Daily Thrifty Tips - March 6, 2008

Vol. 7, Num. 47, March 6, 2008 (Read It Online) Do you have any Easter tips, crafts or recipes to share with the ThrifyFun community? Please sumbit them on one of the contest pages! 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: First Sled Ride What Breed Is Roxy? Craft: Cup and Saucer Candle Holder Decoupaged Paperweights Today's Tips: Use Wite-Out as a Temporary Glue Use Film Canisters For Storing Small Items Tips for Long Lasting Carpet Printing Coupons Online at Coupons.com Buying Textbooks Online Rainy Day Craft Box For Children Walmart Will "Price Match" On Sale Patterns Sprinkle Colored Sugar on Hot Cereals for Kids Beautifully Peeled Oranges Joke of the Day New Requests: Removing BBQ Sauce Stain on Wool Jumper String Easter Eggs Progress of Spatini Protest Float Ideas: School Spirit Military Themed Christmas Tree Forum for Unlimited Online Movies Helping Chihuahua Adjust to New Home Recipes Using Citrus Fruits Bissell vs. Hoover Carpet Cleaners Getting Rid of Footprints on Laminate Floor Homemade Jack In The Box 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: First Sled Ride My First Sled ride, Papa Hud gave me pointers. Kaleb (age 4) By Kim from Springfield, Illinois Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf64783225.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print What Breed Is Roxy? Roxy is around 5 weeks old and a mutt of some sort. I got Roxy on January 16th. She found in a dumpster when she was only 10 days old by my uncle's coworker. She called and asked us to get some formula and a bottle and we've been under a Vet's supervision ever since. She likes to play with the call, play in the grass and TUG-A-WAR! The vet said she's healthy, she's been dewormed and got her first immunization on Monday. She's approx 5 weeks old and weighs almost 4 pounds. How big do you think I'll be? What breeds do you see in me? By Michelle from Orange County, California Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf31820883.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Craft: Cup and Saucer Candle Holder Here's a unique way to use cups and saucers from tea sets that have broken or missing pieces. You could also purchase vintage cups and saucers and create these candle holders to give as gifts. The one pictured is from a mini tea set. Approximate Time: 5 minutes Supplies tea cup saucer craft glue candle Instructions Invert tea cup and glue bottom of saucer to bottom of cup. Place votive in center of saucer. By Mom of 1 from Wilkesboro, NC Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf53401179.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Decoupaged Paperweights These are so simple and easy and fast. I find pretty pictures from just about every where (copy to size you need) and then just glue on stones, glass stones, sea shells, etc. I always coat with several coats of water resistant varnish. By lisingreece from Greece Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf81920372.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: Use Wite-Out as a Temporary Glue In a pinch, a drop or two of Wite-Out or a similar product makes a great temporary paper to paper glue. Source: My store of temporary solutions. By Gardencraft from NH Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf25191085.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Use Film Canisters For Storing Small Items If you're still using an ordinary 3.5mm point-and-shoot camera, hold onto the film canisters after you drop off a roll. They make excellent containers for beads and other small items. By Angela from Sault Ste Marie, ON Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf33456346.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Tips for Long Lasting Carpet When my husband and I purchased our home we were buying carpeting for it. The store that we bought it at had us attend a carpet seminar to see a movie about how carpet was made and to discuss the best carpet for our purpose. It really made it easier to decide what to buy. The most beneficial thing that we learned was not to run around the house barefooted or in our stocking feet, there is salt in your body and it comes out through the feet and will stain your carpet quicker. Also when you see a spot, clean it right away. This has worked for us over 31 years. We have only replaced the carpeting once, only because we were tired of the color. Keep a pair of slippers handy, so when you come into the house, you can take your shoes off and put on your slippers. By Lillian from Beaver Falls, PA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf45334370.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Printing Coupons Online at Coupons.com This is a wonderful coupon site. Lots of coupons that you can print for yourself. Happy Clipping :) http://print.coupons.com/ By Helen from Kingston, Tennessee Editor's Note: This site is not supported by all browsers. If you are on a Mac, try Safari. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf75066857.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Buying Textbooks Online My Son is going to college and we are on a tight budget. We found a site that has used books that are cheap. http://www.valorebooks.com He needed a book for his class and it cost $151.00. We went on this website and got the book for $60.00. Make sure it is the correct edition and any numbers. Sally from Buffalo, NY Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf98649761.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Rainy Day Craft Box For Children I used a hat box, but any box will do. Place the following in the box: Scissors School glue Glue stick Watercolor set Colored pencils Construction paper Take a walk around your home and collect things that would make good collage materials: Cotton balls Empty toilet paper rolls Toothpicks Chopsticks Lids from various jars A couple of paper towels Dried beans Dried pasta Dried rice Old magazines Comics Costume jewelry Scraps of fabric Beads Yarn Used envelopes Used labels Greeting cards Have your children help you think of ways of organizing their art supplies (empty yogurt containers with lids, zipper baggies, etc.) Remember to ensure that the box remains well-stocked. Whenever you (or your children) are about to throw something away, consider putting it in the box instead. Rainy days won't be quite so dreary anymore. :) By Laura from Long Beach, CA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf23692332.