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Online coupon sites are becoming increasingly popular with shoppers as they try to cope with rising costs, especially on food and other staples. Read the full story and check here for coupons available in Long Island.
What are your favorite online coupon Web sites? Leave a comment below.
This summer's Major League Baseball's All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium is going to be a hot ticket. Not much of a baseball fan? No problem! Go for the free Bon Jovi concert in Central Park on July 12th. The complimentary concert is part of the festivities associated with the All-Star baseball game on July 15th. Bon Jovi currently has the #1 concert, according to Pollstar.
For tickets, stay tuned to their fan site: www.bonjovi.com/bonjovi or vist the MLB site for the concert: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2008/concert.jsp
I don't know about you, but flip flops are a summer wardrobe staple in my book.
My fave retail store to score bargains on the cheap is Old Navy and they're selling $1 flip flops this Saturday. Pick up a pair for the beach, trips to the nail salon, or for that upcoming destination wedding.
Don't forget! On June 28th, Old Navy Flip Flops for adults and kids will be just $1!! Limit 5 pairs per customer. Solid flip flops only, excluding printed and metallic styles. One day only.
Thanks to the folks over at Urbanite for the tip!
Combine last month's magazines with some old magnets and you'll have a fun new word play game that you made yourself. This simple project is sure to make headlines. Tutorial by Tiffany Threadgould at RePlayGround!
Ingredients:
Magazines
Mint tin
Flexible magnet (like the kind you get advertising the local pizza shop) or get the adhesive kind from a craft supply store
Tools:
Glue stick (if using a non-adhesive magnet) scissors
Instructions:
1.Lay your magnetic piece on a flat surface. Cut words from magazine pages. Make sure you have enough to cover the whole surface of the magnet.
2. If you're using a non-adhesive magnet, lay your words upside-down on a piece of scrap paper and use your glue stick to make it sticky. Stick onto the magnet. Repeat until your whole magnet is covered. If you're using an adhesive magnet, peal off the waxy layer and stick the words to the magnet.
3. Use your scissors to carefully cut apart the pieces. Then stick the pieces to your mint tin or refrigerator and rearrange the words creating sentences and fun phrases.
For more funky recycled and repurposed goods, check out RePlayGround! in Brooklyn, NY.
Eileen Bellomo, an artist from NYC, wrote in to the Cheap Thrills blog to share one of her favorite Web sites:
"I just found a truly great site for crafters in general, but scrappers in particular. If that's not you, maybe some of your friends are. Aside from the usual message boards, forums, etc., this is an on-demand Webtv site. There are tons of videos to choose from. Some are demos, some are interviews with creative folks and there's also a boutique, which on first glance seems to be selling some stuff at very good prices. And there's a separate digital scrapbooking section that I think you'll find interesting."
Check it out when you get a chance: www.scrapinstyletv.com
Thanks Eileen for the tip!
Here's a great little recipe I found online for peach tea soap. It's a great summertime treat and another way to make soap at home.
Peach Tea Soap
You will need:
½ lb. melt and pour soap base
1 peach tea bag (take 1 tsp. of tea from this)
1 TB. Coconut oil
Peach fragrance Oil
Peach colored dye (make sure it's skin-safe dye)
Peach-shaped molds
Melt the soap base and coconut oil, stirring well. Remove from heat and add 1 teaspoon of the peach tea, peach fragrance oil and peach dye (a tad of orange works fine). Pour into peach-shaped soap molds.
Enjoy!
Note: You can purchase supplies online from a soapmaking supplier: www.brambleberry.com
Linda's Gifts 2 Go in Port Washington is having a blow-out summer sale with shockingly low prices on some high fashion brands. Overflowing bins of cool clothes for ladies, teens, girls and boys are -- get this -- $1, $3 and $5, while other expensive denim brands such as True Religion, Antik Denim and 7 For All Mankind that ran up to $175 will be selling for $40. Also included in the mix: Le Tigre, Sister Sam, Splendid, Ella Moss, Juicy Couture and Bailey 44. The store is located at 1 Soundview Dr., and the sale runs from June 18 to June 21, but the deals are such steals that we recommend getting there early. For more information call: 516-767-0071. – Anne Bratskeir
Coldplay is playing a free concert at Madison Square Garden on Monday, with tickets handed out through their Web site, coldplay.com. They return for a show at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J., Oct. 26, but ticket info is not yet available.
