Welcome!

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It is much easier to manage a blog than a website so I have created this blog to help us with our affiliates! We have gotten a great response from people like YOU and appreciate your willingness to use our links when doing any online shopping with our affiliates!

All of our affiliates are listed in alphabetical order on the right sidebar. On the left sidebar you will find personal links to our other public websites. There is also a section labeled, "find a post" which is where my posts will be sorted by category (retailer), in case you want to look up something I have written about a specific retailer. When using that section, be sure you don't accidentally try to use an expired coupon link, I will post the effective dates in the post, so be sure to check!

• Be sure to bookmark this blog and begin here whenever you are shopping online!
• Share this with friends!
• We are adding affiliates all of the time, so be sure to check for new ones!
• Email us any ideas of retailers you'd like us to apply to!
• Thanks again for your prayers and support!

New Online Stores...

I have created 2 different stores online! The first is our Bits and Pieces Bookstore, featuring books in many Christian categories. There's also a God's Girls section, including many of our God's Girls resources.


Also, I have a new Tot School Tools store, featuring recommend products for tots, stemming form my homeschooling blog where I host *Tot School.*

New Affiliates!

We joined up with Gap and Old Navy, both giving us 4% of the total sale!

Since you've asked...

I get asked a lot what I use to build my websites:
Cornerstone Community Church
Little Bits
Little Moments Photography (my old business, which Krista still runs)
Our Ministry site
My Homeschooling site (I use in addition to my homeschooling blog)

Here's the answer, and a coupon...

I have used Homestead since the beginning, and I LOVE working with them. It's easy, something you can totally teach yourself, and the prices are reasonable. I highly recommend them which is why I wanted to become an affiliate.

More New Affiliates!

We have added several new affiliates, more than I can list in one post, but all of their links are on the sidebars! Here's a few of my favorites...

Works for me

I read a wonderful blog, called Rocks in my Dryer. She does a weekly post called "Works for me Wednesday," and this week it happens to be focused on the subject of online shopping! Since this whole site is dedicated to online shopping, I thought I would take some time to share about my FAVORITE affiliates and why I love shopping with them!

#1 Christianbook.com Home I LOVE shopping with CBD, their selection of books is absolutely amazing and their prices are wonderful and shipping is very reasonable.
#2 Amazon...Everyone know how wonderful Amazon is, I have recently found a new reason I love Amazon...easy returns.
#3 Shop Office Depot... I never shop for office supplies at the actual store since Office Depot ships for free with orders over $50. I also use their award program so I get awesome coupons and actual money back!
#4 Ebay...I don't buy a lot from Ebay but I do love them. I usually can't keep up with my bids enough and end up getting outbid!!!

And here's a few actual products I LOVE and recommend highly!!!!

#1 Ergo baby/child carrier...we've had one since Ky was about 6 months and now at 21 months it is still great!

#2 Leapfrog DVDs, my son learned letters, letter sounds, vowels and more with these dvd's. I can't say enough wonderful things about them. I was a K teacher and never found anything to work as well as these do!

#3...My fabulous Christmas gift from my parents, I LOVE this thing (and I happen to know they got a great deal at Big Lots and found it for $30!!!)!

#4 Melissa and Doug toys, these being 3 of our favorites...

Happy Shopping!

Flowers for Valentines Day...

Valentine's Day is coming, in case you need to send your sweety some flowers...here ya go, a few flower coupons!

1-800-PetMeds, Alloy, Destination Maternity

We joined up with the following today...
1-800-PetMeds... 12%
Alloy... 5%
Destination Maternity... 8% (the link goes to the Motherhood storefront but up at the top you'll see the link to the others, the banner on the right sidebar flashes through them all)

Here's a coupon for free shipping from 1-800-PetMeds, valid through 2012.

Office Max, PetSmart & 1-800-Flowers

We added new affiliates today,
Office Max...giving us 4%
PetSmart...giving us 8%
1-800-flowers.com...giving us 10% (my mom's company uses them for all of the flowers they send!)

Here's a current PetSmart coupon, it says it is valid through 2012.

From You Flowers

We added From You Flowers to our list today, and they had this coupon to offer! They give us 20%!!!! Time to send flowers to your sweetie!

It's Working!

I wanted to share with you all that it is working! As of this morning we have earned $18.91 in our affiliate accounts! We are REALLY excited and thankful to you for being willing to check this blog and use our links to shop. Every dollar makes a difference!

New Affiliates Today

We got approved for several new affiliates today! Here's the new companies and the percentage we earn...

Exposures...5%
Gardner's Supply Co....8%
Linens N Things...3%
Dick's Sporting Goods...5% (except gift cards)

Overstock Coupons

Here are the current Overstock coupons. One flashes up valid only this weekend but in my account they say valid through 2012, so just check to be sure it shows up before you checkout!

Office Depot Coupon

Here's the current Office Depot Coupon...I believe it is valid through Feb 2012, so I think you have awhile before it expires! I also have larger coupons for Office Depot (40 off 200 and 45 off 225), if you need them let me know and I will post them. I LOVE Office Depot, orders of $50 or more ship the next day for free in most areas!

Ordering Books

I order almost all of my books online, and I know many of my friends do too. With so many great places to choose from online and such great prices, you really can't beat it. I thought I would share with you our affiliates that sell books and the percentage that they each give us.

Christian Book (CBD)...10%
Amazon...6%
Barnes and Noble...5%
Half.com...5%
Books A Million...3%
Overstock... 1%

I personally buy almost all of my Christian books from CBD, although will use Amazon if the prices are better. If I am buying just 1 book I will check out Half.com. I do use Overstock quite a bit too, simply because their 2.95 shipping rate is sometimes better. I search prices at all of those sites before I place an order though, just to check. I have not searched or placed an order at Barnes and Noble or Books A Million, but both seem to have free shipping over $25 so it might be worth looking into if their prices are good!