Army Tank Cake

We recently celebrated our oldest boys 5th birthday!
ARMY STYLE!

This cake surprising was NOT too time consuming.
*small sheet cake for the base (cut out the front)
*loaf cake (for the top of the tank- cut to shape)
*black licorice for the tracks
*oreos for the wheels & top
*toys to accessorize
*butter cream icing
*Wilton's Color Mist (TIME SAVER!!!!) (found at Wal-mart)

Fabric covered wipe case

During my "nesting" time with our now 4 1/2 mo. old little girl, I was determined to make a cute girly wipe case. After 30 minutes, scrap fabric & ribbon, a hot glue gun, a old wipe case from the boys & this awesome tutorial- tada!!!

Dinosaur Birthday Party

For our oldest one's 3rd birthday, I took the "easy way" out & used betty crocker icing and tinted it and made a sheet cake and decorated it. The volcano is just a up side down plastic cup with LOTS of icing on it :)

Be sure to check out our other cakes!

Dump Truck Cake & Pick up Smash Cake

Our oldest son's 1st birthday cake & smash cake!
This by far was much harder to make than some of the previous cakes!

Go here for a step by step instruction on how this cake was made!

Diaper Deal- Rite Aid

Thanks to Money Saving Mom

I plan on stocking up on some Huggies Diapers for little baby girl & my 2 1/2 yr old boy. AND yes I am quite aware of the fact he is NOT potty trained. Oh, he can go every time you take him, but after 4 wet undies in a row, and the fact he could care less about the wet undies, on goes the pull-up- judge me all you want :)

And, we have tried the whole cloth diapering...

Patriotic Tie Shirts

God Bless America!

* $3 solid tees from Wal-mart
*heat n bond
*some Patriotic fabric

Cowboy Boot Birthday Cake

Yee Haw!
(some cakes are easier than others)

Pirate Ship Birthday Cake

We LOVE making special cakes for our kids on their birthdays.

THE Pirate Ship Cake

"Pillowcase" dress

"Pillowcase" dress

Repurposed Onesies

Onesie makeovers...

little man onesies
*some scrap fabric
*heat n bond
*securing the edges by sewing optional

onsie into a dress

monogrammed onesie with ruffles


and no, I am not that creative... I search Etsy for ideas :)

being frugal vs. being a cheapskate

My brothers call me a cheapskate. I beg to differ. Just because I do not want to spend full price on something & hunt for coupons & bargains, does not make me a cheapskate. And just because I would rather try to sew & create instead of just buying it, does not make me cheap.

Definition of a cheapskate: n. Slang A stingy person; a miser.

Definition of frugal: adj. 1. Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources. 2. Costing little; inexpensive: a frugal lunch.

This blog will document my journey of frugal good intentions.