Birthday

Birthday Cake Round Up

July 16, 2009

If you know me in real life, you would know that I love to make birthday cakes for my kids. Growing up, my mom always made us some of the best cakes, so I wanted to do the same for my kids. It started with an elaborate Winnie the Pooh cake when my …

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Frugal Friend Birthday Party

July 10, 2009

Last night we had a 6th birthday party for my son. Although many of his friends over the past year have had great parties at places like Chuck E. Cheese, bowling, a gynmastics center, and bounce places, I couldn’t bring myself to pay for the steep cost associated with such a party. I worried …

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Homemade Birthday Cakes

May 28, 2009

Today my baby turned 3 years old. He insisted on having a Curious George cake, so that’s what he got (since I aim to please).Rather than purchase a cake at the store (which doesn’t taste as good anyway), I made his cake using a Buttercream transfer. It’s actually really simple and it can …

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Birthday Cake Round Up

January 29, 2009

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about making your own birthday cakes to save money. Well, the FishMama at Life as Mom is hosting a Birthday Cake Roundup. If you’re interested in seeing some really cute cakes for future ideas, visit her site. Here are some of the cakes that I’ve …

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Centsable Savings: Make your own Birthday Cakes

January 15, 2009

Let’s face it, birthdays can be expensive. Not only do you have gifts to purchase, but you have to have a cake, too. If you buy your cake, it can be really expensive ($15.00 or more). Or, you could make your own cake. I can usually purchase box cake mixes for $1.00 or …

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Is it Your Birthday? Want some Freebies?

January 3, 2009

Heather at Freebies 4 Mom has a great post on companies where you can get freebies for your birthday. My birthday is in January, so of course I looked at the list. On a side note, one of my favorite restaurants closed in June…to rub it in, they still sent me my postcard …

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Inexpensive Birthday (and Christmas) Presents

September 12, 2008

My older son is only 5, so he hasn’t been invited to too many birthday parties so far…but I know it’s coming. For the birthday parties that he was invited to last year, I struggled with what to buy for the birthday boy. I didn’t really know them very well, and I didn’t really know [...]

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