Saturday, February 15, 2014

Amazing Front Yard Landscaping Ideas for Your Home

Looking for great font yard landscaping ideas for your home? So many times homeowners do next to nothing with their front yard. They may add a few shrubs or bushes along with a tree surrounded by some flowers and then carpet it with basic lawn grass. But a front yard can be much more than simply a knoll and a few plants. We have some fantastic ideas that will transform your yard into a unique, tasteful, eye-catching entryway to your home.


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Calculating the Lay of the Land

First, you want to consider what you have to work with in your front yard. If it is flat and overall level, think about creating an upper and lower level. This would be a big job. Thus, if you’re interested in taking on a lot of work, you’ll need something big to handle it like this John Deere 345 Lawn & Garden Tractor at Ebay.

This particular tractor has an 18horsepower Kawasaki twin cylinder, liquid cooled engine, and a high-end hydro/automatic transmission. This John Deere tractor offers the driver power steering, a useful and strong power lift, an adjustable tilt steering wheel, and cruise control. There’s even a toolbox on-board. At Ebay, you can use our Ebay Coupon Codes to save on many home and garden items.

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A wonderful touch for any front yard is a garden or two. One fine front yard landscaping idea is to create a beautiful flower garden in one area and then a flourishing herb and vegetable garden in another. This Garden Tote in Navy/Cream with 3 a piece tool set from Target will help you do the finer gardening work. Use Target Promo Codes to save on hundreds of tools, including a garden rake, hoe, shovel, and pick, all of which you will need in order to get your landscaping efforts started.

If you are going to go the garden route, here are some ideas for what you can do with garden designs to create a beautiful front yard.

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Gardens that are cut into your front lawn in freehand shapes, rather than specific geometric patterns, can create a unique look. Designate one for flowers, another for herbs, and another for exotic vegetables.

Amazing Front Yard Landscaping Ideas for Your Home

You can use Ebay Coupon Codes on a variety of flower seeds, including Mixed Flower Seeds that will brighten your front yard with brilliant colors, fresh aromas, and a feeling of peace.Other great garden ideas include creating an herb garden filled with fresh dill, basic, mint, tarragon, and other herbs. Fresh herbs offer pleasant aromas and the flavors they add to a meal are rich and aromatic, much different and superior to what you experience when using dried herbs. As an example, the Dill Seeds – Bouquet – Organic Heirloom Vegetable Herb ($1.39), which is available at Ebay, where you can use our Ebay Coupon Codes, offers quality, quantity, and an abundance of flavor.

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Although vegetable gardens are often relegated to the backyard, with a little bit of creativity, you can create a wonderful garden in your front yard by developing a raised-bed garden. This can be one of your winning front yard landscaping ideas!

Raised-bed gardens utilize beds that are three to four feet long. They can be any shape. The garden is enclosed by a wood frame, rock or concrete. The raised-bed of earth is anywhere from six inches to a few feet deep. Create three or four of these gardens and add plants in geometric patterns. This type of garden can be used to create an enclosed area in which you put in a simple patio.

Choose a range of plants, such as the Rare Seeds: Tomato Black Cherry Russian Heirloom Vegetable Seed available on Ebay. They are luscious and stunning and a fine addition to a raised-bed garden.

A Place to Relax

Here is one of our most fantastic front yard landscaping ideas: create an oasis by secluding an area with trees, shrubs, and a garden filled with flowers. Use flagstones set in a bed of sand and gravel to establish a simple patio that you can use to entertain guests, relax after a hard day, or enjoy some family time.

Amazing Front Yard Landscaping Ideas for Your Home

You can use some of the garden ideas already mentioned, such as raised-bed, mixed flower, and herb gardens. Along with these areas featuring fresh growth, you can plant some fast growing flowering plants and shrubs that will add amazing beauty, such as Spectacular Wisteria Vine ‘Amethyst Falls’ ($14.20) available on Ebay.

With your patio surrounded by lush gardens, you’ll need some furniture on which you can relax in your newly created private setting, enjoy outdoor cooking, and have great times with you family and friends. You will find quality patio furniture at Macys online. With our Macys Coupons, you will save on outdoor furnishings.

