nope i havent died...

just been working!

(let me say, my job as an aide at my kids school doesn't sound all that exciting but i LOVE IT!)

and actually got rid of my strep in early january!

so what have i been doing...

other than NOT blogging about all my craftiness and money saving-ness.

i turned 40!

and had a super surprise party where is totally didn't see it coming!

i have shopped.

i have started oil painting.

i HAVEN'T gotten pregnant.

i figured out that my nook can download FREE music from the library (thanks summer)!

so, see i have been busy.

and neglectful.

please forgive me.

i will post more and i swear it will be full of all the fun that you expect from the thrifty ba!

(thanks for sticking with me! especially dawn-kate's mom-i know i let you down!)

(this is a photo from my surprise party, taken by 'aunt peg' (aka amber!))

and yes, that is a crown on my head!

need a quick gift idea?!

how about these!?

it makes me wish i had sisters!

or that i liked helena enough to send her one. because i would send her b or c.

maybe d.

where can you get one?

(or many?)

aunt peg's of course!

and they are a steal at only $7 each.

 

lookit what i just won!

and im sure you can guess where the jewerly came from...

AUNT PEG'S

but i won it from

PI of products

where, it seems, they are always giving stuff away!

head on over and enter their latest giveaway-and let me know if you won!

look who is liking rice pudding!

you all know about my love affair with aunt pegs.

now that i have given amber the secret to yummy rice pudding, we are together forever!

click here!

 ps-look at this new charm.

i know! you can get it here!

 

are you red or blue?

yup-it is that time of the year again...

college football.

it happens ever year.

and if you live it utah, you know about the rivially.

byu or utah?

im only a utah fan because i married one. i wear red when needed and make sure my kids do too.

(i do enjoy sports only because there is food incorporated into the celebration.)

but with these-it doesnt matter if you are a real fan or just married to one!

of course, aunt peg's made these and they are available in her etsy shop

and at $7 each (plus shipping) who can resist showing their true colors?

you can guess which one i already have!

(and yes i wear it with pride!)

be sure to tell aunt peg that i sent you!

wow!

aunt pegs posted my pickles recipe!

man i love these girls!

thanks aunt peg!

thank you!

simply designing featured me today!

the funny thing is, that on the post that got featured, i was featuring aunt pegs!

in case you missed it...

yesterday i posted about how much i love aunt peg's jewerly.

and how i should stick to buying jewerly instead of making it.

just in case you didnt see amber from aunt peg's comment, i thought that i would re-post it here...

This post is exactly why we know that Aunt Peg's Jewelry have THE VERY BEST CLIENTELE!

Thank you, thank you, thank you Beth for posting this!

For every person who purchases and item from our Etsy store, and leaves a message in the order that they were referred Beth Anne, both the customer and BA will receive and extra something!

Thanks again!!!!!!

so i wanted to make sure you saw that and didnt miss out on something extra! (what will it be?) so here is the link to the etsy shop.

and dont forget to tell them ba sent you!

who doesnt love aunt pegs?

you have all heard me go on and on about aunt pegs.
i love their jewerly.
i really love their prices.
right before camp, they had a make and take. i learned soo much.
like, maybe i shouldnt be in the jewerly making business and just stay in the jewerly buying business.

so really quick-here are a few things i made at the make and take

and these are photos i stole from their facebook page. i really couldnt get mine to look this good. no matter how much they helped me.

but i just wanted to let you know that they now have an etsy shop! so no matter where you live or what you do, you can get an aunt pegs original!

so stop on by and check out their funky reasonably priced jewerly!

and tell them ba sent you!

(ps aunt pegs has never paid me to say anything nice about them. i just wanted to promote a local, women owned business. and they are really really nice!)

bargains for ba!

i went to michaels for a gift card.

that is all.

i wasnt going to purchase anything for me.

i was being really really brave.

until i remembered that i had a gift card from my birthday!

and with all of these for under $6, how could i resist?!

espically the christmas one.

it is only 158 days way!

and the '@!?'- im so in love with that!

it wont be any aunt pegs jewerly, but i couldnt beat the price!

do you have an aunt peg?

,

is she as talented as THIS aunt peg?------->
do you have a sister sally?
is she as fun as THIS sally?
does your aunt peg also have a recipe box?
THIS one does!
guess what these women have in common?
well, other than being sisters.
and not my sisters.
they are all having giveaways!
and because no one is entering, i am winning alot of them!
so maybe i shouldnt be tell you about these web sites...

oh, and if you are local (as in south west salt lake valley), aunt peg is having a party!
come get a preview of her wonderful jewerly and her great prices HERE.

lucky birthday!

im taking a road trip to idaho today and buying some lottery tickets!

so far, i have won a prize at sister sally's AND at aunt peg's!

and it isnt even 9am!

be sure to go to siser sally's and enter to win her newest giveaway!

i will send some birthday luck with you!

(tell them i sent you! it will bring you luck! because good things alwys happen on my birthday!)
***update! i just won at the vintage pearl too!***