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Grocery Shopping Recap (Modoc Style)

Posted by Lindsay C on Oct 7, 2011 in Featured Articles, Food, Freebies, Likely Favorites, Sales, shopping | 0 comments

As yesterday’s post turned out to be a little longer than I thought, I wanted to make sure that my main points about shopping (and saving) at Holiday Market were understood.  The post about Rite Aid will be up soon, I promise! So here goes.

• To save money, you need to change the way you shop.  If you are only thinking of tonight’s dinner, or even the week’s dinners, you are throwing money away.  You need to shop based on what is on sale AND what you have a coupon for and STOCK UP! (But again, don’t clear the shelves…that’s not nice).  This will help you get in the mindset of planning a few months in advance, and always having what you need on hand for a few months is better than *just* the upcoming week, right?  Plus you are getting the absolute lowest price possible on those items.
• I’ve found this seems like a bigger cost up front, but imagine that next month you won’t have to run to the store for that item (i.e. spending NO money), because when there’s a blizzard outside you can go to your pantry and get your ingredients instead of braving the snow!  It will save you money in the long run.
• Of course there are things that you will NEED that aren’t on sale or you don’t have a coupon for, but just try to avoid it as much as possible.  With practice this won’t happen anymore.  And when it does happen, it will almost physically hurt you to spend your hard earned money on that product because of your new mindset, haha!
• Obviously fruits, veggies, milk, bread and other perishable items (that you probably won’t ever get a coupon for) will have to be shopped for regularly, but imagine going to the store ONLY for those items because you don’t NEED anything else? I’ve found I’m buying more milk at a time than usual because I know we can use 4 gallons before they expire (I have 2 fridges, by the way, and it helps – one for food we use regularly in the house, one for beverages, meat in the freezer and other spare stuff in the garage)…plus if that’s the only thing I have to go to the store for, so why not?  Prices on things like milk only seem to go up so buy it when you have the money and the space!
• Fruits and vegetables.  I only buy things that are discounted with a Rewards card, or unless they’re dirt cheap.  I like to buy apples for Glenn’s lunches and for Harper and I, but none were on sale this week so we had no apples.  It’s okay…we’ll live.
• Meat.  I save on meat by buying things in the ‘discount bin.’  It’s all about to go bad (but it’s not gross at all), and I either use it immediately, or it goes in the freezer.  Do I need another 2 pounds of ground beef?  Not really, but I know I’ll use it eventually and the price per pound is cheaper than the sale stuff over on the fresh side.
• Again – check Holiday’s website for what’s on sale and plan your list using that INSTEAD of by what you want to make.  Then get creative and plan your dinners based on the sale items you’re going to buy.  That is the big change here…don’t buy based on what you’re going to make.  Make based on what you’re going to buy!
• Buy as much as you can.  Do you really need 10 cans of chili?  No, but if you can afford it, buy it because they’re 10 for $10 (that was a Safeway special last week, sorry, bad example! Only one I could think of and that was an occasion where I was out of town for a doctor’s appointment and went grocery shopping.) and you’ll use them eventually.  And it’s a nice thought to know you won’t have to buy chili for a while.
• Reusable bag points (5 WOW points for each bag) add up quick, so you can get closer to your 10% off – and only use that 10% off on BIG shopping trips!

Unfortunately Holiday does not allow “doubling” up on coupons or anything like that (like you see on the Extreme Couponing shows), so $1,000 off probably isn’t going to happen.  But you can still make a dent in your grocery bill if you use coupons smartly.  It takes practice, but you’ll figure it out if you just start trying, and it will become second nature soon.  Saving money is addictive!  So go back and review my tips on where to find your coupons and how to use and organize them here: My Adventures in Couponing (Modoc Style) – Part 1 of 2.

Oh – I almost forgot – every time you spend $50 at Holiday in a single transaction this month (October), you get a bonus 100 WOW points! So if I’m going to spend over $100 I’d break my transactions down to 2 or more if possible.

Okay, I *think* that’s it…if you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comment section, or on the Likely Design Facebook page!  And definitely share your tips for shopping at Holiday!! Happy Shopping!!

xo, L.

My Adventures in Couponing (Modoc Style) – Part 1 of 2

Posted by Lindsay C on Oct 6, 2011 in Blogging, Featured Articles, Freebies, Likely Favorites, Likely Solutions, Me, Sales, shopping, Social Media | 1 comment

Who doesn’t love a good deal? Or love saving money?  Or these days, NEED to save money?  I know we all do, so I’ve really been trying to learn how to use those coupons and I couldn’t help but share my tips!

