More #VistaPrint Deals -- This Week Only!

 

• 1 Free Photo Wall Calendar
  I've made one of these before as a Christmas gift for my mother-in-law and she loved it. It was extremely customizable--you can even add in birthdays and other special events to each day on the calendar! Choose icons, add captions and highlight individual dates. Upload your own photos from your computer, Facebook, Picasa, or Flicker or select from hundreds of designs. (Shipping starts at $5.67).
• 1 Free Photo Flip Book
  Create a special keepsake with our handy 4" x 6" flip books. Upload your photos and customize with captions. Includes 10 pages with 1 photo per page. (Shipping starts at $6.01)
• 1 Free Tote Bag
  I've also made these as gifts for my coworkers. They're sturdy and the printing came out great--my coworkers loved them! Their 100% canvas tote bags can be customized with your name and message. Choose from 24 designs. (Shipping starts at $5.67)
• 250 Free Business Cards
  250 FREE Business cards. Perfect for networking, interviews, mommy cards and more! Choose from 45 professional designs and customize with your text. (Shipping starts at $5.67)
• 10 Free Invitations
  Have an upcoming event? Take it up a notch by sending your guests premium invitations. With over 1,000 designs to choose from, you are sure to find the perfect cards to suite your event. You can even send them in matching envelopes. (Shipping starts at $4.52)
• 1 Free T-Shirt
  Choose from a variety of designs and personalize with your own text or photos! Great for cheering for sports teams, team events, family photos and more! (Shipping starts at $4.41)

Great #Christmas Deal for the Kitchen!

I've been looking at my sad knife set lately and thinking it just doesn't get the job done like I want. We're missing a couple of steak knives (how does that happen, BTW?) and our kitchen scissors keep disappearing. I think this knife set would be a great gift for me for Christmas (tell my hubby, please! :D) and with a name like KitchenAid, I know it will be good quality.

2011 HOT Holiday Toy List

I usually check out the Black Friday deals, and sometimes venture out to score a great sale. With my boys, I usually find out what's hot this year ahead of time, but since we've given up TV completely, my kids are a little out of the loop, too. If you are like me and like to be in the know when it comes to what your kids maybe asking for this year, here is a list of some of the Hot Holiday Toys for 2011. Who knows, you may even catch an early deal.  

Monster High Dolls are based on books webisodes and feature characters related to famous monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein, Werewolves and more. The main characters include: Draculaura, Clawdeen Wolf, Lagoona Blue, Cleo de Nile,Deuce Gorgon and Clawd Wolf. Monster High Dolls are created by Mattel and start around $13.99.

Lalaloopsy Silly Hair Doll have bendable hair that you are able to twist, curl and straighten. Each doll comes with a brush, clips, hair beads, an a pet with a bendable tail.  The Lalaloopsy Dolls are rag dolls that magically came to life, taking on the personalities of the fabrics that were used to make them. They live in a colorful, silly world where you keep the magic alive. Silly Hair Jewel Sparkles has wacky, wild hair that really bends! Looks like these are priced around $30.00.

Lego Ninjago is the newest theme and while it uses elements from the previous Ninja Theme, there are some changes. The Bandits and Shoguns have been removed and replaced with the Skeleton Army and vehicles have been added. This series focuses on the 4 Mystical Powers and the mastery of Spinjintzu. There is a large variety of Lego Ninjago products and you may find them for as low as $3.50.

Sesame Street Let's Rock Elmo comes with his very own microphone, drums, and tambourine. Elmo interacts with the instruments to bring 6 rockin’ songs to life. There are also other instruments you can purchase separately to grow your band. You and Elmo can rock out for around $58.00 and extra instruments will be around $20.00.

LeapPad LeapFrog Explorer Tablet is a personalized tablet just for kids. With a library of 100+ games, apps, digital books, and more this is sure to provide lots of learning enjoyment. The 5″ touch screen provides easy use for little fingers and the built-in camera will be lots of fun. There are bundle options but the LeapPad Explorer by itself is running about $99.00.

