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Homeschool Freebie of the Day has a great line-up of holiday freebies this week.

Monday, November 16: The Christmas Cookie Plates Project (pdf ebook) – This excellent ebook by Sheri Graham contains complete instructions on how to make over 30 cookie plates PLUS recipes, shopping lists, planning forms, and more! The "Cookie Plates Project" begins right after Thanksgiving, so you will want to make sure to save it, then print it out so you are ready to start!

Tuesday, November 17: How to Avoid the "Embarrassed Parent" Syndrome this Holiday Season (mp3 audio) -In this concise audio seminar, Cindy Carrier shares some practical training strategies and tips that can help make your holiday season more peaceful as you deal with parties, over-indulgence, selfishness, and more. Great tips and training suggestions!

Wednesday, November 18: Joyful Momma’s Guide to Christmas Gingerbread & Other Holiday Treats (pdf ebook) -This little ebook is all about Gingerbread and other Christmas treats, including instructions and patterns for making a gingerbread house, some great recipes for Gingerbread, Venetians, Turkish Delight and some favorite hot beverages your family will enjoy around the holidays.

Thursday, November 19: Let’s Sing About Thanksgiving (mps audio & pdf lesson guide) -A vintage Thanksgiving-themed music lesson from back in the day when rural schools got their music lessons over the radio. Learn some simple songs about Thanksgiving, and hear a short story about the Pilgrims. PLUS: An extra classic Thanksgiving Audio program for your listening pleasure!

Friday, November 20: Making the Holidays Family Friendly (pdf ebook) -Penny Raine brings us this excellent guide to planning holiday times for your family so they are nurturing, memorable celebrations instead of unrealistic, high-stress occasions. Don’t miss this!

Blessings,

Denese

For even more free educational resources, please check my educational freebies tag archive and my Free Homeschooling Page.

Tags: cookies, Cooking, education freebies, free audio, free e-books, holidays, recipes

FaveCrafts has rolled out five new craft ebooks and for this week only, they’re free!

Ebooks include:

Low-Cost Kitchen Crafts eBook –39 low-cost crafts; redecorate your kitchen, make refrigerator magnets, a recipe box and more.

Quick and Thrifty Crochet eBook –25 quick and easy patterns including dishcloths, baby items and more “one-sitting” projects.

Quick and Easy Knitting Patterns eBook –24 projects to knit for you or a friend; afghans, bath mitts, items for children and babies.

Easy Lace Knitting Patterns eBook –12 elegant lace knitting patterns including tops, scarves, wraps and even a baby layette.

Quick and Easy Christmas Crafts eBook –25 quick projects for ornaments, decorating your home, greeting cards, children’s holiday crafts, gift ideas.

Don’t forget, they’re free for this week only.

Related posts:

Free Kids Crafts Ebook

Fourth Of July Freebies: Homeschooling/Educational, Recipes And Crafts

Frugal Crafting: Plastic Bag Crafts

Blessings,

Denese

Tags: crafts, crochet, free e-books, freebies, holidays, knitting

Are you the creative sort? Do you like to do papercrafts or rubber stamping?

Become a Stampin’ UP! Demonstrator, work your own flexible hours doing what you love and supplement your income at the same time!

Starting your own Stampin’ Up! business means free and discounted products, plus a little extra cash–and who couldn’t use that? Plus, from July 15 – August 31, you can become a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator for only $85 –1/2 price- and everyone signing up during this promotion will be entered in a drawing for a free  ” MY DIGITAL STUDIO”   Software package.

Now, this is not a get-rich-quick opportunity -you will have to work at it- and it does require an initial investment in supplies, but it can be some extra spending money each month!

Go check out my momma’s blog, Artistic Inkspirations, for details and if you have any questions, she’ll be happy to answer them for you.

More Stampin’ UP! specials for this month:

Free Buttons/Pirate Party Kit

Princess Purse

All specials are good through August 31st, 2009.

Blessings,

Denese

Tags: crafts, rubber-stamping, sales, Super Deals, work-at-home

Are you trying to cut back on your grocery bill? Do you want to save money on your family’s food, without sacrificing taste and quality?

Eating Better Than Beans and Cabbage, by Gail Kappenman, has some great menu ideas, tips and quick and easy recipes to help you cut back on your food budget -the author feeds 8 adults and 2 children for less than $700/month!

This is another free resource that was in last Friday’s Freebie Friday Newsletter, from The Old Schoolhouse Magazine.

Free for a limited time.

Be sure and stop by Gail’s blog and thank her for this wonderful money-saving resource.

You might also be interested in:

Free E-book: How To Cut Your Grocery Bill In Half

Free E-book: Menu Planning

Money Saving Tips Free E-books

Blessings,

Denese

Tags: free e-books, grocery-savings, meal planning, money saving tips

We got our cookies made for the bake sale tomorrow.

We made four batches of what Lacy calls Cow Patties (Chocolate No-Bake Cookies) –of course one of those batches is for us!

