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Handmade Terracotta Place Settings for the Holiday Table

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Home Improvement, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media, Thanksgiving

published date: September 20, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

Handmade Terracotta Place Settings for your Christmas and Thanksgiving Tablescapes. This clay pot plant saucers craft is easy and add the cutest touch to the holiday table. 

Handmade Terracotta Place Settings for the Holidays

I love using alternative supplies to make cute crafts for the home. This time, I challenged myself to make something functional from the terracotta pot saucers that I had left over from spring. I’ve broken the pots themselves, so I was stuck wondering what to do with the leftover saucers!

But luckily, I thought of the perfect use for them – Handmade Terracotta Place Settings!

The 4-inch pot saucers that I have are perfect for place settings or even for coasters. If you’ll be using the pots as coasters, apply a clear waterproof sealer over the paint so it doesn’t chip.

These are so versatile, they can be used to make any holiday place setting more special! And since the pot saucers are free (I also saw them for sale at a hardware store for about 50 cents each), you can make them for every member of your family or friends list for every holiday!

Supplies:

  • Stencil stickers
  • Acrylic paint
  • Foam Paintbrush
  • Terracotta Plant Saucers


Directions:

Clean the pot saucers with a damp cloth and let dry completely.

Stick the stickers onto the center of each saucer, using either each person’s name, cute sayings, or a person’s initials. Choose an option based on the size of your stencil stickers.

Paint over the entire pot saucer with acrylic paint. Let the paint dry. If your colors are light, you may need to apply a second or third coat. Wait until the paint is completely dry before moving to the next step.

Carefully peel off the stencil stickers. You may need to use a craft knife to get the stencils to come off the pot. If you have any bleed-through on the paint, cover any drips with a paint color that matches your saucer color.

Use these place settings in your fall and winter tablescapes! I made red, green, and orange to work with both fall and winter celebrations. Use just red and green for Christmas, and red, green, and orange for the fall!

Handmade Terracotta Place Settings for your Christmas and Thanksgiving Tablescapes. This clay pot plant saucers craft is easy and add the cutest touch to the holiday table. #FrugalCouponLiving #Thanksgiving #Christmas #tablescape Click to Tweet


Hosting for the holiday? Take a look at these Inspiring Thanksgiving Tablescapes. Pin to Pinterest on your Home and Thanksgiving Boards.

Also enjoy these Party and Hosting Tips for the Holidays. Pin to Pinterest.



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Frankenstein Halloween Preschool Craft

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Halloween, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

published date: September 13, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

A Halloween Preschool Craft perfect for the kids. Make a paper plate Frankenstein Monster with simple supplies. This is a kid-friendly, easy, October craft that can be done at home on a rainy day, in a pre-k classroom, or appropriate for any young artist – enjoy!

Frankenstein Halloween Preschool Craft

Frankenstein Halloween Preschool Craft

Are you a teacher of a preschool classroom or elementary school? We have an adorable, not-so-scary monster craft for you and your young artists. Chances are you have most of these supplies already on hand, just pick up some Apple Green Paper Plates.  We did this craft with a glue stick but if an adult is on hand, you could use a Hot Glue Gun to ensure a stronger hold. Hang on a window or bulletin board and enjoy!

Frankenstein Halloween Preschool Craft Supplies

Supplies:

  • Apple/Lime Green Paper Plates
  • Black Foam Sheets
  • Black Vinyl Electrical Tape
  • Glue Stick or Hot Glue Gun
  • Googly Eyes


Frankenstein Halloween Preschool Craft Tutorial

Directions:

  1. Take your black foam paper and cut out Frankenstein’s Hair. This makes a perfect cutting exercise for little ones! Just have them cut out triangles. You can pre-trace with a pencil.
  2. Once you have hair, take your glue stick and swipe it a few times on the back side of the black foam paper hair also suggest gluing around the edging of the plate where you will place the hair. To ensure a strong setting, have an adult use a glue gun.
  3. Place the glued black foam paper hair onto your green paper plate.
  4. Next use your glue stick (or hot glue gun) to place on your eyes. We used eyes that were the same size, but using different size eyes might create a creepier monster.
  5. Once your eyes are set, take your black electrical tape and cut a piece long enough for Frankenstein’s mouth. Then cut that piece of electrical tape in half making a thinner mouth.
  6. Tape the electrical tape mouth onto your green paper plate. We placed ours at an angle.
  7. With your leftover electrical tape, cut the remaining tape into a bandage for Frankenstein’s head.

