Accents For The Home

If you are thinking about updating or changing the appearance of one or more rooms within your home, one inexpensive way could be to just change the lighting.

Accent a painting on the wall, create a focal point, add drama or alittle romance or maybe you just want to add more light for reading.

There are many fixtures available to create the atmosphere you want. I found Back Bay Lighting online, which offers all that you may be looking for and then some. Their prices are reasonable and offer a 125% price match guarantee with free shipping on all products. Don't forget you can also change the appearance outside your home with outdoor lighting, emphasizing your landscape, front door or that Christmas Holiday decor.

Back Bay Lighting provides advice on their site too. Some topics included are: Lighting Basics, Style, Tips & Trends, Room Design, Energy Saving Lighting and a Ceiling Fan Buying Guide. This would be a good place to start if you have any questions or want ideas for your design.The advice is free, so why not take advantage of the help?

You can shop for your home by brand name, price, style or item. You can watch videos. They also offer products that provide Energy Efficient Lighting to help reduce costs, home accents,ceiling lights etc...

If this is of interest to you, check them out.

Make Money with an Online Store

While browsing through the blogsphere, I find many people are writing about the opportunities to make money online. There's also much talk about working from home, so one can stay and care for the family or just for the simple reason that people would rather be home making money than going to work for someone else.

I know the possbilities are endless and we just need to put forth effort and make our ideas reality by just going for it. What holds us back from taking a chance?

One idea I see mentioned is to set up an online store. One might think this is hard to do and complicated. Once set up though, the 'store' can pretty much run itself when using user friendly shopping cart software and having the tools to be successful.

Are you an ebay seller or already selling products online? Why not take your item(s), create a store, complete with a shopping cart and have everything in one place?

AshopCommerce provides just the right solution and happens to be a leading provider of US hosted shopping cart software.Their shopping carts are already OPTIMIZED, so you'll be in the top of the search engines. If you are not so familiar with how to set up an online store, Ashop provides templates, which make it extremely easy for you to get your store up and running.

Ashop wants you to be successful and provides a user manual plus online chat help for any questions, problems or concerns you may have. Guaranteed securely hosted and they alert you to any fraud. There are too many positive features of this company to outline in this post, so by going HERE you can read for yourself what they offer. I found their rates are very reasonable compared to other companies offering ecommerce software.

Right now, Ashop is offering a free trial, with no credit card necessary to participate. This way you can test drive the online store and see if it's for you. This really is a chance for you to make your idea reality.

Taking a chance is what it's all about...you'll never know if you will succeed if you don't try. Go ahead...make some money with an online store.

Eliminate Scratches with Invisible Shield

I came across this interesting product called Invisible Shield. This is a strong, film like product that prevents scratches on gadgets and electronic devices, plus an array of other equipment.

It was first used in the military to protect helicopter blades, so it must be pretty tough. It's uses now include protecting scratches on iPods, computer screens, watches, cameras, cell phones and any other device/screen you want protected.

It seems easy to apply. Peel off the invisible shield from the backing and then spray the film with shield spray and apply to your device. The instructions say you can remove this shield if you desire and it also comes with a lifetime warranty. For more detailed instructions, click here

This invisibleSHIELD video on YouTube shows the strength of this product.

What do you think? I wonder if it protects eyeglass lenses? Between those and my watch, I'm always scratching them.

For The Men: A Valentine's Gift Hint

It seems Valentine’s Day is on everyone’s mind right now. At work I’ve over heard the men asking each other…what are you buying your wife? and the women saying, I wonder what my husband/boyfriend is giving me.

If I can stick my two cents in….I loved receiving the strand of pearls my (former) husband had bought me. Pearls are classic and timeless. I still get compliments when I wear them.

Over at Amazing Pearl you can receive a deep discount and they are now running a 10% off special just for Valentine's Day.

There are many types of pearls: freshwater, cultured and akoya.

Akoya Cultured pearls are the most sought after because of their luster and nearly perfect round shape. This makes it easy to match if buying a necklace and want bracelets and earrings to go with it. Usually white or cream colored, but you can find them with a hue of rose or silver.
They are cultured in the Pinctada fucata martensii, also known as the akoya oyster.
Amazing Pearl buys directly from the most reliable pearl farm in China.



