Savings for free Disney stuff

OMG!! OMG!!!  Thank you so much for telling me about this, Kristin from over at Couponing to Disney.  Look at the free Disney stuff I ended up getting with the discount after buying the towels you mentioned.  I also love their towels too, so I look at it as an added bonus!

Star Wars Yoda Christmas Ornament by Hallmark     Qty 1     $1.69
Star Wars Darth Vader Christmas Ornament by Hallmark     Qty 1     $3.39
Disney's Frozen Anna Christmas Ornament by Hallmark     Qty 1     $3.39
Disney's Frozen Elsa Christmas Ornament by Hallmark     Qty 1     $1.69
Star Wars Yoda Plush Christmas Ornament by Hallmark     Qty 1     $3.99
The Big One® Solid Bath Towel     Qty 3   $14.97
The Big One® Solid Bath Towel     Qty 3     $14.97

Subtotal $44.09
0219SUPC30 -$11.73  ~all my discounts 30%
Kohl's Cash x1081 -$5.00
Shipping FREE   {code FREE4FEB}
Sales Tax $2.20
Total $29.56
Yes2You Rewards (potential points) 27
Your Savings $129.48

Thank you for saving me the trip to the store Kristin, because I was needing towels for our home any way.  And I know I would have bought way more things if I went to the store.

~Aloha, Makalani

Tv Tray Freebie

Happy Aloha Friday!

 

 

In honor of Aloha Friday I am doing an aloha inspired project.

 

I scored a tv tray off of CL for FREE!  Love when I can score great finds.

 

Well, it's just your basic light color wood foldable TV tray, usually in a set of 4.  I didn't get before pics, sorry.  But it hasn't changed much.  I got it for the Mr so he can watch tv with his snack and drink near by. 

 

I took some painters tape and free handed a zig zag pattern that I cut with an exacto.  Adhered it where I wanted it, added some stripes with the tape.

 

 

I then painted black inside the taped area and....wallllah!

 

Don't you just love it?

 

 

Partying on.......



Heart Felt Trees

Hi!

If you follow Maka'z Home on Facebook then you have seen these cute trees that I duplicated from those crafty girls over at Lollyjane.  See their trees that I duplicated here.

I had a few scrap pieces left over from this valentine project idea I got from those creative ladies over at lollyjane.  Something my daughter and I got to work on together.

   See the shiny hearts I used to top the tree, those were thanks to +Lolly Jane . Thanks chika!

So took the leftover scraps and cut hearts out of red felt and pink felt.  I made the hearts all different sizes.  Looking back now, probably look a little better more uniformed.  Ups to you.  Had 2 styrofoam cones from the dollar store as well as the candle stick bases from the dollar store.  Used sewing needles to poke the upsode down hearts into the styrofoam.  It helps to leave the packaging on the cone incase you need to hot glue some hearts into place.

Taa daaaahhh!  Took less than an hour to put together once the hearts where all cut out.  Less than $3 dollars to make each tree.  S C O R E !!

More Burlap Madness

Do you remember the other day I posted a plain and simple burlap banner that took less than 20 minutes to put together from start to finish?  You can check it out here.

I decided to make another one with a different twist.

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Safeway Scores

Who would have thought that you could get these deals at a grocery store?  I have from past experience.  I always make it a routine to go through the florist department at my neighborhood Safeway store.  I have found a few great deals over the years here.

Their florist department not only has flowers, but carry seasonal decoration, decorative vases and jars, assorted gift baskets, yard statues and misc items as well as a small variety of candles.  Cruise through yours and check out what kinds of deals you can score.

Check out the finds!  2 gift baskets, 3 Starbucks cup sleeves, and 2 shelf things {crates}.

Yup, that is right, it was originally $24.99 and it was on sale for only $4.99.  It has soaps, lotion, bubble bath, soap bar, body butter, and loofah.

This spa basket was only $2.99 and the original price was $19.99.

This crate stands around 2 feet tall and check out the price tag and what I actually paid on this baby.  It is made for out doors, but I have not decided what to do with it yet.

Not sure if you can see those rods through the wood slats, but the top of these crates lift off and you can remove the rods to open one side or take it apart.  Cool huh?

And here is his big brother.  Yikes, $69.99!  No way.  I only paid $6.99.  That's more like it.

These were not in the florist department, this Safeway has a Starbucks located inside and they had these cup sleeves on clearance for $1 each.  Great stocking stuffer.

Have you scored any great deals today?

Let's party here!


Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Slight Ebay Mistake

Ok, so last week I went to Goodwill on Dollar Thursday to find some deals that I could put on craigslist to sell and make some extra cash.  I was inspired to begin this adventure from My Dear Trash's blog.  She does pretty well for herself.  I am very impressed.  So after reading  her pointers and her experience I went to it.
I was at Goodwill for about 3 hours and got about 22 items.  All for $1 each.  Including this redo.

Well so off the bat, my first item that sells I know I could have gotten much more for, but I didn't change the price from the last item I had entered on ebay. I still made money on it, about $6. Not bad. I'm happy.

Nice Jacket, huh?  The lucky buyer scooped it up for just $7.99 plus $6.95 shipping.  Can't wait to see what the other stuff sell for.

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Smokin deals!

We had a local consignment company close their doors in Aug and I was able to score a few candlesticks.  I have been looking for candlesticks for a while but didn't want to pay more than a few bucks for them.

