January Savings From Double Ink

Enjoy a 10% discount on your order through end of January at Double Ink. On the checkout page type My10 (coupon code is NOT case sensitive) in the redeem box, and click on the Redeem button to apply your discount.

If you purchase through MyPoints you'll earn 300 points towards MyPoints gift cards and rewards, making it an even better deal.

FREE Valentine's Notecards from VistaPrint

Receive 10 Free Valentine's day Notecards from Vistaprint and cut them into 3's to make 30 Valentine's Day Cards.

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Gift Cards: Ben & Jerry's, Pottery Barn, Build a Bear, Boston Market

There are some great gift card deals available through Saveology right now. Upon entering the site click on "all deals" and all these gift card offers, and more, will be listed.

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$2 Ink Garden Valentine's Day Mug

While I'm not sure I'd give this to my significant other (if I had such a beast wonder) on Valentine's Day, this is a great idea for a gift from the kids or to the grandparents.

Customize an 11 oz. mug at Ink Garden, then use coupon code MUG2 at checkout to get your mug for just $2.

Tip: Repurposing Cardboard Boxes

Source: katydidandkid.com via Megan on Pinterest

Another reader tip:

"I'm really into making little cardboard boxes out of cereal (and other) boxes right now, to put in my drawers and sewing boxes as organizers. I just made one for rechargeable batteries with a little ribbon border around the top and happy and sad faces for the dead and charged batteries."

I love this idea. I've seen it before and finally tried it myself after seeing it on the side of a cereal box. We made a recycling junk mail holder and it is awesome. I can't believe how sturdy and handy it is.

Pinterest is a great place to find wonderful box uses, all of which are significantly fancier than our recycling bin!

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I do a few survey programs and they can be rewarding if you're willing to put a little time into them. To stay organized I have tagged all e-mail from the survey companies and other point earning programs and have them all go to one e-mail file. Once a week, or as I have time, I go through the messages and work to earn the points.

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Good News / Bad News - Picnik is Closing

(Cross posted to Because I'm Me, no you're not experiencing deja vu.) 

FB profile pic, from Picnik

If you've ever used Picnik to edit photos you know how awesome all their tools are, and have seen the wonderful things that can be done on their site with a photo. A lot of it could be done for FREE. FREE collages, free frames, free text added in all sorts of awesome fonts. I love Picnik.

The bad news is that Picnik is closing.

An e-mail was sent out Saturday saying, "Since joining Google in 2010, we have been creating editing magic in Google products while continuing to keep Picnik awesome. But now we get to focus on even awesomer things. Picnik will be closing on April 19, 2012."

I don't know what the "awesomer things" are but I'm happy for them, and so so so sad for me. If you know of a comparable photo editing site please let me know. The e-mail from Picnik goes on to state, "We are excited by the photo-editing fun we have already brought to Google products, like Google+, where you can find many of your favorite Picnik effects in Creative Kit. We encourage you to visit Google+ and give it a whirl." Has anyone tried Creative Kit? If you know of another comparable photo editing site please let me know.

The good news, and the reason I'm sharing this, is that Picnik's premium services are FREE FOR ALL until they close on April 19, 2012. Folks, there's some fun stuff to play with there. I plan to spend the next three months colorizing, decorating, framing, doodling, skewing, collaging, and whatever else I can until my images bear no resemblance to their former selves. Well, maybe not that much, but I will be making some collages for Because I'm Me merchandise, and a back stock of banners for blogs, websites, and Etsy.

Also, if you are a Picnik premium member you'll be getting a full refund of your annual fee, whether you signed up last week or eleven months ago.

I'd love for you to link to some of your photo creations in the comments.

Free - Canvas People - Free 8x10 or Save $35

Turn your favorite photo into a free 8 x 10 canvas or get $35 off toward any size canvas and free shipping at Canvas People.

I love the idea of doing this with kids artwork. Wouldn't it be cool to have your own drawing or painting hanging in your room looking super professional? I'd like to have the kids so self-portraits, turn them into canvases, and hang them in the breakfast area.

It appears that shipping is $14.95, which isn't bad at all.


Here are a few user testimonials/reviews from their site:

"We ordered for Christmas and we were so happy happy that we have already ordered 2 more prints! and have plans for some more. love the prices and quality! Thank you Canvas People, Keep up the great work, and we will keep coming back time and time again!" - ABDC Halderman

 Ya! We got our canvas in with plenty of time before Christmas! YAY! I was so excited to see how it turned out..and I was very happy! Our canvas was a gift to our parents from their daughters and grandkids THank you and I WILL order again! - Tennessee

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Great Tanga Magazine Offer:

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Tip: Tomato Paste Leftovers

Felt Tomato Slice Tutorial

Recipes always seem to call for 1 tablespoon tomato paste. Tomato paste is never purchased in 1 tablespoon portions, leaving us with the rest of a can of tomato paste.

Freeze the leftovers in little baggies. Put a heaping tablespoon of paste in each baggie and freeze (after labeling and dating) until you need it.