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Blessings and Promises from God

01/03/2014 by cristina 2 Comments

Blessings and Promises from God

The last four years of my life have been abundant in lessons and blessings. In the Spring of 2010 I remember kneeling at church – with my eyes teary and closed – asking God to lead my life. That very morning – right before entering the church, my ex husband and I had another one […]

Filed Under: Faith, Finances, Get Inspired, Giving Thanks, Love & Happy Stuff Tagged With: Angels, Divorce, Faith, freedom, God, Hebrews 11:1, leaps, love, Prayer

DIY – Made With Love Holiday Gifts

12/24/2013 by cristina Leave a Comment

DIY – Made With Love Holiday Gifts

Burn your favorite tunes and give a custom CD or 2. We’ll be giving our family members an envelope with 2 CDs filled with the best Spanish Christian songs.  For More Frugal Ideas: Reusing & Recycling for the Holidays!  and DIY – Up-cycled Cookie Jar Homemade from scratch chocolate chip cookies…

Filed Under: Baking, DIY, Frugality Tagged With: Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe, Cookie Platter Gift, Cookies, Custom Playlist, DIY Holiday Gifts, Music CD

The Joy of Pickling and Preserving

12/24/2013 by cristina Leave a Comment

The Joy of Pickling and Preserving

                                          My co-worker Susan (aka DrewSan) and her husband Drew spend a few days out of the year pickling and preserving some of their delish home grown veggies and seasonal fruit. The last homemade gift […]

Filed Under: DIY, Food, Frugality Tagged With: Christmas and holiday season, Cooking, Food, Gift, Home, Mustard seed, Pickling, Shopping

My Vintage Theme Wedding & Testimony

10/17/2013 by cristina Leave a Comment

My Vintage Theme Wedding & Testimony

  My now Husband and I were waiting to save at least 5gs to have a the DIY wedding of our dreams. About 2.5 years ago we created a small vision board of our goals and what we wanted to do together. On the vision board there are pics of a car, vacation, wedding, the words be happy, […]

Filed Under: DIY, Events, Faith, Frugality, Get Inspired, Giving Thanks, Love & Happy Stuff Tagged With: 2 Corinthians 9:6-8, Cake, craigslist, Deuteronomy 15:10, DIY, Ebay, etsy, Food, Galatians 6:7, God, Happily Ever After, Lord, love, Mark 4:24, Psalm 91:4, Relationships, Wedding, Weddings

Couponing in the REAL World of North Jersey at Shop Rite

08/01/2013 by cristina Leave a Comment

Couponing in the REAL World of North Jersey at Shop Rite

  I haven’t been couponing lately. Main reason being because  I haven’t been able to buy any Sunday papers and sit down and actually  organize my coupons or make any lists. I also haven’t been printing my coupon.com coupons! I’ve been a busy bee these past few months.    Anyway, last week I made a […]

Filed Under: Couponing, Frugality Tagged With: Couponing, hebrew national, larabar, Saving, seventh generation, shop rite

NYC LATISM 2013 – Here I Come!!!

07/30/2013 by cristina Leave a Comment

NYC LATISM 2013 – Here I Come!!!

LATISM13: ABOUT #LATISM Founded in 2009, Latinos in Tech Innovation & Social Media  (LATISM) is a 501(c)4 nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated  to advancing the social, civic and economic status  of the Latino community.   LATISM actively engages in digital communities to ensure that  online discourse more accurately reflects the rich diversity of thought,  heritage and […]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Ethnicity, Latino, LATISM, New York City, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Social media, Tech Innovation & Social Media, United States

Create a winning business model workshop!

07/09/2013 by cristina Leave a Comment

Create a winning business model workshop!

Are you an entrepreneur?   “Will My Idea Work? Francesca will evaluate your business idea on the spot!  She has over 15 years of entrepreneurship experience and can help you create  a winning business model.”   Where: 325 55th St. 2nd Fl, West New York, New Jersey 07093   Time & Date: Friday, July 19th @ 7:00pm […]

Filed Under: Classes & Workshops Tagged With: Business, business coach, Business idea, Business model, Christian, Coaching, Consult, Cristina Perez, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, francesca escoto, life coach, Living Latina, Workshop

How to Roll ExtraBucks at CVS and Save a ton!

05/21/2013 by cristina Leave a Comment

How to Roll ExtraBucks at CVS and Save a ton!

my out of pocket expense was $44.73 with Tax I know it  may seem high to some of you who extreme coupon – I don’t extreme coupon – I only purchase what I will use  for a few months til’ I can land another deal & I am not concerned if I run out either, […]

Filed Under: Budgeting, Budgeting, Couponing, Financial Peace, Frugality Tagged With: Couponing, CVS ExtraBucks, CVS Haul, CVS Rolling ExtraBucks, Frugal Shopping

Hip Girl’s Guide to My Home with Kate Payne

05/13/2013 by cristina Leave a Comment

Hip Girl’s Guide to My Home with Kate Payne

with the lovely Kate Payne author of The Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking We had such a great time learning to make  strawberry preserves with her…  Can’t wait to do it again next year! Who’s in?     Don’t forget to visit: The Hip Girls Guide to Homemaking

Filed Under: Classes & Workshops, Events, Frugality, Uncategorized Tagged With: canning, hip girls guide, Homemaking, kate payne, preserves, waterbath canning

Strawberry Preserves with Kate Payne Author of Hip Girl’s Guide!

05/07/2013 by cristina Leave a Comment

Strawberry Preserves with Kate Payne Author of Hip Girl’s Guide!

This past Sunday aka “Cinco De Mayo” we had the pleasure of having the lovely Kate Payne come teach us a strawberry preserves & water bath canning class.   A very small group of ladies attended but nevertheless, the class was a huge success and we all had a great time.  We had so much fun dipping munching on homemade guac […]

Filed Under: Classes & Workshops, Uncategorized Tagged With: canning, Cinco de Mayo, Cooking, DIY, hip girl's guide to homemaking, kate payne, Mexico, organic, strawberry preserves

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Hi, my name is Cristina and I am a loving wife. A new mommy to baby Lucas. A child of God. An artist, teacher, student, entrepreneur, innovator and cheerleader of success. I am not a writer. I am however very grateful with my heavenly father for allowing me to live in his presence and for my life journey. I enjoy sharing any little bit I can, I hope you do too.

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