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Start with a 3"x3" square block of wood, about 1-2 inches deep. Paint it out with light (off-white, cream, eggshell, etc.) colored craft paint. If you have the tools, drill a 2" diameter circle or the diameter of a pillar candle you have on hand. Use glossy or satin finish varnish to seal the paint. Glue small seashells, covering the wood square. You can then begin to glue shells on top of shells to build up the holder. I try to create a wreath effect. Makes a beautiful and classy gift.
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Ingredients:
1 lg. pkg. cream cheese
1/4 cup margarine
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
Directions:
1. Cube cream cheese.
2. Add this and the rest of the ingredients to a microwaveable bowl.
3. Microwave on medium until everything is hot.
4. Serve over fettucine or your favourite pasta.
* Note: The sauce thickens once it starts cooling. Add more milk to thin it.
By Gail
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Take advantage of your local bulk food store. Prices on spices are incredibly low. I was able to purchase 6 spices today for $1.31!
By Leann D
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When a candle has been burned and all that is left is the stubborn candle wax on the sides, just pop the jar in the freezer for about an hour and when you take it out, it will pop right out. You can now reuse the jar for a little candy jar as a gift or make another candle.
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I try to do one or more things every day to save on water usage. It also helps lowers utility bills over the month.
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Start now preparing for winter weather. Winter is coming. Be sure and wrap your outdoor water pipes or use the pipe insulation you can buy at a hardware store. This will save them from freezing and bursting and save a bundle on the plumber bill.
By Gladys Hill
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Don't Over Water Your Indoor Plants
You can love your plants to death. Over watering can do them great harm, almost a sure death for them.
By Gladys Hill
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Make Your Pets Bath Water Do Double Duty
When bathing your pets, do it outside on the lawn or near plants that need watering.
By Gladys Hill
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Keep a window squeegee in your bathroom. After every shower use it to remove excess water on walls. It helps greatly to reduce mildew.
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Hanging Wet Laundry on Hangers
I hang shirts and blouses on hangers to dry after washing. Most cotton shirts can be softened up for wearing by putting in the dryer with a dryer sheet for only about 10 minutes and then rehanging on the hanger. This saves you money on your energy bill!
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I save all of my plant tags and information about where I bought them so that I can purchase the best producing annuals again from the same merchant for the following spring.
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We all know that "Time flies when your having fun!" but frogs know that "Time's are fun when you're having flies!"
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Here is a tip for anyone that lives in a snowy area. Sometimes we get so much snow that besides having to dig out the car to get it on the street, our cars look like they are wearing big white hats. Which is dangerous because when that snow blows off as you are driving it can blind the person behind you. Here is an easy tip to make you a safer driver.
Take a small dustpan and attach it to a small piece of dowel. Slide a piece of old hose over the end where you would put your hands. 2 small wood screws to hold on the dustpan. You now have a light weight shovel to get the snow off your car. This with a little longer handle would make a great play snow shovel for that little helper that always wants to do what you are doing.
By Debra in Colorado
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Board Game and Card Game Accessories
Small Pudding cups washed out can be used for bingo chips or other chips that need to be used for board games.
Corner moulding can be cut into lengths for Scrabble tile holders or for Triomino's or Domino's.
Playing card holders can be made by gluing two margarine lids together leaving a side open to slide the cards into. You could also bolt these together with a small bolt and nut, then all sides would be free to stick the cards. These can be decorated by gluing a circle of felt or a cute picture in the center. They are great for Uno or any card game.
A Yahtzee game can be made with any cute cup, 5 dice, and one Yahtzee pad.
A card playing table can be made my taking any old table and glue a square of green felt in the center. You can take a hole saw and cut some holes in the table where each person would sit for cup holders or put a small cup in each hole for poker chips.
A small board with drilled holes and pegs can be used as a winner counter.
All of these are very easy to make and don't take much money, a couple of the card holders and a deck of cards and you have a neat gift for a card player.
Hope you enjoyed these tips.
By Debra in Colorado
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Write Information On The Back Of Pictures
Write your child's age, weight, and height on the back of professional photos (school pics, baby pics from a studio, etc) or on good quality home pictures. If - Heaven forbid! - you're child were to come up missing, you'll have important identifying information in one place. Fortunately, for most of us, this will simply be a nice record of our childrens' development. Be careful to write lightly or you will be able to see where you wrote on the front of the picture. You could use a peel-n-stick label instead.
By Leann D
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Recycling Political Campaign Signs
My biggest pet peeve around here is that after the election our city is littered with election signs and issue signs that no one ever gets around to picking up.
