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Vol. 7, Num. 62, March 28, 2008 (Read It Online) It's hard to believe, but it's snowing outside at the end of March! Have a great weekend. Thanks for reading, Susan
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Craft Project: Faux Birthday Cake At Sunday School, we recognize the kids' birthdays, but it seemed sort of boring without a cake and candles, so I made a pretend one. Schoolteachers could also use it in their classrooms. Or use it as a table decoration for your child's party, especially if you are serving cupcakes or cookies instead of a big cake. This idea would work for a wedding cake as well.
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Rate It: These used to be glass water bottles but after some easy decoupage they now are some little flower vases that you can use anywhere!
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Rate It: Sasha is 4 and a Yorkie. We got her 3 years ago through a rescue group after her previous owner didn't want her anymore. We also have 2 other furbabies we got from the same rescue group.
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Rate It: Reuse Packing Trays For Paint Or Beads Use the trays that come inside of individual serving size condiment boxes for paint trays or beading trays. Restaurants throw these away when empty and many would be more than happy to save a few for you! These work especially great for thick children's tempera paint. Using these makes clean up-easy and they are free!
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Rate It: Taken at the Smith College Bulb Show.
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Hide Emergency Cash in a Lipstick Container A good place to hide extra cash is in an empty lipstick container and then just toss in with odds and ins and only you will know it's there. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf91625497.tip.html
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Rate It: Aluminum Foil To Prevent Static Cling For static cling, I put a wad of tin foil in the dryer. It seems to help. Also, don't dry to bone dry. Leave damp and hang to finish. That system also prevents a lot of wrinkles so no need for fabric wrinkle releaser. It seems that a lot of store products create the need then meet it. Prevention is a key. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf202346.tip.html
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Rate It: Just a very simple tip I thought to share with you. If you pet vomits on the carpet, here's a quick and easy clean-up. Just cover with kitty litter, leave to dry then vacuum it up. There should be no odour at all. If there is -with equal amounts of Listerine mouthwash and water in a spray bottle, shake then spray over the affected area. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf90907822.tip.html
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Rate It: Over The Door Shoe Racks For Hair Accessories This is a dual purpose tip. If you are someone who has to wear or likes to wear wigs or even other types of hair accessories that can be hung, I have the perfect time and space saving solution. The over the door shoe racks are awesome. You can hang one of each wig on the hook a shoe hands on. I have mine organized from shortest to longest and also from lighter to darkest inside of the length arrangement. The longer curly ones are best to be left in a hair net to save on hanging onto another and to keep the curl perked up on. This can also work for hair bands, head bands, bracelets, pony's or scrunchies and anything else you may have that would work the same way. Less tangling and digging for the non hair items and better maintenance and quick picking for all! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf39675918.tip.html
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Rate It: Keep the phone numbers and hours of stores, doctors, the library, etc. posted on the inside of one of your kitchen cabinet doors. This will save you a lot of time when you need to make a call or find out when a place of business opens or closes. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf96780509.tip.html
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Rate It: This is the easiest and cheapest way to clean the poop off of your birdcage. Go to a dollar store and buy the bristle brush that you use to scrape your grates on your BBQ. Rub lightly and it will fall off easily. If the poop is stuck to the side of the bar and you can't reach it, then use the side of the bristle brush that is also made to clean the sides of the bars in the BBQ. Don't scrub the bars because it will take the paint off. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf50408357.tip.html
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Rate It: Add Baking Soda to Your Sink When Washing Dishes Add about a teaspoon of baking soda with your dish detergent when filling the sink to wash dishes. It softens the water, helps the detergent clean better and makes the suds last a lot longer. I do this all the time and found it makes cleaning the dishes easier and helps reduce and remove hard water stains. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf94839226.tip.html
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Rate It: Sewing Machine Needles as Picture Hangers If you want to hang a picture without damaging your wall or sheet-rock, simply find a stud and pound an old sewing machine needle into the stud. These sewing machine needles are quite strong and will hold up quite a load if they are pounded in with a hammer. You can buy a pack of 4 new Sewing Machine Needles at Walmart for under $2. Now you know what to do with your old and dull machine needles. Don't throw them away! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf59218611.tip.html
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Rate It: Growing Tomatoes, Flowers And Veggies In Potting Soil Bags If you live in an apartment with only a small balcony, have super-rocky soil, or are just down-right lazy like me, you can grow tomatoes, flowers and other plants in the same bag the potting soil comes in! All you do is poke drainage holes on one side of the bag, then lay the bag flat with the drainage holes towards the ground. Next, cut a criss-cross shaped hole on the side that faces up with a sharp knife or razor blade. Now simply plant your flower or veggie starts into the cross shaped hole or holes, cover with soil and close the criss-cross hole and mulch over the top of the bag to keep the roots cool. Another bonus to gardening this way is you don't have to water very often as the plastic bag helps keep the water in. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf96017314.tip.html
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Rate It: Use Egg Whites Instead of Egg Substitute In most recipes calling for egg substitute, you can use 2 egg whites in place of 1 egg substitute. Just break the eggs open and toss the yolks away. I know that sounds wasteful, but consider the price of egg substitute. The package of egg substitute usually has the equivalent of four eggs in it. When you compare that price with the price of a dozen of eggs, from which you'd get the equivalent of 6 egg substitutes, it makes sense. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf75063754.tip.html
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Ice Maker Water Is Overflowing I have a Kenmore refrigerator, mod #57282791 with an ice maker model #S10626636. The ice maker is letting too much water into it and it overflows making one big blob of ice. I know there is a water level adjustment on the front of the I/M but don't know exactly where. Can you tell me which little doodad it is? I'm well beyond the point of utter frustration! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf11342778.tip.html
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Rate It: I have just joined blogging(dot)com or something. I have no idea what to do. I thought it would be any easy way to keep up with friends. I have read some information on the site but I need help. I don't get it, some people have pals and groups and pictures. I am really out of the loop. can you help me? Thank you. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf78323818.tip.html
