Daily Thrifty Tips - August 31, 2007

Volume Six, Number 169, August 31, 2007 (Read It Online) There's another toy recall related to lead paint, be sure to read about it in the More Reading section. It's a recall of wooden coloring from Toys "R" Us. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Thanks for reading, Susan Send to a Friend! Share a Tip (You could win $25!) Share a Photo (You could win $25!) Have a Question? Submit a request... Link to ThriftyFun.com View Active Topics! Edit Your Subscriptions: To edit your ThriftyFun subscriptions, click the Update Profile/Email Address link at the bottom of this newsletter. Today's newsletter contains: Today's Photos: In Memory of Roc Glass Holiday Orbs Garden Arbor Wedding Candy Has Double Duty Today's Tips: Moisturizer Keeps Your Face Soft While Blow Drying Cardboard Puzzle Piece Missing? Cornmeal For Ants Get Polycarbonate Lenses For Eyeglasses Vinegar Or Pepper For Rabbit Repellent Buy Refills Of Baby Wipes To Save Add Extra Principal To Your Mortgage Payments Pay Bills Online To Save New Requests: Saving Money on Textbooks Clean Blinds Without Spreading Dust Sesame Oil for Growing Hair? Removing Yellow Stains from Antique Crocheted Tablecloth Nabisco Lemon Cooler Cookies Mother of New Marine - Wants Graphics and Info Registering a Dog as a Therapy Dog Bar Soap with Less Residue Repairing Laminate Coffee Table Ideas for Rascal Flatts Birthday Party Ideas for Goody Bags and Food for Pamper Party New Vinyl Flooring Not Laying Flat Scrapbook for Student Assignment Tips on Getting Kalanchoe to Bloom Severe Itching Caused by Okra Plants Carnival Party for a 13 Year Old Boy Avoiding Static Shocks on Metal Chairs with Microfiber Seats Ideas for Different Themes for Combo Rooms Need Ideas for Blank Fabric Canvases for Baby's Room Need 2 Week Dinner Menu Plan Removing Tar from Clothing More Reading: Toys "R" Us Recalls Wooden Coloring Cases (Violation of Lead Paint Standard) Killing Grass in Rock Ground Cover Uses for Wool Socks Today's Sponsor: Crafting for Fun and Money! If you are an avid crafter, capable writer and own a digital camera, you are eligible to participate. Submit your craft projects to ThriftyFun and we will pay $15 for any crafts that we publish. More Information: Click Here: http://www.thriftyfun.com/post_craft.ldml Today's Photos: In Memory of Roc Our family just lost the best dog in the world. His name is Roc. He would not harm a fly. He was our big baby. It kills me when people try to give these dogs a bad name. He was two and half years old and passed away 8-9-2007. We miss him dearly. RIP ROC Cookie from Salisbury Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf52273640.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Glass Holiday Orbs These beautiful ornaments would make a lovely addition to any holiday tree. You can make them to keep or give away. You have to make them in stages, over the course of a few days only because the paint is on the inside and needs time to dry completely. The actual time spent crafting and expense are minimal considering the results you will achieve with very little effort. Have fun! View This Craft: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf10262312.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Garden Arbor This is a garden arbor my boyfriend built for his mom for Mother's Day. She was thrilled when it was finished. It took him 3 days. He built it from a picture that was in our local newspaper. It turned out beautiful. By Tena from Champaign, IL Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf60792528.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Wedding Candy Has Double Duty Make items work double duty. Take personalized candy wrappers and use as place cards and favors. By Carol from Massachusetts Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf61943023.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Contests: Tip Contest Submit a Tip or Recipe! Photo Contest Submit a tip with photo! These contests are weekly. We pick 2 tip winners and 1 photo winner at the end of each week. Each winner will win $25! My Frugal Life Submit a My Frugal Life Essay! Today's Tips: Moisturizer Keeps Your Face Soft While Blow Drying Apply facial moisturizer before blow drying your hair so the heat from the blow dryer doesn't dry out your skin. By Momof1 from Wilkesboro, NC Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf64243188.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Cardboard Puzzle Piece Missing? I acquired a puzzle that had one piece missing. I scanned the picture on the puzzle box and enlarged the area of the missing piece, printed it out and glued it to cardboard (thickness of puzzle), cut to shape of missing piece. Great whether you are saving the picture or passing it along to someone else! Syd's 2 cents By Syd from Dunkirk, MD Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf54623911.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Cornmeal For Ants Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home" and can't digest it, so it kills them. It may take a week or so (especially if it rains) but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed! By Kim from Kansas Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf99308896.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Get Polycarbonate Lenses For Eyeglasses When purchasing eyeglasses, do yourself a favor and buy a polycarbonate lens. This type of lens comes with ultraviolet protection built in the material. It also has a scratch protection as well. This move can save you anywhere from $30 to $50 dollars By Marshall from Fort Myers, Florida Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf38203045.