I’ve been an Amazon Prime member for a few years and I still love it so much. I think I use it nearly every week.

Here are my favorite reasons:

• I can shop from home- in my pajamas, from my bed. My typical order might be copy paper for Mercy House and shipping supplies or personal items like books from my reading list and dry shampoo for my upcoming trip to Kenya.
• The prices are competitive-Amazon has some of the best prices around!
• Super quick and Free shipping on all Prime items- speaks for itself!
• The reviews are a huge help-if you aren’t sure what brand to go with or wonder if the product really works, Amazon reviews are awesome.
• Amazon Prime cost $79 a year (which ends up being $6.50 a month), so basically that’s the cost of shipping one item.
• Prime members can also watch free movies and borrow books.
• You can sign up for a trial month of prime and Amazon Mom offers a 3-month trial. If you have a baby in diapers, you’ll want to check this out.

It definitely works for me!

Instead of hiding away my funky paper beads, fabric necklaces and stamped silver in a jewelry box, I hang the colorful collection on the wall in my bathroom as functional decor.

I love the way it looks and it’s super handy.

My necklace holder is a simple piece of wood with small glass knobs. It’s a fun DIY project that is quick and affordable to make.

It works for me! Learn more about WFMW here.

A couple of Saturdays ago, my oldest wanted to try a fun, yummy treat for breakfast she had seen on Pinterest.

We happened to have the one ingredient needed: a can of cinnamon rolls.

She fired up the waffle maker and we put uncooked rolls in on medium heat for 3-4 minutes.

It cooks perfectly waffled cinnamon rolls really fast.

We added a bit of the icing and my kids devoured them.

Any one else have any repurposed waffle maker recipes?

It works for us! What works for you?

Learn more about WFMW here.

I don’t like change. Not a bit. I also don’t like to upgrade or fix things that aren’t broken. Makes being a blogger tricky with all the technology and whatnot.

Anyway, The Google has decided to shut down its Reader and that’s a bummer since I use it every single day. You might too. So, I thought Feedly was a good alternative (and easy since I just put in my Google account info) and it pulled up my list of blogs and sites I already subscribe too. This little post explains more about how Feedly works. I really like how it’s more visual than Google Reader.

If you subscribe to my blog via a RSS subscriber, you’ll want to try it too. Or you can have posts delivered painlessly right into your inbox by submitting your email at the end of this post. PLUS, every month I will be giving away a lovely item from The Vintage Pearl to a random subscriber. I’m nice like that.

So, while change doesn’t work for me, new things do.

*Completely random side note: The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name
(best Bible ever) is only $1.99 for Kindle at Amazon. Perfect for family reading, especially these weeks before Easter!

Easter is just a couple weeks away, but as Christians we celebrate it every day, right?

It was easy to make, everyone got to add their own touches and it cost pretty much the same as making one large one like the picture above.

Supplies Needed: We found all of ours at WalMart and averaged about $7.50 per mini garden.

• Terra cotta mini pot (tomb)
• Terra cotta small tray
• Small pebbles from Floral dept(one bag was plenty for three)
• Grass seed (we have enough left over for the bare patch in our yard)
• One small bag of potting soil
• Small twigs and Large rock (smaller than a child’s fist) from the yard
• Glue gun
• Spray water bottle

1. Place mini pot on the tray and add potting soil around it.

2. Pack soil in and on top of the mini pot, forming a small hill.

3. Add pebbles coming from the opening of the “tomb”

4. Place larger rock half covering the tomb

5. Sprinkle grass seed on the soil

6. Glue small twigs to form three crosses (hot glue works best)

7. Stick each cross into the “hill” behind the tomb

8. Spray soil lightly every day with water bottle

9. Watch and wait for new life (grass) to spring forth!

It’s a beautiful reminder that He is Risen!

Indeed.

(I researched it and I believe this idea originated on the creator’s Facebook page and ended up on Pinterest. Thank you, Melissa Holt for the beautiful idea!)

Edited repost from the archives