Arts Cow Information

If you read my blog frequently at all, you know I post alot of Arts Cow deals. I absolutely love this company! I have purchased several items from them and have never been let down. I know when I first found out about this company in 08, I was skeptical to say the least. I had not gotten into bargain shopping; therefore was not connected with all the wonderful forums of information that I am now. Then one day a few months ago I was on my much loved babycenter coupon board and someone posted about Arts Cow. I of course asked everyone their experiences and found out it is NOT to good to be true but to be careful how I order.

Now since starting my blog and posting so much about this company; I have decided to post a 'What to do, what not to do' when ordering from Arts Cow.

Do make an acct with Arts Cow and be sure to join their email list.
Don't order everything they give you for free

Do know the company is based in Hong Kong
Don't expect fast shipping. I usually recieve my items within one month


Do expect high quality.
Don't pay full price for anything. I usually get an email with an offer about every week. 90% of the time the cost of the item is well below list price WITH free shipping. DON'T pay shipping unless its something you can't live without. Shipping with Arts Cow is outrageous (since they are in Hong Kong)


I will stand behind my recommendation of Arts Cow until I have a reason not to. If you have had a bad experience please let me know in the comments. Again to me long shipping times with this company is expected.

 

Arts Cow Canvas (2) 8x10 7.99!

Dear Jessica,

After all the Christmas and New Year celebrations, most of us are now settled back into our routine work. So with the gloomy chilly weather reminding us of the long Winter months ahead, we thought we’ll brighten up everyone with an exceptional photo canvas deal that’s certain to get the pulses racing.

Essentially designed for turning photos into canvas art, you can now print two 8” x 10” canvases, shipping fee included, for a mere $7.99. Use the coupon code below and save over 85% on the website regular price.
Coupon :

Coupon code: B1F1CANVAS8X10
Expires on: 01/31/2010

Start making your masterpieces now.
http://www.artscow.com/photo-gifts/Canvas/Canvas-8-x-10-343

Wow hundreds of items on sale. Hurry and check it out things won't last long. Deep discounts on Christmas items. You can buy them now and save them for next year.

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Arts Cow Photo Cards 5.99 w/shipping

Dear Jessica, Ever dreamt of owning your kingdom? Unfortunately we’re not able to turn this into a reality yet, but we’ve come up with a close alternative in the form of personalized photo playing cards. You can now become your own kings and queens on a set of self-designed photo playing cards. Starting from just $5.99*/each with free shipping included, here’s a chance for all poker enthusiasts to infuse their fun and creative side onto their beloved deck. Coupon :   Coupon code: PLAYCARDS2010 Expires on: 01/31/2010 Personalized photo playing card - Never be the Joker of pack for sure. http://www.artscow.com/photo-gifts/playing-cards *$5.99 applies to single design playing cards only. Code can also be applied to 54 designs playing cards and multi-purpose cards for offer prices of $7.99 and $9.99 respectively.

Thrifty Thursday

OK a friend of mine on one of my bargain boards has a blog. She does Thrifty Thursdays as a theme and I have decided to join her and post some here. Sometimes it will be mine own tip and sometimes it will be a tip I find somewhere else. (Of course I will always give credit and a link) You can visit Melissa's Blog here. I promise you will be happy you did.

Okay now on to my post: Since this is something I think is so important, saving money for our kids.
Now I am not talking college money or anything; though it could be used for that. I am talking just money for life's throws. It could be for the graduation items they want, or their yearbooks, etc.
I am slowly trying to learn the Dave Ramsey's Financial Plan. (Ken and I are actually talking about taking this if we can.)  Anyways one of the things that caught my eye right on was that he suggests a child's allowance equal one dollar for every year of age.

I have two children; age 3 and 5 months. So every other Wednesday I take and transfer $6.00 (two weeks for 3 year old) and $2.00 (for 5mth old, we count it as one dollar) to my savings acct. Ken and I do not give this money to the kids. When the boys are 8 they will get the money every two weeks and have to put half in savings; but until then it all goes into savings.  We use just one savings acct for all of our savings. It has each of my kids, my savings (rebates, money from crafts, etc), and household savings. I will post my spreadsheet later this week that I use to keep track of everything.

This money can be used for anything you like for your children. But if you take it out and put it in savings right when you get paid then the temptation is gone to spend it on that latte, soda, burger, etc.

I am always looking to save/stretch my dollar. My goal is to be debt free within the next two years (except a mortgage).