
(Exp. 11/30)
Their blog has all of the different order forms/price sheets for products available (Too many for me to list) as well as food storage charts and other useful information for food storage.
Going to their show got me really motivated into the thought that food storage doesn't have to be boring, but there are a lot of GREAT products out there (and at reasonable prices) that your family WILL eat and enjoy. If you are interested in hosting a show, they offer a 10% discount to the Hostess. (no sales by guests are required) Plus, they bring some of the products for you to taste and try out. They also had GREAT tips on how to make cheese, eggs and other products shelf stable as well as tons of food storage ideas.
If you are interested in ordering items, all you have to do is email them and they will get in touch with you and do the rest!
Here's a taste of their smart ways:
How to store CHEESE: (without a fridge, lasting almost indefinitely!)
Cheeses can be stored by dipping them in melted paraffin. (Available on food canning isles at grocery stores and online stores) Remove any wrapping from the cheese. Melt the paraffin in an old pan. Dip the cheese in the melted stuff or get a paint brush and paint the paraffin on the cheese. Allow the paraffin to dry completely, and dip again. After about 4 coats of paraffin, you may add a layer of cheese cloth for extra protection.
Continue dipping and drying until the paraffin has formed a smooth, thick, bubble free surface. Store cheeses that have been coated in paraffin in the coolest spot you can find, as in a cellar or unheated room. Cheeses that have been stored this way will last a very long time, almost indefinitely. If the paraffin ever gets a crack or blister, re-coat it with melted paraffin.
Thanks, Anna & Becki for doing such a great job! Visit their blog HERE
OR- Shutterfly is having a Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale.
Get free shipping and up to 50% off items on your order between 11/25 and 12/3. You should also be able to get a free 8x10 collage poster with the promo code AF72-SAVE (through 12/2).
If you are a new Shutterfly customer, you will also get 50 free 4x6 prints and free standard shipping on your first order.Here are some of the details:
Free shipping on orders over $25
Save up to 30% off photo books
Buy 50 cards, get 25 more free
50% off posters and collage posters
Save 25% on mugs and 20% on keepsake boxes, magnets/mousepads
Other items available through Snapfish are things like: mugs, mouse pads, photo ornaments, posters etc.
MyPublisher has a two-for-one deal on their photo books. (offer expires 1/7/09)4 coupons on identical items per customer per day
75 coupons per customer per day
$2.00= Highest value of coupon BEFORE doubling, if doubling exceeds price of item, then the coupon will be doubled to the item price (No overage).
-Bargain Dad
You can find all this stuff at your local grocery store. The Fels Naptha soap and borax are in the laundry isle, the washing soda in the dishwashing isle and ivory soap in the bath isle. Fels Naptha is the BEST spot remover I have ever found. To pre-spot my clothes I wet the stain, and then rub the soap over it. I let it sit for at least 1/2 hour or more for better results. Fels Naptha soap has a distinct smell to it and I found that adding the Ivory soap tempers that smell.
Laundry Detergent Instructions:
Chop both bars of soap to smaller pieces and place in a pot with 5 Cups of water. Heat pot to just below boiling, stirring slowly with a wire wisk, until all the soap is dissolved. (This is the longest part of the whole process.) **Boiling will cause the liquid soap to foam.Fill a 5 Gallon bucket with 3 Gallons of hot water.Add one cup each, one at a time, of the borax and washing soda and stir until each is dissolved.Add the liquid soap mixture and stir.Let the container sit until it is cool, mixing it occasionally, and then put into containers.
This yields just over three gallons of light yellow slime that looks like this:
I have a large capacity washer and hard water and I use a heaping cup, as shown. It takes a bit of trial and error to figure out how much to use in your own machine. This is a low sudsing detergent so it can be used in front-end loading washers, but you probably do not need to use as much.
Fill your storage containers leaving about four inches at the top. The detergent will solidify a bit and you need room to shake it up so that you can pour it out. This bottle shows the maximum amount you should fill the container.
It is not as fragrant as many laundry detergents so if you want more fragrance, you can buy your favorite liquid fabric softener and add it to the rinse cycle.
Thanks, Brenda! Does anyone else make their own soaps, cleaners etc?
Here's another laundry detergent variation from Laura:
I also make my own laundry soap with these ingredients, but use a powderform. Here is what I do:
Let fels-naptha dry out and then grate it (if it is dry it will be powdery,instead of chuncked)
Recipe:
Someday I will get BRAVE (or smart) like you ladies!
1- Go to Walgreens.
2- Head back to the pharmacy and ask them about their Walgreens savings plan. You are interested in getting the $50 worth of Walgreens coupons. It has a red cover and is a thicker paper folded in half. When you get it, don't tear the coupon out. It is on the bottom row of coupons.
3- The limit on diaper is 4 per transaction. If they don't have them in stock, get a raincheck. The Walgreens coupon is good until 12/31.
4- When you have the cashier ring up your items, show them the Walgreen's coupon and have them scan it without tearing it out. I have only had ONE cashier in the 15 insist on having me tear it out. Since it is a Walgreens coupon, they do not need to have them in their till. Most cashiers will just throw them away. The coupon will take $2 off each bag of diapers even though it says limit one. (This is just the way Walgreens coupons work)
5- It ends up being 2 packs of diapers for $4.99. If Walgreens does have a coupon come out next Friday/Saturday it will work out even better.
6- Some people are reporting that the training pants are not scanning with the Walgreens diaper coupon. It should be though. If this is the case, it will depend on the cashier if they will accept it or not. Also they may only do it one time since that is the limit on the coupon.
Here is the breakdown cost per diaper:
(Thanks, BargainScout for the info!)