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Vinegar Or Pepper For Rabbit Repellent Tips for keeping rabbits out of your garden. Soak a cotton ball in white distilled vinegar and place it in a 35 mm film container. Poke a hole in the top and place in your garden. Rabbits hate the smell. You will have to keep refreshing the cotton ball and if you have a large garden you might want to spread a few of these around. Sprinkling black pepper around your lettuce will also work. Rabbits hate the smell of it. If it rains or you water, refresh the pepper. By Mythi from Silverdale WA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf15575785.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Buy Refills Of Baby Wipes To Save To save money on hand wipes, buy the refill package of baby wipes. They are more moist and much thicker and you can get about eighty wipes for a little over a dollar. I do this on a regular basis and save a lot of money. Just put the wipes in a zip lock bag to carry with you! By Birthaleen from Burbank, CA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf64996132.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Add Extra Principal To Your Mortgage Payments Reduce the amount of interest you pay on your mortgage payments by simply adding additional principle dollars to the payments you make each month. You don't have to do this every month; you could do it once or twice a year if you receive bonuses or a tax refund. No tricks, no complicated formula. All you need to do is check your mortgage document to see if there is a pre-payment penalty clause (usually paragraph 17), and if not, you are allowed to make additional payments in any amounts at any time over the term of the mortgage. By Momof1 from Wilkesboro, NC Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf43979667.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Pay Bills Online To Save Pay as many bills online as you can. This saves paper waste, cost of stamps and the cost of checks. Most companies now ask if you want to be paperless and they send you an email of your bill. This also saves them cost of stamp and waste of paper. Even if you do a couple like this, it will have you money. By Carol from Massachusetts Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf27147750.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Friends of ThriftyFun Dear Webby's Humor Letter Webby publishes our tips daily! A very funny newsletter. Webby now has a blog, read his latest newsletter as well as back issues here: http://webby.com/humor/blog/ More Information: http://webby.com/humor New Requests: Saving Money on Textbooks Tips and ideas for saving money on textbooks. Post your ideas below! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf99568500.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Clean Blinds Without Spreading Dust What is the best way to clean window blinds without spreading dust all over? Bridget from AZ Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf36310669.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Sesame Oil for Growing Hair? Is sesame oil good food for hair growing? Abeba from Asmara, Eritrea Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf51510705.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Removing Yellow Stains from Antique Crocheted Tablecloth I have a very old white crocheted table cloth that belonged to my great grandmother, but there is a lot of yellowed stains on it. I didn't want to just try anything to attempt to remove the stains. If anyone has had this same issue, please advise. Thanks Sonya from Bend, Oregon Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf10436989.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Nabisco Lemon Cooler Cookies Does Nabisco still make Lemon Coolers cookies? (The ones covered in powdered sugar that had a light lemon taste.) My mom tried to find them after my dad requested them, but none of our stores have them anymore! Does anyone know a recipe for something similar? Thanks! Courtney from NH Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf55595787.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Mother of New Marine - Wants Graphics and Info My 19 year old joined the Marines and I would like to hear from others who are parents of a Marine. He is leaving Sept 17 for San Diego. I would like graphics sites to use in mails, on my blog and posts. I would like other info sites for Marines too. I am new to all this so any info will help I'm sure! Melody_yesterday from Sedalia, Missouri Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf66925630.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Registering a Dog as a Therapy Dog Does anyone know how to go about getting a therapy note for a dog or registering him as a therapy dog? Faith from Tempe, AZ Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf58581753.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Bar Soap with Less Residue My husband will not give up bar soap in the shower. Does anybody know what kind of bar soap leaves less residue in the tub? Lynn from Albany, NY Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf35154890.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Repairing Laminate Coffee Table Can anyone tell me if it's possible to repair my laminated coffee table because a drink was spilled on it and wasn't wiped up right away and it made the wood swell where it got under the table's marble insert. Thanks, Sandy Sandy from Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf12296793.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Ideas for Rascal Flatts Birthday Party I need ideas for my 7 year old daughter's birthday. She loves Rascal Flatts and wants to have a Rascal Flatts birthday party. Any ideas? Traci from SC Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf94302028.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Ideas for Goody Bags and Food for Pamper Party I am hosting a pamper party for my sister's 22nd birthday. I was wondering what should I put in the goody bags, and also what food to serve. I have 2 friends coming who will be supplying the treatments. If you can help, I would be ever so grateful. Danielle from Surrey, UK Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf20063502.