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Volume Six, Number 240, December 13, 2007 (Read It Online) Today we are looking for tips for avoiding stress during the holidays. Do you have any tips to share? Please submit them here: http://www.thriftyfun.com/post_contest.ldml Thanks for reading, Susan
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Candy Cane Christmas Stocking Tree
If your house is going to be as full as mine this year and you don't have a fireplace "to hang your stockings by the chimney with care", here is a great solution. Three of my children live in Colorado with me. Between the three of them, they have 6 little boys. We soon ran out of places to hang our Christmas stockings so my husband (brave man that he is ) came up with this so we could hang all of our Christmas stockings on it.
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Rate It: This is a Christmas gift I made. It is napkin holder made with plastic canvas. The second picture is another plastic canvas craft I made for Christmas. It is a wall or door hanger. This one is a fairly easy project. By Pico from St. Paul, Alberta
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Rate It: Precious is 9 months old. I got her 1 month ago. She likes to run beside me on the bike. She's a bundle of fun. By jumbary from Fort Myer, FL
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Rate It: Cut lace about 14 inches, then fold over and sew a seam to slip a piece of 4 inch pipe cleaner in it. Make sure the lace is gathered. Then glue 2 red hearts in the center. I bought mine at a Dollar store.
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Rate It: Homemade Snowflake Glass Ornaments These are so easy to make and look so elegant.
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Rate It: Craft: Paper Mache Ornament Balls Make your own special ornaments for your tree this year. These ornament balls are fun to make, a bit messy, and look absolutely beautiful when done.
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Rate It: Ornament made from ice cream sticks.
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Gift Boxes From Recycled Paper Ideas to make gift boxes from recycled paper or cards! By Veronica from Sedalia, Missouri Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf76044421.tip.html
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Rate It: Here is a great reference for all of you who are concerned about toy safety this holiday season. It has lists of the best toys and the worst toys regarding toxicity. You can search for a specific toy or even have them test your toy.
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Rate It: Use a Flannel Backed Tablecloth to Protect the Table I don't use my large dining room table very often, but when I do, I don't like for the heat from the plates to create those hard-to-remove white spots on my table. To prevent this, I decided to use a flannel backed vinyl tablecloth underneath my regular polyester/cotton tablecloth. Since the vinyl cloth was dark blue and my regular cloth was off-white, I simply flipped the vinyl tablecloth over so that the white flannel side faced up. It didn't show through my off-white tablecloth and it prevented the plates from making white spots on my table. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf16630091.tip.html
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Rate It: Use Magnets to Put a Curtain on a Steel Door It is really hard to put a curtain on a steel door, but all you have to do is put magnets in the rod holder slot and stick it on the door. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf92945955.tip.html
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Rate It: Mark Treated Stain with Safety Pin Before Washing When treating laundry stains, I keep safety pins handy and put one where the stain is. When I pull the laundry item out of the washer, I look for the safety pin, to see if the stain came out, before I put it in the dryer. The heat in the dryer can set the stain. I want to be sure the stain came out before I put it in the dryer. This saves my clothes. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf70356809.tip.html
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Rate It: I found this how-to here: There's several variations of this on the site! By melody_yesterday from Sedalia, MissouriPost Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf31953058.tip.html
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Rate It: I wanted to post a table centerpiece idea: First make a 16 point star with gold wrapping paper. Put a small skinny flower vase in the center, then make gold five point stars and use pipe cleaners to glue them to and put in the vase. By Tracy from Ankeny, IowaPost Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf41652933.tip.html
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Rate It: Christmas Tradition: Christmas Eve On Christmas Eve, my family has our two girls try to find the Christmas box Mrs. Santa left for them. It always contains a new set of pajama's. After they put on the pajamas, our family drives around town looking at Christmas lights and live nativity scenes in different neighborhoods. We've done this for 21 years and they still love this tradition that officially starts Christmas for them.