As an example, the Montclair Outdoor Patio Furniture Dining Sets & Pieces, which is made of rust proof, cast aluminum and features an antiqued bronze finish, offers simple, stunning beauty. The European design is stylish and stunning.

You can also use our Macys Coupons to save on other online items. Monterey Outdoor Patio Furniture Seating Sets & Pieces are framed in rust proof aluminum and feature mildew resistant cushions and a natural wicker design that fits nicely in a garden setting. Style, luxury, and durability are yours.

For cooking out, use our Target Promo Codes to purchase the grill of your dreams. Target has a large selection of quality grills, including the Weber® Summit E-470 Natural Gas Grill now sale at $1,929.99. This all-steel grill has 38,000 BTUs and will handle just about any outdoor cooking challenge. Store cooking elements underneath the grill and use the warmer to make sure that everything is served nice and hot.

Finishing Touches

Whatever front yard landscaping ideas you decide to use, creating interesting gardens throughout your front yard, developing a secluded patio, or some other unique idea you may come up with after reading this article, there are various other touches that you can add to create an exceptional environment.

Macys Coupons will help you save cash on designer items such as the Martha Stewart Collection Coral Sea Melamine Collection. This Coral Collection is refreshingly charming. The underwater designs in this collection are charming. Augment these plates, which range from $7.00 to $9.00 each with four matching glasses for $34.

From Target, you can chose from an array of outdoor vases and solar powered fountains to add accents to your landscaping. Vases, such as the Planter SetThreshold Urn or Round Wicker Planter, are less than $80 each, and the quaint, sweet Piggyback Fountain pictured below, features two whimsical children shielding themselves under an umbrella. Remember that you can save more with our Target Promo Codes.

Other items that can add to the ambience to your front lawn include these lovely steppingstones, the cleanly designed trellis, and unique birdhouses, all of which can be found on Ebay. The set of 4 Gorgeous Butterfly Stepping Stones offers wonderful butterfly patterns, whichreflect with the natural beauty of your gardens. The Ebay price is right: they are only $20.00!

A birdhouse will add a pleasant touch to your front lawn, attracting songbirds, which can also help control garden pests. Here are two wonderful birdhouses. Thenature-inspired, howling Wood Spirit Unique Old Man rustic Hand Carved Cedar Bird House is $65.00, while the finely detailed White Wood Pennsylvania Dutch Style Lighthouse Bird House (shown below) is less than $17.00.

So Many Choices

There are so many choices when it comes to what you can do with your front yard. We’ve offered various front yard landscaping ideas and suggestions that you can use as a starting point. Be creative, consider the potential of your yard, and enjoy transforming it. You can make it a welcoming and beautiful oasis.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

5 Fresh Valentine’s Day Ideas for Couples

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and many of us are still scrambling to make plans. If waiting hours in line at the local romantic restaurant isn’t your idea of the perfect day, you certainly aren’t alone. Today, we will look at 5 fresh, romantic Valentine’s Day ideas. Best of all, you can make them happen on the cheap using our Vera Bradley Coupons, Half.com Coupons, Foot Locker Coupons, and Target Promo Codes.


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Idea #1- Stay in for Romance

Who says you have to go out into the cold and the crowds to have a romantic Valentine’s Day? One of my favorite Valentine’s Day ideas is simply to stay inside with a great romantic movie and some delicious food. Cooking a romantic meal together can be lots of fun, and you can make almost anything. Consider making your partner’s favorite food and topping it off with a delectable chocolate dessert (who doesn’t like chocolate?). Target has a great chocolate fondue kit for only $29.99, and you can save even more using our Target Promo Codes.

As far as movies go, you have a world of choices. Half.com offers great deals on numerous romantic movies that would be perfect for a Valentine’s Day in. Whether you like romantic comedies, dramas, or even a little action in your romance, you will find that they offer movies that can be perfect for the two of you! For example, “About time” is a new romantic movie from the director of the all-time favorites like “Nothing hill” and “Love actually”, and Half.com offers it for only $9.50 and even cheaper at discounts with Half.com coupons!