Now you have your own Paper Plate Frankenstein!

A Halloween Preschool Craft perfect for the kids. Make a paper plate Frankenstein Monster with simple supplies. Kid-friendly, easy craft for October. #FrugalCouponLiving #Frankenstein #Halloween #PreschoolCraft Click to Tweet

Green Monster Halloween Preschool Craft


Need Halloween Costume Ideas? These Baby Halloween Costumes Ideas are adorable? What’s your favorite? Pin to your Halloween Pinterest Board.

Also enjoy these 31 Days of Kid’s Halloween Food Crafts. Pin to Pinterest on your food, kids and Halloween board.

Love rock painting. Take a look at these Halloween Rock Painting Ideas. Pin to Pinterest on your kids and Halloween board.



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Mouth-Watering Vampire Halloween Donuts

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Halloween, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media

published date: September 08, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

We have the cutest Dracula food craft for you this fall season. These Vampire Halloween Donuts will have anyone craving a mouth-watering bite of this tasty Halloween doughnut. I want to suck… that icing! 

Mouth-Watering Vampire Halloween Donuts

Mouth-Watering Vampire Halloween Donuts

I seriously love planning Halloween for you all.  I think some of my most creative posts cover Halloween (if I may pat myself on the back- ha ha!) I am not sure if it is the temperatures cooling off, the lull of creativity over summer, or the beginning of the seasons, but I love when Halloween season hits and I can come up with all these creative food crafts and Halloween decorations.

This week we wanted to bring to you these very creative Halloween Food Crafts – Dracula Donuts. Speaking of donuts, I had to do some research among my friends – how do you spell donuts? Donuts or Doughnuts? I do it both ways so you will see me interchange the words in the post, but the majority of the vote spelled it donuts – we all blame Dunkin Donuts for the evolution of the word. Dictionary.com prefers doughnuts…. I digress.

Halloween Donuts Ingredients

Back to our tasty Halloween treats. I especially loved this recipe, because it is easy and you can create these adorable vampires in a matter of minutes. In addition to doughnuts (we just picked up some pre-made cake doughnuts at the grocery store but Krispy Kreme would be a great idea too), you will need a few supplies.  Fake vampire teeth are a must. We picked up two dozen for around $5 – a pretty good deal to me!  Also grab 1 container of purple frosting, red gel icing, and black icing.  I think a black gel tube or a black icing writer would be best for this, as well, to properly shape the hairline.  We used black dots for the eyes because I had no candy eyes in my pantry but I have always loved the Wilton Candy Eyes when doing food crafts. They were really cute on our Halloween Jalapeno Popper Mummies.

Enjoy your tasty vampires!


Dracula Halloween Doughnuts

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Dracula Halloween Donuts | Vampire Food Craft

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We have the cutest Dracula food craft for you this fall season. These Vampire Halloween Donuts will have anyone craving a mouth-watering bite of this tasty Halloween doughnut. I want to suck… that icing! 


Ingredients

Scale
  • 12 donuts
  • 1 container of purple frosting
  • Red gel icing
  • Black icing
  • Fake vampire teeth

Instructions

  1. Lay out a piece of parchment paper.
  2. Add one cup of frosting to a small bowl and heat for 15 seconds in the microwave.
  3. Dip the top of each doughnut into the melted frosting, let any excess drip off and place into your parchment paper.
  4.  Transfer the donuts to the freezer for 15 minutes.
  5. Squeeze your vampire teeth together and place into the center of the donuts.
  6. Use your red gel icing to squeeze around the teeth.
  7. Use your black icing to draw eyes and a pointed hairline.

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Dracula Doughnuts for Halloween


Since you are inspired, take a look at these other 31+ Days of Halloween Food Crafts. Pin to Pinterest.

Hosting a party? We had fun with these 31 Inspiring Halloween Mantles and Tablescapes. Pin to Pinterest.

Leftover Halloween Candy? Make these Leftover Halloween Candy Recipes. Pin to Pinterest.



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Celery Mummy Snacks for Halloween

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Halloween, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media

published date: August 30, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

There’s a healthy alternative to your sugary kids food crafts. These Celery Mummy Snacks for Halloween are adorable and made from cheese and celery stalks. 

Celery Mummy Snacks for Halloween

I really try to incorporate the season into my kids daily activities and recipes. I don’t do something every day, in fact sometimes it’s a struggle to get one thing done during the week, but I love making them feel special with creative and EASY Pinterest ideas. Easy being the key word.

