Daily Thrifty Tips - December 6, 2007

Gift mixes make a great Christmas gifts and don't cost a lot of money to put together. Check our the Gift Mixes topic on ThriftyFun for tons of great ideas.

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Vinyl Flooring For Table Top

This is a piece of vinyl flooring left from a project. I needed something to jazz up my table top to match my kitchen. I painted the wrong side of the vinyl, then cut out some pieces of fabric and decoupaged them on. After drying overnight, I put 3 coats of clear spray paint on. Table cloths seemed to always get pulled askew. Not so with this. However, about a year ago, my table mat became a rug and it's holding up great as such :0)

By Maggie from Bloomington, MN

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Merlin (Black Domestic Cat)

Merlin is 1 1/2 years old. He is a black domestic cat. I got him from a friend at work who took in a stray the had kittens. He carries the Kermit the Frog around like a blanket and always leaves it in his food dish.

By CT from West Boylston, MA

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Craft: Easy Craft Stick Ornaments

Kids will enjoy making these cute craft stick ornaments that are so quick and easy to make. They are great to tie on packages too.

Approximate Time: About 30 minutes

Supplies:

• jumbo craft stick
• white acrylic paint
• black acrylic paint
• orange acrylic paint
• paint brush
• black chenille stem
• scrap of ribbon or fabric
• craft glue
• gold thread or thin ribbon
• 3 craft sticks
• moveable eyes
• red pom pom
• green craft foam or construction paper
• small red beads
• scissors
• scrap of ribbon or fabric

Instructions:

For reindeer: glue 2 craft sticks into a V shape. Glue the other craft stick horizontally over the top of the "V" about 1 inch down from the top of the "V." Glue a red pom pom at the point of the "V" to form the nose. Glue two wiggly eyes just below the horizontal stick. Cut holly leaves from green fun foam or construction paper and glue to center of horizontal stick. Glue red beads in the middle of the leaves to look like holly berries. Glue a scrap of ribbon or fabric to the back of the horizontal stick to form a hanger.

By Momof1 from Wilkesboro, NC

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Craft: Coffee Filter Angels

Paper angels for kids.

Approximate Time 20 minutes

Supplies:

• white round coffee filters
• colored paper
• wire
• or silver chenille stick
• or scrap of foil
• glue or glue stick
• string yarn or ribbon
• tape

Instructions:

Overlap the three tips and glue together to form your body and wings as shown. Trace the bottom of either your glue stick or a roll of thread onto your construction paper for a head. Draw eyelids and a mouth. Glue your head to your coffee filter body. If you like, you can color in the pleats to make your angel multi colored.

Twist your wire, foil or chenille stick into a halo and tape to the back of your angel. Tie a loop of your string, ribbon or yarn and hook onto the wire in the back so you can hang your angel Tada, your angel is finished!

By Mara from Seattle, WA

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The Norfolk Pine - A Perfect Living Tree for the Holidays
By Ellen Brown

If you're looking for the perfect potted Christmas tree, consider the Norfolk Pine. They have soft, compact needles, a naturally symmetrical shape and they come in a variety of sizes-small enough for a table-top display in the kitchen or hall, or large enough to be the focal point of a large room. Best of all, they are easy to grow, and make a beautiful indoor tree all year long.

Secrets to Success

Growing any plant successfully requires meeting its needs. Generally speaking, Norfolk Pines are easy to grow and are known to be fairly forgiving of less than ideal growing conditions.

Temperature: They will not survive a harsh winter outdoors, but despite the fact that the Norfolk Pine hails from the South Pacific, it isn't terribly picky about temperature. Temperatures on their native Norfolk Island are in the temperate 65-75ºF range (summer) and 43-50ºF (winter), but these pines grow best on the cooler side of the range. Optimum daytime temperatures from spring to early autumn are in the 60-65ºF range, with somewhat cooler temperatures (not below 50ºF) at night. In the winter, they prefer temperatures around 50ºF (never below 40ºF).

