Mother's Day Ideas Using Crepe Paper Streamers?
Making flowers out of crepe paper is easy. You can get long floral wires 25 or 50 to a pack at Wal Mart for about 2 to 3 dollars. Take your paper and cut it to about 20 inches and fold like a fan and then take the wire and wrap it around the middle and twist...
White Flowers That Bloom In June?
In your area do you have wild flowers? I not sure of the scientific name, but we call them Queen Anns Lace they are white and here in the southeast they grow wild and usually last until mid June or later. You can also put them into colored water and the stems...
Removing Smoke from Wood Doors and Windows?
when we moved into our current home, there was a film on the windows and doors, i took dish soap (dawn), water and an old rag and just washed and dried with an old towel. make sure you get all the soap off so use very little to begin with, also Murphys Oil...
Poison Oak Warning For January
If you have inside pets, dogs, cats, ect, when they go outside and come back in, be sure to wash your hands well. My dh got a case of poison ivy from our dogs. We live in the country, so they go outside and into the woods sometimes to run and play. We were...
Inexpensive Gift Ideas for Coworkers?
My daughter told me about this site last year. Put in seach free sterling silver jewlery. You only pay s/h, which is 5.98. They have 4 differnet items on the screen for 15 minutes and you place your order. Everything that my dd ordered last year was beautiful...
Recipes Using Yellow Mustard?
when making chunkky potato salad, mix equal parts of salad dressing or mayo with yellow mustard, also try adding pimanto pepper, onion, pickle mix. makes the salad have a certain zing flavor.
Simple, Fast Way to Clean Oven?
i used a product called Greased Lightening, I bought at Wal Mart. It is strong stuff and you better have a window open. This product works well. my mother in law has only part of a lung, due to TB in the 50s. she uses Scrubbing Bubbles bath room cleaner. she...
Craft Ideas Using Half Pint Milk Cartons?
if you make candles, this is perfect for large square ones. and if you put ice in the was it will leave holes and interesting patterns. A friend of mine did this with her cub scouts and they loved it.
Palm Tree Decor?
Use bamboo for curtain rods or cane, use raffia as tie backs for curtains, Look for any bamboo, wicker, or other things like that remind you of the beach. Check out the good old Everythings A Dollar stores and you can find tumbled sea glass, rocks, vases, palm...
Covering a Chain Link Fence?
Check out the dollar stores for the table runners out of bamboo, sometimes you can find them at the evrything is a dollar store. I not sure how long or high your fence is, but you have had some really good ideas, if you have a green thumb, not brown like mine...
My Favorite Kitchen Corner
I love it, love it! Is that an old drawer you have your cook books in? I like the idea of the basket with a handle for the onions, I can never find the right place for mine and the plant on top of the cook books would have to be silk for me anyway, very brown...
Helping Someone With Hygiene Problems?
Since Mothers Day is coming up, why not ask the mothers in the church to donate items for teen girls and boys and then host a small reception after church or between the services and let each boy or girl teenager take a certain amount of items, honoring them...
Tips For Easing Into Vintage Clothing
If you love it, wear it! I have a friend that loves vintage clothing and is a very good seamstress and she has made a buisness of making and selling vintage new clothing. What is the difference in vintage fabric, furniture, quilts, ect. We each have our on...
Homemade Wall Art?
If you have trouble remembering how the art work was done after watching an art T.V. shows as I do, there are many many calendars out there with wonderful pictures on them. Take the picture, florals, Norman Rockwell, still life,or what ever you like. Cut out...
Removing Lettering From a Van?
We used to use a hot blow drier to get these signs off our van fleet. It worked well for us.
Diesel Smell on Jeans?
you might also want to try adding baking soda to your regular detergent and add vinagar as a fabric softner in the final rinse. justmyimagination2002@yahoo.com martha
Kitchen With Red Sink and Floors?
what a wonderful accent, a red sink, since i like country, i would use red and white check or black and white checked curtains. black will ground anything, look at magazines and clip pictures of different looks, check out books at the library and get some great...
