Glazed Peanut Butter Cookie Cups
These Reese’s peanut butter cup cookies look like you spent hours making them, but come together SO quickly! The chocolate glaze adds a pretty and professional touch!
Can You Really Make Money Blogging?
Is it possible to make money blogging? This post provides a great foundation for bloggers who want to monetize, and includes an amazing resource!
A Peek into My Financial Notebook {and Why You Should Have One}
Keep track of essential budget information in a financial notebook. Gives you a current snapshot of your entire finances!
My Ridiculously Simple Meal Planning Strategy
You don’t have to feel stuck with only ONE form of meal planning! This concept allows for loads of flexibility and the freedom to choose each meal based how busy your day is, or tastes you’re craving. Includes a FREE meal planning printable!
I Was a Mary Kay Consultant for 9 Days
You know how sometimes your gut says no, but you forge ahead anyway? That’s exactly how I came to be a Mary Kay consultant. However, you probably figured out from the title that I’m not doing Mary Kay anymore. Yep, that little business venture only lasted a week and a half. Here’s the deal About a…
My Favorite Homemade Strawberry Freezer Jam
Skip store-bought jam and make your own! This simple strawberry jam recipe keeps for months in the freezer and adds a hint of sweetness to your english muffins, toast, and sandwiches. Plus, it’s super easy to make. In fact, you’ll kick yourself for not trying it sooner!
Day 10: Make Finding the Perfect Gift Easy for Others {Finding the Perfect Gift Series}
You did it! You made it through this series with budget and sanity in tact….I hope.{grin} This last post doesn’t deal so much with buying gifts for others, as it does making it easier for others to buy for you. Make your own wish list Don’t you hate it when you ask someone for…
Day 9: Last Minute Gift Ideas {Finding the Perfect Gift Series}
It’s less than a week until Christmas – are you ready?! If not, I’ve a compiled a list of last minute gift ideas to help you out. They may not win you gift-giver of the year, but at least you won’t be empty handed. Plus, if you do it right, they can still be really…
Day 8: All About the Accessories {Finding the Perfect Gift Series}
Let’s be honest. As much as we’d like to, we can’t always afford the latest and greatest techie tablets, expensive crafting machines, or a heavy duty kitchen appliances. But that’s OK. You can do a lot of cute things on a small budget and still supplement those bigger gifts with accessories. First, look around to…
Day 7: The Wonders of a Gift Basket (Finding the Perfect Gift Series)
Gift baskets have such unique potential to become an amazing gift. All you have to do is pick a theme, fill your wicker vessel with coordinating goodies, and tie a big bow. It’s much cheaper then ordering an “already-done-up basket” on the web, or picking one up in the center court of the mall. Plus,…
Day 6: Think Experience, Not Stuff {Finding the Perfect Gift Series} + Free Printable
If you’re disgusted with Christmas consumerism, and can’t even think about buying (or receiving) another toy that takes up coveted living space, then this post is for you. We’re switching up the $10-$20 never-used gift with an experience. Yes, sometimes it does cost more than the average Christmas purchase, but those memories stick around for…
Day 5: Where Free Time and Gifts Make Sense {Finding the Perfect Gift Series}
I promise this is the last psychoanalysis post in this series. Tomorrow, we’ll hit up all the practical stuff and give you simple, efficient, and creative gift ideas. First of all, why is free time so important in regards to gifting? Because if your lovely recipient can’t actually take the time to enjoy what you’re…
Day 4: Stage of Life Matters {Finding the Perfect Gift Series}
Have you ever given any thought to stage of life being an important aspect of gift giving? It actually makes a ton of sense. We grow in seasons – child, teen, young adult, newly married, new mom, mom of toddlers, mom of school-age kids, mom of teens, empty nester, retirement, nursing home…ok, hopefully not…
Day 3: Listen In and Learn {Finding the Perfect Gift Series}
Probably the most important part of choosing a perfect gift, is listening to the other person. Analyticals and Amiables are typically good at this, but Drivers and Expressives, not so much. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you might want to go read my post on connecting gifts with personality! Why is…
Day 2: Connecting Gifts With Personality {Finding the Perfect Gift Series}
I’ll never forget my first lesson in personality traits. I was working at summer camp, and it was part of our staff training ritual. I didn’t understand why at first, but after 8 weeks of being in close proximately to one another, I knew. We had to understand each others traits, in order to…