Back to Basics

Hello Everyone,

Lately I haven't been happy with my blog and have kind of let

it fall to the way side. I thought and thought why do I feel this way

about it and realized that I had left the road that I was following

when I first started my blog. I decided that it was time to get back

to basics.

I started this blog with the intention to help those out there in

blog land on how to make life better without spending so much

money, Where they could find sales, and where to enter to win

free stuff. In the picture above is some scrapbooking items that I found at

BigLots. Merchandise is always changing at this store and if you

visit it every two weeks you are bound to find some awesome

crafting items a lot cheaper than at your regular craft stores.

I paid $1.50 for the stickers and $3.00 for the packaged paper.

The next picture is some stamps that I also got at Big Lots

ranging in price from $2.00 -$3.00 each. What a bargin!!!!

I know that alot of you have changed from the wooden block

stamps to the clear ones because they take up less room. Take

a look at the next picture.

These were also purchased at Big Lots for $2.00 a package. What a

great deal!!!!!!!!!!!

Now to my header picture. In the card you see that there is some

wording on the background. It was not done with a rubber stamp,

it was done on my computer. The big rubber stamps that alot of

people buy to do this kind of work on their cards range in price from

$12.00-$18.00. No need to spend that much when you can do almost

the same thing with your pc. I know I know my husband tells me all

the time that i'm so tight with money that you have to squeeze me

real tight just to get a penny out of me....LOL....Take a look at all the

fonts that you have to choose from. Type what you want to say, put

your white cardstock in and print. If you feel that you don't have a good

quality printer and the ink might smudge buy a can of matte finish

protection (it's sold in art stores and Walmart, Walgreens etc.)and spray

your cardstock before using it. The can will caost $5.00- $12.00 but you

can use it for many more projects. It still cost you less than one of those

stamps.

I hope I helped someone out there today that wants to craft but

does it on a budget. Until my next post Have a Splendid Day!!!!!!