Get Your Spice On With RawSpiceBar

RawSpiceBar obsesses over global flavors with their spices and blends tht enable home chefs of all levels to cook new dishes and discover new flavors from a different region each month.
They freshly toast, grind and blend their flavor kits.

Each month you will receive a kit.  October's kit was Oktoberfest.  Each kit contains 3 different spices along with recipe cards.
Each month is a new region.  Recipes are globally inspired and customized for your diet--organic, vegan, paleo, sugar free or gluten free.

The spices are portioned to serve 3 or 4 and are just enough for each recipe included in the kit.
I made the German Chicken Chicken Schnitzel and it was a hit!  
No, mine doesn't look like the picture of the recipe card as I used bread stuffing instead of the bread crumbs, using what I had available in the house.  It sure was good, and as I said, it was a hit with the family for sure.

RawSpiceBar  kits are delivered to your door each month.  You can also have them delivered to someone else as a gift.

Before ordering, you will fill out your own Flavor Profile Quiz.  This tells about yourself and your diet so they will pick the right flavors and recipes just for you.
You can even customize the recipes for your diet.
You can also choose to buy add on flavors of the spices you love if you choose.

The cost is low at just $8 per month with free shipping.  Give RawSpiceBar a try by just ordering for one month to see what you think.
Or, you can save even more buy buying a 6 month subscription at $7 per month, or take the best value with a 12 month subscription for just $6 per month!

You can easily cancel at any time.  All new orders ship within 10 days and subscriptions go out on the 10th of each month.

As an added bonus, refer a friend to RawSpiceBar.  When they sign up, you get a free kit!

I have really enjoyed all of the kits that I've received.  In the past we had some awesome baked cauliflower and at one meal we had the blessing of fancy restaurant bread to serve with our meal.

The kits are fun to receive.  It's fun to try the new recipes.....and good too!
I highly recommend giving RawSpiceBar  a try today.

Disclosure:  I did receive October's spice kit in exchange for a post.  I was not compensated in any other way and all opinions are my own.

Frugal Friday With Marsha -- Halloween Clearance

Earlier this week my oldest daughter woke me up with a facebook message saying she wanted to go to Walgreen's.  I told her to go then.  She told me she thought I might like to go too.  I knew she wanted to go and check out the Halloween clearance.  I didn't figure we would find much as it had been days since my middle daughter has messaged with pictures of all of the cool stuff they bought at 90% off.

We were pleasantly surprised to find that they did have quite a bit of Halloween clearance still on the shelves.

It's always fun, and a great deal to be able to shop after holiday clearance sales.  Sadly for myself, I often don't think ahead enough to make sure I have some money to shop with.  I did have some money in my pocket.  I could have bought more than I did, and probably should have.

I ended up spending $1.45 on what you see in this picture:

I bought myself the little witch headband for a little costume to have for occasions next year.  THe candy bar was a treat that didn't last long.  I now have treat bags to fill for next year, and I will use the activity books in gift packages throughout the year.

My daughter spent $7.03 for what you see in this picture:

I think she got the better deals buying all of the Nightmare Before Christmas items.  They are popular, and didn't seem to me to be Halloween specific.  She will use these for gifts as well.  She went and picked up the other Star Wars activity books for 5 cents each after she seen that mine did ring up for that price.


This got me to thinking too about those who would rather shop online.  I did a search for Halloween clearance.  Some results didn't show much of a discount, but here are some that did, although, not as much of a discount as inside the actual store.

Amazon

Target

Walmart

Did you pick up any good deals this week?

Choose Your Framed Art Today for 50% Off

Are you looking for that special artwork for a room in your house?  You will want to check out FramedArt.com.

I was looking for a picture to hang in my sewing room.  I knew just where I wanted to hang it.  I found exactly what I was looking for and love it!

Currently all framed art is 50% off!  Plus, 60% off  My Framed Art.

Shopping at FramedArt.com is fun and easy.

Choose your print:

Choose by room, style, subject, inspiration or my framed photos.  Or, use the search box (which is what I did)

Customize:

Choose your frame.  There are several color choices available:  brown, cherry, gold, silver, colors, or natural.

Do you want it framed, on canvas, or an art print?

Select your mat.  You can get 1, 2, or 3 mats.  Choose the width of your mat(s).

There is a wide variety of colors available for the mat.

Choose your glass:

Choices are clear plexiglass, non-glare plexiglass, clear glass, non-glare glass or museum quality glass.

All framed and canvas art is custom built in the United States.

Delivered right to your door and usually shipped within 5 days.

