Tiny Prints is having a Sitewide Sale going on now through Memorial Day. Tiny Prints is my all time favorite place to order  stationary, invitations or personalized gifts. I have always had great service, speedy delivery, and the quality is outstanding-no I am not getting paid to write that.

Tiny Prints Sitewide Sale: 20% off Any Order

Save 20% off all orders using the code MEM20SW at checkout. There is no minimum purchase required for this promotion.  Offer expires 5/28/13 at 11:59 pm (PT).

Three free stationery sample from Tiny Prints

Enjoy three (3) stationery samples absolutely free using the code 3FREESAMPLES at checkout. Offer is for a limited time only

Free Shipping With Tiny Prints Orders of $49+

Enjoy Free Standard Delivery with your order of $49 or more using the   code FS49 at checkout. Offer is valid for a limited time only.

Share your baby’s birth with your friends and family. You’ll be able to let everyone know your bundle of joy is here with these savings.

Enter to win the LYSOL Kid Who Touches Everything Contest: Submit a photo of YOUR child’s messiest moment for a chance to win a family vacation to Disney World and have your photo featured on Lysol.com.

Recently, I was sent a Lysol hands-free “no touch” anti-bacterial hand soap dispenser in Soothing Cucumber Splash.

I set it up in my downstairs bathroom and walked away.

My husband, a very handy guy says he couldn’t figure it out right away, thinking he needed to press down on the tab sticking out. I had no problem because I knew what to do. The only problem I had was when he didn’t tell me he was turning off the water to fix the hot water heater and I ended up with a handful of soap and no water to wash it off, or at least until I realized the teapot still had a bit of warm water in it. Fortunately, the water was back on soon enough.

Above and below you see pictures of the whole set and then the one all set up so pretty. I think it has been tremendous fun and significantly less messy than when we had  a bar of soap in there, which I gave up for soap dispensers awhile ago after realizing that I didn’t want to share germs with all of our guests using the soap bar.

The Lysol No-Touch system is relatively inexpensive with the main soap dispenser and first container of soap retailing for around $8 and the refills for around $3, depending on the vendor. Yes, it’s more expensive than a bar of soap but it has the added value of germ-free! Yay!

And, the cool cucumber smell is immensely soothing!

(Disclosure: I received the Lysol hand dispenser set free for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.)

SavingStar is hosting a sweepstakes to give away a $200 Sephora gift card! Simply login to the Rafflecopter widget at the bottom of this post to enter and vote for which SavingStar eCoupon is your favorite.

You can receive extra entries for following SavingStar on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, and for tweeting about the contest.

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If you haven’t joined SavingStar yet, what are you waiting for? SavingStar is a free service that links grocery deals to your grocery and drugstore loyalty cards. There’s nothing to clip or print.

Over 100 chains participate in SavingStar, making it easy to save! Go to SavingStar.com to join now.

Here are some of the deals on SavingStar right now:

Did you know Krispy Kreme has a fundraising program? I learned that this morning at a Blogger Brunch hosted by Krispy Kreme Philly at their new Havertown, Pennsylvania store. They service the Philadelphia area and surrounding states, so If you belong to an organization or group that is interested in fundraising with Krispy Kreme go to http://www.krispykremephilly.com/  for information.

I heard there was a huge line out the door at their grand opening. This morning I saw a steady stream of people coming into the store for coffee, tea, doughnuts, and bagels. Happy associates, Happy customers all day long.  And, they are planning on opening more locations in the area. Good news all around

connect with Krispy Kreme Philly:

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KrispyKremePhilly

twitter: http://www.twitter.com/KrispyKremePHL

instagram: http://www.instagram.com/KrispyKremePhilly

web site: http://www.krispykremephilly.com  check here for fundraising information

Following are online sales that might be of interest.  To see additional sales or further explore the linked sites, click on Home or the site logo in the upper right corner of the page.

Happy Shopping!

