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Volume Six, Number 187, September 28, 2007 (Read It Online) I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Next week's Saving Money on Newsletter is about Saving Money on Halloween Costumes. Do you have any tips to share? Submit them here: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf630552.tip.html Thanks for reading, Susan
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Instructions:First measure your shower, then cut your fabric to size. Fold over at top for the rod to go through. You will need a long piece of fabric and the short piece as in picture or you can just use 1 long piece if you want. Then sew on your ribbon. you can make any theme you want. I made one for every holiday using seasonal fabric. I hand sew mine but of course you can use a sewing machine. (This is the outside curtain NOT the actual shower curtain.)By Sandy from Bluff City, TN
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Rate It: Our Pride And Joy, Hayden James Well, myself and my wife went into Walmart to the baby section while we were there. Look what we bought on July 6th 2007 at 9:55 AM
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Rate It: Niño (Nin-yo) is 2+ years and a Terrier Mix. This is the other portion of my heart, Niño (Spanish for "little boy"). The breeder told me I was getting a pure bred poodle and I certainly paid the price, literally. But, 2 years later, I couldn't be a happier mama! Niño every dog owner's delight: playful, loving, obedient, attentive, loyal, and a great 2-legged dancer! For fun, he likes to give kisses, run in the park, have his belly rubbed or scratched, play with other dogs (chase and be chased), chew yummy bones, sleep next to or on the pillow above his mama, and of course, prompt a never-ending game of run, retrieve, and return a toy he's set it in your lap that he'll continue to nudge until you finally give in. Besides, who can say no to such a persistent, fun-loving spirit? Niño is already ready for Halloween this year. He is modeling his homemade fur cape and matching ankle cuffs. After all, no dog (regardless of gender) can have too many fur "coats!" By Nancy T. from Tucson, AZ
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Rate It: I took an empty coffee can, painted it orange then sponged another layer of a different shade of orange to look like stripes on the body. The face was cut out of wood scrap with a hole cut out for the mouth and then stapled the plastic lid to the wood. I painted a face to match the body. I used L-brackets to attach a string to the top to hang the bird house. The tail is cut from foam and painted to match the body. The colors could be painted to suit your taste. I hung mine out in my yard and it has a nest inside. To clean out the bird house, just take the lid off, clean then put the lid back on.
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Rate It: Paper Napkin Craft - Three Ways I know it might seem a little early for Christmas projects but I thought I would post this one early. Here are three different ideas using the same beverage sized napkin. Starting at the top, I used this napkin both on the frame as well as inside the frame. I put this out each Christmas as I love old-world type decorations. Continuing clockwise, I am just starting to use the same napkin on a ceramic tile (decoupaged). The bottom one is a Christmas card using the same napkin. All three ideas are using the decoupaged method of gluing paper onto different surfaces. All are very easy and lots of fun, not to mention, you can be very creative!