Now, I’m really no expert…I just really started trying my hand at this and I’m still learning.  Because it really can take up a lot of time if you want it to.  And you’ll make mistakes or learn by trial and error…at least I do.  But hopefully I can give you some ideas about where to look for good deals, and where to look for some instructions on how to find those good deals! (Note: these tips are geared specifically for shopping in Alturas – there are tons of deals for other stores, but unfortunately we don’t have access to them here in Modoc! And if you know me, you know I don’t leave to shop so I’m trying to make it work here!).  Seriously…I have a decent car gas-wise, and I even cringe at the thought of wasting the “difference” in gas.  As well as wasting the time.  I know some people enjoy going out of town, but we don’t.  I find we rush through what we need to get done just so we can go home and then we forget things anyway.  So I don’t go out of town to shop.  It’s either here, online, or out of town when I’m out of town anyway and have the time.  I don’t make special trips.

So, onto the tips!  I decided to break it down a few different ways, so hopefully it’s all clear because I know I’m bouncing around a lot.  Feel free to ask questions, or leave tips of your own in the comments!

First up: where to find coupons:

1. Tip #1: Facebook.  I just checked and I “like” 489 pages.  Yes, 489.  Included in that number is every franchise that I frequent, locally.  In Alturas that includes Holiday Market, Rite Aid, True Value, Ace Hardware, Quizno’s, and Subway.  A lot of them offer printable coupons straight from their Facebook page, and often times I check their page if I know I need to make a purchase at one of them.  Ace, True Value and Quizno’s are the best examples of this.  I used True Value’s $5 off a $25 purchase today.  Ace also has one going right now.  I knew about it because they posted it and I saw it in my news feed.  It reminded me I wanted to get something I knew I could get from True Value.  $5 is $5 – woot!  Quizno’s posts coupons all the time.  And FYI – our Quizno’s accepts expired coupons.  I don’t go in without one! Now go and “like” all of their pages, then come back.
   

   My Coupon for Ace that I printed from Facebook. There's an online code, too (feel free to use it!) - I buy stuff online then ship it to their store for FREE!

2. Tip #2: E-mail.  I subscribe to waaaayyyy too many e-mail lists, but I find them useful so I don’t have to scroll Facebook pages to find coupons and deals.  My favorite reads are the Holiday Market newsletter, the Rite Aid newsletter, Red Plum, Coupons.com and The Krazy Coupon Lady newsletter.  More on why later…
3. Tip #3: Blogs.  These bloggers are smart, and they do all the work for you.  They’ve figured out how to get coupons that you would never find on your own, and they even put together shopping scenarios to help you get things for almost free or FREE!  I “like” The Krazy Coupon Lady, Frugal Coupon Living, The Frugal Girls and Coupon Divas on Facebook, and check in with their blogs frequently (mainly through Facebook, or I’ll go over there if I’m taking some time to print my coupons or need a discount code and I’m looking for good links). I know there are a ton of good blogs for couponing out there, but these are the ones I look to the most, and a lot of them share the same information anyway.
4. Tip #4: Coupon printing websites.  This is where I get the majority of my coupons throughout the month.  Coupons.com, RedPlum.com, and SmartSource.com are the ones I’ve used.  You have to install their software and have your printer hooked up to your computer to do it.  FYI: I had trouble installing the coupon printer for a while…it turned out to be my virus protection blocking it.
   

   Smart Source Coupon I printed.

5. Tip #5: Newspapers.  The Herald & News adds a coupon insert on the first Sunday of the month.  I go to the Likely Store and buy mine from their machine for $1.50 each copy.  There’s also one outside of Holiday Market, among other places in town.  Or you can subscribe to their paper for ‘Sundays only.’ This past Sunday (October 2nd – the first Sunday of the month) I bought two copies so I could get 2 pages of inserts.  The Rite Aid insert is always included in the Modoc Record, or you can get it right at the doorway. (Note: did you see the Pepsi insert in this week’s Modoc Record?? Lots of goodies in there, and you can match it with some Rite Aid deals!) 
   

   Starbucks Frappuccino Match Up at Rite Aid

6. Tip #6: Retailer’s websites.  I print coupons straight from http://shophqf.com/ (Holiday Market) and http://riteaid.adperk.com/ (Rite Aid).  With Holiday Market they always have a ’1 cent’ coupon, but you have to use 200 WOW points with it.  This week it’s for a bag of salami. Last week it was for a bag of cereal.  At AdPerk.com you create an account, watch little commercials, fill out a captcha to prove you’re paying attention, then you can print a coupon for the product you just watched the commercial on. (FYI: they have a ton of coupons for candy at riteaid.adperk.com – a great match up with their Halloween 2/$5 candy sales going on right now!)
   

