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Sunday, January 31, 2016

Another jumbled up post

Hello everyone

I did a little planning this evening and wrote out a new to do list for the coming week.

I also clipped today's coupons and got a CVS list and matching coupons ready for when I can make a trip there.

Below is the winter mantle my daughter decorated in their home- she was inspired by an expensive grouping she saw somewhere online. She put everything together with things she already had except she bought the battery-powered candles and she made the sign using her Cameo cutting device.

I think it's all really pretty together.

I saw this dining set on a Facebook buy and sell group. My husband and stepson went to check it out and they knew it was a great deal so they bought it and brought it home.

It is very sturdy heavy all-real-wood. The table is 48 inches wide and 75 inches long and can be extended with 2 leaves that are 18 inches.

It looks so pretty in our dining room and I am so thankful to now own a beautiful dining set at a very low price. (Below is the seller's photo)

Grand daughters with lots of hair.

This is Andie and she is almost 4 but she has more hair than many adults.

Sister Charlie is 6 months and she has the longest, thickest baby hair I've ever seen.

It's a blessing for them that their momma is a hair stylist and she will keep their hair looking pretty.

The granddaughters spent a good deal of the weekend with us. Andie just loves to "cut and glue" so that's what she did. My dad enjoyed his sweet great granddaughters too.

I hope you all had a good weekend and get a good nights sleep tonight, ready to face the new week.

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Sewing, baking, CVS and a cousin sleepover

Hello everyone!

This a jumbled up, multi topic post- a little something for everyone I guess.

I have a very stocked sewing room and in 2016, I hope to make useful items with this stockpile

First, I used a pile of fleece and fur scraps. Some were given to me and some were leftover from the Frozen costume I sewed in the fall. I used that tunic as inspiration for 2 more Nordic-ish tunics. Then working with the size of the scraps, there was enough to sew make 2 Western style vests.
previous tunic

the first Kristoff tunic sewn by me

actual tutorial for a Kristoff tunic If you need to sew a similar costume, I highly recommend this tutorial

I cut fleece into strips of fringe to decorate the tunic fronts and vests backs.

I think the grandsons will have great fun having dress up pretend play in them.

Now, I need to make some costumes for the girls.

My son requested some shoe bags.

I made some for his dad 30 or so years ago to store and pack his Marine dress shoes in.

Jimmy uses those bags and picked out this navy babywale corduroy for new ones.

The ties are made with boot laces.

My husband is an expert shoe polisher from his Marine days.

He tried out a new technique to shine up this pair- but that is not how he learned back to spit shine in boot camp.

My daughter asked me change this pair of mens size 2X pajama pants into 2 tiny pair of pajama pants for her sons. The adult pair had plenty of fabric.

I tried out a Pinterest method to use pants that fit the child as the pattern, instead of using paper patterns. It was quick but I'm not sure the shapes are exactly like I would preferred.

They did turn out cute and I am not going to stress over toddler pajama pants, right?

The last project was covering a few more wire hangers with fabric strips. One is just wrapped and the others are loosely crocheted.

We have been eating 3 meals a day but I guess it hasn't been too interesting as this is the only photo i took from the last week - a batch of our tried and true sour cream chcolate chip muffins - big ones for adults and mini ones for grands.

I posted this recipe years ago on my first blog chocolate chip muffins recipe

I made 1 trip to CVS

2 16 roll packs of Charmin bathroom tissue

2 hair color for my daughter

2 cans of cinnamon almonds

1 gallon milk

And 12 Gold Emblem nut bars- they are really good! Not really a granola bar as they are mostly nuts and very satisfying

I used coupons and ExtraCareBucks and a MyPoints gift card.

The balance ended up $19.76 and j got back $11 ExtraCareBucks

The receipt says I saved $62.95 = 76%

Below is why you need the CVS app to maximize deals.

This is a printout of all the deals I had this week.

I didn't do all of them but I did use the

$6 off any $30 purchase

$2 off Charmin and

$1.50 off nuts

Friday night, 4 of the cousins had a sleepover here. We have beds they could sleep in but they prefer to sleep in the living room on a very big pallet of quilts.