I took a few candles sticks that I had and primed and painted them to the Pebble color from Krylon Rustoleum.  This stuff is great!  Easy all over coverage, dries evenly.  I get them from Walmart.  That seems to be the cheapest I have found.

These are the candlesticks I scored and paid 75% off the tags you see.

Got this one for less than $2 bucks.

This one for $2.50.

This pair for $2.50.

And this beauty for just $1.25.  This was my favorite.  And this is how they turned out. 

I also ended up taking the spray can to a few pumpkins too!  Krylon Rustoleum in Pebble, Heirloom White, and good ol' flat black.

Partying with these great parties here.



Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Curb Alert Finds

Have you heard of a CURB ALERT before?  Well, if you frequent craigslist like I do in the free section, you might see it.  It is when people put things they want to get rid of out on the curb and post it to craigslist. 
If you are lucky the poster will delete the ad once the items have been removed so you don't make a wasted trip.  Anyway, this particular time the curb alert was around the corner from me.  There was this bench swing, the bird house, a frame of a swing, and a old BBQ grill. 

I have always wanted a porch swing.  But as you can see, it kinda takes up the whole front porch.  So, it might turn out to be a bench for the backyard.  We'll have to see what happens to it.  (Please excuse the leaves everywhere, we are in monsoon season and these leaves just keep coming back.)

I had a client that was moving and leaving these chairs behind so I asked if he minded if I took them to redo.  Funny story :)~  I had regular dinning chairs that I hated, they where the ever popular farmhouse chairs that break very easily, know the ones?  Well, when we moved into our home almost 4 years ago, I decided to finally get rid of them and that would force me to get new dinning table chairs, right?  NOT!  I have been using resin lawn furniture chairs ever since.  Urgh!  So, once I get to it, I am changing out the seats of the chairs and then probably painting the chairs black with some distress sanding involved.

Another agent in my office knows I craft and gave me these.  She said, "I know you can do something with these."  So true.  Love when other people help me with my obsessions.

Linking to these fabulous Parties here.

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Goodwill Finds All under $8

Last days to enter our Halloween Inspiration linky party going on over here.  All entries will be featured throughout September.


On Sat., July 24 my neighborhood was honored with a bigger and better Goodwill store.  I had some things to drop off and donate and while I was there I thought I would check things out.  When I dropped off my donations, I was handed a $5 coupon to take off of my total within the next couple of days.  If I didn't use it right away, it would have burned a whole in my pocket.  :)  So, I guess this might be an all the time thing. 

Anyway, I eyed this birdcage for $1.99 and just had to have it to add to my slowly growing bird home collection.  I am going to spray it black or antique white.  I post once I get it done.

I also found this globe for $7.99, but with the $5 coupon I scored for the donation, I thought I would splurge.  Now, $7.99 might be a good price for this globe, I am not sure, I just was not feeling that price and would probably not have bought it without the coupon.  I know I have seen a new one in Target for $14.99.  I have seen these globes covered in chalkboard paint throughout blog land and am planning to do just that with this globe.  But for now Miss K is enjoying seeing where we live in AZ and the distance to where her grammie lives in HI.

I also got these 3 different glass jars, all for $.99 each and have added them to my jar collection.

I am looking forward to this Goodwill's 1st 50% off sale tommorrow, July 31st.  I know I will find some great treasure and will be sure to share with all of you.

I'll be linking to some of these awesome parties here.

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Silver Bowl Makeover

Don't forget the Spooktacular Link party going on here now until the end of the month  All entries will be featured throughout the month of September.  Just a few more days left.  Check it out here.

Remember this silver dish I scored at Goodwill a few months ago.  Well he has been finally put in his place.  He become home to these beauties.

But I was not digging the silver.  So with some help from my friend Rustoleum Flat Black spray paint, he has found his place in our home.

Best to paint upside down as well as right side up to get an all over coverage of spray.

He looks fabulous and so do the treasures he homes.

Linking up to these wonderful parties.

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Decorative Balls

Don't forget the Spooktacular Link party going on here until the end of this month.  Check it out here.

Remember these deco balls we made earlier, well I need more, but different ones.

Well they got lonely and I got creative. 

The moss ones were fun to make, but a bit messy.  These black ones were originally tan and I just spray painted them black.

These are the things I started with.  I got the wiffle balls, moss roll, and moss sheet from dollar tree and the jute I got from Hobby Lobby with my 40% off coupon, it was originally $2.99.  One of these jute rolls could probably make at least 16 of these deco balls if not more.  So for less than $4 you could make 4 of the moss deco balls and for less than $4 you could make about 16 or more jute covered deco balls.  Now I have seen these puppies go for well more than that amount just for 1.

You'll want to cut the sheet into squares, I got about 12 squares roughly around the same size from the sheet.  You then want to cup it into your hand so that it forms a curve that would fit against the ball.  Then hot glue it like crazy and press it against the ball.  You will use the moss roll to fill in all the spaces.  I used 3 squares on each ball, but you get the idea and can adapt to whatever you feel.

To make the jute deco balls I started with a big dot of glue and just coiled the jute around and around and around and yet around again until you get to the opposite end of the ball.

I originally saw this idea from House of Hepworths.  She has tons, I mean tons of cute decor stuff to check out.

And here they all are, one big happy family.

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~