   Coupon from watching Rite Aid commercials at adperk.com

7. Tip #7:This one is just random.  For instance, I have a calendar from Holiday Market and there is one coupon each month for a good little freebie.  I like the $10-off meat ones.  It’s quite a thrill to get a free tri-tip or pork roast (or only having to pay a little for it)!  I’m not sure how I got the calendar, but you know I’ll be looking for mine by the time January rolls around.  Or another random coupon book I got is from Rite Aid for getting my flu shot there.  My insurance paid for the shot, and I got a coupon book full of some good coupons – woot!!
   

   Coupons from my coupon book I got for getting a flu shot at Rite Aid (a FREE flu shot!).

Tip #8: Get a buddy.  I have a friend who is sooo knowledgeable in all things couponing, and she gladly answers my questions when I have them.  So you also have her (hi, Sarah!) to thank for a lot of the info. in this post, and especially the next on about shopping at Rite Aid.  You can also share coupons with a buddy…if you don’t have one you need, ask!

Okay…now that you know where to get your coupons, let’s talk about what to do with them.  If you look at them, they all have expiration dates.  The main thing to take from this is YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE THEM AT YOUR NEXT SHOPPING TRIP!  I know, it’s tempting, but sales come and go in cycles, and if you wait long enough you can match up your coupon with a sale price for maximum savings.  Each store (I’m mainly talking about Rite Aid and Holiday Market here) print sale flyers that are good for 1 week.  Rite Aid’s are good for Sunday – Saturday, and Holiday’s are good for Wednesday – Tuesday.  Now this is where you should do your homework…I’ll break it down by store after this next paragraph.

Rite Aid sale circular and Proctor & Gamble (P&G) coupon book for October.

So how do you keep your huge stack of coupons organized?  It might seem nerdy, but it helps – make coupon binder!  A what??  I have a giant binder that is divided by the type of item.  I made it by downloading and printing the instructions from The Krazy Coupon Lady website.  You’ll need a fairly thick binder, along with those plastic page protectors (full page protectors to hold your dividers and ones with smaller pockets for coupons).  The ones that are meant for people who collect paper money are good for coupons (like these).  I need more as mine have filled up fast!  And you want to be able to see each coupon so you don’t forget what you have.

The Krazy Coupon Lady has a great “Beginners” section to help you learn the ropes.  Here is a link to the PDF file to make a Krazy Coupon Lady binder (below is mine!):

Homework

Yes, couponing takes some time, but if you know where to look it can make it a lot easier.  It also gets easier and faster with practice.  Clipping and organizing the coupons is the easy part…I do it while watching TV.  :)  But if you make shopping lists anyway, this “homework” won’t be so bad.  I go online (or look directly at their sale circulars) and see what is on sale that week.  Here is a link to where to find Rite Aid’s online, and Holiday’s online.  So…look at what’s on sale, then look through your coupons and match them up to get the lowest price possible!  It’s a little more complicated with Rite Aid (+Up rewards, etc.), but that is basically what I do with Holiday Market.  And I stock up if I can – use a coupon for each item that you buy if allowed!  For instance, if you want to buy 4 cans of corn (on sale), then use 4 coupons to match!  Note: read the fine print of your coupons carefully.  Some are a discount off of 2 alike items, buy one get one free, etc.  The note to the consumer is on there about how to use your coupon.  This Krazy Coupon Lady post on ‘Understanding the Fine Print’ does some explaining about what the ‘Limit 1 Coupon’ text really means.

 Grocery/Food Shopping Tips

So, did you see that little tip above, Holiday Market Shoppers? The best you can do (or that I’ve seen you can do) is match up the coupons you round up with their sales, and use WOW points.  I wish I had more brilliant information for you, but the WOW points are pretty handy and I seem to rack up 1,000 every few months, so I save my 10% off with 1,000 points for my big shopping trips.  And by big, I mean at least $200.  But I have a family of 3.5, so a $200 shopping trips gets us a lot of food.  So my best advice for shopping at Holiday is this: practice patience.  Wait until the items you have good coupons for go on sale.  Do not impulse buy.  Stock up on good prices (but DO NOT clear the shelves.  That sucks, and I don’t like you for that.  Buy what you and your family will use in a reasonable amount of time.) Make lists and follow them strictly.  Yes, I stray sometimes, but only if what I’m buying (that isn’t on my list) is on sale, or I see something not listed in the sale flyer, but I know I have a coupon for it.  You’ll be very disappointed to see that you only saved a few bucks with your coupons and nothing with your reward points.  Your savings print right on your receipt so you can see what you saved by buying things they had on sale (with a Holiday card) or with your coupons.