Hot Wheels Wall Tracks give you all of the fun with none of the cleanup. The wall mounted Hot Wheels Wall Track provides all the enjoyment of stunts, flips, and  tricks but at a whole new level. 3M Command Strips provide easy hanging and there are additional track sets to continue to build. Expand your horizon vertically for around $30.00.

Transformers Dark of the Moon Ultimate Optimus Prime is going to be one of the most popular Dark of the Moon Toys. Battle Sounds, glowing weapon lights, and launching missle sounds are some of the electronic features on Ultimate Optimus Prime.  He will convert in to Omega Combat Armor for show time and all of this for around $60.00.

Nerf Vortex Nitron is a disc blaster with ultimate technology and a cutting edge trigger. Center your aim with the electronic scope and targeting lights and reload in a shorter amount of time with the 20-disc magazine and on-board magazine storage. Nerf Vortex Nitron is fully automatic and fully customizable with the Tactical Rail System. This bad boy is going to run you around $40.00.

My Keepon is the newest addition to the Wow! Stuff Line. Little Robot with a Big Personality is what My Keepon boasts and this Youtube Video Shows it. What’s neat about My Keepon is that proceeds of every purchase go towards research on the use of robots for Autism. My Keepon will dance about $50.00 out of you pocket if you are looking to entertain yourself with one.

Thanks, Sweeties Freebies for this list!

Product Review: Mixbook Personalized Cards

As the holidays approach, there's one thing many families do to keep in touch: send Christmas cards. One favorite way to send out cards is with a customized photo of the family. A common place to get these done is your local photo processing place. These come out looking like a photo, though, and aren't very professional in my opinion. That's why I was excited to review Mixbook's personalized photo cards.

First, their site is very easy to use. I was able to choose from a variety of styles of cards and edit the cards to my wants. For instance, I changed my card to say, "Merry Christmas, May Jesus' love shine brightly during on you and yours during this holiday season." On the back, I was able to customize our family's name and add a photo of my kids.

When the holiday photo cards arrived, I was really excited to see how they came out. They were a nice, thick quality with crisp printing and great resolution on the photo. They were a beautiful matte finish and something I would be happy to send out to my friends and family this Christmas. Their prices were also very reasonable for the quality of card produced. 

If you're interested in learning more about Mixbook, you can like them on Facebook, or follow them on Twitter.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

#Christmas Cards -- Half off Personalized #Photo Cards

We've all been there: whether it's the holidays, a special birthday, or an event you're hosting, the card aisle doesn't always cut it. The choices are either too goofy, too sappy, or too generic. If you're looking for the card that's just right, take matters into your own hands with the help of PhotoBin: $10 gets you a 20-pack of personalized photo greeting cards with envelopes ($20 value).

HOT #Christmas Deal for the Man ( #Comic Geek) in Your Life

Do you have a man in your life that has a secret (or maybe not-so-secret) stash of comics somewhere? If your husband is like mine, he treasures those oldies and secretly wants to rush out and buy every new comic available of the "new" comics. If this is your guy, this is the deal for you--at MooLaLa, you can get $65-$500 worth of comics (65 total) for only $17!

I bought this deal for my hubby's upcoming birthday (shhh!). He's really been wanting to get into the "new" comics, but he's trying to be frugal (like me!) and hasn't. This will be a fab birthday present for him--can't wait!

Hurry, though! This deal ends in less than a day! Get the deal now!

*HOT* $5 off #Cars2 #Toys #Coupon

$5.00 off CARS 2 Mattel & Fisher Price Toys

 

Just in time for my son's birthday! Gotta love toy coupons! Have you found a great sale to match with this coupon? Let me know in a comment below!  

 

 

#Amazon #Toy Deals -- Get Ready for #Christmas

The only problem you'll have with these deals is hiding these great toys until Christmas! Amazon has some great Toy Coupon Deals this month!  Look for  items that are already marked down before the couponsto get the best deals.c Remember you can also get free shipping and don’t pay taxes when shopping on Amazon.