Idea #2- Go on a Picnic

A picnic is a wonderfully romantic way to spend Valentine’s Day together. Just the two of you in a park, in the woods, or even in a spot where perhaps you shared a romantic moment together. You can have a picnic almost anywhere, and you can bring along virtually any dish that you want to eat. It beats waiting in long restaurant lines and allows the two of you to feel like you are the only people in the world on this romantic day.

Vera Bradley offers this great picnic tote for only $36.00, making it the perfect way to carry your items, and it even has pockets for icepacks if you have beverages you would like to keep chilled. A picnic can be quite the lovely way to spend Valentine’s Day, and you can follow it up with a romantic stroll or anything else your heart desires. To save even more on this great tote or any of Vera Bradley’s other picnic items, such as picnic blankets, use our Vera Bradley Coupons


Idea #3- Take Part in Sports Together

The family that plays together stays together, or so they say, and what better way to spend Valentine’s Day than enjoying a sport that you both love? Why not shoot some hoops or go for a jog to your favorite restaurant or other hotspot? Sports can be quite invigorating and can provide a fresh way to enjoy your holiday together. Valentine’s Day is a day for love, and spending the day together doing something you both enjoy can actually be a great way to say I love you without having to worry about finding the perfect flowers, wine, and reservations.

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Foot Locker has lots of great running shoes for a romantic jog, as well as shoes designed for sports like basketball, tennis, and more. Find the perfect pair for you and your partner and make your gift to one another the promise to be more active and to take part in sports together more often.

Staying healthy while spending time together is certainly romantic in its own right and will give you the chance to have a great deal of fun on Valentine’s Day without all the pressure that traditional romance can put on the holiday. You can save big on shoes and other athletic accessories using our Foot Locker coupons, making the date as inexpensive as it is fun, and unlike roses and chocolates, you will be able to use your gift again and again! Foot Locker fans can also choose their desired pair of running shoes here Best Running Shoes on a Budget with Foot Locker Coupons.

Idea #4- Take a Day Trip to a New Town

Going for an adventure is always an exciting way to spend Valentine’s Day, and it is one of those Valentine’s Day ideas that work on any budget. Most states are packed with small towns that are perfect for exploring and that are packed with local shops and boutiques that offer unique and unusual items to look at or buy. Explore the history of a nearby town by visiting museums or stroll down Main Street and discover a town in your area in a way that you never imagined.

Visiting new places or exploring places you have only seen in passing can be a wonderful way to spend Valentine’s Day, and you can even ask the locals which restaurant they recommend so that you can close your adventure with a romantic dinner.

Vera Bradley offers this great bucket tote in classic black ($68.00) that is ideal for holding wallets and everything else you need for a day of exploration. No matter where you decide to go, the romance is in doing it together, and you will find that spending the day exploring a new town or city can be a great way to enjoy time together in a new way! Don’t forget to use our Vera Bradley Coupons to help you save on this tote or any of the other great items in their collection! For more great and stylish bags please check out theses hottest handbags for 2014 with Vera Bradley Coupon Code for a full view of their new offers.

Idea #5- Make it a Game Night

Looking for something beyond traditional dinner and a movie? Why not make it a game night? This is one of our favorite Valentine’s Day ideas because it is simply so much fun! There are no limits on what you can play, from board games to video games, and you can have a blast doing so. Games are a great way to introduce a little competition, and the right game will have you laughing and smiling the entire time you play.

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One of our favorite party games is Mario Party 8, which is a favorite for people of all ages. You can play together or even invite your favorite other couple over to play along. If you are looking for a game that delivers fun and laughs, this may be the perfect option for you, and Half.com has it for only $23. With our Half.com coupons, you can save even more!

No matter what your style, there are plenty of great Valentine’s Day ideas for you and your partner. The key is simply in finding one that you will both enjoy. What idea on this list might you try this year? Leave your answer or share your romantic plans in the comments section below and feel free to share this blog with your friends!