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print New Vinyl Flooring Not Laying Flat I need help with my new floor. My husband and I put down vinyl in our kitchen and it is not laying down. We are on a fixed income so there is no way we can hire anyone. Any help would be good. Thanks so much. Judy Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf37552211.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Scrapbook for Student Assignment I've heard about the scrapbooking craze but have not been involved. My 13 year old son has been given a school assignment to create a scrapbook about himself. His instructions were to take each letter of the alphabet and give 2 words beginning with that letter to describe himself. He said the teacher suggested they use buttons "and stuff" to put on it. The project is due in about a week, so I assume it's not expected to be too grand. We've already come up with his words, and I thought about writing them in calligraphy form on the pages. Any quick or easy suggestions out there for what to use for the book/pages, decorating, etc.? Any ideas are welcomed! Leah Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf33149852.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Tips on Getting Kalanchoe to Bloom I need tips on getting kalanchoe to bloom? I started a kalanchoe plant from a cutting this past winter. The plant is huge and beautiful, but it has yet to bloom. The last time I started cuttings, I got blooms in a few months after they rooted. Any suggestions? Hardiness Zone: 5a Heather from Brownsburg, IN Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf93981292.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Severe Itching Caused by Okra Plants Every year I have my vegetable garden and I always plant Okra, which I love. When I get around the plant and start picking, I start itching like I have gotten into poison ivy. I use long rubber gloves for my hands and part of my arms, but my neck, face and the rest of my body itches so bad that I can't wait to take a shower and lotion down. Can anyone help me with this problem? Kay from Clyde,TX Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf73428695.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Carnival Party for a 13 Year Old Boy My son is turning 13. I am thinking of turning my whole yard into a huge carnival. Would he be to old for that? Alisa from Elmer, NJ Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf38883293.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Avoiding Static Shocks on Metal Chairs with Microfiber Seats We purchased some kitchen chairs that are metal with microfiber seats. I was wondering after we bought them, of course, if these are going to give us static electricity shocks during the winter when the heat is on. Any suggestions to avoid this situation? Thanks Holly from Richardson, TX Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf58658316.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Ideas for Different Themes for Combo Rooms I have a living room, dining room, kitchen combo. We want the living area and the kitchen area to have separate themes. In the living area we want two main colors. greens and browns. The theme in the living area we want is medieval/renaissance. We do not yet know what we want in the kitchen. What is a good way to separate the themes? Ammie from Winnsboro, LA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf87437052.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Need Ideas for Blank Fabric Canvases for Baby's Room I am looking for ideas for three blank square fabric canvases. I'd like to do something on them for a baby's room (the theme is jungle stuff and the colors are primary). I'm a little crafty, but not that great of an artist. Any ideas? Thanks! Amy from Austin, TX Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf37202153.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Need 2 Week Dinner Menu Plan I need to plan a 2 week dinner menu for my house. I want it to be healthy. Oreda from San Clemente, CA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf30051303.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Removing Tar from Clothing How can I get tar out of clothes and shoes? Linda from Norfolk, MA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf000322.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Today's Sponsor: Crafting for Fun and Money! If you are an avid crafter, capable writer and own a digital camera, you are eligible to participate. Submit your craft projects to ThriftyFun and we will pay $15 for any crafts that we publish. More Information: Click Here: http://www.thriftyfun.com/post_craft.ldml More Reading: Toys "R" Us Recalls Wooden Coloring Cases (Violation of Lead Paint Standard) The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Read More: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf91150990.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Killing Grass in Rock Ground Cover Question: Do you know of any homemade weed killing formulas to get rid of small patches of grass growing up through my rock ground cover? Read More: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf97601835.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Uses for Wool Socks Leg Warmers Cut off the bottom part & use it as leg warmers or the men could wear it under their pants in the winter as an extra layer for warmth. Read More: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf81050927.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Interactive Coupon Swap! Swap coupons with other ThriftyFun.com users. Seed Swap! Swap seeds with other ThriftyFun.com users.