In an effort to find something healthy that the kids would love, we came up with our Celery Mummy Snacks. This Kid’s Halloween Kids Food Craft is so simple you might make it as an after school snack every day! The kids can also have their hand in making it as there are a few simple ingredients and they tools are easy – use  butter knife and get it all done!

We also suggest these mummies for a school party snack.  Unless there is dairy allergy, you likely can feed the entire class. They are peanut free and the teacher won’t complain about the extra sugar.

Enjoy and let us know how they turn out! We love to hear from you.

Supplies:

  • Celery
  • Mozzarella Shredded Cheese
  • Cream Cheese (Garlic and Herb or any flavor)
  • Edible Eyeballs


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Ingredients

  • Celery
  • Mozzarella Shredded Cheese
  • Cream Cheese (Garlic and Herb or any flavor)
  • Edible Eyeballs

Instructions

1. Cut celery into 3-4 inch pieces.
2. Spread the cream cheese onto each celery stick.
3. Place the mozzarella cheese one by one on top of the cream cheese. Make sure to cross them and overlap the pieces so it’ll look like a wrapped mummy.
4. Stick on 2 eyeballs and enjoy this fun treat!


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Directions:

Cut celery into 3-4 inch pieces.

Spread the cream cheese onto each celery stick.

Place the mozzarella cheese one by one on top of the cream cheese. Make sure to cross them and overlap the pieces so it’ll look like a wrapped mummy.

Stick on 2 eyeballs and enjoy this fun treat!

There's a healthy alternative to your sugary kids food crafts. These Celery Mummy Snacks for Halloween are adorable and made from cheese and celery stalks. #FrugalCouponLiving #Halloween Click to Tweet


We have so many ideas for Halloween. Take a look at our 31 Days of Kid’s Halloween Food Crafts. Pin to Pinterest on your Halloween and Recipe boards.

Leftover Halloween Candy? Take a look at these Creative Ways to Reuse Leftover Halloween Candy. Pin to Pinterest on your Halloween and Recipe Board.



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DIY Weekly Dorm Room Calendar Craft

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back To School, Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

published date: August 20, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

Do it yourself Weekly Dorm Room Calendar. This easy Paint Chip Craft can be done in a matter of minutes and aids in organizing daily home and school life.

DIY Weekly Dorm Room Calendar Craft

DIY Weekly Dorm Room Calendar Craft

As a former teacher and a mom of pre-teens, one of my favorite posts on Frugal Coupon Living was Dorm Room Hacks and Tips. I loved putting together ideas for the dorm room without having to send one of my girls off to school. I also loved the college organizing ideas that could easily be transformed into Teen Bedroom Ideas.

As any mom knows, keeping teens organized can be a huge challenge, particularly when they go off to college! College kids need all the help they can get when organizing their dorm rooms. Most dorms are tiny spaces with barely any room to move- much less space for organizing supplies! With this cute paint chip dorm room organizer calendar, kids will be prepared to face whatever college has to throw at them. This craft was easy. It took some of our preexisting Paint Chips and turned them into a weekly calendar for college.

Younger kids will also love this cute paint chip calendar, and after you make the first one, you just might have to make one for everyone in the family! This calendar can be placed in a home bedroom, a home command center, and maybe even inside a teen locker for school. Wherever you place your calendar, this is a super inexpensive way to stay organized, and it doubles as cute wall art at the same time!

Happy crafting.

Weekly Dorm Room Calendar Craft Tutorial

Supplies:

  • Laminator and laminating pockets
  • Paint chips in rainbow colors
  • Clothespins in rainbow colors
  • Twine
  • Scissors
  • Permanent markers
  • Dry erase markers


Directions:

  1. Cut the paint chips to the desired size. I rounded the corners on my paint chips to give them a softer appearance.
  2. Place the paint chips into a laminating pocket and run through the laminating machine. Cut the paint chips out of the plastic.
  3. Use a permanent marker to write the days of the week onto the clothespins. If your clothespins are small, use abbreviations for the days of the week. Decide if you want a 7-day or 5-day calendar.
  4. Use a dry erase marker to write the daily tasks onto the paint chips. If your to-do list gets too long, add another paint chip to that day.
  5. Hang the twine string somewhere in a dorm room or on a bulletin board. Use clothespins to secure the paint chips to the string in daily order.
  6. As you complete each task, wipe it off the paint chip. The next week, you can reuse each paint chip to write that day’s tasks.
Do it yourself Weekly Dorm Room Calendar. This easy Paint Chip Craft can be done in a matter of minutes and aids in organizing daily home and school life. Click to Tweet

DIY Weekly Calendar Craft Using Paint Chips


We found some other helpful ideas for college life. Take a look at these Dorm Room Hacks and Tips. Pin to Pinterest.