Freshwater pearls seem to be more affordable and range in color: white, black, pink and lavender. A necklace can cost from $65 - $96. Amazing Pearl offers matching bracelets and earrings as well.

If you make a purchase at Amazing Pearl, you will receive free US priority shipping, the best value, high AAA and AA+ quality, free appraisal that comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and an elegant gift box for presentation.

Whether you may consider a gift of pearls for Valentine's Day or another special occasion, be sure the woman in your life will appreciate it.

You can learn more pearl facts here.

What was the best Valentine's Day Gift you received?

It’s There For The Taking

Have you ever been in line at the grocery store and watched as the person in front of you saved $20, $30 or even $40 dollars using coupons? The cashier spending minutes scanning coupon after coupon after coupon...

I have and it made me want to do the very same thing. Anyone living paycheck to paycheck can attest to watching every penny coming in and going out. Imagine saving money each time you shop. The grocery store, drugstore etc....The savings you incur can be applied to something else…bills, more shopping, gas…

I know many people who buy the Sunday newspapers just to clip coupons, but are they really saving enough to make a difference? If you add up the cost of the papers, are you coming out ahead?

Free Online coupons is like receiving Free money. You can search for the products you normally use and print out the coupon corresponding to that product. It doesn't get much easier than that.

At MySavings.com, you can search through literally hundreds and hundreds of products from various stores. From grocery stores, department, electronic, health and beauty. All your favorite stores are there. You can also print out coupons for your favorite restaurants.

Printable grocery coupons,online shopping, articles, comparison shopping. You get it all at MySavings.com and then some. Free stuff is there for the taking.

The site is quite easy to navigate and updated daily to bring the newest deals, offers,freebies and coupons to you. You can expect to receive money saving tips at the customer forum and the opportunity to receive free samples of products. You can ‘try before you buy’. Today's free specials include: K-Pak Hair Repair, Yoplait Kids Yogurt, download Burl the Squirrel Activity Book and a 13 moon pocket calendar.

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Another way to benefit from MySavings.com is the opportunity to receive coupon codes. These codes are not only to receive discounts on products, but to receive special promotions. If you currently shop online, you can use one of the coupon codes for free shipping. That’s a savings in itself.

Try it out and see how much extra money you have at the end of the month.

Save When Shopping Online

I recently posted about shopping online and using online coupons. Below is one comment received:

From anonymous boxer~

Hello.... I'm here from Beth's "community". I am a huge online shopper and take pride in how much I can get done with a few clicks of the mouse. I DIDN'T know of these online coupons.

Well, with the holidays approaching, I thought I'd write another post letting you in on a site that will save you money using online coupons.

In my town here in New Jersey, you can't even go into a store without already seeing Christmas decorations or related items for sale. It's not even Halloween yet! I must admit that I've already started my shopping (I'm almost done) and saved myself some money (and time) using these coupons.

At couponchief.com you will find up to date coupon codes and all the resources necessary to save yourself money and time. Just think how you won't be standing in long lines, surrounded by cranky shoppers. This will allow you to do what you want, when everyone else is sitting in traffic and spending hours looking for the best deal or sale to save money.

There are literally hundreds of stores at couponchief to choose from. Are you looking for electronics? Try Best Buy. Their coupons range from 5-20% off to $50 off selected digital cameras. If you're looking for a variety of items and one stop shopping, I always shop at Target. I can get anything from books, pet supplies,clothes, CD/DVD's, linens, toys, food or bath and beauty products. The coupons they offer range from offers of up to 15% off to $5 off a purchase of $50 or even free shipping.

Happy Shopping!

Do You Buy Online?

I love to shop and when I find a coupon that saves me money, I am even more thrilled. I have been doing a lot of buying online since there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to physically go to the store.

My son's birthday is coming up and I found a site that offers Coupon Codes to a large number of stores.
I was surprised to see that the coupons offered were to many stores I am already familiar with. The site is updated daily, so I know I am getting the most current offers.

I wanted to shop for some fleece and thermals for the cold months coming up. He works outside, so he'll appreciate these. At Kohl's, I found everything I was looking for and the coupons offered varied from 10 to 15% off to saving if you use your Kohl's charge or free shipping on every item in the men's wardrobe catalog.

I feel good knowing I saved money and it only took about 10 minutes of my time to do it. Now I only have to wait for the package to arrive, wrap the gifts and I'm done. Can't get any easier then that.