At Amazon. com:

Shop Amazon – Get Ready for Summer EventShop Amazon Memorial Day Event – Celebrate with Books, Music, Party Supplies
Shop Amazon Memorial Day Event – Celebrate with Books, Music, Party Supplies
Shop Amazon Outlet – Clearance, Markdowns and Overstock Deals

At 6PM. com:

Shop 6PM: Bold, Beautiful Bags & Accessories up to 70% off! (5/12-5/14)
Shop 6PM: Urban & Sophisticated Men’s Clothing up to 70% off! (5/12-5/14)
Shop 6PM: Oakley Sunglasses, Clothing & Accessories- Up to 50% off! (5/13-5/15)
Shop 6PM: Crocs – Up to 50% off! (5/13-5/15)
Shop 6PM: Women’s Top All-American Brands up to 65% off! (5/13-5/15)

At QVC. com:

Update Spring to Summer Wardrobe with Gorgeous Floral Fashion at QVC.com!
Special Offers, Easy Pay, and More on Outdoor Living at QVC!
Buy Now, Pay Later on Linen Clearance at QVC!

It’s a treat to take mom out for a meal on her special day, but before you head out to her favorite restaurant head on over to the said restaurant’s web site  for coupons, specials or sign up for their customer clubs. I have even done this in the car on the way to a restaurant. I signed up for their email club, and received a coupon sent to my email account and was able to show it to the server from my phone.

Places to find specials for Mother’s Day:

Hoss’s Family Steak and Sea restaurant will be handing mom’s a free carnation on May 12th, while supplies last.  The restaurant will open at 10 AM on Mother’s Day.

Pew Wei restaurant is offering a Free Pew Wei combo when you spend $30 or more on a gift card now until May 26, 2013.Bring your receipt back in on your next visit to redeem you free combo. see restaurant for full details.

Ruby Tuesday is offering a free $15 bonus coupon for every $50 gift card you order online only. You can also make reservations for Mother’s day and avoid having mom stand around waiting for a table because you know it will be a busy day for restaurants on Mother’s Day.

Cheesecake Factory is running a pin it to win a $100 gift card. visit thecheescakefactory.com for all the details.

Join Maggianos Eclub and get a $10 off coupon for your next visit. maggianos.com

California Pizza kitchen’s Pizza Dough Rewards gets you a free small plate when you register for their club,  go to cpk.com to sign up

Free printable for Mother’s Day from Sayplease.com. Print them out and have the kids color them for mom or grandmother. It’s a free card and free gift you can give.

Do you know of any other good deals for Mother’s Day? share them in a comment!

Updated: Giveaway closed, congratulations to Esther Irish , your comment was the random.org winner.

Thank you all for entering the giveaway.

Updated: congratulations to comment #9 you are the winner.

What changes have you made this month in celebration of Earth Day?

One way is to use less clean water and use an eco friendly product like Washdrops. One gallon of water, and one ounce of Washdrops is enough to wash your car, or patio table and chairs. You can wash swing sets, bicycles, boats, campers, and cars with Washdrops.

Have you read about car washing with Washdrops on a recent  post right here on DIY Frugal?

Washdrops complies with the US  Environment Protection Agency  (EPA) Clean Water Act, it is biodegradable, solvent-free, butyl  free,  phosphate free, and ammonia free. It’s completely non-hazardous – you can dump the  bucket down the street drain, your lawn, or water the flowers.

Wash your car, boat, camper, bicycle, wagon, swing set, anything outdoor with Washdrops for a shiny clean without any harsh chemicals. Want to know more? Take a hop on over to http://washdrops.com/.

Closed:Giveaway: For your chance to win a Washdrops prize pack valued at $40 that includes Washdrops and car cleaning supplies (collapsible bucket, sponges, microfiber cloths, etc), leave a comment on this post by Monday May 6, 2013 at 12 midnight EST. for your chance to win!

AND, Washdrops is also having their own Facebook contest going on now. You can enter on their Facebook page and learn more ways you can clean with this eco-friendly product!

Head over to my post on GenesisMoments.com to enter to win a $100 cash giveaway from the Amazing Avocado!

