Works For Me Wednesday - Saving Money on Crafts

I love, love, love to make handmade cards and have recently started scrapbooking. (Check out my card and scrapbook blog here). The prices of the materials involved in these projects can get pretty high. I have learned that Hobby Lobby runs sales on craft supplies every week. Since watching their sales and online coupons, I have not paid full price for crafting supplies in a long time. You can check out their website for their weekly specials and online coupons here. Saving money on crafts works for me! What works for you? Head over to Rocks In My Dryer for other ideas!

Works For Me Wednesday

I began clipping coupons at the beginning of this year, and bit off way more than I could chew. I decided that in order to get the best deals at the grocery stores and CVS that I needed to clip every coupon. Well, between doing that and searching the weekly ads for deals, it would take up 3 – 4 hours of my Sunday afternoons. Since I work full time outside the home, my days off are very precious to me. Needless to say, I suffered burnout very soon into this process and gave up. Not to mention, I found out I was pregnant and began suffering severe morning sickness all day! But now I have devised a system that works for me. I have put together a notebook with month dividers and sheet protectors. I clip the coupons that I will use immediately, then slip the insert into a sheet protector behind the corresponding month. This also helps when I browsing money saving blogs like moneysavingmom.com. Most of these blogs tell you which insert the coupon you need was in. Now I do not have to dig through a big pile of coupons, I can just flip to the week I need, pull out the insert, and clip the coupon!! My coupon notebook works for me! What works for you? Head on over to Rocks In My Dryer to see other great ideas!

Works For Me Wednesday

What has worked for me recently is flylady. I'm not sure how many of you have stumbled across this fabulous site, but I have to recommend it. I do not do all of what it teaches, but it has taught me that I can do anything for 15 minutes. It is amazing the sense of accomplishment to finish one task in your home. It motivates me to keep going and accomplish more!! So, head on over here and check it out for yourself!

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WFMW 02-06-2008

Here is my first works for me Wednesday post!! I really enjoy photography, and have recently upgraded from the Canon tii film camera to the Canon Digital Rebel XTI. What worked for me was buying it online at beachcamera.com. I only needed to body of the camera because my lenses for the Rebel film camera worked on the digital XTI. This site had some of the best deals (that were real and not a bait and switch like some sites I came across). So, if you're in the market for a good deal on a camera, check it out, it worked for me! For more ideas, head over to rocks in my dryer.