Be Mom of the Year:

Don’t toss out your kid’s old socks. I wouldn’t dare suggest making a sock puppet out of them, but visit Parent Hack’s website for another great use for these.

Want to keep track of your child when you are on a trip? Have you ever thought about putting a USB drive around your kid’s neck? This idea is pretty darn amazing, I must say!

Did you know that you can get your infant a free eye exam? Read the Baby Cheapskate post on this wonderful freebie.

Make a birthday cake for your son or daughter for only $2. Moms the Word shares some tips for having a beautiful party cake without spending twenty bucks!

Meredith shows what your kids can accomplish using something someone threw away. Her son seems to have her painting skills. Visit Like Merchant Ships for a cute art project idea.

Be Cheap:

Zen Habits offers great ideas for cheap date nights. Be sure to read this list as there are tons of great ideas on it!

Thrifty Mommy shares four thrifty stain removers. We love thrifty. And we have stains. Thanks, Thrifty Mommy!

Have a Donna Reed Moment:

Scribbit shares some great tips for tulips and a whole heck of a lot of tulip links. Find everything you would ever want to know about this little flower!

Chow offers instructions on how to make your own Peeps. Yum! Who can resist those little guys?

Crafty Daisies shows how to make perfectly hollow eggs to decorate.

Another gardening tip and this one is courtesy of Frugal Upstate. She includes a fabulous tip for making plant markers for only pennies.

Get Inspired:

Amelia, from Sweet Feet Boutique, shares pictures from her new craft space. The colors are wonderful and I love to get inspiration to create my own room to craft in.

News You Need to Know:

Apartment Therapy gives you the scoop on a recent recall on the Infantino Sling sold at Target, Wal-Mart, & Babies R Us. Very scary recall- PLEASE READ!

Thrifty Mommy shares a fabulous free way that you can give to women’s shelters. With just a couple of clicks, you can donate to a shelter without even leaving your desk!

Frugal For Life points out a fun read that I literally devoured. I got a pen and paper and wrote stuff down. It is that good. The article shares how to look oh-so-chic by just shopping at thrift stores. I attempt this , but the brand names were ones I never heard of. When it first came through my feed, I actually thought Dawn had wrote it. I thought to myself, “Who knew Dawn was such a fashionista?” Then I figured out she was just sharing the article. I am sure Dawn is still highly fashionable though. No doubt!

Punny Money asks the question, just how much can you afford when it comes to gigantic televisions? I loved his formula and the picture tutorial at the bottom. Great to read before making your next television purchase. According to his calculations, we can afford a five dollar television. I wonder how big that will be.

The Simple Dollar shares tips for shopping at your local farmer’s market. This is definitely something I would like to do more of this summer!

Skip to My Lou has a great activity for Easter. How about making Easter Egg Sidewalk Chalk? Check this blog for the instructions!

Parent Hacks has a great tip for baby-proofing your hotel rooms when you are on vacation.

Crafty Daisies have quick and beautiful candle holders made from platters and bowls. These are super cute and easy to make!

Anyone else following Top Design on television? DIY Maven suggests taking on the Top Design challenge and painting a plate.

It’s Just Money had a lovely dinner at McCormick Schmick with a great promotion they are running to get people to utilize their online reservation system.

I thought I would share a few of my favorite posts for this week…

Get Rich Slowly has a great article called, “An Introduction to Making Money Selling Digital Photography” authored by one of their readers, Mike Panic. There are a lot of really excellent tips in this post on how to decide whether or not this could be a good business for you to try.

Instructables has a neat post on how to make homemade laundry detergent. One thing that I truly love about this site is the photo tutorials, as this can be particularly helpful to those of us who are visual learners. I love the pink soap that was chosen, however any Ivory soap will do.
This is one of my projects on my to-do list.

One Money Dummy Getting Smarter has a great post on what her goals for life really are and how others achievements make her feel because her goals are so different. It is beautiful and heartfelt- I adore this post!

Home Ec 101 has some great tips for getting the bottoms of your pots looking shiny & new again.

One Hour Craft shares a new tutorial on how to make a super cute hand puppet with the kids. These are really cute, and according to One Hour Craft, highly addictive!

Paper Palate shares a review of Ina Garten’s Double Chocolate Layer Cake and how to decide whether or not to make a boxed cake mix or the real deal.

Scribbit shares a how-to for making Sugar Easter Eggs. These are absolutely beautiful!

The Frugal Duchess shares some ways to see those Broadway shows for absolutely nothing.

Frugal for Life shares 30+ ways to save a dollar a day. There are loads of great tips in this post!

The Simple Dollar shares some spring cleaning tips and ways you can clean your house with cheap homemade cleaners. Lots of great recipes and ideas are in this post!