Another note: I do shop at Four Corners, too...although they unfortunately do not accept manufacturer’s coupons…and I am always pleasantly surprised at my total.  For some reason I always expect it to be higher.  Anyway, I check out their sales in the Record and browse around the store for good deals.  Their generic brands (i.e. Western Family) are always priced very low, so if you need something, can’t bring yourself to pay the price at Holiday and/or don’t have a coupon, I’d keep an eye on what’s at Four Corners.

Another Holiday tip: take reusable bags to the store, and make sure they give you your 5 points for each bag you use at Holiday.  They can add up quickly! I always make sure they give me my points.

Okay, back to grocery/food shopping: I have found I’m buying more and more food items at Rite Aid.  You can use more coupon match-ups there, and they often have decent sales on name brand foods (i.e. so you can use your coupons).  Cereal, soup, snacks, soda…those are the types of foods they carry, and I always have coupons for those in my binder.

AMAZON.COM! This has been a lifesaver for me.  Yes, I buy lots of food on Amazon.com.  Actually, I buy everything on Amazon.com.  If you don’t know what being an Amazon Prime (or Amazon Mom) member means, then let me enlighten you.  If you are a member, then you receive FREE 2-DAY SHIPPING on thousands upon thousands of items from Amazon.  Single items – no purchase minimum required.  And they carry everything.  Amazon Mom membership is free, as long as you keep buying specific mom-baby-child-related items (it’s noted on the item’s page).  When you spend a certain amount (not much) your free membership benefits are extended.  Mine have been extended until the next year based on what I have bought.  Amazon Prime is $79 per year, but I gladly paid it before they started the Amazon Mom program.

So how does this relate to food?  Well, they have a Grocery/Gourmet Food section.  And many of the food items they sell are ‘Prime’ items, or even better, they are ‘Subscribe & Save‘ items.  For instance, say you’re like me and needed a semi-healthy breakfast food for your daughter to eat in the car on the 20 mile drive to preschool.  :)  I’m on Facebook one day, and a blog that I follow on there posts a tip about a product on Amazon that I can type in a code for to get even cheaper.  (I believe it was this post on Frugal Coupon Living – they have a lot of online codes, especially for Amazon). So I click on over to the page for this GoGo SqueeZ Apple/Peach Applesauce on the Go.  (Note: I didn’t buy this flavor, but this is the cheapest one in stock right now. ).  It’s normally $27.94 for 48 pouches ($0.58 per pouch).  With Subscribe & Save, you save 15% – you just sign up for it to be delivered now, and then again in a few months (whatever you choose – plus you can cancel it at any time).  Now your total is $23.75 (or $0.49 per pouch).  Then I punched in a code at checkout for an additional 25% off, bringing the total to $17.81 for 48 pouches ($0.37 per pouch).  I just checked and the code ended in September (part of their back to school promotion), but you get the idea.  And 2 days later, a big box of pouches of applesauce is dropped off at my doorstep by my favorite UPS man.  Pretty handy if you ask me!

Here is a link to Amazon.com’s current Sales & Specials for their Grocery Section.

So Subscribe & Save is pretty nice for ordering in bulk: diapers, canned foods, snacks, wipes, and beverages are all things I’ve bought with the 15% off Subscribe & Save discount.  Plus I take advantage of coupons I find for an additional percentage off.  It’s like being near a Costco…but it’s delivered!  With this deal, patience paid off and I was able to just run in to this deal.  It found me.  :)  That’s why checking in with those blogs is a lifesaver!

Okay, so this post has become a lot longer than I initially thought, so I’m going to stop here for now…be on the lookout for my next post on how to score those BIG deals at Rite Aid – woot!!  Because they are actually possible…you can learn how to shop without using much of your own money (a quote from my coupon guru, Sarah!), and it’s very exciting! 

A freebie from {my pal :) } Kim!

