Frugal Friday!

Oh! It's the day I've been waiting for! Jeremys is having ANOTHER sale and this time it's 60% off of all shoes, men's apparel and wait for it...YES, ALL HOME DECOR! SO excited! This is a sale at both the Berkeley and San Francisco locations.

I plan on getting some gorgeous Anthropologie curtain panels and possibly a new duvet. I suppose that a pair of discounted Christian Louboutin pumps would just be icing on the cake!

Frugal Friday: HUGE Sale Weekend!!

I am slightly overwhelmed by all of the amazing sales this weekend! I may only have to pick a few, and it's hard!

The annual white elephant sale (I've never been!) is in Oakland both Saturday and Sunday, they recommend parking or Barting from Fruitvale then taking the free shuttle to the sale.

The Fremont Borders is slashing prices again on their store closing.

The Alameda Antique Fair is this Sunday, weather permitting.

Lastly Jeremys in the city and Berkeley are having a 50% off all apparel sale both Saturday and Sunday!

Hope you find lots of treasures!

Frugal Friday: Borders in Fremont Closing

Sad about the economic downfall of our country? Well, you can do your part by helping to stimulate economic growth through shopping! One company's efforts to tighten up and save their other stores can be to your benefit. The Fremont Borders (and others, check online) is closing and all of their store is 20%-40% off. Enjoy!

Frugal Friday: Frugal Crafting

A friend of mine who is planning her upcoming nuptials told me about this amazing crafting supply site the other week. I'm not just saying that because their main page features a cupcake tower with an "A" and "B" on the top either! Just browsing on their site for fun details for an event I found these cute rustic framed chalkboards on stands for only $3.99, these one or two inch clothes pins, 50, for $2.99 and these adorable milk bottles for 12 for $14.98 or $2.99 each. Couldn't you just see a cocktail in these little bottles with a striped straw popping out the top of it? I was honestly surprised by how inexpensive the things were on this site, along with the incredible variety of items. It's nice to see crafting sites that aren't...how to put this politely... for lack of a better word: tacky. There are of course some less than chic items, but it was easy to find things that I would actually use in my wedding/ event or one I was assisting to design. I'm excited to explore the site more and to see what other little treasures I can find, thanks for the tip J!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! I hope everyone had a great day and felt loved. We made some homemade Valentine's ate some homemade breakfast and I am now officially obsessed with cinnamon toast french toast!

I leave you with a cute baby cupid.

A & B Valentine's Day Cards Available at Mignonne in Berkeley!

Here are the Valentine's Day cards we made this year, and we are happy to say that they are available for sale at Mignonne in Berkeley! We made gift tags/ small cards as well as regular sized Valentine's with envelopes. All of the cards are made using vintage stamps, naturally. Come check them out if you're local!

Frugal Friday: "Etsy On Sale"

I will admit that I am still something of an Etsy newbie when it comes to really navigating the site well. For A's Valentine's day gifts I spent far too much time entering a search then looking through hundreds of pages of results, literally, to find what I was looking for.

Today is exciting though because I found that there is a specific section that filters all of the Etsy

items that have recently been reduced or gone on sale! It's called, simply, "Etsy on Sale" and there are hundreds of pages to search through for just what you're looking for. Thankfully there are categories and price limits to help narrow down your search. Happy shopping!