The Ultimate Birthday Rewards Guide (Updated April 2024)

With my birthday coming up, I’ve been getting a LOT of emails with birthday rewards and let me tell you, I take FULL advantage of them all. A lot of them give you free things while some are discounts and money off! Either way though, I celebrate all month long with my birthday, and wanted to share with you guys my list of rewards that I get and use to the fullest! There are some stores I get discounts for that I’m not including because they are always doing sales where you can get a better deal (i.e. Gap, American Eagle, etc) Got any other good birthday rewards to share?? Comment below!

Keep in mind most of these you need to sign up before your birthday month because some come the 1st of the month. Including when they come to your inbox so you can plan your birthday month! Note: Look for expiration dates. Some expire on your birthday.

Home

At Home - 25% off your entire purchase

• When you are signed up with their email list.

• Received two weeks before my birthday.

The Container Store - 15% off your entire purchase

• Must be a POP Rewards member

• Received 1st of the month

• Expires at the end of the month

World Market - 15% off

• Must be a World Market Explorer (Last year it was $10 off so will update if it changes again)

• Received the first of the month

Food

Brusters - $3 off

• Be a part of their rewards program

• Received the first of the month

P.F. Changs - Free dessert or appetizer

• Rewards member

• Received the first of the month

AMC Movies Theater - Free popcorn

• Rewards member

• Received the first of the month

Nothing Bundt Cakes - Free bundlet

• Signed up for their email list

• Received the week before my birthday

IHOP - Free stack of pancakes

• Signed up for their email list

• Received the week before my birthday

Planet Smoothie - Free smoothie

• Signed up for their email list

• Received the week before my birthday

Taziki’s - Free dessert

• Signed up for their email list

• Received the first of the month

Newk’s Eatery - Free dessert

• Signed up for their rewards

• received a week before my birthday

Great American Cookie - $5 off your purchase

• Sign up for email list

• Received a week before my birthday

• Good for a month

Moe’s Southwest Grill - Free burrito

• Sign up for their rewards program

• Received 2 days before birthday

Firehouse Subs - Free Sandwich

• Sign up for email list

Starbucks - Free drink

• Sign up for reward program

Ashley Mac’s - $5 off

• Signed up for their reward program

• Received the 1st of the month

• Good for a month

Ladybird Taco - $5 off

• Signed up for their reward program

• Received the 1st of the month

• Good for a month

Tropical Smoothie - Free Smothie

• Signed up for rewards

• Received on my birthday

• Good for a week

Chick-Fil-A - free dessert of choice

• Received in the app

• Received on my birthday

• Good for a month

Mellow Mushroom - free pretzel bites

• Signed up for emails

• Received a week before my birthday

• Good for a month

Cheesecake Factory - Free cheesecake slice

• Signed up for emails

• Received 1st of the month

• Good 2 weeks

Publix - free bar cake or container of ice cream

• Be part of their perks program

• Received a week before my birthday

• Good for 2 weeks

Shopping

Madewell - $25 gift card (no minimum!)

• Be a Madewell Insider

• Received the first of the month

• Expires at the end of the month

Anthropologie - 15% off your entire purchase

• Be an AnthroPerks member

• Received the first of the month

Ulta - Free birthday gift and 2x the points

• Be an Ulta Rewards member. Must scan actual coupon sent to you to receive.

• Received the first of the month

Sephora - Free birthday gift

• Be an Sephora Rewards member

• Received the first of the month

Urban Outfitters - 20% off your entire purchase of $50 or more

• Download the UO rewards app

• Received a week before my birthday

DSW - $5 reward

• DSW rewards member

• Received at the first of the month

• TIP: Save up one of your other rewards and combine to get a bigger discount! They also always have gifts with purchase, so be strategic!

Home Depot - 10% off your entire purchase

• have the Home Depot credit card

• Received the first of the month

Target - extra 5% off entire purchase

• Have a red card

• Received on my birthday

• Applies on top of the normal 5% so you’re getting 10% off a purchase

• Good for a month

Loft - $10 off

• Signed up for emails

• Received the 1st of the month

• Good for 30 days

Belk - $10 off

• Signed up for emails

• Received the 1st of the month

• Good for 30 days

Columbia Sportswear - 20% off your purchase

• Be signed up for emails

• Received day before my birthday

• Good for a month

Free People - 15% off purchase

• Signed up for emails

• Received a week before my birthday

• Good for a month

Plans for my Backyard!

Hello all! As we are nearing Spring, I’m excited to finally be tackling my backyard! It’s been a little bit of an eyesore since I bought my house, and I haven’t done anything with it since. 1, because I wasn’t sure what I could do to it, and 2, I was more focused on some of my indoor projects. But I’m finally ready to at least give it a little more life, and my goal is to have it usable by time April comes!

