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How to Make an Easy Heart Shaped Box for Valentine's - Printable

By MSTC on February 3, 2012 5:00 AM | 1 Comment | 0 TrackBacks

Heart shaped boxes are the symbol of Valentine's Day and I made a very easy printable design for you to make.

The 8 by 8 1/4 inch boxes are made from recycled cereal box cardboard, plain paper, white card stock and fabric.

I covered these ones with fabric but you can use scrap booking paper, wall paper, or just make them out of colored card stock.

Make one for every Valentine in your life and fill them up with sweet stuff!

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Are Your Socks Making You Poor?

By MSTC on February 1, 2012 5:00 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

How many pairs of socks do you own. No idea? Never thought about socks? Don't care? You do own socks don't you?

How many pairs of socks are there in your house hold. How many socks do you think your kids have. Must be about a million because there always seems to be some lying on the floor in the family room, right?

Socks are a prime example of something that is actually quite important in our lives but we tend to dismiss as trivial.

Try looking well dressed in a business suit with no socks on. Try skiing, skating or doing other sports with no socks on.

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Homemade Small Valentine's Day Cards - Free Printable

By MSTC on January 30, 2012 5:01 AM | 1 Comment | 0 TrackBacks

You don't have to spend a lot of money to get a lovely little enclosure card to add to a small gift.

These fanciful, rather Victorian looking, cards are simple to make using plain paper.

They look equally as sweet on top of a gift or tucked into a bouquet of flowers.

I used traditional Valentine's Day sentiments of "Be My Valentine", "Happy Valentine's Day" and "Enjoy".

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Vintage Valentine's Postcards - Free Printable

By MSTC on January 27, 2012 5:00 AM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

I am delighted to share with you four of my favorite Valentine cards that are from about 1910 to 1920.

The graphics are very sweet and can be used in all sorts of crafts or just as is.

As some of the post cards have a slight tint from aging if you want a clear white background then you will have to tweak them a bit with Photo Shop or Paint.net.

This one I am propping up on my vanity table beside a porcelain rose to enjoy over the Valentine season. (More Style Than Cash will not appear on your printable.)

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Vintage Movable Valentine Cards - Free Printable

By MSTC on January 25, 2012 5:00 AM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

I thought I would share with you more of my cards, this time from my Valentine's Collection.

These cute little cards are from the 1920 and each one of them has an element that you can move. These are in surprisingly good shape considering little fingers probably played with them a great deal.

The secret to their movement is that they are put together with very small split pins (also called round head fasteners).

I have been looking for this small size and haven't been able to find them yet but the larger size split pin doesn't take away from the charm when you reproduce them.

Print these out on card stock they are wonderful to give as Valentine Cards, to use as tags or use in your Valentine displays.

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Start Organizing Your Money - Budgets - Why Don't They Work?

By MSTC on January 23, 2012 5:00 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Every single personal money management system starts with the same advice, that you have to make a budget and stick to it.

It makes sense, but for a lot of people budgets are just paper exercises because they have absolutely no idea how much they need to spend on their lives.

To manage your money you have to know what money comes in and what money goes out but so many budgets get blown by the first little crisis.

The argument always is "I absolutely needed it so I had to buy it" and if that absolute need is a new clothes for a child that had an unexpected growth spurt or to pay a vet bill then yes, you do need to spend the money.

But what about if your best friend is getting married in the Bahamas and wants you to be her maid of honor or if your son has a chance to go on an amazing, but costly, school trip?

Once again you might look at what you thought was a great budget and realize that it doesn't work and just abandon it.

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50 Things Every Woman Should Own

By MSTC on January 20, 2012 5:00 AM | 8 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

The world of the 21st century is not a simple one. It makes no difference if you live on a sprawling farm or in a shoe box of a apartment, you need stuff to get you by.

There are essential things that will make your life easier, pleasanter and more luxurious and they don't necessarily have to cost big bucks.

This list was written for a broad range of women so it doesn't matter if you are 18 and ready to set off on your own or a more mature woman who has a husband and family.

Here is my list of 50 Things Every Woman Should Own.

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