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Rate It: Combine Gingerbread and Sugar Cookie Recipes If you somewhat like Gingerbread Cookies, but the taste is a little to sharp with spices, try making your favorite Sugar Cookie recipe and Gingerbread recipe and combine the two recipes. I tried this and the flavor is really good. I liked gingerbread cookies, but now I really enjoy them. The combining of the two recipes makes all the difference. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf23323172.tip.html
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About 18-20 years ago when we had the first round of Lead scare, I saw a testing kit for sale. I know someone out there knows where to buy them now. Can you tell me where to get one? IS IT MADE IN CHINA? I will tell you what I saw in the 99 cent store that reminded me of the need for one. They had some nice coffee mugs and I was going to make some 'Hot cocoa gift mugs' UNTIL I saw a sticker on a couple of them that said 'Warning, not made for food'. There were dozens of them and only a few had the warning sticker on them. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf56946881.tip.html
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Rate It: How do I freeze snow peas? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf54461058.tip.html
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Rate It: Products for Cleaning Ceramic Tile Grout I've put down my homemade cleaners because I can't get the grout clean on my ceramic kitchen floor tiles. Can anyone give me the name of a product I can buy that will really work? Thank you so much for any help! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf98482116.tip.html
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Rate It: Young Child Has Started Hitting Parents and Pets My 22 month old has done a drastic personality change! The lovely little darling has been hitting us and our pets. And not just when he is angry. He beats on our cat and dog for just recreational fun and I've tried scolding and taking him away from the pet and he just keeps going back to hit more. He has also been hitting us when he is angry or when he gets overexcited during play. How do I change this. One day he hurt the cat so much that I gave him one swat on his little diapered butt and he thought it was so funny! Help! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf99453021.tip.html
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Rate It: Kitten Has Stopped Using Litter Box My kitten is only a few months old and suddenly stopped using her litter box. My dad is giving me a week to get her to stop pooping on the floor. I need some help. Please give me some tips so I don't have to get rid of my kitten! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf755637.tip.html
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Rate It: Using Ammonia to Clean Stains from Carpet My carpet is really dirty. It is supposed to be cream colored but it is more like brownish-cream. I have a home carpet cleaner and have used it but my carpet still looks dirty. I want to try an ammonia solution but I am not sure? I need some more suggestions to clean the whole carpet. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf159646.tip.html
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Rate It: I am upholstering a footstool I am now putting a small skirt on it. I am using upholstery nails and a tack hammer. The nails are bending on me, what am i doing wrong. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf89660187.tip.html
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Rate It: Applesauce Christmas Ornaments How do you make ornaments out of applesauce? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf93080983.tip.html
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Rate It: Reattaching Clips To Stem of Push Button Toilet I removed the lid of a push button toilet and removed it, in the process two grey clips came off the central stem. I know where the clips go but can't see how they attach can you please enlighten me of to how to reattach the clips. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf50521079.tip.html
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Rate It: Does anyone know a simple way to make koozies (can holders)? Either by sewing or crochet? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf674671.tip.html
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Rate It: Permanent Marker on a Wood Floor HELP! My husband is going to kill me! My 2 year old just used red permanent. marker all over our wood stairs. I've tried everything on here; Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, Toothpaste, and bug spray! I used Krud Kutter, it's taking the finish off of the stairs! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf34775072.tip.html
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Rate It: Removing a Hard Water Scale from Fiberglass Bathtub I have very heavy hard water scale on my fiberglass bathtub. Muriatic acid has cleaned my toilets nicely, but I don't know if it is safe for the fiberglass bathtub. I have tried every other cleaner like bleach, CLR, comet, etc.... Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf69929227.tip.html
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Rate It: Cleaning Fabric Paint off Kids Hands How do you get fabric paint off of kids hands? We are making a gift for the teacher and I want to be prepared. Thanks! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf487698.tip.html
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Rate It: Does anyone have a recipe for fragrant infusion fuel? This is a type of a room fragrance that is released into the air using wooden reeds in a glass container that holds the fuel. Thank you. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf97319591.tip.html
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Rate It: Instructions to Make Lighted Wine Bottle Someone had a beautiful lighted wine bottle posted in answer to another's request of how to adhere the grapes. Does anyone remember this and have the directions for the whole project? I would love to make a few of these. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf57713550.tip.html
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Rate It: Does anyone know how to make cream soap without lye? Especially whipped soap that I have seen on freshwhipped.com. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf84902006.tip.html
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Rate It: Dishwasher Not Cleaning Dishes I have a 5 year old Kenmore dishwasher that is not cleaning well anymore. There was always a problem with whatever was in the corners of the top rack but now a lot of things are not getting clean. The holes don't appear to be plugged, the detergent is fresh, the water is hot, I have run vinegar through it. I have even rinsed the dishes even though I'm not supposed to have to do that but the dishes don't come out clean. Any solutions? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf22807809.tip.html
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Rate It: How To Get a Vintage Look When Matting Pictures I've got a project I'm working on and I need some input. What type of picture frame and mat would one use to create a Vintage Look? I used a black frame with a black mat background and was told it looked too contemporary. I don't want that, I'm after VINTAGE. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf54102116.tip.html
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