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Rate It: Anti-Static Washing Machine Balls Has anyone tried "anti-static" washing machine balls? I saw them advertised, now I can't find them. Thanks. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf63924176.tip.html
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Rate It: Removing Stuck on Flannel from Dining Table A lined/plastic table cloth back is stuck to an antique table. I don't want to re-finish it. I just want to take off the fuzzy stuff left behind. Warm water did not work. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf58358395.tip.html
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Rate It: I would like a start or seeds to plant a flower that I don't know the name of but I will describe it the best I can. It is about the size of a grapefruit, and it comes in pink, blue, white, and I don't know what other color. I think it's name is cotton ball, or popcorn ball or something like that. I really want some of these flowers. Could someone out there figure out what I am trying to say and maybe tell me where to get a start or some seeds? Thanks so much. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf31603749.tip.html
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Rate It: Heat Stain on Dining Room Table How do I remove heat rings from a wooden dining room table? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf532415.tip.html
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Rate It: Removing Scratch Marks From Wooden Floors I'm looking for something that would remove scratch marks off my wooden floors. What do you recommend? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf40386698.tip.html
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Rate It: Transferring Camcorder Tapes to Computer Hi, I need help figuring out how to transfer our home movie camcorder tapes to my computer. I have windows xp professional with windows movie maker. I have an a/v out connection on the camcorder. It's a Quasar VM-D51 model palmcorder. Thanks for your help. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf43370748.tip.html
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Rate It: Instructions to Make a Lighted Wine Bottle A while back I saw posted instruction on how to make a light using a wine bottle. You put the lights inside the bottle and added grapes to the out side of the bottle. Could you please send me the picture and instructions on how you done this? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf57713550.tip.html
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Rate It: Taking A Down Comforter Out Of Storage Is a down comforter OK after five years of storage in a plastic tub or should I get rid of it? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf40943720.tip.html
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Rate It: Removing Double-Sided Tape From Ceramic Tile How do I remove double-sided tape from ceramic tile? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf57327215.tip.html
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Rate It: Draping Fabric For A Wedding Reception We are planning a wedding reception in a large rectangular room. We want to drape the room to create a more elegant feel. We need to drape six 15' sections in addition to the two ends of the room. How can we do this? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf77944633.tip.html
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Rate It: How do I get rid of Iris flowers? I have dug them up and ripped them out and they keep coming back. I am new at this gardening stuff and need help. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf42802146.tip.html
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Rate It: How do I care for my dog's ear odor? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf49091756.tip.html
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Rate It: Does anyone know what it means when a CT scan says, "moderate to severe brain volume loss"? Is this the same as Alzheimer's? This was my mother's result (the doctor wanted to make sure she didn't have a stroke -- she didn't) and I'm scared to death. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf65670620.tip.html
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Rate It: How do I take a blue ink pen mark off of my leather couch? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf000276.tip.html
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Rate It: Removing Scuff Marks From A Basketball How do you remove scuff marks off a basketball? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf52518039.tip.html
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Rate It: Keep Losing Excel Shortcuts From Toolbar I have added all sort of shortcuts to my toolbars in Excel. Why can I not get shortcuts to stay in Word? Every time I open Word my shortcuts are gone from the toolbars. Is there a setting I need to change somewhere? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf44296312.tip.html
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Rate It: Does anyone have a recipe for lemon squares, with the graham cracker crust? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf82002466.tip.html
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Rate It: I am losing a battle with small ants in my kitchen on my counter tops, sometimes in my bathroom since this started. I have used a can of Raid without success of eliminating them. My house is clean-I swear! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf48585399.tip.html
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Rate It: Using Flannel As A Winter Drape Lining Has anyone ever made flannel drape liners? I want to make mine out of white flannel. It sells for 1.99 a yard here. How well does it insulate from the cold? I put plastic on the windows every year, but they are still cold. I thought if I made a flannel liner with the insulated drapes this would help with the cold one feels from the windows. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf72153522.tip.html
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Rate It: Using Paint To Making A Room Appear Larger I'm getting ready to paint some rooms inside my home. I'd like to use light and color to trick the eye into thinking the rooms are actually larger. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf94675242.tip.html
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Rate It: Where Can I Find Liquid Starch? Where can I find this liquid starch I keep hearing about on here? I've been to several of my local craft shops (Hobby Lobby, JoAnns, and AC Moore), they did not have it, let alone know what I was talking about. Please let me know where I can get it. I found several neat ideas on here that require the starch. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf49474494.tip.html
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Rate It: Recipes Using Leftover Hot Dog Buns Do you know of a good use for leftover hot dog buns besides more hot dogs? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf37773690.tip.html
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Rate It: I found a recipe for skin toner that I needed some information on please. It said:
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Bartering: The Wave of the Future
Well, all the economists are talking about recession and I don't really know what that big fancy word means. I do know with rising gas prices and with rising food prices that times are hard for all of us. I do know being a fan of history that bartering is something we should all think of again.
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Rate It: Losing a loved one is never easy. For those of us left behind, creating a living tribute in the form of a memorial garden offers us a place to grieve, reflect, and pay homage to our loved one's memory. Enlisting the help of friends and family in the creation and maintenance of the memorial garden will offer all involved a chance to heal. Whether you have lost a human or animal companion, here are some thoughts on creating a memorial garden to honor their memory.
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Rate It: Caring for Orchids in the Winter Question:When do orchids stop blooming and how do you care for them in the winter?
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