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Easy to Do Homemade Cookies for Your Boyfriend

Homemade cookies are a great way to say I love you on Valentine’s Day, and they can be both thoughtful and delicious. If you are looking for a great creative gift idea, cookies are definitely the way to go. In this article, we will look at some easy to make homemade cookies, as well as what you will need to make them. Best of all, with our Amazon Discount Codes and Ebay Coupon Code 10 off, you can save big on all the essential items you will need to make great cookies.


Easy Sugar Cookies

Sugar cookies are always delicious, and this is a great recipe for those with little to no time or baking experience. Making these cookies couldn’t be simpler, and they are easy to decorate or adorn with your favorite Valentine’s Day toppings. Add a chocolate Kiss to the top for that perfect romantic touch, or buy a cookie decorating kit and spell out I Love You or draw hearts on each cookie. The possibilities are endless!

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Start by preheating your oven to 375 degrees. You will need 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour, a half teaspoon of baking soda, a quarter teaspoon of baking powder, a half cup of softened butter, three quarters cup of white sugar, an egg, and half a teaspoon of vanilla extract. With your ingredients gathered and your oven preheating, start by mixing together the butter and sugar. When this is smooth, beat in your eggs and your vanilla. Now, start adding in the dry ingredients. When everything is well blended, roll the dough into small balls and place each ball on your ungreased cookie sheet. This recipe should make about two dozen cookies, and you will want to bake them for eight to ten minutes or until they have turned a slight golden color. Allow them to cool completely before decorating.

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Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Of course, sugar cookies aren’t for everyone, and many people are looking to add a touch of romantic chocolate to their homemade cookies. If this sounds like you, then our recipe for simple chocolate chip cookies should be right up your alley. Simple to make, yet utterly delicious, these cookies are a great gift for that special someone in your life.

For this recipe, you will need a stick of softened butter, three quarters cup of sugar (your choice of granulated or brown), a large egg, a cup and two tablespoons of all purpose flour, and a cup of chocolate chips. Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees. While the oven preheats, mix your butter and your sugar together. When this is well mixed, add in your egg. Stir in your flour until you have a nice dough, then add your chocolate chips until they are well distributed. Now, using your measuring spoon, scoop tablespoon sized balls of your dough and put them on your cookie sheets. Bake approximately 8-12 minutes or until the edges just start to become crisp. Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes before taking them off the baking sheet.

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Making Your Cookies More Personal

Like any great baker, you probably want to make your homemade cookies unique. There are plenty of ways that you can do this. For starters, you can add a chocaem after baking, of course, so that they do not melt. This can be a very sweet romantic touch, and you will want to place the Kisses on the cookies as soon as they come out of the oven so that they will settle in to the still-soft cookie and stay in place.

Another great idea is to decorate your cookies, and there are countless ways to do this. A great cookie decorating kit is highly advised if you decide to get creative with your cookies. Your decorating ideas are limited only by your imagination, and with the right kit, you can do anything. You can use a heart shaped cookie cutter, for example, to make all of your cookies come out in the shape of hearts. You can also use gel icing to put a letter on each cookie you make, spelling out I love you or any other message you would like to share with your significant other. After your cookies have cooled, you can also use pink or red icing to make hearts and other romantic shapes on each cookie. Your options are virtually limitless, and your loved one will certainly feel special when they receive your decorated homemade cookies!

This Gourmet Writer Food Decorator Pen Set is a great way to decorate your cookies. Made from US certified food coloring, these pens allow you to get as creative as you want, making everything from fine to broad strokes and writing words, making shapes, and more. You can grab this set of 10 colored pens from Amazon for only $14.30, and our Amazon Discount Codes can offer additional savings!

If you are looking to make simple but romantic homemade cookies this Valentine’s Day, let us help. The recipes included here are easy to make and incredibly delicious, while the products and tips listed can help you make sure that your cookies come out just the way you wanted. Feel free to get creative with your cookies, and don’t hesitate to leave us a comment letting us know how you decided to make your Valentine’s Day cookies romantic or unique!

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