Have extra paint chips?  Take a look at these Paint Chip Crafts. Add to Pinterest on your Craft Board.

Organize yourself with these Home Command Centers (and Homework Center Ideas) – also great for college life! Pin to Pinterest on your Home and School Boards.



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Milk and Cookies Popsicles

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media, Summer

published date: August 02, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

Everyone’s favorite dessert, milk and cookies, twisted into a cool tasty treat – Milk and Cookies Popsicles featuring Golden OREOs.

Milk and Cookies Popsicles

Milk and Cookies Popsicles

We twisted everyone’s favorite dessert into a yummy treat, Milk and Cookies Popsicles! This Popsicle recipe features Golden OREOs.  We did not use whole milk in this recipe, we used our secret ingredient Almond Milk. We make a lot of smoothies in our home, so Almond Milk is a pretty common staple ingredient for us. To add more flavor, we included sugar and vanilla extract.  If you need a Popsicle mold, these are like the molds we used.

Enjoy!

Milk and Cookies Popsicles Ingredients

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups Unsweetened Vanilla Almond milk
  •  ¼ cups Sugar
  • 2 tsp. Vanilla Extract
  • Golden OREOs
  • Popsicle molds – these are like the molds we used, but they have many more options!


Milk and Cookies Popsicles In Process

Directions:

  1. Pour two cups of unsweetened vanilla almond milk into a blender.
  2. Add in ¼ cup of sugar.
  3. Mix in 2 teaspoons of vanilla.
  4. Blend until the mixture is well combined.
  5. Place one whole Golden Oreo into the bottom of each Popsicle mold.
  6. Break another Golden Oreo into fourths, and layer it the rest of the way to the top of each Popsicle mold.
  7.  Pour your Popsicle mixture into each mold to fill it to the top.
  8. Place the tops on each of the Popsicle molds.
  9. Put the Popsicles in the freezer for at least 5 hours.
  10. When ready to serve, you can loosen the Popsicle in the molds with some warm running water.

Milk and Cookies Popsicle Molds

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Milk and Cookies Popsicles

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Ingredients

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  • 2 cups Unsweetened Vanilla Almond milk
  •  ¼ cups Sugar
  • 2 tsp. Vanilla
  • Golden OREOs
  • Popsicle molds

Instructions

  1. Pour two cups of unsweetened vanilla almond milk into a blender.
  2. Add in ¼ cup of sugar.
  3. Mix in 2 teaspoons of vanilla.
  4. Blend until the mixture is well combined.
  5. Place one whole Golden Oreo into the bottom of each Popsicle mold.
  6. Break another Golden Oreo into fourths, and layer it the rest of the way to the top of each Popsicle mold.
  7.  Pour your Popsicle mixture into each mold to fill it to the top.
  8. Place the tops on each of the Popsicle molds.
  9. Put the Popsicles in the freezer for at least 5 hours.
  10. When ready to serve, you can loosen the Popsicle in the molds with some warm running water.

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Everyone's favorite dessert, milk and cookies, twisted into a cool tasty treat - Milk and Cookies Popsicles featuring Golden OREOs. #FrugalCouponLiving Click to Tweet

Milk and Cookies Popsicles


Hey Popsicle lovers! You will want to see the other Popsicle Ideas, Summertime Popsicle Recipes. Pin to Pinterest.

Enjoy our Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles. Pin to Pinterest.

Also take a look at this cookie recipe – Cookie Skillet! Pin to Pinterest.



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Easy Back to School Apple Pops – 2 Simple Ingredients

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back To School, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media

published date: August 04, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

We have the cutest after school snack for the kids. These Back to School Apple Pops are easy to make with only two simple ingredients – candy melts and nutter butter cookies. They look just like apple cores! 

Back to School Apple Pops

Easy Back to School Apple Pops - 2 Simple Ingredients

We did something similar a few years ago but we wanted to evolve it for those that love peanut butter as much as we do. These back to School Apple Pops are an easy after school snack. They require only two ingredients – Nutter Butter Cookies and Wilton Candy Melts (of various colors.) Make them before the kids get home as a fun surprise or unwind one afternoon and make them with the kids. Don’t forget to bag a few and send in to school for a special teacher!

Allergy alert! These do contain peanut butter so consider making our Apple OREO Pops as an alternative.