So here is my solution. Everyone out there in Thrifty tip land probably has had a yard sale or two so here is my deal, grab up those signs and recycle them for your next yard sale.
The ones that are just a plastic sleeve over a wire base can be reused by sliding off the plastic sleeve. Cut down a white kitchen trash bag and sizing it down to fit on the white frame snugly. Use big stick on letters to tell about your next sale.
The ones that are rigid foam board can be spray painted to cover campaign slogans and your info stenciled on instead. Recycling at its best I say.
By Debra in Colorado
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Thank You Cards From Gift Bags
I was so thrilled when I figured this out yesterday that I had to share it! My son's grandmother gave him a Halloween gift in a Halloween themed lunch bag. As I was putting the gift away I thought about how to save the bag and remember it for next year. At the same time I was thinking of writing thank you notes for his Halloween gifts.
Yes, you guessed it, the two came together and I was pleased to discover that I could cut up the bag and have the cutest Halloween thank you notes. I was able to make two good sized ones (and the bottom 3 inches of the bag became a cute play hat for my one year old!). I then wrote on the "cards" and put them in envelopes I had made out of Halloween themed ads I found in my many magazines.
Free thank you notes! I am now thinking of all my options-I could have added a bow, ribbon, plastic spider leftovers, etc. I am also considering waiting until after Christmas to buy the discounted Christmas themed lunch bags to make thanks notes from them too! So many ideas all of a sudden!
By Deanna
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Breakouts or Acne Natural Treatments
I have heard using white toothpaste (not the whitening toothpaste) on breakouts works. Just dab some on the breakout with a Q-tip and by morning it's gone. Also, for the blind but painful breakouts use Preparation H. It takes down the swelling and the next night use the toothpaste. Always use the treatments at night as to not disturb your skin.
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This is how to make a bird feeder for absolutely no cost. First, I ask the butcher in my supermarket for suet. I've never been charged for this because they throw it away anyway. Then I tie the suet in an empty mesh onion bag and hang it from a tree. I do this only during the cold months to meet birds' wintertime nutritional needs.
By Kathy
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I have 3 small grandkids - boys - 6 months 2 years and 4 years. They are cousins to each other, and live near each other. They call me "Nani". They are overwhelmed with toys - new and passed-down. They have lots of clothes - the same. What in the world can I "wrap" up for them - when they come over on Christmas Day Morning? There's nothing I can buy they don't already have to play with or wear. It's just so unbeliveably hard to find something "unique".
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My family is throwing my mom a Surprise Party for her 50th Birthday. We have rented out our local Country Club and have everything planned and organizes. ALL we have left is figuring out how to get her there? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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Christmas Cookie Swap
By Cindy Sanchez
At this time of year, the start of the Christmas Season, many people start thinking about what cookies they will be sharing in Holiday Cookie Exchanges. Whether you are swapping cookies with family, neighbors or co-workers, it can be difficult to decide on just what types of cookies to make!
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Strategies For Surviving Holiday Dinners, Family Events And Other War Zones
By Kevin B. Burk
No matter how well we may have weathered our basic training, nothing can fully prepare us for the front lines of family gatherings. We're in the thick of it, dodging live ammunition, and fighting the urge to return to our old, reliable patterns that helped us to survive while we were growing up. We may have mastered our relationship skills in one-on-one relationships. We may have improved our romantic relationships, our professional relationships and our friendships. And we may have even improved our family relationships--one family member at a time. But when we're sitting around the holiday dinner table or socializing at a wedding reception with our entire family, it's an entirely different experience.
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Packaging Homemade Goodies as Holiday Gifts
By Amanda Formaro
Q: I love to give homemade cookies as holiday gifts, but I never know how to package them so they look like a "real gift" rather than just something I threw together. I've used tins and those holiday zipper bags but I was hoping for something a little more appealing in the presentation. Any ideas?
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Why Make Homemade Items
By Alan Detwiler
I've always liked to make gadgets and gizmos that fill some need, some useful (or not so useful) function. It started with the simple things that many kids make - slingshots, a simple bow and arrow, a toy boat. Occasionally more involved items such as a canoe and a dune buggy became trophies to add to my accomplishments.
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Ending the Paperwork Nightmare
By Maria Gracia
With all of the paperwork flowing into our lives day after day, it's easy for it to get out-of-control. Forms, memos, letters, catalogs, mail, flyers and advertising offers are stacked in our In Box. Leave that In Box untouched for a day, and you've got yourself a paperwork pile. Leave it untouched for a week or more, and you've got yourself a paperwork nightmare!
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