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Collect posters anywhere you can get them. Many companies supply them to stores for advertising. If you can't use them to decorate with, they make great wrapping paper. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf14063508.tip.html
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Rate It: If you find lice to be going around at school, a good way to safeguard your child, or to try to, is to spray his or her hair with hairspray. You can also use hair gel or any other kind of hair product. The lice are repelled by the chemicals, and they rather like clean hair that can be penetrated. So don't react by overwashing! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf30177983.tip.html
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Rate It: If you decide to get a new kitten, either now or in the near future, please make sure you have the new baby dewormed. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf50472312.tip.html
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Rate It: Use Sale Items In Unexpected Ways Sometimes you can find things in unexpected places and put to unexpected ways of using. By chance I popped into a Pottery Barn Store, and found they were having a big sale. There I fell in love with a pair of oblong paisley Indian pillow covers which were marked down to $10.49 from $44.00! and they were just the right size color to cover the worn ARMS of my little living room sofa. It was a splurge, but considering slipcovers cost a bundle, a savings for me! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf11203457.tip.html
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Rate It: Update and Print Personal Medical History After many trips to the ER, I decided to use my Microsoft Word and memory from my visits and put them to good use. I put my name, address, insurance info, next of kin, as much medical info about my health, allergies, doctors names, driver's license, SSN, etc, and listed all my medications and dosages. When I have an emergency, I print it out, keeping it updated, and take it with me. Also, I print a copy to take to the doctors offices so they know what my other doctors are prescribing. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf41166105.tip.html
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Rate It: Use Tennis Balls To Fluff Down Coats I just read about using tennis balls in your dryer when you dry pillows to let them dry evenly. This also works with down coats. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf47243633.tip.html
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Rate It: Frugal Bookmarks From Envelopes To make a bookmark cheaply and easily, take any old envelope and cut off either the left or right bottom corner of the envelope in a triangle shape. Then you have a small "sleeve" that slips over any book or magazine page; it saves books by not having to fold down a corner and makes use of an old envelope that, most likely, would be throw away anyway! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf55682753.tip.html
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Rate It: Buy Butter Now For The Holidays For all your holiday recipes, it's time to buy your butter now and freeze it. The prices will soar in the coming months. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf49774055.tip.html
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Rate It: When I worked part time at my Church, we received may calls for help with food to feed the family. We only had so much available and it was never enough to meet the great need. This is one of the options we offered to help people who were not able to get the help from us on a ongoing basis. Hopefully, this will be a great place for others to also get more food from their food budget. Angel Food Ministries works to provide grocery relief to communities throughout the US. It is completely free to participate and there are no income limitations or forms to fill out. The non-denominational program works with local community churches and organizations to provide boxes, or "units", of food to people at the cost of $25 per unit. Each month, your local host site will collect orders and payment, then about 2 weeks later you bring your own box to pickup your order. To find a host site in your town, go to: http://www.angelfoodministries.com/hosts. The unit contents are different each month, and each unit is generally considered to be at least a $50 dollar value. To see what this month's menu is for your area, go to: http://www.angelfoodministries.com/menu. Once you purchase a unit either for yourself or someone else, you also have the option of three special packages as add-ons to your order, each for a substantial discount over grocery store prices. By Bobbie G from Rockwall Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf62431372.tip.html
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What Is a Good Color Scheme For Green Carpet? Help with colors scheme with a green carpet? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf56489440.tip.html
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Rate It: For homecoming, my group and I decided to do battleship. However, we need ideas. So far we know that we want to cover the wall and floor with the gridding from battleship, so as to make it 3D but after that we're semi stumped. ANY help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf80229612.tip.html
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Rate It: Cleaning Lymphatic Fluid Stains From Leather Shoes I have lymphedema with seaping legs is there any way to clean stained shoes? The lymphatic fluid's have changed the color of the leathers! I need to clean these shoes for they are the only shoes that fit my swollen feet & I would like them to look nice for dress! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf67809163.tip.html
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Rate It: Cleaning Tea Stains Off of Glass Pitcher I make iced tea everyday. My glass pitcher has brown stains on it. How can I clean them? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf66461903.tip.html
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Rate It: Cleaning Geothermal Home Heating System I have an open loop geothermal heating system. It was supposed to have an "acid flush/wash" a year ago. My neighbor does commercial heating and cooling and said if he had a little more information on how to do this he would do it for me. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf60978928.tip.html
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Rate It: What Household Products Can Be Used As Fabric Softener? Does anyone know if there are any household products that can be used to make "Fabric Softener"? I am on a very low fixed income and I try to make anything I can that will save me money. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf54212936.tip.html
