Versatile Easter gifts for older kids

 

Do you want simple, inexpensive Easter gifts for older kids?  This is what we do.  After the youngest was old enough to understand, so just a few years ago, I bought these cute little tins from Hobby Lobby. I simply get each kid a gift card to their favorite drink or eating place and put a little candy in there. It’s easy and stress free and you can do gift cards for as little or as much and you can afford and reuse the tins every year. And they leave them on the counter until the candy is gone yet they look super cute in them making them not annoy me. Lol. #inexpensiveeastergifts #easterforolderkids #moneysavingtips

Ambience lighting??

 

You are gonna love this combo.  Share this with someone else who might too. 

Combine these awesome USB powered fairly lights in cool white or warm white (mine are warm) with a cute little 2 foot tall indoor palm from @nearlynaturalfloral . Stick the pot of the palm in a woven cover and it’s perfect for livening up my living room and the lights at night are pretty and soothing.  The best part is you add in the @kasasmarthome Kasa smart plug to plug the usb into and you can schedule them to come on whenever you want or you can turn them on from your phone. I have tons of Kasa products and this is ONE of them for sure!  And if you’re anything like me and can’t keep a plant alive these plants are well worth it. 

Check out the links to these items in my Pinterest above ⬆️⬆️⬆️

The Nearly Natural palm I have is no longer there but this one is on sale and a little bigger and probably the same price I paid 3 years sago!  It’s a steal!

Here are the usb fairy lights  I have them in warm for inside and cool white for my Christmas decor outside  

I have tons of Kasa products but here are the smart plug minis so you can create a schedule or just turn things off and on with your phone.  Great for so many things.  And they make outdoor plugs like Wi-Fi outdoor plug which I have a couple of  never worry about leaving lights on again!

#fairylights #pluginfairylights #nearlynaturalfloral  #kasasmartdevices  #kasasmartplugmini #moneysavingtips

Parenting with the goal of self sufficiency

 

This is our goal. Not just self sufficiency from us but to be able to just do so much for themselves and know when to hire if you have to. We teach them household maintenance. I’ve taught my girls how to fix a sink, wire an outlet, switch or plug.  Today the  work was outside work so J was ready. He helped me out with a lot of things and learned how to run a power washer. I think he ended up liking it. Lol. But it was one less thing I had to do and now he knows one more thing. 

Pretty porch furniture fix up

 

These used wicker chairs were some of my favorite the preowned purchases from a few years ago. Just $100 for the set and added some inexpensive black/white Walmart outdoor cushions. They were already a tad worn when we got them and they’ve gotten some sun over the past few years so it was time to spruce them up. I bought black Rust-Oleum automotive semi-gloss acrylic enamel x2. I cleaned both chairs up as well as I could and then started spraying them. On the smoother areas and a couple of wicker areas I wiped shortly after spraying so that the brown would show through but there would still be enamel on the chair to protect it. Now they match each other in color when they didn’t before. I love them and the front porch looks amazing!

Keep an eye out for used but still good outdoor furniture. So worth it. 

#outdoordecoronabudget  #moneysavingtips #usedfurniture ##spruceyourporcb #rustoleumenamel

This is a mom’s love

 Moms never stop loving, worrying and celebrating their children. From the moment they arrive…..no matter how they arrive. #adoptionandbio #allmykidsmatter #momslove

New decor for Spring I’m ready

 

🌷🌼🌱It was a nice Saturday and it feels like Spring so it was time to get some things done.  I’ll post one of the projects in a few days but this was the other project. 

So easy to switch these out by the season. Two small totes hold everything including the grapevine pumpkins for Halloween. I can just grab a tote and switch out lights and flowers. The pots are just cheap plastic pots, spray painted black with rocks to weigh it down and hold the stems of decor. 

I threw the lights and Christmas decor into the tote and exchanged out with some red and white flowers for Spring. I get all of the decor from Amazon and it has worked quite well and way cheaper than flowers that I’m terrible about remembering to water on the porch. 

Check out the links ➡️➡️Red Flowers White Flowers and Tall Grass Greenery

Or check out my blog in my bio for more Pinterest links including these. 

#affiliate #Amazonfinds #moneysavingtips #inexpensiveoutdoordecor #springflowers #cheapoutdoordecor

The perfect placemats for your table

These woven placemats are really great. They were true to size and consistent enough in color to look really great on our table. We were using cheap fabric mats I’d gotten on clearance years ago but they were starting to show a lot of wear. 

I wanted our table to look a little nicer, now, and a little more finished. These were in various sizes to fit as a charger for any size plate.  I chose ones that would only extend past our plates by about 1” so that we’re less likely to get food on them and have to clean them. But big enough to see and protect my table from our ceramic plates. And best of all we use the extra placemats as mats or hot pads for our hot foods to also protect the table. Now the table looks nice, AND FUNCTIONAL, whether it’s just us or if we have guests.  

They do shed slightly in the cabinet we keep them in but it’s fairly minimal considering they’re natural fibers. 

Do yourself a favor and dress up your table a little bit. Find the link here ⬇️⬇️

Woven Placemats

Or in my Pinterest link