IPSY

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Are you the kind of person who can just go out and purchase 4-5 brand new beauty products including a makeup bag each and every month? I know I cannot do it! I don't like to spend money on products that just don't quite work for me, but I do like to try new things. That is why I chose to become an Ipsy subscriber!

I just do not have the budget to purchase a lot of new and trending items on the market each month. I don't even want to! If I am not sure the color is right for me, or the fragrance won't give me a headache, then I am not going to purchase it sight unseen!

My daughter is 12 years old. She has been dabbling in make-up for 3-4 years now. I don't let her go crazy but I experimented with make-up at a young age and loved trying it out. She likes colors that I am not so crazy about. I am not a pre-teen and at my age I hope I don't look like a seventh grader! Our skin tones are not quite the same. She takes after her dad who has fair skin. My skin tone is more of an olive. So, it is not feasible to buy us both make-up to suit our personalities when we aren't even sure what all is available.

With my crazy schedule in the nursing program, it is difficult to get the time for myself to check out all the latest beauty products on the market, but that is why I love Ipsy. Each month I spend $10 and I get a different make-up bag with a zippered closure. The bags are so nice! I also get to try out new products in generous sample sizes. I even get coupons to purchase those items for a discount if I choose to. I just clicked on my personal preferences and each month I get things that both my daughter and I can try and enjoy that we wouldn't be able to otherwise.

Does this sound like something you want to try? Then why not join me on ipsy and subscribe to the Glam Bag! You get 4-5 beauty products every month delivered to your door, for just $10. Michelle Phan curates the bags! Check it out here: http://www.ipsy.com/r/dp43

It's almost time to get my July package from Ipsy, but I created a video so you can see what I got in my June Glam Bag! Check it out:

Thanks for watching! I hope you'll check out the link I shared above. Let me know if you do. If you like this video and would like to see more videos like this be sure to like and subscribe to my channel. Leave me a comment below and let me know what you think about Ipsy!

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Medication Organization

Hey, everyone!

I hope you all are enjoying your Memorial Day weekend here in the United States. I have had a very nice weekend so far. I am so grateful for all of the men and women who gave their life for my freedom. They truly paid the ultimate sacrifice. I am also thankful to all the men and women who have served their country to afford me the freedoms that I do not take for granted. I thank God for all of the service men and women and their families. If you or your loved one is serving (or has served), thank you and God bless you!!

Each holiday is tough without my dad here to celebrate with us. He would tell the guys his tips and tricks for grilling the perfect cut of meat. My dad was an excellent grill master and he came up with amazing flavor combinations with any of the food he cooked/baked to excite the pickiest of taste buds. It is hard to believe that he has been gone for five months now. It seems like it just happened sometimes, and other times it feels like it has been so long since I last saw my dad alive. I hope you will cherish the time you spend with your loved ones because tomorrow is not promised to any of us.

Many of the things I do in my home is directly related to the way my parents did things. Do you find that to be true for you, too? I just sort of look back and wonder what my mom or dad would have done and then I am able to do something similar. For instance, my mom is naturally an organized person. She knows where everything is in her home and she can quickly disappear into a room and retrieve anything I might ask of her. She puts things back in the same place so she can always find them.

I copied my mom's idea of putting medication in a basket. It kind of worked for us. We have so many bottles of medication that it was a little chaotic and often disorganized. I needed to come up with a better solution. My mom just makes her basket work for her. It's a great solution for her and she knows right where everything goes. I had to come up with a different idea for myself. I wanted to be able to quickly find whatever I needed in a moment. I also wanted an organizational method that would allow my husband to find whatever he is looking for quickly, especially when I am not home. I decided that I am probably not the only one that has this same problem so I decided to share a YouTube video with everyone on how I corral all those medications. I hope this is helpful.

Please leave me any tips you have for storing your medications in the comment section below. You can also subscribe to my online channel so that you can be alerted when I post a new video. Thanks for watching!! Have a great one!

