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CYBER MONDAY SALE: Join my Stress Free Christmas Course for FREE!

November 26th, 2018 By Kaley Leave a Comment
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CYBER MONDAY SALE – JOIN MY STRESS FREE CHRISTMAS COURSE FOR FREE!

Yesterday I reached out to my team and asked if we could do something wild and crazy to celebrate Cyber Monday today. And without hesitation, they jumped on the idea.

So we put our heads together and here is the amazing exclusive offer we came up with.

Today only (11/26), join our Stress Free Christmas course and community completely FREE for seven days. 

Here is the best part – NO credit card is required! This is a completely FREE offer – absolutely no strings attached.

You’ll get access to ALL of my videos, printables, and bonus material without paying a penny. You’ll even gain access to our private Facebook group so we can help each other plan Christmas together. (We are currently doing a Gift Shopping Challenge that is super fun!)

Honestly, I know this idea is a little crazy because it means I’m basically giving away my material. But it’s worth it to me because I want you guys to know how much I value our community.  I don’t want anyone to miss out.

Please don’t wait though – this offer ends tonight. Click here to sign up – no coupon code or credit card required! Let me help you find your Stress Free Christmas this year.

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Hot Cyber Monday Deal: Oral-B Genius 8000 just $94.99! (reg. $249.99) #OralBHolidayDeals #PowerUp

November 26th, 2018 By Kaley Leave a Comment
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This blog post is sponsored by P&G. 

Cyber Monday 2018 Deal

Hot! Get the Oral-B Genius 8000 Orchid for just $94.99 (reg. $249.99) today only (11/26) from Walmart for a savings of $155!

This is a huge savings on this highly rated toothbrush.

About the Oral-B Genius 8000:

  • The Oral-B GENIUS 8000 is designed to help you brush like your dentist recommends, the Genius 8000 seamlessly connects with the Oral-B smartphone app via Bluetooth technology to provide you with customized real-time feedback about your brushing habits, including our new highly advanced Position Detection technology that ensures you never miss a zone.
  • The brush and app also provide time coaching to make sure you brush the recommended 2-minutes and include a pressure alert to protect your gums from over-brushing.
  • Oral-B is the #1 dentist-recommended toothbrush brand worldwide

This deal is available today only!

Click here to buy now. 

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Big After Thanksgiving Savings on Crest at Walmart! #CRESTxWalmart

November 25th, 2018 By Kaley Leave a Comment
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This blog post is sponsored by Crest.

Thanksgiving has come and gone, but my memories of its delicious goodness are still strong.  Is there anything more lovely than a plate piled high with mounds of turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving Day? Only to be followed up by pie, glorious pie? I think not.

Hold on. If I’m being honest, there is ONE thing that is better than Thanksgiving dinner.

THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS!

Turkey sandwiches, apple pie for breakfast, pumpkin pie for dessert – I like to stretch the goodness out for as long as humanly possible. (I make TWO of my famous apple pies each year and cross my fingers that a few pieces will come home with me in the pie plates.)

And the truth is, I really don’t want to have to worry about my dental health while I’m enjoying my Thanksgiving feast. That’s why I am glad Crest does that for me. Crest Pro-Health is the only toothpaste accepted by the American Dental Association to treat all seven seven attributes: plaque, gingivitis, cavities, sensitivity, tartar, whitening and freshens breath.

That’s why I am THRILLED about the amazing deal that is in Walmart stores starting Sunday, November 25.

 

Starting 11/25, stop by Walmart to score Crest Pro-Health toothpaste for as low as $0.97.

Here’s how:

Walmart through 12/8/18:

Buy Crest Pro-Health toothpaste, $2.97 – $3.92
Use $2/1 coupon from 11/25 PG (expires 12/8/18)
As low as $0.97  after coupon!

So what are you waiting for?  Head over to Walmart to grab this amazing deal so you can enjoy those Thanksgiving goodies without the dental guilt!

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Join Me Tomorrow Night?

November 8th, 2017 By Kaley Leave a Comment
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Hi, all,

I’m about to do something I’ve never done before. And to be honest, I’m a little nervous.

I’m hosting my first ever LIVE online training called,

“Get your Christmas Wrapped by December 1st”

This training will help you knock out ALL of your Christmas prep before the rush of December, so you can actually savor the holiday season.

Even though this training is a little out of my comfort zone, there is not much that I love more than hanging out with you and our little community. You guys are worth it! So grab your cup off coffee and a few pieces from your kids’ stash of candy, and let’s chat about doing Christmas well together. Why not invite a friend to join you?

