Delightful Chaos – This is pretty much named after my life. I don’t know if one would say this blog has ‘a theme’. I pretty much post about anything and everything with an occasional personal post in there. I do Music, product reviews, giveaways, health information and so much more.

A Few Fries Short – Just a fun food blog with recipes I make for my own family. I host the occasional giveaway but really it was created just to have fun. The recipe are generally VERY easy so anyone can cook them!

Grocery Price Books – This is a Grocery Price Comparison site for Kroger, Giant Eagle and Meijer. It is not completed yet but continues to grow. It also features a UPC database for refunders!

Most Gift Guides are features on Delightful Chaos. Products can also be featured on A Few Fries Short as well but those are only for review/giveaway.

Spring Cleaning – Now through June 1st, 2012

Easter – through April 1st, 2012

Mother’s Day – through May 1st, 2012

Father’s Day – through June 8th, 2012

Back to School – through August 17th, 2012

Christmas – through December 15th, 2012

We are currently looking for Easter and Spring Cleaning related campaigns and products.

Does your product fit perfectly in any kids easter basket? We are looking for Stuffed animals to candy to you name it!

Spring Cleaning is always a crazy time of year. Everyone is purging and organizing. I speak from experience when I saw that trying to organize your home can be overwhelming. Let’s see your products on how to make spring cleaning an easier task! Cleaning products to organizing to purging… Show us your stuff!

Where: San Diego Marriott and Convention Center, San Diego, CA

Sponsor:

I will also be hosting a Twitter Party LIVE from BlogHer. Visit DelightfulChaos.com for more details.

I will be working on a back to school guide which will be release in early August for the 2011/2012 school year. I will be working hard to bring my readers some fantastic back-to-school related reviews and giveaways. I have a few sponsored lined up already but I would love more. I would like a fun FILLED back to school guide this year!

Backpacks, school supplies, school clothes, organizers, even items to help Mom get things more organized starting the new school year. If your product can fit in with this back-to-school theme, please send me an email. Etsy shops are welcome, too! Don’t just think Elementary school! We are including any products appropriate from Preschool to College! Mak Media owned sites are listed to the right. Just let us know where you would like your product placed. Please have your product submitted by July 1st if possible.

Don’t forget a Twitter Party! Many brands run big campaigns during this time of year and I am happy to host one for you. I have been hosting for big brands for almost 3 years. Just ask for my Media Kit

So, if you have a product that is related to back-to-school that you would like to have featured, please contact me!

This summer, Delightful Chaos will be covering top 20 hottest products for the summer. Do you have something that you think will sizzle my readers? Send an Email and tell us all about it! We will let you know more on how to get your product featured!

MAK Media is gearing up for Spring! We are currently looking for products to review on DelightfulChaos.com that promote household cleaning, home organization and/or DIY. To have your product considered for this campaign, please contact us at tonilynn@makmediallc.com

Written by Michael Driehorst |

Every dollar does count.

And there are plenty of online resources and methods to help make sure earnings are spent wisely.

Paula Wethington has penned the “Monroe on a Budget” blog for the Monroe Evening News since January 2007. The often updated blog strives to be a resource for frugal living.

“Do not expect too much, too fast,” Wethington said about how quickly people can see results from clipping coupons and other frugal activities. “It’ll take about eight weeks to ramp up.”

Toni-Lynn Barber of Sylvania operates two frugal shopping/couponing sites: GroceryPriceBooks.com, which she started in 2007, and The Coupon Cupboard, a forum started in 2008 where members can share couponing tips, learn about free samples and trade coupons.

Barber also maintains a blog at Grocery Price Blog.

“What you save depends on so many things,” Barber told Toledo Free Press via an e-mail. “Are you brand specific? Will you only use coupons for things you buy normally? How many coupons do you have access to?

“I save over 95 percent on every trip, but I have been doing it for seven years,” she wrote.

Wethington has been really serious about couponing since 2005.

Once into a rhythm, Wethington said couponing can reduce grocery expenses by up to 50 percent when combined with store sales.

Barber said there is no best method for tracking coupons and matching them up to store sales.

“Couponing isn’t a one size fits all. It works best if you come up with your own method or maybe one modified from someone else’s,” she said.

Wethington said she clips coupons and separates them into two piles — one for her family and one that she uses for trading, to give away to friends. With her coupons, she reviews store fliers to see when products go on sale and plans her trip to those stores to use the coupon at the time of the sales.

“I normally go to two or three different stores a week. You do not have to drive all over. Match up the coupons and plan your trips based on the stores you normally pass on your errands,” Wethington said.

In addition to couponing for trading and to give to friends, Wethington suggested keeping other needs in mind like school food drives and using the coupons to purchase items to donate.

Once you develop your own method, Wethington said, be smart with your weekly trips. Depending how many of the coupon fliers you look at in the newspaper, clipping coupons on a weekly basis can take 20 to 30 minutes. And, to get the family involved, Wethington suggested enlisting children to cut out the coupons.

Barber and Wethington said given time, couponing and timing purchases to coincide with store sales will pay off.

“Don’t give up!” Barber  stated in her e-mail. “You will not automatically save 95 percent on your bill like me. This takes time to learn your store sales, what coupons you have access to and so many other things.

“If you can go and save $20 that is fantastic. Start small and if you stay with it and be patient, in time you can save more,” she said.

Wethington added, “Be very resourceful. Frugal living takes a lot of time, but these days, people have a lot more time than they do money.”