Light: These pines are known to be tolerant of low light conditions, but prefer the bright, indirect or filtered light of a southern exposure. They will survive, but not thrive for a few years in low artificial light conditions (incandescent or fluorescent lighting in a home or office setting) provided they receive at least 16 hours of light per day. Because this plant has the tendency to bend toward the light, turn it often to maintain symmetrical growth.

Water: During the active growing period (spring to autumn) pines should be watered regularly to keep soil thoroughly moist but not saturated. In the summer, soil should not be allowed to dry out. In the winter, water sparingly after soil has been allowed to dry out. Many experts recommend using rain water that has been allowed to sit (outgas) for 24 hours when misting or watering Norfolk Pines. This is good advice if you have hard water, as lime will mark the tender needles.

Feeding: These are slow growing evergreens so don't expect to see big growth spurts from your Norfolk Pine. In the wild, they grow up to 200 ft. tall, but when kept as a houseplant, they will reach a maximum height somewhere around 5 ft. Feed them every two to three weeks during the active season with a soluble house plant food, and back off the fertilizer in the winter until new growth appears again in spring.

Humidity: Keeping the humidity levels at optimal levels is probably the most challenging aspect of caring for Norfolk Pines. They are one of the few types of houseplants that actually prefer to be misted with cool water. This becomes especially important in cold climates, where indoor air becomes dry during winter heating. Lack of sufficient humidity will cause the tips of their branches to turn brown and needles to drop off. This is important because once the tips of the branches turn brown, growth will stop from that point. Once the needles fall off, they don't grow back. Mist them regularly with cool water (especially in winter). If the air in your home is dry, try increasing the humidity around your Norfolk Pine by setting the pot in a shallow tray filled with water and pebbles. You can also use an air humidifier or if you keep fish, place it in the room near your aquarium.

Pruning: Any time you prune a Norfolk Pine, keep in mind that you will stop growth at the point of pruning. For this reason, only prune when you need to remove dead branches or brown tips. When left to grow in their natural state, Norfolk Pines will naturally shed some of their lower branches as they grow. Increasing the humidity will slow this process, but expect to see your pine shed a few branches over time.

Repotting: Keeping your pine root bound will restrict its growth and keep it to a manageable size. Still, Norfolk Pines should be repotted every 3-4 years in the spring. Use a loam-based commercial potting soil, or a home-made mix with plenty of drainage.

Propagation: Seeds can be sown in the spring, but Norfolk Pines are difficult to propagate and take a long time to reach a transplantable size. It is best to buy young plants.

Keep the decorations small and lightweight. To avoid stressing the plant, keep an eye on soil moisture and make sure to remove any ornaments quickly after the holidays.

Signs of Trouble

Brown tips on the ends of branches and excessive needle loss are probably signaling a lack of moisture. Make sure soil is kept moist, but not saturated and increase humidity around the plant with frequent mists of cool water. Plants that have too much water will exhibit yellow or brown clumps of needles that fall off with the slightest amount of movement. Back off on watering and check to see that the pot has enough drainage.

Norfolk Pine pests include mealy bugs and scale. Symptoms of mealy bugs include small, cotton-like patches or sooty mold. The best way to get rid of a mealy bug infestation is disrupt the bug's reproductive cycle. This can be done by spraying plants with an all natural insecticide over a period of weeks. These are readily available at most garden centers and nurseries.

Scale infestations appear either as red or brown bumps, or cotton-like patches along the stems at leaf and branch nodes. They can be controlled by drying them out with an application of rubbing alcohol or applying a horticultural oil directly onto the insects to suffocate them.

Decorating Norfolk Pines for the Holidays

Keep the decorations small and lightweight. To avoid stressing the plant, keep an eye on soil moisture and make sure to remove any ornaments quickly after the holidays. If your decorating your pine with lights, make sure to use bulbs that are cool. Lights that run hot may dry out and permanently damage tender needles, causing them to turn brown or fall off. Consider lightweight paper ornaments or garlands made from popcorn and dried fruit for a more natural look. When the holidays pass, return to a winter care regime until new growth appears in the spring.

