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Check at garage sale free boxes for dresses and blouses that have pretty buttons. These buttons can be cut off and reused (or collected) and it didn't cost you a penny. Also, watch for sweaters and other crocheted or knitted items in the free boxes. You can ravel out the stitch work and re-use the yarn or give it to somebody you know that crochets or knits.
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The best mixture for cleaning windows is 1/2 cup of ammonia, 1 cup of white vinegar, and 2 tablespoons of cornstarch in a bucket of warm water.
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A wonderful tip for getting clothes white if your out of bleach.
Add white vinegar to the wash. I'm telling ya this works! Clean, fresh, and sparkling white.
Heidi
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Use for Roasted Chicken Leftovers
After we have eaten a grocery store roasted chicken, I put the carcass, including juices and skin, into a big pot and cover with water. Simmer about an hour and you have chicken broth for soups or stews. The broth can be frozen until needed.
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Remedy for Kids Not Remembering What You Told Them
I decided I was tired of my kids always saying that they didn't remember me telling them something, like "clean your room". So what I did was tape off an area around the lightswitch and painted around it with melamine paint (the kind they use on dry erase boards).
So now, I write something on there and anytime they turn on the light, voila! they see the note!
By Lisa Trudeau
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Take advantage of rebates at Rite Aid, Walgreens, Office Max, Auto Zone, CVS and the grocery store. You can charge items on your charge card, giving you 28-30 days before having to pay for it. Rebate money takes 4-6 weeks to arrive. You can find cheap personal items this way or collect some items for gift baskets.
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Dip an old soft toothbrush into furniture polish and brush lightly. Then buff with a clean cloth.
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Repair tears in window shades with colorless nail polish. This works wonders on small tears.
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Removing Furniture Polish Build Up
To remove polish build-up, mix 1/2 cup vinegar and 1/2 cup water. Rub with a soft cloth that has been moistened with solution but wrung out. Dry immediately with another soft cloth.
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Get the frizz in the winter? Look like Buckwheat by the time you get to work? Me too. Here's a quick, economical way to reuse your dryer sheets. Put one in your bag and a brush. Rub the brush with the used dryer sheet and viola! No more Annie hair. Hope this helps you like it helps me. You can also use the dryer sheet to cut the static on your clothes when you get into the office out of the cold. Take care of yourself and those you love.
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Want to keep up with trends but don't have the bucks to spare? Here's a real hot fashion trend that you can spend NO money on! Grab one of your husband's ties or one of your own and use it in place of a belt. Thread it through the belt loops and tie it in a windsor knot (or any you prefer) to the left or right side. You are now officially in trend. And it didn't cost you a penny!
By Suzanne S.
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Hello Frugal Friends. Tis the season to be happy, healthy and jolly. Tell that to my dry, cracked feet. Need a cheap way to acheive the results of a pedicure without the excessive price? Fill a bowl or tub with warm to hot water so that it will cover your tooties. Then add a half cup of Epsom salts. You can pick up a giant container for REAL cheap. Soak for as long as you like or at least ten minutes. Then use a pumice stone (lava rock) to sloph off dead skin. Rub in lotion and you just got yourself a $25 dollar pedicure for about 15 cents.
By Suzanne S.
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Frugal Decorating With Old Calendars
Need to decorate in a bad way but have almost no money to spare? If you want to perk up those bare walls with artwork here's what you do.
1) Wait until January when calendars are at half to 75% off to pick your favorite artist or pictures and pick up diploma/certificate frames. These are the real plain ones with no actual frame like you see in art galleries or on a doc's office wall. Cut to template and frame. 12 pieces of artwork.
2) Find your favorite artists online and save the pics to your hard drive. Then print them out in greyscale under the best quality option. Use colored pencils to color them in. They come out looking like soft watercolor prints. They are beautiful and super easy, fun and cheap. Frame and hang. Done.
Hope this helps you.
By Suzanne S.
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I watch for shampoo at garage sales. Last garage sale, I got an
almost full bottle of Herbal Essence shampoo for damaged hair for
10 cents. I then mix the shampoo and water together in a spray
bottle, about 1/3 water and 2/3 shampoo or whatever works for
you. When I wash my hair, I hold the sprayer very close to my
head so as not to waste any. It only takes about 4 sprays (I
have short hair) to get a very good lather. I also use this
shampoo to wash my pantyhose.
By Kathie
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When I want to make chicken strips from frozen boneless chicken breasts, I take them out of the freezer for approximately 30 minutes. It makes the cutting more uniform and a lot easier!
By Michelle
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Nail polish purchased at garage sales, even if thickened a bit, can be thinned with nail polish remover and used to make those garage sale earrings you found very colorful. Nail polish can also be used to paint flower pots, etc. Just use a liner or flat brush and decorate away.
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Make a Dog Bed With Old Fleece Robes
Doggie beds can be made out of used fleece robes found at thrift stores. You can usually pick them up for very little and cut them apart to make a nice bed for your little pet. Just cut 2 round pieces the size you want plus the seam allowance, stuff with fluffy batting and you are done.
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Looking for Sea Shell Craft Ideas
I live across the road from a beach so I find things like shells and fossils. Do you have any ideas what I can do with them? For example, I could collect them for making necklaces, perhaps to sell. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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How to Apply for Makeover Shows
I have seen all of these shows on TV where homes are getting
redecorated for families, neighbors, etc. What about a place of business, more specificaly a small night time bar. Does anyone know where or how to apply for these special offers i know some
one who whould love this.
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Directions for Craft Foam Candy Corn Decoration
I am looking for directions for a Halloween wall or door decoration that used craft foam. It was three different sized "candy corn" triangles made with strips going across of white, orange, and yellow craft foam just like real candy corn. Each candy corn had a face with a black craft foam smiling mouth and black and white jiggly eyes from a craft store. Also, each of the three candy corn faces was a different size, like 5-inches, 7-inches, and 9-inches, approximately.
Each candy corn face was attached to jute rope, each with a different length, and then the bunch of three were tied together in a bow at the top with the jute rope and then hung on a door or a wall. This decoration appeared to be an adult craft project, not a childs, but it looked fairly easy to make and it was very cute!
I have never worked with craft foam before, and I don't know if the foam needs to be mounted on something rigid, like cardboard, etc. If you know how to make this decoration or have ever seen one, please help! Thank you!
Tori
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Tennis Party - Decoration Ideas
I am planning a tennis member-guest event and need some relatively inexpensive decoration and centerpiece ideas. The event is a dinner and will be held at a Country Club. I would like to do something original.
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Your Oven: Kitchen Ally or Public Enemy Number One?
By Skip Lombardi
As Thanksgiving approaches, newspapers, mega-stores, and food producers have begun their old, familiar pitch to get your turkey dollars. Yet I suspect that huge numbers of people are living in dread and anxiety because they're uncertain about how their turkeys will turn out. Some will produce turkeys that are a long way from being fully cooked, while others will produce overcooked, tough birds in need of resuscitation.
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Making Authentic Molasses Cookies
By Charlie Burke
Molasses has been a popular ingredient in New England cooking since at least the nineteenth century. Clipper ships brought cane sugar to New England from Caribbean islands, and rum and molasses were manufactured here. A bizarre disaster occurred long ago in Boston's North End when a huge molasses storage tank ruptured resulting in many deaths.
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