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Volume Six, Number 142, July 25, 2007 (Read It Online) I hope everyone is having an enjoyable week. This Friday's Saving Money on Newsletter is about Saving Money on Buying Carpet. Do you have any tips to share? Please submit them here: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf18592085.tip.html Do you have any back to school tips to share? Please submit them here: http://www.thriftyfun.com/post_contest.ldml Thanks for reading, Susan
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Rate It: Thank goodness the days of HUGE Bridal bouquets has passed! Small, round bouquets with stems showing are being used more often in Weddings. Your local florist would be glad to bunch up a cluster of roses and tie with ribbon but believe me you'd pay dearly! And within a couple of days there is nothing left but photos of your flowers. By making a silk bouquet you have it for years to come, to keep with all your other wedding momentoes. To make a bouquet you will need:
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The bouquet holder is a small circle of styrofoam incaged in a plastic holder with an attached handle. In choosing roses, to make them more realistic looking, remove the end of the flower (I think it's called the calyx) and remove extra petals which make it look fully bloomed, leaving the last row and middle of the flower. This will make a small but more realistic looking rose. When buying roses, choose a more CLOTH feeling rose. To form the bouquet, clip stems down to 5-6" long and beginning in the center insert a rose. Following the circle pattern fill your holder with closely fit roses, using the leaves as well for greenery. Make small loops of ribbon and attach to stiff wire, and wrap tightly with floral tape, inserting them into the cluster of flowers. To have stems showing at the bottom cut the end of the stem to your desired length and holding them around the handle, wrap tightly with floral tape at the top (so as not to show) and leave the rest of the stem showing. Tie on ribbon and wire onto the top of the handle also wrapping with floral tape to cover the wire. This makes a beautiful rose cluster bouquet your Bride will be proud to carry. Many people at my Daughter's wedding were surprised to find out that hers was not real--but silk flowers and she proudly displays them in her Curio cabinet, still as pretty as the day she used them. By Sharon Shearer from Ravenna, KY
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Rate It: I don't know about the rest of you but my delphiniums are huge this summer. Enjoy the photo.
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Rate It: A fun summer party idea is a back-yard drive-in. You simply need a laptop computer that can play DVD's, a projector that connects to the laptop to project your image onto the screen, and a screen. We borrowed the projector from my husband's office, and made our own screen out of leftover TYVEK house wrap (the kind they put around a house under the siding). We used packing tape to attach the Tyvek to PVC pipe at the top and bottom, and then ran rope through the pipe to hang the screen from hooks on the back of the house. The bottom PVC was narrower, and weighted the screen to keep it straight. For storage we got a large diameter PVC pipe and put a cap on one end and a screw cap on the other end, and just rolled the screen and slid it inside.
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Rate It: Moki and Simba are 4 years old Siamese cats. We bought them as kittens, They like to sleep and play "catch the moving fingers under the bed covers." What's in da birdcage? By Sheraone from Ontario
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Unique Wedding Dress From A Vintage Pantsuit When I got married, OK, it was 10 years ago and it wasn't for the first or last time, but let's skip over that part. Great wedding, though, and my dress has an interesting story. You see, it began life as a brocade formal pants suit, of 1960's vintage. I found it at an antiques show, and while I detest the pants suit in general, I thought it was beautiful and had an attractive neckline. So, with a little help from my mother-in-law, it was turned into a dress (let's just say there was plenty of material in the legs!), and she added a simple tulle train to the back. I took it home, and spent quite a few evenings stitching pretty crystal beads on the brocade at the neck and bust area. It looked very beautiful and expensive, and cost, oh, probably $50.00 ($20.00 for the pants suit, $10.00 in tulle, and $20.00 in beads) and I recently saw a dress in a bridal show that looked a great deal like it for around $2800.00. I still have the dress, if not the husband! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf83043621.tip.html
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Rate It: When making your bed, put the fitted sheet on one corner of the foot then go around to the opposite side to the head of the bed and put the sheet on and finish. You will never again make your bed any other way, no more of the sheet slipping off. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf96851540.tip.html
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Rate It: Wall Baskets For Bathroom Organizing Need more storage space in your bathroom for all of your toiletry items? If you're like me, your bathroom cabinet can't hold all of your beauty items and causes constant disarray. We found a simple solution by purchasing inexpensive but well-made rectangular baskets (without handles) and arranging them on our bathroom wall, securing them with screws. It provided immediate decor for the bathroom and tons more storage space for all of your beauty items. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf35947231.tip.html
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Rate It: We are lucky to live very near to a lovely urban park. My husband is a golfer, and we can get out and use the putting green at the municipal golf course gratis. So I am learning to putt! And a bucket of balls is cheap, too. It's a lovely setting. No wonder people like to golf... Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf40117462.tip.html