30 day return policy if you are not 100% completely satisfied.

This is my second art work from FramedArt.com and I love both of them.  I highly recommend you check out their site and order your art today.

Be sure to check out the Framed Color Photography while you are there!

Disclosure:  I rec'd my choice of framed art in exchange for this post.  I was not compensated in any other way and all opinions are my own.

WIP Wednesday -- Just Hotpads

I never expected that a week later I would still be working on just the microwave hotpad sets.  I've been working on them daily.

My picture isn't the best, but here's where I am in the process.  2 sets are complete, 1 set almost complete, and several more in the works.

I am trying to be good and complete these sets before working on anything else.  I'm itchin' to get stitchin' on the drawstring backpacks for Christmas gifts.  With any luck I will at least have the fabrics cut for those by this time next week.

How are you doing on making Christmas gifts?


UFO's:

Rectangle quilt
challenge wall hanging
Hexagon quilt
Emerald Island Fusique table runner
Five and Dime quilt
Brown half square triangle table runner
2 sets of doll blanket, pillows, bed and rug
Wall hanging for quilt guild
yo-yo's that need to be made into projects
black and white rail fence quilt
Arkansas Crossroads scrap quilt
T-shirt latchhook rug
Charming Stars quilt
Special crocheted prayer shawl
Fall Squares table topper
Crazy colored quilt with the five and dime blocks
Rainbow colored string quilt
St. Patricks yo-yo table topper/runner
Lexington quilt
? Fabric boxes for Christmas gifts
? microwave hotpads

I link up with the following blogs:

Since Christmas is so close I want to share some of the Christmas related book that I have for sale on half.com.  Each picture will open the actual book for sale.

Frugal Friday With Marsha -- Let's Talk Coupons

It's been a long time since I've done a Frugal Friday post.  I hope to make them more regular again.
This week I want to talk about coupons!



Are you using coupons to help save on your grocery and household item spending?

I used to be what my children called a "coupon queen".  When the TV show Extreme Couponing first came on, my children kept telling me that I needed to be on the show.
Well, if you watched the show and you know me, you know that I was never able to stock pile even a tenth of what those people on the show did!  Actually, I wouldn't want to either.  If I had that kind of stock pile, the majority of it would be given to family and friends and to charity, not stored up on shelf after shelf in my house.

As of late I've really slacked off on using coupons.  Every Friday I make sure to add the Dillon's (Kroger) Friday Freebie to my shoppers card, but that's been about the extent of my couponing.  I'm sad to say that!  It's time for me to really get back to the "business" of using coupons.

There are lots of ways to get grocery coupons:
*Buy a Sunday newspaper for the inserts.  If there are enough coupons in the inserts for items we use then I go to our local news office on Monday where they allow us to buy 5 Sunday papers for $6.  Check if your local news office also might offer this deal.

*Print coupons from your computer.  Printable grocery coupons are all over the place.  There are even websites such as swagbucks, inboxdollars, and mypoints where you earn points for printing and using them!

*Store coupons.  Many stores offer store coupons, either in the store, or they will send them to you in the mail.  Get on every mailing list you can if the store offers them as if these coupons are for name brand products, the store coupon can be combined with a manufacturer's coupon.   Many stores offers coupons on their brands of products which saves you even more.

*Ask a friend to save them for you.  Lots of people don't care to take the time to use coupons, but still get them in their newspaper or otherwise.  It doesn't hurt to ask them if they would mind saving them for you.

Here is a picture of my coupon binder along with a huge stack of coupons that need to be cut and filed inside.

If you are looking for deals, simply search for what you are looking for online.  You will be amazed at the search results.  Search Facebook for coupon and deal groups.  Find good deal blogs to follow.  It's amazing the deals you will see that you would have missed out on if these wonderful people weren't out there finding them for us.

I hope my post was an inspiration to you to get out there and start saving money with grocery coupons.  I know I'm ready to get the ones I do have now out and get to cutting and sorting!

For more motivation for myself, I am including a picture from one of my many good coupon shopping trips.  I was able to get everything in the picture and only pay $10.44!

Disney Palace Pets Art Studio

Learn how to draw and paint 19 of the Disney's Princesses Palace Pets with this art studio!

The book that comes with it is 128 pages with illustrations step-by-step for drawing your favorite Palace Pets such as Sultan, Bayou, Lily, Meadow, and 15 others.  After the drawing instruction pages are blank pages for you to draw the Palace Pet.

