Showing posts with label money saving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label money saving. Show all posts

Monday, 14 March 2016

How to add rhinestones to your trainers


I bought a cheap set of trainers from sports direct, they cost me all of £4. I wanted them cheap as my daughter would not wear them often, only for her dance competitions. She wore them for street, team street and rock and roll.

They were easy and cheap to make, I already had the rhinestones and the e6000 glue, I then ordered a set of silver laces just to add the finishing touches. I didn't want them to OTT just a bit blingy.

I first added some e6000 glue into a syringe, I then put the glue onto the trainer in the half circle using the syringe and then one by one adding the rhinestones with a rhinestone picker upper putting them onto the glue. It didn't take long to do approximately half an hour to do both, this includes changing the laces from white to silver. I then left them to dry over night and checked them in the morning, they were fully dry and ready to wear.

My daughter wore these a few times at a couple of dance competitions and never lost any of the rhinestones. They still looked as good as when i first made them. It was great fun and my daughter felt great in them.

It's a cheap way to up cycle your shoes/trainers and really doesn't take much time, you do not have to be a great crafter to create these, all you need is some glue and some rhinestones and your away. Save yourself some money, instead of paying someone else to create these, give it a go yourself and save yourself some money.


Sunday, 13 March 2016

My shopping haul, RRP £138.48 total paid £19.71 with coupons



My family have had a pretty tough time this last few months and money has been tight. I was wanting to go out shopping and was a little bored, so I took a look at what I could get for free/cheap. I looked on a few sites and had a few ideas.

My haul consisted of:

72 Blue Diamond Almond Breeze £1 each, I had a £1 off coupon for Tesco which made all of them completely FREE RRP £72.00 total paid £0.00

3 x Screen Washes from Halfords, they were completely FREE from using the o2 priority moments, 1 was mine, 1 was hubbies and 1 was my mothers RRP £8.97 total paid £0.00

4 x Iron Bru from Superdrug at £0.80 each, we put 2 on each Checkoutsmart (mine and hubbies) and received £0.80 each x 2 on each account so made them again FREE RRP £3.20 total paid £0.00

12 x Bloo foamaroma were £2 each, we had a £1 off coupon at Tesco which made all of them £1 each, RRP £24 total paid £12

2 x hand cream from superdrug at £1.29 each, this was on a deal where you buy 2 items and you get a free item, Total paid £2.58

2 x cocoa butter from superdrug was on an offer of buy 1 get 1 half price, this was also part of the deal where you buy 2 items and you get a free item, Total paid £2.03

2 x Free Sets from superdrug RRP £20.00 Total Paid £0.00

2 x Flash gel were £1.25 each at Tesco, I put 1 on my shopitize account and 1 on my mothers and we saved 30p each. RRP £2.50 Total Paid £1.90

My haul total was RRP £138.48 total paid £19.71 x also had the kung fu panda dvd come through but my daughter stole it lol 


Couponing is fun and helps out with saving money on items you were already going to purchase. The money you save you can put towards other items you need or towards a much needed day out, something fun or just a treat.

There are lots of ways you can get coupons, all you need to do is look and you would be surprised.

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Thursday, 27 August 2015

Where and how to get cashback and freebies

How to get Started!
  
The Main websites to get you started with and you can check regularly are:

Grocery Coupons:


Freebies - sometimes there are coupons on here otherwise the latest freebies


Paid Surveys & Product Testing:

BzzAgent: https://www.bzzagent.co.uk/ - you answer the questions and wait for an invite, you will then if chosen receive either a product to test, coupons or both 
Viewsbank: http://www.viewsbank.com/referral/777b132a you fill in surveys, mystery shopping and answer questions
Savvy Circle: http://www.supersavvyme.co.uk/ - you apply to test the product
Tesco Orchard: https://orchard.tesco.com/ - you answer the questions and wait for an invite, you will then if chosen receive either a product to test, coupons or both 

 Cashback Apps by uploading your Receipt:

These apps are available on the App Store and Marketplace, you can earn some extra money by doing your normal shopping

Top Cashback 
Clicksnap (quidco)
Checkout Smart
Shopitize

 How to use them:
1. Download the apps
2. Check what products are available for Cash back
3. Have a look online or in store for the best deal on the item (could be FREE at Asda but cost you 50p at Sainsburys)
4. Buy the exact item from your chosen store (will tell you what supermarkets are valid on the item)
5. Keep your receipt! Then open up the app when you have finished your shop and follow the on screen instructions
6. Once you've scanned the item (Shopitize) and receipt they will approve it and credit your account with them
7. Shopitize has a minimum £5 withdrawl (Paypal, BACS) and you scan your product and then upload your receipt
8. Click Snap is a monthly deposit (Paypal, BACS). 

If you are using checkoutsmart do not use clicksnap unless it is for items not on the other app as they are the same company and you will end up losing one or both. It happened to us when we first started out.

Cashback sites when shopping


Take advantage of using all you can to get a little back, that way you can get yourself or someone special a little treat, you won't get much but if your buying something anyway and you can get a little cashback for it why not?

I hope you all find this useful and that I have explained it well enough, thanks for reading much love tasha xx