Check out Newsday's review of Coldplay's latest release 'Viva La Vida.'
Dads get a free small cup or cone of frozen yogurt all day Sunday, June 15 at TCBY locations.
Click here to find one near you.
A few weeks ago I discovered the lovely handmade soaps of Debbie Chialtas, owner of SoapyLove. Her soaps are made in the shape of ice pops and they're wonderfully fragrant, too.
So, being a soap enthusiast, I decided to embark on the adventure of making my very own ice-pop soap all tricked out in a variety of colors and show my crafty friends. Here's a few photos from that day... What do you think of our soapsicles? Pretty neat, eh?
A regular ice-pop mold was turned into a soapsicle mold to make these fun ice pop-shaped soaps. We added a variety of colors, glitter and fragrances, such as lime, rapsberry and peach.
My pals Eileen (left) and Heidi (right) show off their soapsicle creations. Excellent job ladies!
Voila! The finished soap product is now ready for the bath tub or for gift-giving.
Do you gather to craft with friends? E-mail me photos of you and your friends making cool stuff and I'll post 'em here on the blog. Please be sure to include name, city and information on what you've made.
This Saturday, I'm going to one of the biggest craft fairs in the New York area -- The Renegade Craft Fair. Yay! I'm very excited about this event!
This craftapalooza runs from June 14-15 at McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn and boasts more than 200 vendors and makers of all things crafty and cool. The Renegade Craft Fair is the brainchild of Sue Blatt and Kathleen Habbley. The duo first took up crafts as a hobby and soon discovered there were no events specifically for the DIY craft community. Hence, the RCF was born!
DIYers and craft fans of all stripes swarm this annual craft fair to see what's new, support indie designers, and get inspired. I'll be there on June 14th, so kindly say "hello" if you're there too.
Don't miss this event!
For more details, visit: www.renegadecraft.com
June 2-7
MAXX NEW YORK HANDBAGS: Designer handbags (fabric and Italian leather) at 40-60 percent off retail. Take an additional 10% off cash purchases over $100. Clutches, satchels and hobos are going for $25-$100. Faux crocodile items start at $70. PVC patent leather items start at $45. New stock daily at Maxx
June 4-5
THEORY: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. today; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. tomorrow, SSS Sample Sale, 261 W. 36th St., (between 7th and 8th avenues),
June 4-6
AUTUMN CASHMERE: Men's and women's overstock and one-of-a-kind samples up to 75 percent off and lightweight cashmere wraps, $88, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., 231 W. 39th St., (near Seventh Avenue) Manhattan, 212-398-2244.
June 11-14
Sample sale of Tory Burch and IISLI merchandise, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday/Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at SSS Sample Sale, 261 West 36th St., (between 7th and 8th avenues), 2nd floor, 212-947-8748. Dressing rooms close 45 minutes prior to closing; entrance may close 15 minutes prior to closing. clothingline.com
June 12
Meet designer Carolyn Gang at the one day only sample sale of SeidenGang Designs featuring 18 kt yellow gold pendant necklaces, bracelets, rings, and limited edtion brooches. The jewelry is handmade with precious and semi-precious stones and priced 40% below retail with all sales final. The sale runs from noon-8 p.m. at The Yellow Door, Ltd., 1308 Avenue M (between East 13th and East 14th sts.), Brooklyn; 718-998-7382. theyellowdoor.com
June 17-19
Sample sale for women featuring AKA, Tocca, Lewis Cho and Fresh Ink and Lorelei handbags and clutches, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday/Thursday at SSS Sample Sale, 261 West 36th St., (between 7th and 8th avenues), 2nd floor; 212-947-8748. clothingline.com. Dressing rooms close 45 minutes prior to closing; entrance may close 15 minutes prior to closing.
June 18
DIVAS Shop for Opera, a fundraising event for the New York City Opera, offers vintage fashions as well as 50-75% discounts on desinger clothing, accessories and jewelry donated by
