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8 Lessons from a Failed Craft Fair

Published September 23, 2015 Updated February 19, 2021 18 Comments

I recently worked my first (and last!) craft fair. It had long been a dream of mine to have a booth at a craft fair. I had big dreams of this being another way I could supplement our family income. I was surprised when a month ago, there was a notice in our local paper advertising a couple craft booths still available at our local fair. Now, our local fair is a big deal! It's a 3 day event that is attended by people from all around the area. It's been said that our town of 1,000 gets 100,000 people who attend the fair. There are over a hundred craft booths and dozens of food vendors. We've … Read More...

5 Simple Ways to Make Money This Year

Published January 22, 2015 Updated September 22, 2019 Leave a Comment

Two years ago, I wrote a post about 5 easy ways I intended to make some extra money throughout the year. It was a good year for that, but last year (with the end of my pregnancy and the birth of our little boy) didn't allow me the time or energy to focus on those extra money making pursuits. Now that I'm a SAHM, my time is still busy but I'm recommitted to making some extra money for our family this year. Some of these ideas are the same as two years ago and some are new. Here is what I am planning to do, and you can do these things too! 1. I'm searching on Bing and Swagbucks. I have to … Read More...

10 Easy Ways to Save & Make Money

Published April 22, 2014 Updated August 17, 2019 2 Comments

About a year ago, I shared 5 Easy Ways I'm Making Money This Year, with a follow-up article about 5 Easy Ways I've Saving Money This Year. I'm still on maternity leave, enjoying these first weeks at home with our baby, so I thought I'd share these two articles again. I'll be expanding upon these lists soon as I am always looking for more simple ways to save and earn. For now, I thought you'd enjoy the recap. The premise is simple. There really are easy ways to save - and make - money. It may take a bit of time and creativity but there are all ways we can save. Read through these articles and … Read More...

Earn with Ebates

Published March 11, 2014 Updated April 08, 2017 2 Comments

Ebates is a money saving tool that comes in handy for those of us who shop online. If you are unfamiliar with Ebates, you simply go through Ebates before shopping online to receive a percentage of cash back for your purchases. If you haven't joined Ebates, I do recommend it! … Read More...

Earning Gift Cards with MyPoints

Published January 27, 2011 Updated August 17, 2019 1 Comment

It's Thursday and yes, I have another earn at home idea for you. As with all my other posts, I will say that this program may not be for you or it may be exactly what you are looking for. I will let you decide! MyPoints is a click to read email program. When you receive an email from MyPoints, you click on it and receive 5 points for each click. You can also earn points for completing surveys and other activities through them. Mainly, I stick to clicking on the emails. Once you accumulate points, you can redeem them for thousands of gift cards such as Walmart, Walgreens, Target, Borders and … Read More...

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