Posted by Lindsay on Apr 26, 2010 in Crafts, Creativity, Decor, Featured Articles, Freebies, handmade, inspiration, Parties | 0 comments

Aren’t these just absolutely adorable?!? I love the color, the font, the patterns…and the margarita looks pretty tasty, too.  And you can make your own Cinco de Mayo Party Circles from a FREE download from Kim at The TomKat Studio!  Enjoy!

She also has some cute links and Cinco de Mayo party inspiration at the blog post – check it out!

Cinco de Mayo Party Circles – Tomkat Studio

{image via The TomKat Studio}

{Giveaway} Merry Christmas from me! …and Rollip.com!

Posted by Lindsay on Dec 20, 2009 in Advertising, Art, Featured Articles, Freebies, Giveaways, graphic design | 2 comments

Oh my…5 days and counting until Santa’s here! I still have a few gifts to find, many to wrap (as soon as Santa aka the UPS man aka my father-in-law delivers them!) and many to give! Giving is the best part, I think! So as a gift to you (and me!) the generous folks over at Rollip.com are offering a select number of my readers a chance at testing out their website – yippee! Well, what is Rollip.com? Glad you asked – it’s a professional online photo editing website that lets you add a filter to your photo in one easy step. They have 40 filters to choose from (do the cropping and such before you upload your photo) that will give your photo an interesting effect.  The various filters include 10 categories with 4 filters in each category; Classics, Vintage (my favorite!), Added Character, B&W/Sepia, Styled Lenses, Glows, B/W Added Character, Extreme Stylized, Bold Tones and Drawing Styles.

Here is what I did with some of my photos…

Yeah, that yellow Kodak date is why you want to do the editing and cropping before you upload to Rollip…   We were on vacation in Costa Rica for this pic.

And of course I played with some of my favorite pics of my baby girl!

Aawww…I love that one.

Anyway, here is the lowdown! Rollip.com is giving the first 15 of you to sign up the chance to test out their website for FREE! What you do is click over to the link below, sign up for an account (really simple – just an e-mail address and password and you can get started), and you get to edit 30 photos because they’re giving you 30 credits for free!  That’s a value of $5.98 – at Rollip.com you pay per credit, not per month or per year like some photo editing sites.  I think that’s great because you only need to pay for what you need and you’re not wasting time if you don’t use the service!

Okay, get to clicking because it’s first come, first serve with only 15 Pro Accounts with credits available!  Enjoy!  And Merry Christmas!  Oh, and if you do take advantage, please let me know what you think here on the blog – we’d love to hear your feedback for this new site.  Thanks!

Click here to get started!  http://www.rollip.com/pro?coupon=lcdesign

xo, L.

{Note: I was compensated for my time to advertise this service by receiving 1 free account of my own with 30 credits to review Rollip.com}

He Says/She Says Poll Results

Posted by Lindsay on Nov 9, 2009 in Bathroom, Bedroom, Color Consultations, DIY, Featured Articles, Freebies, Giveaways, Guest Bloggers | 2 comments

Good morning, everyone! How was your weekend? Mine was great! Just too short…I cleaned my office (aahhh – that is a big sigh of relief), made a few Christmas cards and helped Glenn build the frame around a box that is protecting our septic tank in the backyard.  Gross.  Well, the box isn’t gross, just the thought of a big tank of poo that is right underneath our feet in our backyard.    It’s just weird.  The tank isn’t buried very deep – the top of it is actually level with the ground, so we have these big plastic lids that stick up on the lawn, so we’re building a box to protect it from the sun.  You really don’t want those plastic lids getting sunbaked and brittle!!  A few weeks ago, Glenn dug some holes, poured some concrete in and set some posts.  And yesterday he started on the frame…and I helped.  Anyway, more on that later!

Next up is the results of the “He Says/She Says” bedroom paint dilemma poll I posted last Friday.  So far it’s 53% for painting the trim, chair rail and ceiling brown…41% say leave it how it is…and 6% (1 vote) says Other, but I don’t know what Other means!  Anyway, to let you in on who is who…I am the one who wants to paint. Surprise, surprise, right?  I feel like at the very least the orange and white needs to be broken up (by painting the chair rail).  And I saw a photo online SOMEWHERE of a bedroom with a chocolate brown ceiling and I LOVED it.  But I can’t find it anywhere now…let me know if you have seen it or know where I can find it…please!  Glenn wants to paint the trim around the windows the same color as the lower wall and be done with it.  And he is seriously fighting me on it…straight up says ‘no! Do not paint it!’  It must be nice to have such amazing psychic powers and knowing how ugly my idea must turn out.  ::Grrrr…::

I’d even consider doing a tan ceiling instead if chocolate brown is that scary for a ceiling.  I still think the chair rail would be best in chocolate, though.  But I could always paint that tan as well and if I don’t like it I can paint it darker.  Whatever, Glenn, ha! 

