How To Use What You Have This Mother's Day

We'd recently discovered 
some ways to use clearance items to celebrate

Valentine's Day
St. Patrick's Day and Easter

 and with Mother's Day quickly approaching 
I needed to remind my family

"Do not buy me anything this year"

(because I really do have enough stuff)
 
and I am

grateful
thankful
happy

to share and celebrate some of the

simple ways we have learned to just...

"use what we have"

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Handmade Art

like the masterpieces the children

create during our studio time

    

        

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A Small Surprise

prepay for a service that she uses often
put a little cash in her wallet along with a note

or you can even surprise mom
by leaving a few pictures on her phone or camera

(Imagine my delight the day that I found this photo of my daughter)

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Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

 

 

 

and I was so proud of my daughter who

"used what she had" to make these special treats

Items used

5 leftover "school fundraiser chocolate" bars
1 small basket of strawberries

Total spent... only 99cents!
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And the first batch were so delicious

I asked her to make more to share with
the other mothers in "our village"

because I have also learned

that it takes many mothers!!

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Milk and White Chocolate

Dipped Strawberries w/toppings

 

(sharing this today)

Happy Savings and Happy Mother's Day!