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Walmart Will "Price Match" On Sale Patterns If you live closer to a Walmart than to your local fabric store that is having a great sale on patterns (like JoAnn's fabrics)... OR, if your local fabric store is "picked over" and doesn't have many patterns left in your size, simply take the ad up to the register with you (after you've shopped) and Walmart will honor other stores ads for Simplicity or McCalls brand patterns (and other things too!) Just be sure to bring the ad in with you and make sure the sale is STILL going on. By Cyinda from near Seattle Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf49636954.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Sprinkle Colored Sugar on Hot Cereals for Kids I had such a hard time getting my grandson to eat his oatmeal or cream of wheat. I finally shook a little colored sugar sprinkles on top and poof, the oatmeal was gone. Each time we have hot cereals, I pick a different color and just sprinkle enough to make it pretty! By Frugalelf from Bridgton Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf87440379.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Beautifully Peeled Oranges Place oranges in hot water for about 45 minutes - 1hour; remove from water and let cool until you are comfortable handling them by hand. Take a tablespoon (or teaspoon) and begin peeling the orange from the navel, the skin should peel leaving all the white on the peal and virtually none on the orange. This is an old restaurant trick I learned long ago. By Cajun from Collinsville, IL Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf92795038.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Dear Webby's Joke of the Day I walked into my sister's kitchen and found my nephew, Mitch, having a snack. "Where's your mother?" I asked. "She said she was going to take a shower. Just a second and I'll see." Mitch went to the kitchen tap and turned the hot water on full blast. An indignant yell came from above. Mitch calmly turned off the tap and said, "Yep, she's in the shower." Read More Jokes Here: http://webby.com/humor New Requests: Removing BBQ Sauce Stain on Wool Jumper My son placed an unfinished Kebab on top of his light blue school jumper. Does any one know how to remove Kebab leaked stains? The jumper is a wool knitted jumper and the stain is barbecue sauce based. Beverley from Sydney, NSW Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf77756487.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print String Easter Eggs Could you please send me how to make easter eggs out of string and balloons? Judy from Climax, NC Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf95972461.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Progress of Spatini Protest How is the Spatini protest going? clucas68 from Rockland, Mass Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf30161832.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Float Ideas: School Spirit We need ideas for a float. We are the Panthers and the topic is school spirit. Please help! Susan from Portsmouth, OH Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf96664891.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Military Themed Christmas Tree My son is an 8th grader in military school (his choice). I promised him a military theme for next year's Christmas tree. I've started buying little action figures and camouflage vehicles at the 99cent store, but they are mostly olive drab colored. I may enhance them with silver or gold paint but need other 'crafty' creative ideas for decorations that will stand out on a green tree. Or should I get a campy silver tree (ugh!) and keep camo decorations as is? Help! Claudette from New York, NY Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf33935095.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Forum for Unlimited Online Movies I would like to know about the movie forums. The ones that you pay one price and get unlimited movies on your computer. Even movies that aren't out on video yet. Which sites do you recommend? Pico from St Paul, Alberta Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf33131296.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Helping Chihuahua Adjust to New Home I just took in a chihuahua that is about 2 to 3 yrs old because the owner was moving. He is a male and he won't eat or go to the bathroom. I have had him only 1 day. My other dogs, a mini Italian Greyhound and a Dobi/Rot mix have excepted him with no problem. If you hold him he's fine, he will just lie in your lap. If you put him down, he goes under the table. please help me. Cheryl from Kissimmee, FL Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf70457929.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Recipes Using Citrus Fruits I have a bunch of oranges and grapefruit that are leftover from the Lion's Club Sale. I need to use them up soon! Does anybody have ideas and or recipes so they will not go to waste? Christine from Sterling, Virginia Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf66763953.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Bissell vs. Hoover Carpet Cleaners I wondering which company has the best carpet shampooer; Bissell or Hoover? Connie from West Kingston, RI Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf87357314.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Getting Rid of Footprints on Laminate Floor I have laminate flooring and have been cleaning it with a Swiffer Wet Jet. Now every foot print shows up on the floor. How do I get the floor back to the way it was? It looks horrible right now. Steve from Nesconset, NY Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf64987525.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Homemade Jack In The Box How do I make a homemade jack-in-the-box? Tina from Desert Hot Springs, CA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf58891196.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 Interactive Coupon Swap! Swap coupons with other ThriftyFun.com users. Seed Swap! Swap seeds with other ThriftyFun.com users.