Recently I was invited to an exclusive blogger event with my dear friend and adventure buddy, Debbie, held at the fashionable Dwell Studio in Soho, NYC where we learned new ways to make our home office fresh and organized.

HP sponsored the event and Dwell Studio Founder, Christiane Lemieux, gave us great advice on color, texture and style.

Everyone brought in pictures of their home offices, some simply corners of a room where a person had set up a small office space. We printed our various work spaces on the hp wireless printer there.

My home office is in our 4th bedroom where I have my computer on a leftover white table desk from my husband’s past stint working from home. What a mess I have let it become now that I work outside the home, in need of serious help! It’s my dumping ground when cleaning the rest of the house.

On the back wall of my home office are desks belonging to my daughters that were originally used for homeschooling for half a year much earlier in time. The desks are covered in everything from reading books to old school work and memorabilia. They block easy access to window and I would love to replace them with a couch and nice drapes on the window. A fresh paint job and fabric to cover my large bulletin board would really brighten up the place and make it less purely functional.

As you can see above, we made our design boards with pictures of  ”before” and a sketch of “after” with samples of cloth and pictures of furniture also printed on the wireless printer. Some people copied new samples of fabric on the printer and Dwell Studios generously allowed us to cut samples from older swatches.

Love these pillows and color scheme. Very peaceful. I like the gray and tan. They inspired me with a starting point in the midst of a room of great ideas.

And, then there was this little baby the HP ENVY x2 Laptop pictured below, that I used at one point to look up design ideas and potential furniture samples. Love that little laptop. The top disconnects giving the device a light tablet feel. I might need one of those soon!

Here we are with all of our dream boards! What a great way to bring together all the elements of one’s design process.

{Above: Candace, Ghada, Suzanne, Christiane, Debbie, me, Kristin, Dagmar & Jennifer.}

And, of course, we loved walking through the very fashionable Soho afterward and sampling delicious rich hot chocolate at the chocolate store. What a fun day.

Here is Debbie’s new hp PhotoSmart 6520 set up in the office we share! I am still waiting for the right place to put mine – after I clean up and act on my new office redesign ideas!

{Disclosure: I received an hp PhotoSmart 6520 after the event for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.}

A sunny day is the perfect time to clean off all the Spring polin accumulating in every crack and crevice of one’s cars, especially when one has a black Suburban and a black pickup that show EVERYTHING like we do!

This last Saturday was an even MORE perfect day to pull out all the great car cleaning supplies sent to us recently from Washdrops. We received the Highland Washdrops Wash and Shine Solution – 32 oz. along with several handy car cleaning tools from Grip-It and PitBull.

The cool thing about Washdrops is that not only does it helps comply with the US  Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Water Act, but it is biodegradable, solvent-free, butyl free, phosphate free, and ammonia free. You can even dispose of Washdrops on a lawn or flowerbed. 

So basically, you can go green while getting rid of the green all over your car!

Washdrops were formulated to reduce water usage by creating a car cleaning solution that allows you to simply add one ounce per gallon of water.  Wash a section, dry it and you are done! No hose, no pre-rinse, no final rinse. Wow. That’s pretty amazing.

So, my favorite Handyguy had to run a side by side comparison. My husband and daughter worked together, washing and drying  his black pickup, section by section, before washing the Suburban the old-fashioned way.

I was shocked how fast the whole process went. I was like, “YOU ARE DONE ALREADY?!” and the truck looked great.

And, then, came the hose for the Suburban and my daughter carrying a huge bucket of super suds. Let’s put it this  way: she was definitely less dry afterward and it took three times as long, much more water and we STILL had streaks on the window.

My daughter’s first comment when we told her that her Saturday chore included washing the cars was, “Good, I’ll get a shower today” (Yikes!) and she did NOT get that with Washdrops but that’s not a bad thing.

FINAL CONCLUSION: Want a quick and easy clean with much less water, Washdrops does a great job!

{Disclosure: I received the Washdrops and car cleaning supplies for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.}