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66 Books of the Bible Game

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I was in the Dollar Tree the other day with my twelve year old daughter. We were in the craft aisle and I was picking up a couple of supplies for an upcoming project I want to make. I found on the idea on Pinterest and so I just told my daughter that I am not one of those people who pin things and then never do them. I actually pin with the intention of making the food or DIY project that I pin. So a real sweet woman was in the same aisle looking at the books and overheard our conversation. She said that she had to know what the project was and so I told her. She said that she really liked the idea. I will share more about that project soon but I will say it is a special project for my husband and me. So she went on to share that in the radiation clinic that she works at one of the patients gave her and her coworkers a glass jar with popsicle sticks in it and on each one was an inspirational quote or verse. I thought that was so lovely and I thought that would be a great way to teach my kids the books of the Bible! So I purchased a glass jar and some colored popsicle sticks. There are even sticks left over. For only $2 in supplies it became a really fun game. Our whole family has enjoyed playing different versions of the game. I even pull out a stick and ask my daughter to name a scripture from the book. She surprised me when I said, "Philippians" and without missing a beat she said, "Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." I am so proud!

Here is a quick video on how I put the jar together and what I planned to do with it. If you enjoy it, be sure to leave me a comment in the message box below on my YouTube channel.

If you would like to follow me on Pinterest here is my link. Thank you for watching and thanks for hanging out with me today!!

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First Thrifty Thursday Share

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As promised, here is today's post on



I really love getting a bargain! I shop around for the best deals I can find. My mom taught me that
a bargain is not really a bargain unless the item being purchased is truly something I need. So
when I was shopping for a new purse at Kmart the other day I knew I scored big with my
purchases. Here is one of them:

This messenger bag is Dickies brand. It is a really fun design with all of the circles and it is made really well.

The front flap has this deep pocket that zips closed.

This is a great place for a cell phone or calculator. It has a velcro closure.

 There is another pocket on the front flap. It also zips closed which keeps everything secure.

 Once the flap is lifted up there are more pockets and places to store things.

This pocket is pretty deep but there is no closure on it.

There is another zipper inside.

As you can see it will hold quite a bit of stuff! My daughter has it jam packed full! The bag retails for $24.99 according to the tag but I bought it for only $4 on clearance! I love that! I saved $20.99!

Do you like finding good deals? I would love to hear what thrifty finds you have come across! Next week I will be sharing even more frugal finds so be sure to check back. Leave me a comment below or email me at hoosier_card_angel@yahoo.com to share your latest penny pinching purchases!

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Frugal Friday

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Today is the last Friday of the month so this will be my final Frugal Friday Tip! I hope you have enjoyed them! Today's tip is to purchase a heart-shaped piece of Plastic Canvas like so:

Now I do not remember how to do counted-cross-stitching, but I picked up one of these at Walmart a while back. You can get any shape but I like the hearts because you get lines going straight across, curved and angled (like for a square). This one template will let you take your piercing tool and create a perfect line of holes for paper piercing. After punching holes in your cardstock, run a white gel pen, or any marker of your choice along the lines and it looks like you stitched your card! So fun!! I love it when one product can do so many different things!

Now if you tuned in yesterday you will recall that Donna asked me to GO GREEN! I shared a card that had a lot of green in it. She asked me to see how many shades of green I could get on one card. Well guess what? I did it again, only this time the entire card is green! The only exception is the doodle dots and they are shimmery and the flowers are yellow. Here was my inspiration:

You see that little square pillow in the photo? Well I wanted to create a card using that as my inspiration. I got a good start and then got stuck so my right hand (wo)man, Christina, inspired me. So here is my card just as green as it gets:
I used VersaMark on each panel to stamp an image from the Sprigs stamp set. The sentiment was from a special stamp set that was offered in January, I believe. I love buttons and wanted to use them on this card. So here is how it turned out! I hope you all like it!!!