Also included in the set:
3 watercolor paints
2 paintbrushes
Pallete
drawing pencil
7 colored pencils
fine-line marker
kneaded eraser
sharpener

The 3 granddaughters have had a great time trying to learn how to draw the Palace Pets.  They wouldn't let me take a picture of their work and they think it's not "good enough", but they are still working on it.  I will try to "sneak" in a picture or two later.

If you have a little artist in your life, this will make the perfect gift!

WIP Wednesday -- Quilt Retreat Report

I loved being at the quilt retreat and having that dedicated sewing time, as always!

I have my black and white with a little red quilt that I've only worked on at the retreats.  I was in hopes of having enough black and white to finish both the front and back this time, but no such luck.  I still need to make 29 more blocks to have enough to finish the top then more for the backing as well.
The first picture is my rows so far on the front, half of them put together.  The second picture is what I have for the backing so far.

Finished sewing together the halves on the design on the Lexington quilt top, now just need to figure out the borders.

I also finished sewing together the halves on my colorful quilt top and also have to figure out what I am doing for the borders on it as it's smaller than I want it to be.

I also was able to get 2 more rows put on the Arkansas Crossroads quilt top.

One kind lady who cane to the retreat had cleaned out one of her sewing closets and had items on a shelf for us to take as we wished.  I took some 10 inch  and 5 inch squares of fabrics as well as cotton batting in both sizes as well.   Once home this prompted me to at least get a good start, with what I already had prepared,, to making more sets of the microwave hotpads.

If I could get this much work done at home each week, I would be elated!!
I need to go check out the soscrappy blog.  It's my understanding that there will be no color for November and December, and that instead these are the 2 months to work on making quilts out of the blocks we have made throughout the year.  Since I didn't keep up each month, and because I didn't start the string quilt blocks until August, I plan to pick a color for this month from a month that I missed.

I also need to get really busy figuring out, and making, Christmas gifts!!

UFO's:

Rectangle quilt
challenge wall hanging
Hexagon quilt
Emerald Island Fusique table runner
Five and Dime quilt
Brown half square triangle table runner
2 sets of doll blanket, pillows, bed and rug
Wall hanging for quilt guild
yo-yo's that need to be made into projects
black and white rail fence quilt
Arkansas Crossroads scrap quilt
T-shirt latchhook rug
Charming Stars quilt
Special crocheted prayer shawl
Fall Squares table topper
Crazy colored quilt with the five and dime blocks
Rainbow colored string quilt
St. Patricks yo-yo table topper/runner
Lexington quilt
? Fabric boxes for Christmas gifts
? sets of microwave hotpads

I link up with the following blogs:

Today I am highlighting more books that I have for sale on half.com.  These are all cooking related.'

Find Your 31 SB Collector Bill Today Only!

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For those of you who are wondering what Collector's Bills are, I’m here to explain:

It’s simple. Search the web through the Swagbucks search on Monday, October 31st, and when you get a search win, you may get the special Collector’s Bill valued at 31 SB! Good luck!

If you aren't already a member of Swagbucks, just click HERE and start getting your swag on today!

WIP Wednesday -- Two Tops Worked On

I did manage to get the 5 string quilt blocks done in yellow and orange for the soscrappy colors for October.

I took the colorful 5 and dime and ripped the blocks and rows apart.  I hadn't squared them up before putting them together and knew it had to be done.  In the meantime I also finished making the rest of the blocks, got them all squared up and rows sewn.  I just need to sew the 2 halves together and decide what I am going to do for a border.

I also finished sewing together all of the blocks for the Lexington quilt  and just need to sew the 2 halves together on it too.  I need to find the fabrics for the borders on it too.

I did work more on the little doll rugs until I ran out of thin strips for making them.  I won't share those anymore, but did also work on more of the beds too.

I have a quilt retreat this weekend with Cottonwood Quilt Shop and have my things packed to work on there.  I can't wait until next Wednesday to share what I get done there.


UFO's:

Rectangle quilt
challenge wall hanging
Hexagon quilt
Emerald Island Fusique table runner
Five and Dime quilt
Brown half square triangle table runner
2 sets of doll blanket, pillows, bed and rug
Wall hanging for quilt guild
yo-yo's that need to be made into projects
black and white rail fence quilt
Arkansas Crossroads scrap quilt
T-shirt latchhook rug
Charming Stars quilt
Special crocheted prayer shawl
Fall Squares table topper
Crazy colored quilt with the five and dime blocks
Rainbow colored string quilt
St. Patricks yo-yo table topper/runner
Lexington quilt
? Fabric boxes for Christmas gifts

I link up with the following blogs:

And, here are some more of the books I have listed for sale on half.com: