Nail string art

I've seen these projects all over pinterest for a while now and finally got around to trying it out for myself. I spent nothing on this project because I used what I had on hand and used coupons on the items I did need. If you have to go out and purchase everything, you might spend around $15.

Planting a privacy screen with arborvitaes

Since our street is somewhat new, there aren't many trees. We had zero trees on our lot when we moved in. Last year we planted two decorative trees up front and two shade trees out back. Our lot still looks bare and we need privacy from a road on the south side of our house so we're planting an arborvitae screen.

Guess I don't have any good pics of the road, but here you can see it in the top left hand corner of this pic (taken around 4th of July). The trees will be in a line to the left.

Isn't this gorgeous? We're not planting that many and I'll never have that nice of a backyard, but one can dream, right?

Tax day deals

Hopefully your taxes are done and you can celebrate with some of these deals today! Here are the ones that caught my eye because we have these companies in Lincoln, NE:

Burger King - Buy 1 Whopper, get 1 free with this coupon

McDonald's - Participating locations offering buy 1 get 1 for a penny Big Macs and Quarter Pounders

Olive Garden - $6 off dinner for tow until April 19 with this coupon

Sonic - Half priced cheeseburgers all day, no coupon necessary

Schlotzksky's - Get a free, small "The Original" sandwich when you purchase a 32-ounce drink and a bag of chips

Free 8x10 from Walgreens

Walgreens

Through April 4th, order a free 8x10 from Walgreens with code FREE2FRAME! Pick up in store to avoid shipping costs. (The code will not work on Walgreens mobile site.)

Thanks to Chick Digs Deals for the heads up!

Makeover your appliances with stainless steel paint

We had an old, white (turning almond) beer fridge that was left at our house when we bought it. We purchased new appliances for the upstairs kitchen and moved this fridge downstairs. It was too ugly to put in our bar room so Rust-Oleum Stainless Steel Paint to the rescue!