To join us, just click here to save your spot.

Can’t wait to see you there!

xo,

Kaley

 

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Merry Christmas from My Family to Yours!

December 24th, 2016 By Kaley Leave a Comment
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Merry Christmas, dear readers!

Thank you for coming along for the ride with me this Christmas. I am grateful for you. I love our little family here – from Cha-Ching on a Shoestring readers to The Merry Little Christmas Project, we have a pretty special community, in my humble opinion.

I trust that your Christmas is a time for rest and joy, peace and excitement, family and reflection.

Thank you for your faithful support.

Love,

Kaley and the Ehret family
And my amazing team, Nicole, Heidi and Elizabeth

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The Dollar Store Diva: Handcrafted Journal Tutorial with Printable

November 4th, 2016 By Kaley Leave a Comment
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Handcrafted Thank You

See part 1 of this post here.

The gift of a handcrafted journal is such a lovely thing.

Once my friends and I decided we wanted to create some small gifts to bless special people in our life who have blessed us, this idea seemed the perfect place to start.

I searched online for journal-making ideas, and I found some impressive tutorials. But they included scary words such as tapestry needles, binding awls, coptic stitch binding, and screw punches. That all sounded a bit too ambitious for me.

Then one day I came across a roll of elastic cord in my craft cabinet. Inspiration struck for an incredibly simple binding–without one scary word included. And, then, look what I found at the Dollar Tree–exactly the elastic cord I needed. And, of course, for only one dollar.

Handcrafted Journal

Five Easy Steps for a Lovely Journal:

#1

First, print double-sided these Lined Journal Pages. [I print six or seven for each journal–that equals 12 (or 14) pages with 24 (28) sides.] Be sure that when you print the second side you have put the sheets in the printer correctly so that it will print out the same as the front side.

Lined Journal Pages

#2

For the cover, fold in half a sheet of decorative 8 1/2 x 11″ heavy paper or cardstock. Then fold the sheets of lined paper in half and flatten the folded edge. Place the lined paper inside the cover.

BB Journal - 07

#3

Here’s where my inspiration comes into play.

To create an it-couldn’t-be-easier binding, use scissors to snip two tiny cuts in the fold–one at the top of the page and one at the bottom. (See slideshow tutorial below.)  Then cut a length of the elastic, slip it through the two snips and wrap it around the journal.

DIY Journal

#4

Finally tie the elastic in a bow and double-knot.

BB Journal - 02

How easy is that?!

My crafting friends also used rubber stamps, painted them with water colors, and adhered them on a plain cardstock cover.

BB Journal - 09

#5

If you want to add a belly band for a final touch of spice, print a selection of thank you sayings. Trim the saying of your choice, mat it with a wider strip of 12×12′ colored paper, wrap it around the journal over the elastic binding, and adhere the two ends. [Don’t adhere the belly band to the back of the journal because it will tear the journal when it is ripped off.] Or use your own handwriting to express your warm thoughts. The easy steps are explained in the slideshow tutorial at the end of the post.

Belly Bands

One of the beauties of this gift project is that several can be created at one time–and ever so quickly. And they can be sent in the mail–ever so easily.

Handcrafted Journal
Some of the people I want to bless are not local, so I like to send journals in the mail. I discovered that 6 folded sheets of paper fit comfortably in an A9 envelope (5 3/4 x 8 3/4″) ] and mail with two first-class stamps.

Wouldn’t you like to find a journal like this in your mailbox?

Enjoy the following 2.5 minute tutorial.

Click to play this Smilebox slideshow

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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! Check out more from her here. 

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The Dollar Store Diva: My Personal Story of Finding a Creative Way to Say Thank You

November 3rd, 2016 By Kaley 2 Comments
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Handmade Journal

 

Note from Kaley: I am honored to have my Mom share a little bit of her personal story with us today on the blog. Each time I hear this particularly touching story from her childhood, I am moved to tears by this simple act of compassion. May we all remember those who have touched our lives in such simple and meaningful ways during this season of Gratitude.

                      “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”

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My third-grade picture that my dad carried in his wallet.
My third-grade picture that my dad carried in his wallet.

The year was 1957 and the grass was just starting to grow over my father’s grave. With the stop of my father’s heartbeat, my mother had been thrust violently into the role of breadwinner, and during that summer of my tenth year, she sat at a desk miles away from home working on a teaching degree. For those six weeks, my two teenaged sisters were left to care for my younger sister and me. In their bobby socks and ponytails, they spent their summer feeding us from cupboards that were too often bare, hanging our clothes on the line to dry, and keeping us safe at night.