Thank you all for your votes – I win, I win!!  But we’ll see if it ever gets done…I’m still waiting for Glenn to fill all the nail holes in the new trim so that we can get those painted.  We’ll also paint the bathroom ceiling (back to white) when we paint the trim.  It’s VERY dark in there…you can still do your makeup, but I think we just need a little more white to balance out all of the brown. It keeps it looking crisp.  And I need to get new towels and finish sewing my new shower curtain…

And speaking of paint colors, I recently finished an e-decorating Paint Consultation project for a client. I chose colors for the ENTIRE house and I hear through the grapevine (aka Facebook) that their painters are done and they LOVE their colors. Can’t wait to share those photos with you all!! After I see them, of course…

Edit: My brain and my fingers aren’t working together…I thought I left the contest open until TODAY (Monday, 11/9) but I originally was holding the giveaway open until Monday 11/16.  So I’m going to keep it open for another week, so if you want to enter you still have time!  Sorry, Trisha…maybe you’ll still win!   Head back to the post to enter.   And last, but not least – the winner of last week’s Rosebud Cards giveaway!! The winner is Trisha!! Congrats, Trisha!! Enjoy your free cards!!  Here are her favorites:

And a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE ‘Thank You’ to Rosemary of Rosebud Cards for offering this very generous giveaway to Likely Design readers!  Your card idea is absolutely adorable, and Trisha is a very lucky winner. I am so appreciative that someone would contact me because of my blog and offer to give something away for free that you worked so hard on.  Thank you so much to everyone who entered – you guys rock! 

It’s still open: enter the giveaway here!

And another exciting thing coming up – I submitted a guest post to Michelle over at the blog “When I Grow Up” about my path to becoming a creative professional.  How exciting, right?!?!  I’ll let you know when my guest post is up!!  See you all tomorrow and have a great Monday…. xo, L.

Who Wants Cookies?? {Giveaway}

Posted by Lindsay on Nov 5, 2009 in Featured Articles, Freebies, Giveaways, Holidays | 7 comments

**This giveaway is no longer accepting entries, but thanks for playing!**

On a Christmas card, that is…    Two of my favorite things combined into one for a GIVEAWAY here on the blog; Christmas cookies and Christmas cards!!  The lovely Rosemary from Rosebud-Online contacted me and has offered one (1) lucky Likely Design reader the chance to take home their choice of any 3 cards from their website!

I love this excerpt from their website, so I just had to share it with you.

{‘Thank you for visiting Rosebud. For as long as we can remember, our family has shared the tradition of painting cookies during the holidays. We initially photographed our hand-painted cookies and created cards to share with our family and friends on special occasions, which evolved into a collection of paper goods. In the spirit of a handmade gift, our card collections are created with love.

Our Cookie Collection recalls the fond memories of a simpler time: family, holidays and childhood excitement. The creation of our whimsical treats is a true family endeavor, baked from scratch and painted by hand, inspired by the sweet aroma and joys that can be shared over a cup of tea or tall glass of milk.’}

How sweet is that?  And if you look at the cards closely, the cookies are PERFECT and look sooo delicious.  What a sweet job, right?  None of my cookies would make it to the card!  I am so happy that they contacted me to offer this giveaway to you – another one that I wish I could win!!  Here are a few of my favorites.

How perfect would it be to send these cards along with a batch of baked goods?

What a perfect cookie!

I love the snowflakes!

They have cookie cards for every occasion!

So how do you get your hands on a few of these adorably yummy cards?  As usual, there are a few ways to get an entry:

1. Leave a comment below after heading over to Rosebud, commenting on which 3 cards are your favorite (that you’d like to win)!
2. Tweet about this giveaway (mention @likelydesign), and then leave a comment below letting me know that you did!
3. Become a fan of Likely Design on Facebook!  Leave a comment if you already are one, or after you become one!
4. Blog about this giveaway, then leave a comment with the link!
5. Do any or all of the above by Monday, November 16th at 8:00 AM PST and you’re entered to win!  Using random.org, I’ll choose one (1) winner and announce who the lucky reader is in Monday’s post!  Good luck!!
   

Unfortunately if an entry doesn’t follow these rules, I will delete it.  Read my Giveaway FAQ’s here.  Good luck and thanks for checking out Likely Design and Rosebud!  xo, L.