Mother's Day Gift Ideas- Something I ordered for my mama + Free Stuff and Discount Codes! (Caroline G. Giveaway!!)

Mother's day is around the corner!

If you want to send me mail with chocolates(I could live off of take 5's)

you can e-mail me for my address.. ;)

I wanted to offer my readers some good deals to gift the special mothers in their life with!

A friend of mine Carrie, Owns an amazing shop called Caroline G.

Her jewelry designs have taken over the blog world.

(I'm wearing one of her pieces in my blog bio photo over there --->

I went to a blog conference this year and saw her stuff EVERYWHERE!

We had been talking about doing a giveaway for a while and

thought this was perfect timing!

She is offering TWO $50 Credits to shop all her jewelry!

She is ALSO offering a 50%OFF CODE
for ALL of her Jewelry!

CODE: busybudgetingmama50 (valid till 5/6/13)
----ENTER GIVEAWAY AT END OF POST-----

Amazing right?! 50 percent off........ Girls, she is hooking us up.

I think it's because she thought I was so sweet when we met at BLISSDOM.

I'm gonna go with that as the reason. ;)

I have a couple of her pieces and might be using the 50 percent off

myself to add to my jewelry collection.

They are classic pieces and well made. Love her statement necklaces.

I get compliments EVERY time I wear them. every single time.

people want to know where I got it. And that makes me fell nice since

I usually get ready quickly and with melt downs going on.........

I also wanted to share Cardstore.com is

offering free shipping right now.

I ordered cards from them for the

special mothers in my life.

Mother's day cards are $2.49 and

Use Code:CCF3425 for the free shipping!

(Their site says Offer is valid 4/25/13 - 5/6/13)

I designed this super easy and fast with kids running around at my feet.

LOVE how they turned out. You can have them ship directly from the site to your person...but I wanted to see them up close and in person so I clicked the option to have them stamped and addressed but sent to me first. The girls loved putting them in the mail box.

and I didn't have to search for stamps.

EASY process.. and I love their whole site's look... so cute!

Hope these give you ideas/motivation to bless your mamas!

And good luck to everyone entering the Caroline G. Giveaway!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

FREE PRINTABLE- Movie Themed Teacher Gift Tag

Most of my popular printables this time of year... are ones for teachers!

I sell a variety in my shop. But I thought it might be fun to offer a FREE one that I just created for a client. She planned a whole week to celebrate the teachers at their

school. It was a Hollywood Theme based off of one of the printables she saw in my shop already. LOVEDD IT! We need to celebrate our teachers more often.

I hope that this post inspires you to do the same at your school.

Even if it's just one of the days!

Here's the flyer we made up to put in all the teachers' boxes:

 Here's my free teacher printable for you!

Please Go make your teachers feel special!

FREE MOVIE THEME TEACHER TAG PRINTABLE-

Winner of a PICTURE PEFECT YEAR

(Ten tags on your printable PDF)

Click the above link to download the full page pdf. Print, cut and attach to a gift.

You could do a movie theatre gift card or a bag of popcorn/candy!

I also offer a customized one...

"Thanks for a PICTURE PERFECT Year! Love, _____"

One of my top teacher themed sellers. I add your text.

I also have a (write in your own name) immediate download version of that one too.

Here are some more of the tags my

client is gifting to her teachers each day!

Pair these tags with STARBURSTS for a cute gift!

Immediate Download - $5

(Ten tags on your printable PDF)

I think a single soda or a cute 6 pack of mini sodas

would be perfect with this tag!

IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD- $5

(Ten tags on your printable PDF)

These would be cute attached to a container or bag of popcorn!

You could make it fancy with white chocolate or

go real crazy by gifting a variety of flavors! ;)

IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD - $5

(Ten tags on your printable PDF)

I did a fun post on yummy popcorn recipes while

I was doing party prep for my girls' Vintage Circus Birthday Party

I originally created all of these for teacher gifts...

but they would be perfect for a Movie themed party,

movie night with friends or an Oscars Party!

A little DIY Project for everyone

If you have that DIY itch this post is for you..

something for everyone!

Enjoy the Links below!

Gift DIY

Monkeys and Crocodile Finger Puppet Set

by Homemade by Jill

How adorable is this??? I think this would be such a cute gift idea for a sweet little one. 
Hop on over to her blog for the free templates to print and get giving!

House DIY

Updated Hutch

by Remoldalaholic
A lot of us have a piece in our house waiting for some loving like this!
I just pulled out a long table yesterday and started the transformation..
this before and after is so motivating!

Child Play DIY

Cardboard Box House

by Charcoal and Crayons
SOOO cute. 
She gives amazing step by steps for you to create this for your kids to play in!