One of the biggest problems with it, is it has a HUGE tree in the backyard. So big that the roots cover everything and make it almost impossible to grow anything. Anyone has a solution to this please comment below! I wanted to dump a bunch of dirt back there to at least even out the ground, but I was told the dirt will eventually wash down because it’s on a slope. So for now, I at least have a plan for the porch! Here is the current state below after I recently power washed it! If you guys haven’t ever power washed it makes a world of a difference and prepped the porch!

So that’s where I’m starting: the patio. Below is a moodboard of kind of what I want to be doing with my backyard.

1. Lounge Furniture

Along with the patio dining set, I want a place where I can also just lounge by the firepit if I wanted. Some chairs like these look perfect for doing just that!

2. Build a Firepit

I haven’t decided where I should put the fireplace yet, but I’ve been looking at options to build one! There’s a lot of cheap tutorials out there where you can make one of your own for $40!

3. Fill with plants

The plant beds have absolutely nothing in them right now, so the goal is to find cheap, but effective and low maintenance plants I can fill them in with that will add a lot of dimension to the porch and make it feel more alive. I found this article on Country Living that lists a lot of great options if you’re looking for low maintenance greenery.

4. Dining set

We can’t have dinner parties without a table! Target has a lot of great options and I loved this one from Opalhouse. I’m not sold on any one set yet, but liked the warm colors of it.

5. String Lights

I plan to create a “ceiling” of sorts over the patio to add some ambient light at night and make it feel more inviting to hang out back there even after hours!

6. Vine wall

This won’t be on the patio, but next to it. The back of my house has a blank wall similar to the picture, and I think it would be the perfect place to add a vine wall!

7. Paint the plant beds

Though it’s not on the moodboards, I’m going the paint the cinder blocks black. I’ve known I wanted to paint the plant beds since I bought the house, but they were much too gross. My parents recently bought a pressure washer, so I took advantage of the opportunity to use it on the porch and has made a world of a difference! They’re clean enough now that I can paint them, so I bought black exterior mold resistant paint and that is the first step.

So those are my first steps! Later we will tackle the yard, but I’m going to start with the patio first! In the meantime, if you’re a landscape architect, or just have some good ideas, feel free to share those with me! Landscape design is not my forte!

FREE Printable Recipe Cards

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If you’re like me, you don’t trust computers. I always wonder 20 years from now if things like Pinterest will be around. Or the blogs that have all your favorite recipes!? What if they delete their blog or take it down? I will no longer have that recipe! So I went to Pinterest to try and find some cute recipe cards I could print out at home, and I did not like a single one. They were all too “cute” if you know what I mean. I wanted something classic that I would never look at and not like. So I made my own! These ones are simple and easy to use! They’re straight to the point and I think may be useful to you guys! I’ve created a tab version if you like to be organized like me, but if not there’s also a non tab version! So scroll to the bottom of the post to download the cards! I recommend printing on cardstock and trim on the dotted lines.

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5 Essentials for a Cozy Bedroom

Everyone wants a bedroom that is their oasis right!? It’s where you sleep and wake up and probably spend a good part of your evening. A lot of times people don’t know what to do to make their bedroom cozier. It feels like something is always missing right? Well I’m here to share 5 things that I think will make your room feel cozier and that you will enjoy waking up to in the morning

1 Curtains

This the number one essential thing everyone needs. Even if you are in an apartment you can easily buy no screw curtain rods like this one here or here that go inside the window sill! I bought some Ikea curtains and curtain rods to stay budget friendly, but also warm up the bedroom!

Curtains: Ikea Curtain Rods: Ikea

2. Art

Art may be the number one thing I recommend everyone has in their. It just adds such a personal touch and allows your guests to see your personality. Not to mention art just makes me happy and I love supporting artists and seeing something in my home and know its an original and handmade.

Art by Deann Rieves

3. Rug

I’d say every bedroom needs a rug! A rug can bring so much life into a room! Especially if you have hardwood floors it will add a little warmth to your room and also make it easier to get out out bed when you have something soft to touch! I find Target to be a great place to find a affordable rugs and they are always running specials online!

Rug: Target

4. Mirror

Everyone needs a big mirror! It makes the room look bigger and also makes getting ready much more fun and easy. And having a bedroom you want to get ready in adds in to making it cozy!

Mirror: West Elm

5. Candles

Candles are a must for a cozy bedroom! Light one up and you’ll want to stay in there forever! One of my favorite local candle companies, ecam and co, has this Sparkling Evergreen and it will smell just like Christmas! I’ve also teamed up with Ecam & Co to giveaway one Sparkling evergreen and a $20 Target gift card! To enter, visit my Instagram page and find this image! You can also check out more of her scents at eccamandco.com

Candle: Ecam & Co