Eleanor Rose

I have a sweet friend who was a blessing to Matt and I during our first days at our church.  She welcomed us in with open arms and supported us from the start.  She brought a yummy meal to our home after the birth of our first child.  She called me every week for a month after my delivery to make sure that I was doing okay "emotionally" as a new mommy.

Laura made Amelia's 1st year birthday/Easter dress and her 2nd year Easter dress.  She has a gift for selecting fabrics that look beautiful together.  Such a sweet vintage/modern flare.  I love her work and the quality of her clothing has always been impeccable.

This last year Laura joined the Kelly's Kids team to develop Eleanor Rose.  Eleanor Rose is a vintage line of girls clothing at affordable prices and Laura is their designer.  It is a dream come true for her.  They launched their first collection "Ladylike" on April 2nd and are set to launch their second collection "Orange Crush" on April 9th.

Please check out their website.  Join their mailing list for announcements.  Like their Facebook Page.  And follow them on Instagram.  If you have a little girl that loves to twirl you are not going to want to miss this line of clothing.  My most favorite things about Eleanor Rose.....Laura's creativity, affordability, and durability!

Can't wait to see this business EXPLODE!!!!

Be on the look out for the "Orange Crush"Collection out tomorrow. 

Deals and Steals: Michele Zakeri Photography

My friend Michele has a great eye for a lot of things. 

She is a jack of all trades.

She has finally started a photography business.......

Michele Zakeri Photography

And she has a GiveAway!!!!

Which is my last Deal and Steal for this week.

All you have to do is 

1.  Visit her FB page (Click on this link)

2.  Share the 1 hour session give away on your page

3. Leave a comment that says "shared"

And you will be entered to WIN!

Hurry because she will draw a WINNER 

Friday, May 17th @ noon.

Here are a few of my favorite pics she recently took of our family.

Deals and Steals: Shoe Organizer

In our old closet we had a nice built in's for our shoes.  

Not so much now.  

After 2 weeks of boxes in our closet 

and me being unable to navigate around them, 

I set out to find something to store our shoes on/in.  

And of course, I was not willing to drop a load on shoe storage.  

I ended up with these hanging shoe holders.  

I purchased them at Wal-Mart for $5.00 each.  

I used to have one hanging in our hall closet at our old house,

 so I new they were durable.

They are made by HomeStays and are found near hangers and closet organizing stuff.  

I look at it this way....if one breaks I can always replace it for $5.00!  

And that to me sounds like a great Deal and Steal!

Deals and Steals: Sibling Shirts

I have been eyeing a few Etsy sites for "sibling" shirts for when #3 makes his debut.  

I have even considered having some shirts monogrammed.  

But, in all honesty the price makes me think twice.  

I could use that $60 plus dollars for diapers!

When I was in Hobby Lobby last week, I happened upon these "iron-on"

 BIG SISTER, BIG BROTHER, and LITTLE BROTHER packages.  

For $1.99 each, I could not pass them up.

Made by SEI Crafts out of Utah

Here is the package just in case you want/need 

to find them somewhere else than Hobby Lobby.

I picked up a white t-shirt for my daughter.  

I had a hard time finding a white t-shirt for my son, but ended up with one with a pocket. 

 I simply removed the pocket with a seam ripper.  

And baby boy has tons of solid white onesies.

I followed the directions on the package and VIOLA!  

Sibling shirts for $14.00!  

Which leaves me $46.00 left over for diapers. 

Pretty good deal if you ask me.

 For #3

For #1

For #2

I am really SOOOOO Excited to see them in these!

Deals and Steals: ALDI

My most FAVORITE recent find is ALDI.  I can not take ANY credit for this.....I owe it all to my friend Michele.  She has been shopping at ALDI for a while and they built one closer to our house several months ago....so I decided to see what all the fuss was about.

WOW!  All I can say is WOW!  I am a Publix lover but I HATE their produce prices.  And since I usually make MULTIPLE trips a week for produce I needed to try and cut produce costs.  ALDI is the place where I can do just that.

It is amazing how much lower their produce prices are.  And much to my surprise many of their produce is the SAME produce brands I buy at Publix.  You do have to bag your own groceries and put your own cart back up but man I can do that!

This was one of my first purchases.

Peanut Butter

Grape JElly

Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

Peppers

Lemons

Limes

Tomatoes

Cuties

Bananas

Salad

Cucumbers

Strawberries

Mushroom

Carrots

Grapes

Pinapple

Garlic Powder

Onion Powder

Bread

Gold Fish Crackers

Sweet Potato Chips

All for ~ $40/45!!!!!!!

That left me with a TON in my budget for milk, eggs, meat, and cheese.

I was truly AMAZED!  I am now HOOKED on ALDI.

And I am proud that I can feed my family FRESH PRODUCE for a lot less.

ALDI also has seasonal sections.

Last week I found these items in the seasonal section 

and I could not be more pleased.

Patio Table Umbrella (cranks and tilts) $29.99

Patio Table Umbrella Stand (30lbs) ($16.99)

Patio Umbrella LED lights ($8.99)

I have been eyeing these 3 items on Amazon for the last year!

NO JOKE.

Umbrella Stand $30.00-$50.00

Umbrella (crank, tilt and LED lights) $150.00

Amazon's Price &150.00

ALDI's price $55.97

I have never had to return anything but I do hear that they have an EXCELLENT return policy!

Deals and Steals: New Front Porch Furniture

I promised to write this week about a few steals and deals I have encountered lately.

First up:

Front Porch Furniture

We have never had a front porch and we now do.

I love the idea of sitting on the front porch but I hated the prices of front porch furniture.

I could not find anything in my budget at Home Depot, Amazon, Lowes or Target.

One day I happened on these steals at World Market.

This bench and chair are actually dining furniture but are the perfect height for our front porch.

They are being discontinued so you know I got a great deal

Bench $104.00

Chair $56.00

And the sales lady gave me a coupon for an extra 10% off.

They are the perfect addition to our front porch.

I dropped by Costco and picked up a 2 pillow pack for $25.00

You can't really beat that either when most places want $25.00 for ONE outdoor pillow.

I got this cute metal drum table as well. 

 It was not that much of a steal

but I loved it and decided to get it!

So all in all WORLD MARKET

&

COSTCO

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