In the afternoon of the day of my memory, I was taken to the doctor’s office with a dangerously infected toenail. Dr. Barrall bent his head, with its blazing red hair, over my foot, injected a shot of Novocain into my big toe, and proceeded to rip off the nail. My screams shot down the hallway and filled the waiting room.

That evening I lay alone in my rumpled bed. There were no pictures on the walls of my bedroom; there were no curtains at the window to sway in the breeze. This was the house we had escaped to after our house on Main Street had been taken away from us, after my father had sat down in the living room chair and died.

With my leg stretched out in front of me, I watched the stain of red seeping through the fat wad of gauze around my toe. The aching pain moved up my leg, and I sobbed. I had no mother; I had no father. I felt so very alone, in a house on the edge of town, with no pictures on the walls and no curtains at the window.

My sisters’ friend Flossie had stopped by the house, and the three girls were whispering nervously in another room. They should have been giggling together, like teenagers do on hot July evenings, but instead they were responsible for a wailing, inconsolable child.

Quietly, Flossie stepped into my room carrying a pan of cool water and a washcloth. She sat down on the edge of my bed and placed the pan on the nightstand. As she reached into the pan to saturate the cloth, she started cooing soft and soothing words.

I can still see her hands—dipping the cloth in the pan, wringing out the water, wiping my face, my damp forehead, my swollen eyes. Her hands—dipping the cloth in the water, wringing it out, wiping my face, my forehead, my eyes. Making soft, soothing sounds.

My sobs stopped, my body relaxed, and now it was just the murmuring of Flossie’s voice, the swishing of the water, the cool cloth to my face.

A gentle grace-filled quiet entered the room—and I slept.

*****

My two older sisters fishing with Dad a couple of years before he died. I love everything about this picture.

*****

Though I hadn’t seen Flossie for decades, I located her so I could say thank you. She was stunned–she had absolutely no memory of that July evening.  And I was amazed that for all these years she had been unaware that she had  wiped away the tears of a desolate little girl. I started thinking of other people who had shown kindness to me over the years. Like Flossie, perhaps they, too, had no memory of the gift they had given me. I wanted to thank them.

Recently, some friends and I decided to spend a few Wednesday evenings together creating small gifts with the specific purpose of  blessing others. And what fun we had laughing and working together, all of us with a desire to bless or say thank you.

Handmade Journals

Click here for a tutorial for these super-easy journals along with a free printable.

*****

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! Check out more from her here. 

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Easy Back to School Organizing Tips

September 8th, 2016 By Heidi Leave a Comment
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This week we jumped off the cliff into the “Back to School Abyss” – you know that season where everyone is scrambling, papers are flying back and forth to the classroom, school bags are being dumped, kids are learning new routines and parents are just trying to keep their heads above water!

Here are two tips that I recently incorporated into our home that have helped my kids and me to keep it all together (most of the time).

School Bag Central

We live in a small townhouse without a real entryway or foyer, no garage and no mudroom. My kids would always walk in the front door and throw their school bags and coats on a chair, table or the floor.

Last year we converted an empty wall in our laundry room into a space where all those coats and school bags can go to hide away when not being used. Everyone has their own hook and they can keep a coat, sweatshirt and schoolbag there – everything else goes to their rooms.

school bags 1

Here are some more ideas to inspire you!

You’d be surprised where you can find an unused space in your home to create something similar.

Small-mudroom

(photo courtesy of The Mom of the Year)

 backpacks

 (photo courtesy of I’m Batmom)

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(photo courtesy of The Yellow Cape Cod)

Clutter Bag

In the spring I found these cute canvas bags in the bargain section at Target for just a couple dollars each and thought they would be a fun and functional alternative to Easter baskets.

clutter catcher

My kids each have a different colored one and they are supposed to keep them on their hook in the laundry room…but the truth is each bag has found a home on a dining room chair. As I walk through the house and find their odds and ends lying around, I just pick them up and toss them in their bag, then from time to time I tell them they need to take their bag up to their rooms and put it all away.

During the summer it was a place for them to keep their summer reading books and logs, chore lists, etc. This gives them a central location to put all the legos, lists, pens, books, notepads, yarn and all those other little things that have a way of spilling out all over the house. And it’s easy for them to tote all that junk treasure back to where it belongs.

clutter catcher 2

Hope these simple tips help your family push forward a little more peacefully this “Back to School” Season.

back to school pin

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