Party Detail DIY

Paper Boat Place Cards

by nifty thrifty things
This would be such a cute idea for a boat baby shower theme or birthday party theme! Hop over to her blog for her tutorial!

Child Craft DIY

Shower Curtain Village Play Mat

by Filth Wizardry
Love this budget friendly idea of using an inexpensive shower curtain liner..draw out the road and houses and let them go wild coloring! She has some great shots of this fun craft project!

Style DIY

Summer Braided Bracelets

by between the lines
GORGEOUS. do this tutorial. seriously. love.
 looks like something i've seen in a lot of stores!

Hope you all are having a great thursday..

I'm off to tackle some more projects from the move. 

Things are coming a long. Excited to share with you some of the fun projects I've been doing!

Printable Sale! BOGOFree- Including Teacher Printables!

My Sophia will be starting Preschool this year..WOW.
I can't even believe it. But I'm excited for this next chapter
and can't wait to do cute things like this for her teachers!


I made up these printables for teacher gift giving..

I thought these goodie bags would be a great way to start the year and say THANK YOU to your kids' teachers! 
A perfect "WELCOME BACK!" Gift.

So to start off your gift giving right..
 I decided to do a 
BOGO FREE PRINTABLE SALE
 in my Etsy Shop! (Packages excluded) 
Going on till August 10th!

Order and mention in note to seller box..
 "I LOVE FREE PRINTABLES!"
 I will e-mail you your code for a free printable. 
then go shop for something FREE.
Order free printable(use code)...and do a happy dance for free printables!

While you wait for me to send you the printables...
bake up a batch of cookies or whatever you want to stick in the baggies...

Receive your personalized teacher appreciation printables.. cut, fold, staple! DONE.

And you are an awesome parent. awesome I tell you!

So go be awesome and use these personalized tags to add a special touch to your child/children's gift to their teacher! And enjoy a free printable with your order!

PHOTO SHOOT SUPPLIES:

Treat Bag Tag Printables- The Pretty Paperie (my shop!)

Cookies & Candies- Dollar Store

Ziploc Snack Bags.

My Stapler.
Card stock Paper

I created a variety of styles to choose from..

some with a graphic and some without! 

I thought the ones without graphics could be perfect to 

gift to anyone you want to just say thanks too!

"One Smart Cookie..."

SHOP.

This Tag would be perfect filled with Cookies! 

(home made or store bought!)
This is one of my most popular.

"You are sweet..."

SHOP.

This Tag would be perfect filled with yummy Sweets! 

(home made or store bought!)

"Thanks a 'Latte'..."

SHOP.

This Tag would be perfect filled with yummy treats that go great with coffee! (home made or store bought!) And attach a gift card to your teacher's favorite coffee place!

I also created these tags 

but didn't photograph them...

"S'more teachers like you.."

SHOP.

This Tag would be perfect filled with the yummy ingredients to make a Smore! 

And attach a gift card to a Favorite Book Store or Coffee Shop!

 "Touched my Heart..."

SHOP.

This Tag would be perfect filled with anything heart shaped! Rice Krispies..Cookies..etc! 

And attach a gift card to a Favorite Book Store or Coffee Shop!

A Budget Friendly DIY - These are just amos cookies! 

They fit perfectly..and are a nice sweet little snack.

They were in mini bags at the dollar store.

Small coookies = You can eat more of them without feeling piggy.

it's just a rule of life.

Hope you are having a great week.
And remember...any order before august 10th will be e-mailed a code for a FREE Printable! Just mention "I LOVE FREE PRINTABLES!" in the note to seller box!

Clever Gift Wrap Caddy

when is first saw this the first thing i said was oh so clever! 

i might have even said it out loud. haha.

One of the lovely ladies from eighteen25 was gifted with this gift wrap caddy!

i love the idea of creating these as gifts.. and to think it all started with a sonic cup holder!!

she filled her cup holder up with:

bows

tape

scissors

tissue paper

curling ribbon

gift tags

cute pens (that write so nice)

a notebook

and a sonic gift card

this post makes me want fast food. haha.

hop on over to their blog for more great ideas!

Handmade for the Holidays: A Quiet Book

From now till Christmas i'm going to be featuring fabulous 

handmade gift ideas from fellow bloggers! 

So many creative ideas...i really think giving something homemade 

(or semi-homemade!!) is a great way to give something from the heart! 

so for all you creative people.. you are going to love this new feature! 

I hope to get you inspired and introduce you to some amazing bloggers!

A QUIET BOOK

created by...

 

She also has lots and lots of patterns for you! love her.

I think this would be such a sweet gift for any little one. just looking at this makes me want to create one and personalize it for sienna. this is a must on my to-craft list. :)