Valentine’s Day Giveaway at Being Alison – Chocolate, Candy, Red Velvet Cake and more!

See what I mean? I can’t think of stuff that would be interesting for you to read so this blog is left unattended for a few days.

Lately though, I have been entering all sorts of blog giveaways to see if I could ever actually win anything! Plus Valentines Day is coming up and a lot of blogs are giving away Valentine related items. Below is just that type of example!

Come on? Look how cute these little guys are! Located at Swiss Colony if you would like to purchase but you could also go to Being Alison for a chance to win a Valentines product of your choice! She was also nice enough to choose us readers for a chance tow in! So head on over to Being Alison if you would like a chance for some yummy Valentines Day goodies!

DIY-Weddings

I can’t keep myself interested in writing. Or maybe it is more so that I am not interesting enough to write.  Either way, I’m here trying to keep you all entertained for a least a minute until you click the exit button.

Did you know the average cost for a wedding is between 15,000 and 25,000. And this is just the average! (without ring/honeymoon factored in) Many people do not realize that there are ways to save money. YES! Money saving tips!

For example, why not make some of the things yourself? I am in the process of designing wedding invitations, because I want to be able to make them for people not myself, and if you created your own invitations that could save you money right off the bat!

I went into Hallmark the other day for ideas and can you believe that their invitations are around $70 for only 25! So if you wanted to invite 100 people that would be $280 just for invitations! No thanks. I’ll make my own.

Here I will add a few websites that are amazing for finding ways to create things yourself for your dream wedding.

DIY Weddings has tutorials and templates you can use. The templates are easily printed out and can be redesigned to your liking if you know how to ; ) .

Style Me Pretty has tutorials that people have actually done and submitted. There are tutorials for wedding favors (another thing that can add up) decor, cakes, etc…

There are more but I will save them for later!

Also here are a few of the designs I have been working on (P.S we are NOT getting married…I just feel creepy using different names)

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Two sites and a picture

So I have concluded that since I will never have the chance to plan my own wedding I will help others out by writing things in this blog. DIY ideas that could lead to big money saving, personable ideas for fun, and unique ideas for those who dare!

I really enjoy the website Wedding Gawker. It is a sister site of my other favorite website Food Gawker. These two sites could be very handy in planning a wedding. Especially if you are handy in the kitchen or craft room!

Speaking of which....I did just get Photoshop and have been testing out Microsoft Publisher...Perhaps I could design your invitations for free? Well until I get popular then perhaps I'll charge a fee?

This has nothing to do with weddings but here is an example of what I did after years of not using Photoshop.

This is for a friend, Casey Hume. I am attempting to design a book cover and this is what I did so far though the end result will probably look nothing like this!

Here comes the Spring Semester....and its expenses...

Christmas and New Years passed by so quickly I almost missed it. Now into 2011 college students are lining up waiting for their semester to start. With each new semester there are new expenses. Besides tuition, college textbooks are needed for just about every class.

 

College textbooks are not an expense taken lightly. I, personally, search high and low for the cheapest prices. Unfortuantly this cannot always be done. Some professors require specific editions or other add ons (like infotrac). This requires a full purchase which can range from $10 to over $200 per textbook.

While searching the internet I found a link called Neebo which is doing an amazing thing! They are offering a certain number of free, yes FREE, textbooks to students. This deal only lasts until they are gone so I recommend going asap!

 

Now if only they had my books available...

 

Here comes Spring Semester

Christmas and New Years went by so quickly I almost missed it. As everyone knows, Spring semesters are either starting soon or have started. Each school semester's classes change which require another purchase on top of tuition. Books!

 

College textbooks are usually extremely expensive, require a specific edition or add on (like infotrac), and get you little money back in the end. Plus how many students actually use the book to the full extent? Not me.

While searching through livejournal I came across a link for free textbook rentals. Seems like a scam doesn't it? Who would ever offer free textbooks?

Well apparently Neebo is doing just that. Offering a certain ammount of free textbooks to students. It is a limited time offer so I would jump on it fast it I were you!

 

Now if only they had some of my books left...