Nutter Butter Apple Pops

Supplies:

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  • Nutter Butter Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
  • Wilton white candy melts
  • Wilton red candy melts
  • Wilton light cocoa candy melts
  • Wilton light green candy melts
  • Green lollipop sticks
  • Parchment paper/sheets
  • Decorating bag


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We have the cutest after school snack for the kids. These Back to School Apple Pops are easy to make with only two simple ingredients – candy melts and nutter butter cookies. They look just like apple cores! 


Ingredients

  • Nutter Butters
  • Wilton white candy melts
  • Wilton red candy melts
  • Wilton light cocoa candy melts
  • Wilton light green candy melts
  • Green lollipop sticks
  • Parchment paper
  • Decorating bag

Instructions

1. In a small microwave safe bowl, heat 2 cups of the white, 2 cups of red and 1/4 cup of brown candy melts in separate microwave safe bowls on 50% power for 3-4 minutes. Make sure to stir every 30 seconds until melted. (This evens out the temperature and prevents burning.)

2. Once melted, carefully open a Nutter Butter cookie and add a dollop of melted white chocolate and gently press a green lollipop stick onto the frosting side of the Nutter butter so the stick sticks out the top about 1/2” (for your stem) and carefully place the Nutter Butters back together.

3. Place your cookies on a baking pan lined with parchment paper and transfer to the freezer for 5 minutes.

4. After freezing, hold the lollipop sticks over the melted white chocolate and coat the center with the melted white chocolate, let any excess drip off and set back onto the parchment paper and into the freezer for another 5 minutes.

5. After freezing, hold onto the lollipop stick over the red chocolate and coat the top and bottom of the Nutter Butter with red chocolate, let any excess drip off and place onto a piece of parchment paper

6. Break a small green candy melt in half, smooth the edges with your finger and place on top of the Nutter Butter by the “stem” or green lollipop stick.  Transfer to the freezer for 15 minutes.

7. In a small microwave safe bowl, heat 1/4 cup of your light cocoa candy melts on 50% power for 2-3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted, pour into a decorating bag and cut a tiny tip off the end of the bag.

8. Use your decorating bag of light cocoa candy melts to draw 4 tiny seeds onto the white center of the apple.

9. Let harden and enjoy!


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How to make Nutter Butter Apple Core Pops

The easiest after school snack. These Back to School Apple Pops are easy to make with only two simple ingredients. They look just like apple cores! Click to Tweet

Nutter Butter Apple Core Pops


Look at this other creative Back to School Snack using Candy Melts and Graham Crackers. Back to School Graham Cracker Pencils – Pin to Pinterest.

We have other Apple Pops, enjoy these Apple OREO Pops. Pin to Pinterest.

This bagel is a hoot! Woodland Owl Bagel. Pin to Pinterest.

Also enjoy these tasty after school desserts – Back to School Apple Cupcakes . Pin to Pinterest.

Save all these creative Back to School Kid Snack Ideas too. You will want them for class parties or for when the kids get home. Pin to Pinterest.



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Outlet Shopping in Washington, DC – Shop and Stay

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March 29, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Travel

published date: July 30, 2018
modified datt: March 29,2019

Looking to go outlet shopping in Washington, DC? We have the best tips to help you save a dime. Shop and Stay with Tanger Outlets and Gaylord National at one of D.C.’s most popular spots, the National Harbor. Enjoy your stay!

Outlet Shopping in Washington, DC

Well this blog has done nothing but prove I love to shop! It has proved I love to shop frugally and I love to share my deals and finds with you. Since having five kids, finding a deal, running from store to store and using a coupon has been a bit of a challenge. It was easy with one child when I started the blog 10 years ago. I would jump in the car and hit about 5 stores in a day trying to save my family a dime. Since the birth of my last two, the twins, it has been hard to load the entire family and drive around town to get the best deals so my visit to Tanger Outlets at National Harbor was eye opening and freeing… let me explain why.

Outlet Shopping in Washington, DC - Shop and Stay

First, you guys, I found some quality clothing for less. I mean for a lot less.  The clothing was not only extremely affordable, but it also was quality fabric and textiles.  How did my adventure begin? It began with a challenge! Myself and nine other DC Metro bloggers were sent on a mission to find an outfit for $250 or less. Our mission was to share the best outfit, with the most accessories and see who saved the most money!  I spent about $240 after the challenge.