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Using A Ladder On The Roof Without Crushing Gutters

When using an extension ladder in cleaning gutters or going on the roof of the house, etc., your weight on the ladder can damage, crush, or even tear off your gutters when you put the ladder up against the gutters before climbing. To prevent damage by a ladder, get a delivery type plastic milk crate. Place it on the ground, open side down. Extend the ladder at least 3 rungs above the crate. Use wire, string, or bungy cord to secure the crate to the ladder, around the middle of the rung itself. Slowly raise the ladder, with crate attached, to the roof just above the gutter. The crate will sit directly on the roof, keeping the ladder off the gutter, preventing contact, therefore preventing crushing or bending the gutter! The crate will sit flat on the roof, no matter what pitch, making the ladder more stable also.

By Wayne from Buffalo Valley, TN

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Santa's Gift Tag Stickers and Other Santa Tips

Here's a tip to help your littlest ones on Christmas morning (and to confound your present peekers and up-and-coming handwriting analysts!):

Use character stickers to identify each child's presents from Santa! Use a different character sticker to denote each child's presents (Barbie for Lizzie, Elmo for Sam, etc.) Put one character sticker on the child's stocking so he or she knows which presents to look for. Each gift for that child is identified with that character's sticker.

For "sharing" gifts (DVD's, games, etc. to be enjoyed by all the kids), put on stickers of all the characters.

And once your kids are old enough to read, pick up some gift tags on your way to the office (ones that the kids haven't seen around the house). Ask a friend at work, on the train, etc., to write out a number of stickers in the children's names. (Do some "sharing" labels, too.) Then label the gifts, and the kids will be none the wiser.

Over the years, I've asked several co-workers to help out in this regard, and they've all gotten a good laugh out of it. Some who have gone on to greater things still ask if they can help with the Christmas labels!!

By Bunky from Chicago, IL

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Treat Glaucoma Before It Is Too Progressed

A person can have eye troubles and never know it. Glaucoma is an eye disease that can cause blindness, if left untreated. It's a heredity caused disease. One in every seven generations will have it. I know this, as someone in my family seven generations had this terrible disease and I am the unlucky ancestor that inherited it from them. I have to use prescription eye drops every night before bedtime, for the rest of my life, to keep the glaucoma where it is now, than spreading on. Keep up on what kinds of diseases or problems your ancestors had or have and keep tabs on your own health on a regular basis.

If you don't have this type of info already, with the age of internet, do your genealogy for your ancestorial info. It will not only help you out, but your family as well, precious time and money down the road!

By Terri H. from NV

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Handmade Christmas Ornaments for Gifts

When I decorate for Christmas, I like to make gifts. This year I want to make diamond shaped fabric ornaments with a lovely lace border. I also want to make some squares circles and snowflakes. I am looking forward to this.

By Bev from Chilliwack, BC

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Measuring Cup Gift for Christmas

A wonderful, inexpensive, lovely idea for Christmas gift giving. Purchase a measuring cup, preferably glass. Tie a ribbon to handle with a card stating this or something like this:

"The measure of a person should be by the content of goodness in their heart.

The amount of love they show and give.

The amount of compassion toward others.

The giving of themselves, even when they don't feel

like there is much to give.

The unselfish acts they perform.

The kindness they emit.

The joy they share.

The measure of a person should be by what is in their heart alone.

And you, my friend, Measure Up!

Thank you for being a true friend!

This Christmas, may your cup runneth over!

I wish you a Truly Blessed Christmas! 2007"

I wrote this and gave these last year to my best lady friends - it was a huge hit! They just loved them and were so very touched. I am so happy to share this with you all!

May God Bless you too!

By Bennae from Bartlesville, OK

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Personalized Wrapping Paper and Gift Tags

There were a few years where money was very scarce, and I ran out of Christmas wrapping paper. I found white freezer paper, and made use of old Christmas cards, family pictures and would draw or paint on the packages. It was fun and creative, you can also add a poem or write something.

