recently discovered Brooke Fraser while listening to "The Message" on XM. After purchasing her cd, I have absolutely fallen in love with the C.S. Lewis Song. I thought I would share it with you. In case your wondering, her latest cd is called "Albertine." Go out and buy it!!!

Friday Coupon Roundup

Right at Home is offering $31.50 in coupons to give you a cleaner, cozier home. If you have not already signed up for their newsletter, you will most likely have to do so.

Sign up with Red Plum to receive over $98 in grocery coupons, recipes and online shopping coupons. Also, they have tips on decorating for your Super Bowl party this week.

Join Club Olay to receive special money saving offers. Their current promotion is to receive a $25 rebate when you purchase $50 in Olay Professional Pro-X products.

Artscow.com is offering a free 10pc. photo book when you use the code FREE10BKS. This offer expires on 2/28/09 - FYI - the wording I received was a little hard to understand, you'll want to verify this offer for yourself...let me know how it works for you. This would be a great idea for those digital scrapbooking pages you've been making on Scrapblog.

Print a coupon here for $2 off the new Bertolli Oven Bake meals.

Betty Crocker is offering $20 in printable coupons. You will have to sign up for their website, if you haven't already.

Sign up here to print coupons for Horizon Organic Milk. This stuff taste so good, we freak out a little if we run out at our house. It tastes like milk should taste...you'll see what I'm talking about when you try it!

If you have not tried Seventh Generation cleaning products, you can log in here to print coupons for them. They are a little pricier than other cleaners but they are amazing. My hubby said they clean too good to be environmentally friendly. These products and the Horizon Organic Milk are my two household splurges.

Go here to print $1.00 off coupon for Coffee-Mate's new Caramel Apple Flavor.

As always, you can print additional coupons from my widget on the right.

Happy Friday!!!