Here are a few good toy deals with coupons:

My Little Pony My Little Pony Rc Vehicle $17.19 after mark down and $5 off coupon

Strawberry Shortcake Berry Bitty Market Playset $24.99 after mark down and $5 off coupon

Play-doh Sesame Street Color Mixer $14.64 after mark down and $5 off coupon

Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Robo Power – Go-Bots – Sideswipe $4.97 after mark down and $5 off coupon

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - MechTech - Major Tungsten and Thunderhead -- $4.97 after mark down and $5 off coupon

Check out all the Amazon toy coupons HERE!

You can get free shipping on orders over $25 or if you sign up for Amazon Mom (It’s Free to do so and will get you 3 free months of Amazon Prime 2-day Shipping plus an additional month for every $25 you spend up to 12 months)!

#Christmas Deal: 18x24 Customized Photo Canvas 66% Off!

I recently bought two smaller customized photo canvases and was very pleased with them. Now, Eversave is offering a great deal: get an 18x24 Customized Photo Canvas for $45! That's 66% off the regular price of $134! New members can get this deal for $42 when they use their $3 credit. Free shipping is included!

This deal is great for early Christmas shopping! Your friends and family will think you spent a ton on this luxurious-looking canvas print! Here's my recent canvas creations (these are 8x10, not 18x24):

Printable Toy #Coupons from #Playsaver, Just in time for #Christmas Shopping!

If you didn't receive your Playsaver insert this week (DFW area didn't get one in the Dallas Morning News), you're in luck! These coupons are available online, too!  Now you have a chance to print them! With Christmas right around the corner (hard to believe it’s only 82 days away!), check to see if any of the coupons are items on your shopping list!

Thanks, One Momma Saving Money

HOT @ Target: Transformers Toy Printable Coupon

I see a Christmas gift in the making!

Buy @ Target: Transformer Dark of the Moon Toy – $7.99
Less: $5/1 Transformers Toy Target coupon
Final Price: $2.99

This coupon is only valid for Transformers Toys that are over $5.99. There is also a rebate for a FREE gift pack when you buy $20 worth of Transformers toys before October 20th!

Thanks Deal Seeking Mom.

Save on the Holidays -- 5 Must-Do Tips to Slash your Budget

The Holidays are coming quicker than you know, and it's this time of year that our frugal souls can make a run for it. Keep in your holiday budget by planning ahead.

1. Stock up on Christmas gifts throughout the year. At the end of every season, stores have items on clearance. Stores like Kohl's frequently have coupons like $10 off $20 which can be used on clearance items as well. Stocking up on toys, bath products, candles, fun gadgets, sports items, etc. can be a smart way to save on gifts. Tip: Target has their annual toy clearance in July, usually the last Thursday is when prices hit their rock bottom.

2. Stockpile non-perishable baking goods when you see a sale. Throughout the year, you'll see sales on sugar, flour, baking mixes, chocolate chips, canned fruit, etc. Buy extras and you will have what you need for all of that holiday baking!

3. Use those great sites I keep telling you about: EBates.com and Swagbucks. EBates can help you save money on your online purchases and by using Swagbucks, you can earn giftcards. Use the giftcards to buy gifts, or to give as gifts or stocking stuffers.

4. Participate in cookie swap. Instead of making dozens and dozens of different cookies, costing you lots of money in the process, get your friends together and bring cookies in bags to swap with each other.

5. Santa shops at JBF. JBF, or Just Between Friends, is an excellent consignment sale. There are tons of like-new clothes, baby items, books, electronics, strollers, furniture, and toys. Most items are at least half off retail and you can hardly tell the difference between new and JBF. In my area, the JBF sale is this week. If you haven't already, check out my previous post on JBF, and go to the Just Between Friends site to see when a sale is happening around you.

Do you have tips for saving around the holidays? Share below! I'd love to hear from you!

Great Deals on Video Games @ Amazon -- Christmas!!

Check out some great deals on Video Games at Amazon -- perfect for some early Christmas shopping!

Lego Batman for WII $13.58,  for XBox 360 $12.95,  for Nintendo DS $12.73

Scooby Doo First Frights for WII $12.9,  for Nintendo DS $12.99

Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga for WII $16.96