When I run out of Christmas labels now or just want to be creative, I will take a piece of the wrapping paper, cut it in a square, rectangle or any shape and fold it over. I take pretty ribbon (wire ribbon works well), put a strip over the label, scissor a V at the end, and staple the top so it doesn't show, then put the name of the recipient inside the little card label. Makes a beautiful package and people enjoy the personalization as well.

By Anne from Dayton, Ohio

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Artificial Snow

I was looking for a way to jazz up some Christmas decorations, etc. and found this quick, easy Artificial Snow recipe.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup Talcum powder

Directions

Hint: The more sugar, the more sparkle.

By Chris M. from Oshkosh, WI

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M&M Christmas Recipe

I am looking for a recipe which was on the back of a Christmas bag of M&M's several years ago. It used the green and red M&Ms and also candied cherries. I seem to remember using almond extract too. Anyone have this recipe?

Laura from Fairview Heights, IL

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Finding Good Chestnuts for Roasting

I love hot, roasted chestnuts! When I was little, mom and I would roast and eat chestnuts every Christmas Eve. It was a just-for-us moment, a very precious memory. I've been trying to recreate that ritual but every time I buy a bag of chestnuts they are rotten. I buy from reputable stores and roast them immediately but when they are shelled they are always covered with a blue mold. Last year I paid $5.00 for a tiny bag and only 2 were edible! Is there any way to tell in advance if chestnuts are fresh?

Jo from Hampton Roads, VA

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Mashed Potatoes for 40 People

How many lbs. of potatoes would be needed to feed 40 people mashed potatoes?

Kay from Salyersville, KY

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Cleaning an Artificial Christmas Tree

Does anyone have any idea how to clean an artificial Christmas tree? We have had one for about 5 years and it is horribly dirty and dusty.

Lisa Z. from Erie, PA

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Home Remedy for Fleas

I am looking for a home remedy for fleas.

Leeann from Kearneysville, WV

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Magazine Wallet Pattern

I am looking for a pattern to make a magazine wallet.

Brenda

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Storing Brown Sugar in the Freezer

Can brown sugar be stored in the freezer?

Sharon from Minneapolis, MN

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Attaching Grapes to Wine Bottle Lights

I am making wine bottle lights but I can't get the grapes to stay on the bottle. I used a glue gun but it doesn't work.

Carrie from Ontario

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How Long is Distemper Contagious?

How long until dog distemper is no longer contagious to other dogs?

Holly from Richardson, TX

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Cleaning Outside of Revere Ware Pots

My Revere Ware has sufficient build up of burnt food on the OUTSIDE (sides and bottom) of the pots and pans. There is advice on cleaning the INSIDE not the OUTSIDE - I'm considering using a Magic Eraser but I'm wondering about the copper bottom as well. Would be interested in detailed information. Thanks so much!

Kris from Austin, TX

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Getting a Dog to Like Someone

How do you help a dog to like (instead of dislike) a person? My husband evidently reminds the dog of the former abusive owner. Based on body shape we guess, because when he sees this shape on any person, he becomes angry.

Holly from Richardson, TX

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Knifty Knitter Pompom Loom

How do you make a Pompom with the Knifty Knitter Pompom Loom?

Deborah from Detroit, MI

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Recipes Using Canned Cranberry Sauce

I need (quickly) recipes to help use up some leftover cranberry sauce. I was to take 3 cans worth to a church dinner. I had some left over, and so did another lady who then put hers into my bowl! I hate to waste it, but my family won't eat it. Any ideas what I can do with it so that they will eat it?

April from Northwest Missouri

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Advice For 2 Year Old With Bad Perspiration

My two year old has a bad problem with perspiration. Is that normal for her to be so musty? She has a kidney disorder and I was wondering if that could be it. The doctors say nothing wrong but a two year old should not smell like that under her arms.

Milele from Eunice, Louisiana

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Christmas Trees Made Out of Corrugated Plastic

A few years ago I saw a do-it-yourself show with a guy making Christmas trees for his front yard out of corrugated plastic. He cut the plastic into a tree shape and then somehow affixed Christmas lights and a stand. They were the cutest things but I have yet to figure out how to attach the lights and the stand so that they don't all fall off and the tree doesn't just flop over.