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Rate It: Print Grocery Coupons From The Internet I have always been an occasional coupon clipper, but it always seemed like taking the time to cut out each coupon was more trouble than it was worth. Fortunately, I have found a much easier way to get coupons, on the Internet. There are actually hundreds of websites with grocery coupons, including brand websites and newspaper websites. I use http://thriftyfun.coupons.com because it has a bunch of coupons in one place. Every week before I go grocery shopping, we check this site to see if there are any coupons that I could use. Then you can just print them out and take them to the store. They scan at the register just like traditional paper coupons. I usually end up saving about $20 each trip. It is easier than clipping coupons from the Sunday inserts, and we have found that these coupons are often worth more than paper coupons. By Irene from Flagstaff, AZ Editor's Note: Thanks, Irene for posting something about this. Coupons.com created that site for us about a year ago and we stopped promoting it because some people complained that they weren't able to redeem the coupons. It's wonderful to hear from someone who is having success with it. Has anyone used our coupon page and been able to redeem the coupons? Please post your experiences below. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf97596109.tip.html
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Rate It: I was at Home Depot with a friend today and I found a less expensive solution for hanging curtains. While in the plumbing aisle, I spotted some Copper Plated, Galvanized and PVC 2-Hole Clips in various sizes. I realized that instead of spending the usual $5+ in my local closeout store on each set of curtain rods, I could screw 2 of those clips above my windows and then just buy dowels (or pvc piping) to hang my curtains from. My friend thought it was a good idea so I thought I'd share it here. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf95353079.tip.html
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Rate It: Empty Milk Carton for Watering Plants I really didn't know where to put this tip, it covers so many aspects! Instead of lugging home a bottle/packet of commercial plant fertilizer, try this quick and easy tip. When you finish a carton of milk, fill the carton with water and use it to water your plants. Your plants will flourish, your wallet will flourish and the land fill will have one less carton to worry about as you didn't have to buy a special product to do the job! And there is one more plus, as you finish the milk carton you stand a better chance of remembering to water that poor house plant in the corner! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf10555569.tip.html
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Rate It: Use an Old Freezer as a Pantry Someone gave us a huge used upright freezer. It worked fine, but I didn't really need THAT much freezer space and it needed to be defrosted way too often for me. So I started using it as a 'pantry'. I have very little cabinet space so I keep all my canned goods, pasta, cereal, and even paper products in it. When I have company they get a kick out of when I go into the freezer for paper plates! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf477753.tip.html
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I spilled beer all over my new silk dress. I took it to the dry cleaners immediately and pointed out the stain, but they dry cleaned it without removing the stain. Do you have any ideas on how to remove this beer stain even though it is already set in? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf55664388.tip.html
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Rate It: How can I get 2 in squares of glass cut inexpensively? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf56536428.tip.html
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Rate It: Light Yellow Stains on White Leather Couch I have a white leather couch. We placed three green throws on it a few months ago. When I removed the throws yesterday there was a light yellow stain on the leather where each of the throws were. I have tried to clean the stain with several cleaning solutions without success. Any suggestions? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf69305618.tip.html
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Rate It: I have been given some pattypan squash and I would like to have some recipes for it, as I have never used it. I also need to know if it can be frozen, and how should it be prepared for that? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf17718494.tip.html
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Rate It: Rubber Stains on Laundered Clothing A black rubber bug was left in a pants pocket, the pants were washed and dried and left stains on white clothes. How can these stains be removed? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf92403691.tip.html
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Rate It: I am asking for help with my finances. Just recently I stopped working my second job because of the very long house. Now I just have one job and the problem is that it pays bi-weekly. Because I have just one income I have been behind on my bills the credit cards are at the limit and above some are in collection because of late or non-payments. I just need to be able to pay of the bills and save some money. I tried the envelope budgeting. How do I start a basic budget without any large problems, something very very simple on a bi-weekly paycheck of a small amount. Once again, how does the old fashion envelopes work? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf30631800.tip.html
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Rate It: Any idea where to get new foam for sofa cushions? I found a site online where you can measure your own cushions and send away for the foam, but measuring myself makes me REALLY nervous, especially since I have 5 cushions to replace and the price is $75-$100 per cushion - that seems really high. But the foam on this sofa just DID NOT hold up from us using it, and it's only 3 years old. BTW - no warranty left on the sofa. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf62558951.tip.html
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Rate It: How can I treat a hard scab on the head of a Bicheon Frise puppy at home. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf65959673.tip.html
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Rate It: Cleaning Antique Metal Fighting Hands I bought some ancient, as in really old, metal fighting gloves. When I received them they are covered with rust. I cleaned them with paper towels, then used olive oil. There must be something better to clean and preserve. I had to scrub the rust off my hands. I didn't want to wash the metal because I thought it might hurt them. I've attached a picture.
