Budget Post it Notes

So there's this new thing that people are doing and it's REALLY cool and it's called printing on post it notes. When I first saw someone doing it I was completely mind blown and I knew I had to try it myself. I thought to myself whats better to put on post it's then a budget tracker. Each month I get $70 between blogging, allowance, babysitting, etc but I had never really stuck to a solid budget. I used the rule of "well I don't NEED it and it seems like I don't have money for that so I won't buy it" or I just tell myself I'll make it.

Now, I have a solid budget. Each month I spend $25 on clothes, $20 on craft supplies/random stuff, $28 to savings and, $7 to tithing. So I decided on this budget in February and started using it, but I didn't really stick to it. This month I had had enough, I needed to stick to a budget and not spend as much so I can save for my new camera lens :) :) :). 

SO, that's the whole explanation behind this project.

I love the bright colors combined with black ink, it makes me happy. The thing that makes me most happy is that I can easily track my spending without needing to print out a whole page each month.

As I mentioned above, I spend my money in three different categories. Clothes, crafts, miscellaneous, and the rest is savings. I realize not everyone spends in these categories so I also made one that you can pick the category to.

I realize these post it's will not work for everyone. I think they are more geared towards kids who are still living at home and don't have to pay for food, bills, and housing (etc).

MATERIALS:

1. Post it's 
2. Printer 
3. These files 

HOW TO DO IT: 

1. Print out this sheet 

     2. Place six post it's on the sheet above inside the boxes. You can use whatever colors your heart 

         desires :)

     3. Put the sheet with the post it's in the printer, but this time just print the ones with text inside the  

         boxes. 

     4. Stick together and enjoy! 

"I'm Glad We Swim in the Same School" Valentines

Here's some more fun valentines.

Here's the story:

I made these for my little sister. I had a WHOLE board on Pinterest of super cute things I could make for her, but when she saw the swedish fish Valentines it was love at first sight. 

I wasn't super excited to make these for her, but I actually really like how they turned out.

I even made tags you can download.

I wanted to dress the bags up a little, so I added a twisted pipe cleaner, twine,  and some ribbon.

Materials:

• clear cellophane bag
• pipe cleaner
• gift ribbon
• bakers twine
• stapler
• swedish fish
• stapler
• glue dots
• these tags

Steps:

1. Place around ten swedish fish in the bottom of your bag
2. fold the top of the bag over and staple it closed with the tag on top 
3. wrap your pipe cleaner around a pencil and staple it onto the bag along with a piece of curled ribbon 
4. tie a bow out of bakers twine and put it on the ribbon with a glue dot. 

***Check back everyday this week for more Valentine ideas***

We've Been Booed Signs (2 ways)

Happy October everyone! I absolutely LOVE fall!! The weather, the smells, the spices, the colors, the holidays. It's so fun!

I especially love all the traditions me and my family have this time of year. One of the traditions I have the most memories of is when we go booing. We always go all out. Like everyone (my siblings) where's ninja suits and black kind of out. We also like to be the people to start the booing. I feel like it is my "mission" to make a cute booing printable every year. 

I decided to make two different versions of this. One has a polka dot background and the other has a striped background.

They both come with matching instruction sheets too!

Here are the download links:

Polka Dot Booed Sign

Polka Dot Booed Instructions

Striped Booed Sign

Striped Booed Instructions

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CHEAP Lemon Scrub

It has been a busy week! I've been staying up 'till midnight and waking up at six

 for my craft camp plus getting ready for 4th of July! 

By Friday I was exhausted, and so were my feet. SO, I decided to make this CHEAP homemade sugar scrub. It feels wonderful when it goes on and does not at all feel cheap.

UN bored summer {part 2}

School is coming to a close and you can feel the summer magic in the air. In order to make this summer one to remember I'm going to be sharing projects related to summer. SUMMER HERE WE COME!!!!

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Well here it is the craft I promised you. 

It's actually a VERY simple craft, but it's cute and thats all that matters.