Outlet Shopping in Washington, DC - Tanger Outlet Discounts

Tanger Outlets has a mobile app. Download their mobile app and save on your favorite brands and designer fashions.  One of my favorite things about the Tanger Outlets is their Best Price Promise. That means if you find it for less, they will pay you back the difference meaning no matter what you buy, you are guaranteed the lowest price around! Additionally, stay in the know. Every day Tanger features a different deal. If you know you are into saving, be sure to text NATIONALHARBOR to 55695. If you are shopping at other locations, text TANGER to 55695 to sign up for text deals! You might find something at your favorite store.

Outlet Shopping in Washington, DC - Shop and Stay

What I bought in my $250 Challenge:

  • Coach Purse $69.59 $295.00
  • Charlotte Ruse Aviator Sunglasses $0.00* $6.99 
  • Charlotte Ruse Straw Bag* $19.19 $23.99
  • Charlotte Ruse Booties $10.00 $30.99
  • Charlotte Ruse Golden Suede Stilettos* $29.59 $36.99
  • Banana Republic Eyelet Shorts $20.24 $49.99
  • Banana Republic High Waist Navy Shorts* $10.93 $49.99
  • Banana Republic A-line Shirt Dress $16.19 $39.99
  • Banana Republic Stripe Scarf* $5.66 $13.99
  • Banana Republic Shift Dress $18.21 $44.99
  • H&M Floral Blouse* $5.00 $24.99
  • H&M Blue Stripe Blouse $5.00 $24.99
  • H&M Orange Jacket* $31.99 $79.99

I spent a total of $241.59 and saved a total of $722.88. All my items were a retail value of $964.47. This was a grand savings of 75% off all my purchases!

* These pieces were part of my outfit challenge.

Outlet Shopping in Washington, DC - Tanger Outlet Rewards

Are you a frequent shopper? Take a look at the TangerClub. Purchase a lifetime membership at this or any Tanger Outlet location for only $10. This membership gives you exclusive perks and access to additional savings. You also can turn in your receipts and early exclusive rewards like a tote or even $25 Gift Card! With each visit to Tanger Outlets, be sure to stop at Shopper Services with your TangerClub card and pick up your coupon booklet.

Outlet Shopping in Washington, DC - Gaylord National at Night

Your day doesn’t have to end there! Make your way about a mile downhill and enjoy a stay at Gaylord National, located at National Harbor.  Immerse yourself in the luxury of this memorable hotel located on the Potomac river. Just steps away enjoy an evening of entertainment, a ride on the Capital Wheel, additional shopping or a visit to the new MGM National Harbor.

Outlet Shopping in Washington, DC - Gaylord National Spa

Is shopping exhausting… I have five a  kids and a day of shopping was probably more exhausting than being home and taking care of them – why is that? On your vacation, or stay-cation, you deserve to relax. With all that outlet shopping savings, you should absolutely indulge in yourself! Be sure to book and appointment at Gaylord National’s Relâche Spa & Salon. Did you know that relâche means to release. Release all your tension with one of their treatments and amenities… Facials, lip treatments, couples massages, hair & scalp treatments and more. Are you on the go or limited on time. Enjoy the spa’s new Express Bar with a walk-in appointment. Treatments are 25 minutes or less and all are under $65!

Outlet Shopping in Washington, DC - Gaylord National Spa Treatment

This spa does not disappoint. The staff is amazing, the smells are divine and your ambiance is relaxing. The Relâche Spa & Salon was named one of the “Top 100 Spas of 2013” by Spas of America. Reserve our one of their massages, manicures/pedicures, body scrubs and make-up sessions during your National Harbor stay.

Outlet Shopping in Washington, DC - Gaylord National Salon

I was able to visit and had so many treatments. I got my makeup done, a mini facial, and my hair done.  My patchology facial included a 15 minute LED eye treatment, eye and lip treatments (15 minutes) and a Hydrating Patchology Flashmasque (5 minutes.) My hair treatment was perfect, perfecting frizzy curls into beautiful spiral with the help of a BaBylissPRO Nano Titanium Miracurl Machine – oh my goodness, you guys, have you tried this little piece of magic! I am a believer!

Spa Hours are Sun: 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM, Mon-Fri: 10:00 AM – 08:00 PM, Sat: 09:00 AM – 09:00 PM.

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I am a wife, mother, daughter, blogger, teacher, friend – a woman of many different hats. My delights are my husband, my five kids, reading, shopping, and spending time with friends and family. I am a Florida girl transferred to the heart of the DC-Metro area. I'm glad you're here! Learn more about Ashley.

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