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Free Amazon Baby Item

I just redeemed a coupon for $10 off my purchase from the Amazon.com baby department. The great thing is, I purchased an item that was $10 and using my coupon and my Amazon Mom Prime membership, I got my item for absolutely free!

You can only redeem this code once. It expires 3/31/2011. 5JKP-JSUAGW-LXKYGW

If you’re a mom with young children and you haven’t signed up for an Amazon Mom membership, you need to do this before placing your order. With an Amazon Mom membership you get free Prime benefits for 3 months and you can add up to a year of benefits when you purchase items from the Amazon baby department.

I love my membership! Free 2 day shipping is terrific, plus, as a Mom member you sometimes get extra discounts on baby stuff.

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Stuffed Pretzels

I tried out a new pretzel recipe yesterday. I’d never thought of stuffing the pretzels with stuff. You roll out the dough, put the stuffings on it, fold the dough over on top of itself and roll it out again before cutting and forming your pretzels.

It works out really well. The stuffings get mixed into the dough, and the pretzels are delicious!

I did pesto and cream cheese:

White chocolate mint:

And, chocolate coconut:

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Quilts

The other day my grandmother gave me a gift for my new baby. A baby quilt. The exciting thing is, this is just like the quilts she made for me and my sister when we were born.

I practically wore mine out, but I still have it! She hand quilts and I’m always amazed by her attention to detail and her patience with all that hand sewing!

New Quilt
Old Quilt
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Bags

I’ve always wanted to crochet a bag out of plastic grocery bags.

A few weeks ago there was this post going around on Facebook where you make something for the first five people to post. Two of those people I’ve promised bags to. So, now I have a great excuse to try out this project.

I’m still in the process of collecting bags. It’s supposed to take about 60 bags to make a tote. I have about 10 so far. So as soon as I have 50 more bags and a giant crochet hook I’ll get started.

You start by cutting the bags in strips and tying them together. This is a pile of 8 bags I was working on.

It’s a LOT of plastic bags! I’m rolling mine into balls and separating them by bag color. All white bags in one strip and all brown in another.

I can’t wait to start crocheting!

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Gloves

Just back from the mall today and Claire’s has a great sale on winter hats, gloves, and scarves. I just got a lined pair of mittens for $2 and a matching hat for $4.

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Dancing Bear

My toddler was excited about wearing these pj pants when she found them in her drawer…  unfortunately, there was no matching shirt. Sooooo…major toddler meltdown. Refused to take the pants off, and refused to put a shirt on. I finally coaxed her into an old pink t-shirt and decided to hide the pants before the next evening.

 

With as much as she loved the pants and hated the t-shirt (because it didn’t have a dancing bear on it). I decided to fix the problem. Some fabric paint and scrap tulle and now, I have a dancing bear shirt to match the dancing bear pants! And…one very excited toddler!