Easy Wall Decor

Easy Wall Décor:

I was cleaning out my kitchen cabinets and found I only had one of these brown raffia place mats. I’ve seen them hung on the wall before and I liked it but it’s really not my style. So, I put it aside and finished what I was doing. Before I threw it away I walked into my daughter’s room to see if there was something I could do with it in there. I’ve been collecting the letter M of all different shapes, sizes, colors for her room. This fun blue M stuck out. I picked it up and used a twist tie (leftover from a bread bag) and attached the M to the place mat. I LOVE it!!! I already had nails in the walls so I just placed it there. It has to be one of my FAVORITE ‘recycled’, cheep, and easy wall decorations in my home!!

Coupon Binder

About a year and a half ago I decided I wanted to look intothis whole couponing craze that was going on. So I started to buy the Sundaypaper and cut coupons. I’ve become addicted and can’t help but crave thechallenge to save. About 6 months ago, my coupons were getting a so out ofcontrol, that I needed to get better organized. A coupon binder was the answer.

Things you’ll need:

3 ring binder

Baseball card holder (perfect size for coupons & goodprices found on eBay)

Tab dividers

Coupons

The first thing I did was sort my coupons by categories.I used sticky notes to help label them.

The categories I have used myself are:

Pantry

Fridge

Baking

Frozen

Drinks

Sweets

Meats

Cleaning Products

Paper Products

Dish Soap

Laundry

Hair

Body Soap

Lotion

Oral Hygiene

Personal Care

Make-up

Medicines

Office Products

Baby/kids

Dog

Places

Restaurants

Miscellaneous

These categories seem to work well for me.

The next thing you’ll do is to put your tab dividers andbaseball card holders into the 3 ring binder. After that start inserting yourcoupons into the baseball card holders behind the proper tabs.

If you are serious about couponing here are a few tips I haveto offer:

-         Only cut the coupons for the things you use. If youcut out coupons for items you don’t normally use, you’ll end up spending moremoney than you’ll be saving.

-         The exception to this would be if you know youcan get an item for free after the coupon.

-         Sometimes you’ll get coupons for free items; I keepthose at the front of my binder so I remember to use them.

-         Find a good blog to follow for couponing. Two I useare www.hip2save.com and www.moneysavingmom.com. These blogslay out exactly how to use your coupons at particular stores.

I hope this helps. Happy savings to you!

DIY Full Coverage Nursing Cover

I don't know if you're anything like me but I really hate nursing in public. Not because there is anything shameful or uncomfortable about it, but because I don't want my love handles and postpartum baby belly hanging out for all the world to see. I saw a tutorial on Pinterest for a full coverage nursing cover that had you sew "only one line". But I've revamped it so you don't have to sew anything at all!

Supplies:
1yard knit fabric (I bought a jersey knit fabric that way it wouldn't fray)
Fabric scissors
Measuring tape

Directions:
1. Fold the fabric long ways in half
2. Trim edges of the fabric that need to be trimmed or straightened
3. Measure the folded side of the fabric and find the middle

4. From the middle out measure about 12-13inches. (for the neck hole in the center)

5. Once you've cut along the fold put the fabric on

6. Measure about how much you'd like to cut off the bottom (I cut 9inches off of mine)

7. Refold the fabric along the neck hole and cut the desired amount off the bottom

8. The end measurements of my nursing cover were 21 inches x 42 inches

I embellished the corners of the neck hole with buttons just to make it a little pretty.

Hope you enjoy your new nursing cover as much as I do!