Angel Hugs,

Frugal Friday

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Today's Frugal Friday tip is for Faux Embossing. I have been doing this technique for quite some time now, several years in fact, and I really like the results. You can use up a lot of scraps doing this technique, too, which is always a good thing! I know I have LOTS of scrap paper I need to use up. First let's look at a project that has been embossed:

Isn't this a gorgeous card? Shirley Hotop created it and I absolutely love it! She used the Branches In Bloom stamp set from The Angel Company and Tag Tidbits inside. Here is a close-up of the embossing:
The Faux Embossing technique I am sharing with you today will be compared to the white piece that is embossed in the photo above.To achieve this look, simply take two punches or cut out two shapes that are about ¼" different in size. I used white cardstock but you could use any color paper. Simply layer one on top of the other like in the photo above. I used a sentiment from Tag Tidbits, as well. You could also sponge the edges of each piece before layering if you wanted to. This technique is so quick and easy to do, you can faux emboss several pieces in no time! I'd love to see your projects if you use this tip! Have a wonderful day!

Angel Hugs,

Frugal Friday

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This is a fun month for me. Each day of the week has a special theme and I am having a ball coming up with projects to share! I chose Fridays to be all about frugal tips on paper crafting. We all know how expensive any hobby can be and paper crafting is no exception! As with anything, it can be as expensive as you make it! I am the type of person that likes to get the most bang for my buck, don't you? If I can find a way to make my supplies go a lot further, do double duty, and save money then I am all about that! I have found a wonderful product that I want to share with all of you. Many of you have used this already but for any of you who haven't tried it yet, I'd love to encourage you to do so! Here it is:

This is Scrapper's Floss from Karen Foster Design. As an Angel with The Angel Company, I can tell you that we do carry this product. It's only $3.95 for 30 yards of floss! This post is not an ad for TAC, however. I just wanted you to see that there are so many fun things you can do with it. I have used it for string to go below some balloon diecuts I made for a birthday scrapbook page. I have threaded it through buttons. It's fun to wrap around ribbon and tie at the end of tags. You can get it from TAC in various colors. My Frugal Friday tip is to get the White Scrapper's Floss. You can color it with your markers or run it along your ink pad. Instead of having white, now you can coordinate with the colors you are using in your projects. It's such a bargain at under $4 for so much floss!!! You have the option of changing the white or leaving it as is, and with all these (and many other) uses for Scrapper's Floss, this would be a really great purchase. Let your Angel know you'd like to order some. If you don't have an Angel I would be pleased to be yours! Have a fantastic weekend and I hope you'll visit tomorrow! I have a Kid Friendly project to share with you that I think you will enjoy!

Angel Hugs,

Frugal Friday

Hey, everyone!!

I have something really fun to share with you all! I have been doing this for a while now but I thought I would let you all know about it, too! Many of you know how frugal I am when it comes to all things paper crafting and this little tip is no exception!

Check out all these leaves! It is a clamshell case crammed full of them! They will be fun to add to my scrapbook pages and cards. Instead of paying a small fortune for pretty little flowers in fancy jars, I spent $3 and some change to get all of these:

Aren't they pretty? My local Dollar Tree carries all these beautiful faux flowers for $1 per bundle. When I get them home I take them off their stems and pull them apart. Look at how many you can get. This is from three bundles!!

With so many colors to choose from, you can mix and match, add smaller flowers in the center, brads, buttons, a photo, ... whatever you can imagine! Be sure if you are in my area and you go stock up on these pretty flowers, you save some for me!!! :0)

Where there are flowers, you know there might be a few bees...

Isn't this the cutest little blog award?! I love it! My sweet friend Christina gave it to me.

This happiness award will be given to five bloggers, every Sunday! Those five bloggers will then pass it on to five bloggers. This special award will be given to bloggers who truly have happiness in their hearts and pass that on to everyone they meet, and everywhere they go. They know that happiness is a choice, and always choose wisely. Always looking on the sunny-side of life, and keeping their sense of humor, these bloggers are a joy to read!!! So the Queen Bee says to BEE HAPPY!!!

So my five bloggers are:

Teresa

Rita W.

Kadesia
Heidi
Diana M.

Have an awesome day!!!

Angel Hugs,