Living Large on a Limited Budget
For a limited time American Girl is offering a rare 20% off all Full-Priced Merchandise when you use the coupon code GIFT20 at checkout! You can also get 30% off select favorites here.
You can use the code to get Dolls & Book Sets for $96, regularly $120!
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Amazon’s Goldbox Deal of the Day is the Polaroid ZIP Mobile Printer w/ZINK Zero Ink Printing Technology for $97.49 – reg. $159.99. This is the lowest price ever on Amazon. This is compatible with iOs and Android devices.
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Offer available today only! (11/27)
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Amazon is matching Best Buy’s Black Friday deal for the Nest Learning Thermostat, 3rd Generation
Hurry – this offer likely won’t last long!
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In a recent Christmas post, I explained that I had been motivated by The Merry Little Christmas Project to simplify Christmas 2015.
For me, Christmas offers a season of creative outlet, so I knew I would have to simplify my December-long crafting mania. So instead of–per usual–attempting to make each wrapped gift a work of art, I decided to wrap all my gifts in kraft paper or brown paper bags. But here comes the fun part: even though I don’t have a speck of artistic ability, I would decorate them with quick and easy Christmas doodles.
And what fun I’ve had.
Idea #2 Merry Christmas colored-pencil sketch on a lunch bag
My daughter, son-in-law, and their six oh-how-I-miss-them children live in Kansas–many hundreds of miles away from our New York home. Each year my daughter shops for me on Amazon; I then place the order (using my Prime free shipping) and have the gifts sent directly to their Kansas address. A great idea, but I have always felt a bit sad that I don’t get to wrap the gifts.
This year I decided to create the wrapping paper at home using paper bags so Desiree could just slip the gifts into the bags along with some tissue paper, attach the decorative sketch, and there it is–a personal touch from Grandma.
Since the bags are flat it is easy to send them via USPS.
Idea #3 For this sketch I used colored pencils and drew right on the bag.
Idea #4 I sketched these stars onto a grocery bag.
Idea #5 I love the simplicity of this nativity; I made a tag to adorn the simple Dollar Store kraft-paper wrapping.
And the quiet simplicity of this sketch is almost breath-taking.
I also sketched it directly on a grocery bag. No artistic skill required, just lots of love.
Bit by bit I have made an assortment of doodled paper bags to have ready to grab for last-minute gifts. [Flat bags take up so little space.]
So there you have it: five super-fun Christmas Doodles gift-wrap ideas!
And in the words of beloved Tiny Tim: May God bless us one and all!
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Want to join us on our mission to choose the LESS instead of the STRESS this Christmas season? You can grab your own copy of The Merry Little Christmas Project here.
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For those of you who haven’t met her, the Dollar Store Diva happens to be my Mom who has a special power. She can transform Dollar Store and other inexpensive finds into super fun gifts and crafts that would brighten anyone’s day!
Here is the Amazon Toy Lightning Deals schedule for 11/27/15:
Don’t forget – if you are an Amazon Prime member, you can gain 30 minutes early access to select lightning deals.
I recommend bookmarking the Amazon Toys Lightning Deals Schedule page so that you are ready. These items are discounted for a limited time and often sell out very quickly.
If you are too late, be sure to join the waiting list. If the item becomes available (and it often does!), you’ll receive an alert on the right hand side of your Amazon page. Once the pop-up box comes up, you will have 15 minutes to make your purchase.
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This Black Friday only (11/27), Tiny Prints is offering one FREE set of Address Labels (reg. $8) using the code 1127DEAL at checkout, while supplies last.
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Restaurant.com is offering a Black Friday offer today and tomorrow only (11/27-11/18). Get $25 gift certificates for only $4 when you enter code BLACK at check-out.
If you have never used Restaurant.com, it is a great way to save money on thousands of restaurants across the nation. Most restaurants require you to purchase a certain dollar amount of food or a certain number of entrees in order to use the certificate. I still consider it a great deal. Plus, the gift certificates do not expire, so you can buy now to save on future restaurant visits.
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Here’s another Amazon Black Friday Kindle deal for you and it’s a hot one! Amazon has the Kindle Fire, 7″ Display, Wi-Fi, 8 GB marked down to the lowest it’s ever been priced — just $34.99 – Reg. $49.99. Limit 2 per account.
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