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Rate It: Jammed Drive Wheel on a Kenmore Ultra-Stitch 12 My drive wheel on my Kenmore ultra 12 stitch has jammed. I can not turn the wheel anymore than a quarter or a turn. What would cause this to happen? How do I fix it so the sewing machine will sew again? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf31574640.tip.html
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Rate It: Advice About Becoming an Avon Representative Has anyone had experience as an Avon rep? What is the downside of it all? I have not been able to find reliable advice from the Net, so I had to ask my ThriftyFun network. How much money can it realistically generate, what time involvement, what upfront costs? Thanks! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf72151872.tip.html
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Rate It: Any suggestions on what I can do with an old wooden cupboard door? Thanks! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf75994611.tip.html
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Rate It: Why are my cheesecakes splitting in the middle while baking? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf44659935.tip.html
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Rate It: Can you make syrup with Splenda? Can simple syrup be made with Splenda? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf47070271.tip.html
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Rate It: How much do you pay for internet? Hello Frugal Friends, I was wanting to know how much your internet service is. I use to have dial up with Netscape ($21.95) now I have DSL with Verizon which was $17.99 but now has raised to $21.99. I am thinking of switching again and would like some advice on that. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf55348750.tip.html
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Rate It: Something is Burrowing Holes in My Deck I've noticed something is burrowing a small holes on a railing of our backyard deck. I've not seen or heard anything unusual, but there are new holes (about the size of a dime) and a small mound of fresh wood shavings located directly beneath it. I know it's not termites, but is there another type of insect, bird or rodent doing this? I'd appreciate your thoughts. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf31112210.tip.html
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Rate It: Repairing Inlaid Leather Table Tops I have two lamp/side tables that have inlaid leather table tops. Through years of neglect one of the leather tops became un-attached and shrank. The other is still attached but is badly discolored and stained with white ring marks. Is there any way I can repair these tops or should I just scrap it? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf45530575.tip.html
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Rate It: Buying a Small Surge Protector Anyone know if a surge protector for 1,000 joules or more comes in small sizes? I've been looking for one that is 2 inches wide and shorter than 10 inches, but I am finding much wider ones everywhere. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf50857420.tip.html
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Rate It: Food Savings While Visiting Disney World This will be my daughter Mackenzie's first time going to Disney in Florida. We saved and saved for this trip. I found a FANTASTIC deal on the non stop flight there and back for $76.33 and we got a 4 star hotel for $31.00 a night. Passes for Disney were a huge chunk out of our money, but again I found a fantastic deal on those. 6 days of passes for 215.00. We are super, super excited about this trip. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf58222626.tip.html
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Rate It: How do I control musty odor in and old cellar? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf31777894.tip.html
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Rate It: Has anyone used the "furminator" on their dog and does it work? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf88952182.tip.html
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Rate It: Are there any free programs that doesn't come with spam, viruses, or spyware that I can use to plan my landscaping on? I'm just moving into a place and there are many things I'd like to have, but I know what it would look like if I don't plan it... like a disaster. I can see great things in my mind, but they sometimes come out horrible! LOL Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf11574276.tip.html
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Rate It: Suntan Lotion Stains on Clothing How do I remove suntan lotion from a white cotton gauze beach coverup? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf34079976.tip.html
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Rate It: Listening Suggestions For Online Radio Shows I like to listen to radio shows that are available online while I clean house. I tote my laptop around and listen to The Dave Ramsey Show, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, and Car Talk. I enjoy these shows but lately I've been wanting something new and different to listen to. Can anybody recommend an informative radio show that is available online? Thanks! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf67891412.tip.html
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Rate It: I have dark green carpet throughout my home. I want to paint our bedroom and adjoining bath. What colors would go with the carpet? Our walls are all white with white trim now. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf51570700.tip.html
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Rate It: How do you bend a fork to make a place card holder? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf40628819.tip.html
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