NotCrafty from NJ

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Icemaker Overfills with Water

I have a Whirlpool side by side fridge, the ice maker overfills. Fridge is about 10 or 11 years old and otherwise works fine. It seems to let about twice as much water into the cube unit and this spills over into cube box (which makes for quite a mess in the cube box).

Sue from Coopersville, MI

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Simple Sewing Patterns for Denim

I am looking for simple easy to understand directions, patterns with pictures for putting a zipper in a tote bag or other sewing projects with easy step by step instructions. I have a lot of denim and other fabrics I'd like to use up to make some things to sell or for Christmas gifts. I have searched most craft sites but haven't found anything new and different yet. I have a creative mind but have reached a block in my thinking so if you can suggest anything I would greatly appreciate it. I love to sew but I don't like tedious projects that take a long time to finish. Thanks for your help

Marian from Danville, VA

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Craft Projects You Can Make Out Of Your Christmas Cards

I would like to see pictures of things done (for Christmas) out of old Christmas Cards!

Decorations, boxes, tags, bowls, Angels & so on...

melody_yesterday from Sedalia, Missouri

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Christmas Craft Ideas Using Lollipops

Does anyone have any ideas for Christmas crafts using lollipops?

Sheila from Chittenango, New York

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Pattern For Crochet Afghan Arrowhead

I am looking for a crochet afghan in an arrow head pattern I started one and never finished it now I cannot find the pattern. Can anyone help please!

Roxanne from Oelwein, IA

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How To Make Decorative Christmas Bows

How do you make decorative bows for Christmas?

Paula from LA

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Pattern For Fabric Cat That Sits on Shelf

I'm looking for a pattern for the fabric cat who sits on a shelf. Anyone know where I can find it? Thanks.

Betty from Redding, CA

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Paper Coffee Cup Christmas Ornament Ideas

Looking for ideals on how to turn a paper coffee cup into a Christmas Ornament. Something that is easy other than a bell. Then can be done by all ages.

Thank You!
Laura from Missouri

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Crochet Pattern for Plastic Detergent Bottle

Looking for a pattern to crochet around a plastic detergent bottle.

Dorothy from Herman, NE

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Getting Rid of Pimples

I have red marks on my face from pimples. What should I do?

Samreen from Srinagar

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Child's Death Leads to Recall of Entertainment Centers by Ameriwood; Units Can Collapse

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Ameriwood Industries Inc., of Tiffin, Ohio is voluntarily recalling about 138,000 entertainment centers.

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Stokke Announces Recall of Xplory Strollers Due to Front Wheel Detachment

Hazard: A bolt that attaches each front wheel to the stroller can loosen, causing one of the front wheels to fall off, posing a fall hazard to young children.

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Bell Racing Recalls Collectible Mini Racing Helmets Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Hazard: Surface paints on the recalled helmets contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.

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Black & Decker Brand Toasters Recalled By Applica Consumer Products Inc. Due to Fire Hazard

Hazard: An electrical component in the toaster can overheat and ignite the circuit board, posing a fire hazard.

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General Electric Recalls Microwave Combo Wall Ovens Due to Fire Hazard

Hazard: The door switch in the microwave oven can overheat and ignite plastic components in the control area, posing a fire hazard to consumers. The lower thermal oven does not pose a hazard.

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Icon Health & Fitness Recalls Inversion Benches Due to Fall Hazard

Hazard: The ankle clamp mechanism can release unexpectedly, posing a fall hazard to consumers.

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Old Navy Recalls Boys' Jackets; Drawstring at Waist Poses Entrapment Hazard

Hazard: The jackets have a waist drawstring with a toggle that could become snagged or caught in small spaces or doorways, which can pose an entrapment hazard to children. In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines (pdf) to help prevent children from getting entangled on waist by drawstrings in upper garments, such as jackets and sweatshirts.

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