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Rate It: Looking For Flamingo Dinnerware Where can I find reasonably priced "Flamingo Dinnerware" Big Lots had a set for 15 dollars but when I was ready to buy them, they were out. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf48867858.tip.html
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Rate It: Removing Grease From Satin Wedding Dress Can you please tell me how to remove black grease off of a satin wedding dress which cannot be washed? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf50625099.tip.html
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Rate It: Getting Rid of Dirty and Smokey Smell In Carpet I recently moved into an apartment. At first everything smelled like smoke. Gradually the smell is slowly fading away, but it's still hanging around. My main question is how to get rid of a dirty smell in the carpet? It's new carpet but it smells like dirty old tennis shoes. I cleaned the carpets 4 days ago and the smell is still here. It smells in the living room and in the bedroom. My A/C was leaking and a portion of the carpet was soaking wet for a couple weeks before management finally got maintenance to come check it out. Is it possible there is mold under the carpet? Also if I leave my clothes basket sitting in my bedroom, when I move it the carpet under it is damp. Any suggestions on how to get rid of dirty tennis shoes smelling carpet would be GREATLY appreciated! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf26079709.tip.html
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Rate It: What Do I Do to Eliminate Scars? What do I do to eliminate scars? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf21523113.tip.html
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Rate It: Baby Shower Ideas For Daughter In-Law Does anyone have any great ideas about a baby shower? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf18826923.tip.html
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Rate It: "Sharing Our Hearts" Sorority Brunch Looking for idea for centerpiece. Theme: "Sharing Our Hearts" Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf97819148.tip.html
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Rate It: Getting Crayon Out of Clothes That Have Been Washed My son had a pocket full of crayons in his shorts and they were washed and dried and now there are crayon stains all over a complete load of laundry how do I get it out of the clothes and the dryer? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf82043215.tip.html
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Rate It: 12th Birthday Ideas With Boys & Girls I need twelfth Birthday party ideas? It would be a big boy-girl party. Any Ideas? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf69917937.tip.html
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Rate It: Food Ideas For Wedding On a Budget I need some wedding help! I'm getting married next fall and we are looking at the options for food. We are going to be working on a pretty tight budget, so my family is probably going to do all of the cooking. Could you please give me some ideas of easy things to serve on a buffet? Please be as detailed as possible for I'm a horrible cook. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf85466753.tip.html
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Rate It: Pink And Blue Wedding Decorations My Fiance and I are planning a wedding for April 2009. My favorite color is pink, and his is blue. We were wanting to incorporate that into our wedding. Pink and Blue with white and silver accents. Any ideas for colors for dresses? He of course wants the guys to have blue, and I want pink for the girls. How can I mix the two without looking tacky? Flowers for the girls will be a single blue tulip or lily, a single pink rose, and 4-5 white daisies-going small bouquets for them. ALL HELPFUL IDEAS WOULD BE MUCH MUCH APPRECIATED! THANK YOU! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf43422912.tip.html
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Rate It: Home Schooled Girl's 13th Birthday Ideas Any ideas for a girls 13th birthday? She does not have a lot of friends and is home schooled. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf71839453.tip.html
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Rate It: Help Planning Elegant Wedding For $2,000 I am getting married May 24, 2008 and we are on a very tight budget, but I want it to be very elegant. My budget is around $2,000, can anyone give me any help, please! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf96365868.tip.html
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Rate It: How to Repair Small Holes in T-Shirts I am sure I recently read a tip on how to repair or mend very small holes in T-shirts, but now I can not find it. Could someone please help? I'm desperate! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf52078703.tip.html
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Rate It: Oxi Jel Stain Remover Turned Stained Areas Yellow Oxi jel stain remover when put on white cotton tee shirts turned the stained areas yellow. How can I get them back to white? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf62325497.tip.html
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Rate It: Removing Cat Urine From Oriental Rug Removing cat urine from oriental area rug? What type of cleaning service should I use? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf71663874.tip.html
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Rate It: Preventing Cheese From Leaking Out of Calzones I love making homemade calzones, but the cheese always leaks out of them while baking. I pinch the edges tightly to make sure the calzone is sealed well, but the cheese still leaks out. Any suggestions? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf56726640.tip.html
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Rate It: Does anyone know what 'washing soda' is? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf96589479.tip.html
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Rate It: Does Arm and Hammer Laundry Detergent Kill 99.9% of Bacteria? Does Arm and Hammer Laundry Detergent kill 99.9% of bacteria? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf52862566.tip.html
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Rate It: Anyone Know the Starter For Amish Friendship Bread Recipe? Does anyone know the recipe for the starter pack for Amish Friendship Bread? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf400677.tip.html
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