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Medicaid Won’t Cover Breast Cancer For Male Patients

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A confusing situation has popped up due to the way that Medicaid has laid out some of the requirements for certain kinds of insurance coverage. Medicaid does cover the costs of treatments related to breast cancer. However, they will only do this for patients who are female, even though men can get breast cancer too. Medicaid is a form of health insurance that is run by the government. It is not something that private insurance companies sell. The specific eligibility requirements that a person must meet in order to get Medicaid can vary from one state to another. In general, … Continue reading →

Scrappy Blog Mania

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A few years ago when I was scrapping a ton, scrapbook blogs weren’t all that popular. Maybe they were, and I just didn’t know it because I didn’t have a blog myself at the time. But, now that I currently run 4 blogs, aside from writing here, I have blogging on my mind. Big surprise huh? The thing that has amazed me is that in the year or so that I took off from scrapbooking after my 2nd child was born, it seems the scrapbooking blogging world exploded. When I am on message boards, and forums, everyone is promoting their … Continue reading →

Scrap a Header for Your Blog

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There are so many people out there with scrapbooking blogs. Hundreds. I would venture to say there are thousands. The web is amazing. Many of these blogs are for sharing layouts, creating challenges, starting up a scrapbooking business, or a mix of scrapbooking and personal blogging. Whatever your scrapbook blog might be, you can add some personality to it by scrapping your own header for your blog. I have used free templates for my blog that you can find all over the web, but I was never quite happy with how they looked. But, I didn’t want to have to … Continue reading →

Tie a Ribbon Around It

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I love to scrapbook with ribbon. It can add so much to your page, and there are lots of things that you can do with ribbon to add dimension, and life to your scrapbook pages. This weekend, I actually got to sit down and do a scrapbook layout. It seems like it is harder and harder these days to find time to scrap. But, I used a lot of ribbon on a particular layout, and loved how it turned out. I took a very thick piece of ribbon that I wanted to use for an accent color. In this particular … Continue reading →

Fun Easter Activities for Kids

Peter Cottontail will be making his way down the bunny trail in just eight days. If you are still looking for kid-friendly Easter-themed crafts to decorate your home, then consider the following ideas: CANDY EASTER TREE Materials: Large chocolate eggs wrapped in festive foil 2-3 Small tree branches (roughly 12 – 18 inches long) Small plant pot Block of green floral foam White spray paint 2 yards each of 1/8-inch pastel satin ribbons (choose a variety of colors) 1/2 yard each of several embroidered trims or 1/8-inch rickrack Small silk flowers Craft glue Directions: Decorate each egg by gluing embroidered … Continue reading →

Gloves, Hats, and Necklaces – Craft Ideas for Tea Parties

What’s a tea party without gloves? I have several ideas for decorating gloves, depending on the age group of your guests and how many adult helpers you have. If you are lucky you can sometimes find old dress gloves at thrift stores and garage sales. If you can’t find them or don’t want to glue things to almost antique clothing, gloves meant for keeping lotion on your hands, or those one size fits all stretch gloves that cost about a dollar work just fine too. Plain gloves are fine and will feel fancy to the children. But gloves with decorations … Continue reading →

Make Your Own Ribbon Organizer

Ribbons can quickly get out of hand and become a big tangled mess. And there are so many deals out there right now for pretty ribbons, that it is hard to resist picking them up and adding them to the collection. If you can find them, you can purchase ribbon organizers that cost quite a bit. Instead, why not save money and make your own? When the holiday season rolls around, you won’t be fit to be tied. This ribbon organizer project calls for the following materials: A plastic box with a lid. (Check the dollar store or your local … Continue reading →

How a Kitchen Product Can Become Ribbon Storage

If you know me, then you know there is nothing I love more than figuring out how I can reuse items in new and different ways. I am constantly writing articles for the frugal blog on finding new uses for everyday items. Well, I have found a new use for a standard kitchen item that very quickly can be turned into ribbon storage. When we became a blended family, we wound up with two of a lot of things. Those are the items I tend to play around with first. Well, we wound up with two colanders for our kitchen. … Continue reading →

Holiday Decorating: Quick Tips with Ribbon

When it comes to holiday decorating and adding extra festive little touches, ribbon is your friend. You can use any kind and there are great choices available from sheer, satin, and wired ribbon, to holiday themes. Try these simple tips: When Setting the Table Group silverware together, knife, fork, spoon, and tie a ribbon around them. Make a neat bow. You can also roll silverware in a linen napkin before adding ribbon. Tie gorgeous sheer or satin ribbon around the stems of glassware for an extra sparkly touch. You can also tie bows around single candy canes, and lay one … Continue reading →

Celebrities Rally For World AIDS Day

Did you know today is World AIDS Day? Since 1988 the first day in December has been set aside to unite efforts worldwide in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Statistics show that around 40 million people are living with HIV throughout the world – and that number increases in every region every day. Even more startling, in the first 10 months of 2006, some 4.3 million people became newly infected with the virus and around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35. … Continue reading →