Here’s my recipe –adapted from my momma’s:

Cow Patties ( Chocolate No-Bake Cookies)

• 2 cups sugar
• 4 Tablespoons cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 stick butter, softened (real butter)
• 1/2 cup milk (whole milk)
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract (the real stuff)
• 1/2 cup peanut butter (JIF)
• 2 1/3 cups old-fashioned oats (you can use quick oats, but the texture comes out different)

Mix the sugar, cocoa and salt in a 2 quart saucepan. Stir in butter and milk. Bring to a rolling boil and  boil for 1 1/2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla and peanut butter till blended, stir in oats. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper, let cool to harden. Eat.

Yum!

Blessings,

Denese

Tags: chocolate, cookies, recipes

Thank You Sale From Penny Raine

Going on now through Friday, August 14th, for just $9.97, you can get a great collection of homeschooling and homemaking resources from Penny Raine and some of her friends.

From Penny:

“I got thinking about how much y’all have blessed me and I just really wanted to bless you back! So I got together with a few of my writer friends and we each put in something…a blessing basket of goodies.”

Penny’s Thank You Sale includes:

• An Applicious Day –illustrated children’s story
• 10 Ways to Squeeze a Chicken recipe ideas –1 page article
• 101 Ways to Save Money -study guide
• Faith Lessons From The Farm: Volume 1 The Garden and Orchard
• Teaching Language Arts the Easy, Natural Way -audio workshop with notes and slideshow
• Little Women Costumes By Amy Puetz -Patterns and Instructions for Making Cuffs, Collar, Belt, Pockets, and Cape
• The Book of Ruth Study guide
• ABC Coloring Book: Creation Science and Geology
• 37 eCookbook Package
• Home Management AND Home Ministry: Getting it all Done while Putting First Things First –audio message
• Incredible Lesson on Beans
• Marriage 911 –audio message

Don’t forget, sale ends Friday.

Blessings,

Denese

Tags: sales, Super Deals

Monday, August 10th: – The Perseid Meteor Shower links & pdf ebooks -One of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year occurs Tuesday and Wednesday of this week!

Tuesday, August 11th: Building Toy Boats (pdf ebook) -Classic guide to building and sailing your own miniature toy boats and other floating craft.

Wednesday, August 12th: Raggedy Andy Stories (pdf ebook) -The delightful sequel to "Raggedy Ann Stories" featured two weeks back, beautiful illustrations and wonderful stories of the Raggedys and their make believe friends.

Thursday, August 13th: Drawing For Beginners (pdf ebook) -A small boy was asked: "How do you draw?" He answered: "I think… and then I draw round my think." This excellent book by Dorothy Furniss is a great introduction to drawing and sketching from life and from your imagination, and the tools you draw with. Lots of great illustrations too.

Friday, August 14th: Songs from Calico Spanish (mp3 audio) -Are your children learning Spanish this year? A great way to teach them is through these "teaching songs" on the new Calico Spanish CD, "Mi Guitarri". Today’s freebie is three full spanish learning songs from this new collection, plus a PDF guide to Spanish teaching resources.

Don’t forget, each freebie will only be available on its specified day at Homeschool Freebie of the Day!

For more links and resources about the Perseid Meteor Shower:

Perseid Meteor Shower

Another classic ebook on beginning drawing:

What to draw and how to draw it –by  Edwin George Lutz

More Raggedy Ann and Andy freebies:

LibriVox recording of Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle

LibriVox recording of Raggedy Andy Stories by Johnny Gruelle

Raggedy Ann and Andy Themed Coloring Pages

Raggedy Ann and Andy posters to color –can use to make book binders

Free Printable Raggedy Ann and Andy Paper Dolls

Free Raggedy Ann Patterns

Fun Cake Design Ideas for a Raggedy Ann Cake

Ideas For A Raggedy Ann and Andy Party

Raggedy Ann and Andy Museum

Blessings,

Denese

Tags: art, astronomy, drawing, free audio, free e-books, free patterns, meteor-showers, paper-dolls, Raggedy-Ann

If you haven’t already, you can still get Penny Raine’s “Creatively Simple How to Make Homemade Laundry Soap" ebook for free until midnight tonight –just visit her bookstore and click on the freebie link at the top. 

You can also get the other 12 ebooks in the series at a special price of $15.95 in Penny’s Creatively Simple Super Sale package , which also expires at midnight tonight.

Blessings,

Denese

Tags: free e-books, Super Deals

Are you a crafter, rubber stamper or scrapbooker?

The Late Night Stampers’ Royal Blog Tour is still going on through tomorrow, July 28th.

Visit 79 “castles”, enter over 40 blog candy giveaways and look for clues to enter the big giveaway of a Big Shot Die Cut Machine!

Tags: crafts, giveaways, rubber-stamping

Free Sample Of Gain

Submit your name and address for a free sample of ‘Gain with Febreze Freshness’.

For US residents only.

Hair Care Sample

Get a free sample of  Oil Moisturizer and Reconstructing Deep Treatment Conditioner with organic shea butter and green tea, from Softsheen-Carson.

This offer requires phone number and email address. Available to US residents only, while supplies last.

Total Cereal Sample

Submit your name, address and birthday for a free sample of new Total Blueberry Pomegranate Cereal.

This offer is available to US residents only, while supplies last.

Nescafe Taster’s Choice Sample Pack

Enter your email and address for a free stick pack sample of Nescafe Taster’s Choice coffee.

Offer good for US residents only, while supplies last and limited to one per person/two per household.

Blessings,

Denese

Tags: free-samples