Author Archive: Tina
Thirty-something, work at home proud mother of two kids, full time marketer, part time writer and lots of jobs in between. I'm married to my best friend and high school sweetheart, love to cook, read, and help companies market themselves. I love to hear from my readers so leave a comment to join the conversation! Tina Becci
Our Favorite Home Organization Apps
Cooking, cleaning and home organizing is not the same animal that your grandma contended with! Where Grandma spent most of her time actually in the home, you most likely do not. While in some ways, keeping house was simpler in the “good old days,” you have lots of tools and gadgets that your grandmother didn’t […]
Recycled Craft Ideas for Kids
Are your kids anything like mine? We go through reams of copy paper, economy-sized packages of construction paper and miles of posterboard. I feel like we’re constantly buying crayons, markers, pom-poms, sequins, glue, tape and other arts-and-crafts items. They just love to create, which is wonderful! We have tons of sparkly sculptured doodads decorating various […]
Bicycle Shopping Guide for Families
The other day, we talked about how to choose the right size bike for your kids in “How to choose the right bicycle“. With spring just around the corner, it’s the time of year to think about buying a new bicycle if your child has outgrown his old one. Easter is only a couple of […]
Safety Accessories For Your Child’s New Bike
With springtime looming, we’ve been talking a bit about choosing and buying a bike for your child. If you can’t tell we are ready and waiting for the weather to get better so we can try out our new bikes! If you missed out series of articles here they are, Bicycle Shopping Guide for Families […]
Tips for Returning Gifts after the holidays
The holiday shopping has now come and gone but we have a pile of things that need to be returned. We do not like rushing out right away after the holidays because the crowds are just are big as before the holidays. Holiday shopping can be a joyous event, but there comes a time when […]
Done with your Shopping find Shipping Deadlines
So Much to do and So little time to do it! Are you feeling the time crunch yet? We are officially in the Christmas home stretch. More and more sites are starting to EMPHASIZE in red the impending shipping deadline. I must be honest I am not even close to done! My amazon shopping cart […]
Best Money Saving Shopping Apps for Smartphones
With the rise of smartphone users all over the world, anyone can do almost everything with just the use of their finger tips. Yep, almost everything, including the activity that makes every woman (and some men) in the planet squeal with joy: shopping!
Back in the day, shopping malls were always flooded with people, credit cards […]
Who offers Layaway this Holiday season
Layaway: Easy Credit With Little Paperwork, What you need to know
Purchasing items using credit has become a way of life for many, particularly as the holidays approach. Those who experience difficulties obtaining credit may be unable to purchase using credit cards or other conventional credit methods, without incurring excessive additional costs.
Layaway is a method by […]
Family Shopping Trends this year and last
Shopping trends 2010 vs 2011
We all know that the internet is slowly becoming more and more prevalent in our everyday life, but is it really affecting how we shop? Not too long ago people didn’t start their holiday shopping until December actually rolled around, however how recent reports have shown that consumers are starting their […]
Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade Info
Macy’s has been around since 1885, but it wasn’t until 1924 the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade was held in New York City. The 2011 parade will be the 85th Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. The reason it is the 85th parade instead of the 87th is because during World War II the helium and rubber were needed […]
