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Holiday: Thrifty Christmas Decorating
So inspiring. Can you take a picture of your artwork of the mountains on the wall and post? I painted at one time and want to do a mural on my wall. Can you give prep, type of paint used, etc?

Cleaning Copper Pots and Pans
The salt and vinegar work like magic. Did a pot the other day myself and was so surprised how fast and hardly any scouring. Pour vinegar onto the bottom of the pot and sprinkle table salt!

Problem With Child Wetting Herself
This may or may not be the case with your child. Our daughter had the same problem. It turned out she was being molested by a close relative who used clever excuses to take her for ice cream when they visited from another state. They leveraged her into silence...

Looking for "Work from Home" Sites
Yes there is and I am so happy I found a true reputable, rock solid American business that I work from my home. I have been in a couple of others with large buy-ins and required inventory. This does not. We provide support for anyone seeking to work from home...

Fruit Floats to the Top When Canning
I wondered if you have a good tasting recipe for plum jam? Most of the store varieties are bland, not like a plum tastes. Do you use any of your canned plums to make jams?

Using Stale Banana Loaf
One recipe my daughter uses at her restaurant is Banana Bread French toast. Make the egg/milk mixture to dip the slices in and cook on a frying surface, turning to brown both sides. Serve with fresh banana slices and powder sugar dusted over the top.

Tips for House Cleaning Business
HI, LaLa, You requested if we knew of safer cleaners in your post. You are wise, because if you are using chemicals that get onto your skin, eyes, or even are inhaled, eventually your health could be compromised. I did not know this when younger and burned...

Thrifty Doll Outfits
Dorie, You are a hoot! I looked at some of your website and bookmarked it to try and do some of this with a granddaughter. I love your writing. Carol

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Susan: ThriftyFun Says Goodbye
Susan would have been my kindred spirit. I wish I could have met her. What a wonderful eulogy of a great woman who followed up on her ideas, unlike many of us who only do lip service to our dreams. I'm moved and inspired more than you know to step out in faith...

Bread Dough Sticking to Towel
Here's a trick I learned from professionals. I use this for both times the dough rises. Take a large plastic bag, depending on the size of your bowl, or pans, and snap it open. Place the bowl or pan in the bag and then trap as much air as possible to form a...

Business Card in Frame

Framing Old Business Cards
Loved the idea of saving family history, even as small as a business card. Some business cards of those that I've collected for the art would be ideally displayed this way. My hubby and grandfather's business cards are now going to be incorporated in this artful...

Has Anyone Used StickySheets?
Forget the sticky sheets. Get a pair of gloves used for cleaning, dish washing, etc. at the dollar store. While you are wearing them, use your hands to "palm off" the hair into a pile. This is so much faster. The rubber friction does the trick. Carol in Michigan

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Homemade Barbie Hats From Styrofoam

Homemade Barbie Doll Hats
We also made these for favors at a women's meeting. I wanted to add however a word of caution. The material used to make the styrofoam cups is very toxic to the lungs when placed in the oven. Use opened windows and fans to draft out the fumes and protect you...

Degenerative Disk Disease Remedies
I have had such success with the use of natural products to make life easier as the body ages. I too have fibromyalgia, osteo and rheumatoid arthritis. My rheumatologist cannot deny the difference they have made and is "disgusted" with the results that therapeutic...

Wearing Makeup With Contacts
Nicole Miller is designed to feed the skin and is tolerated very well by the most sensitive skin types. It is not expensive, but well worth the switching to. I cannot wear even Almay products, which are made for sensitive types. check out the difference. I...

What Is Your Skin Care Schedule?
There is a very effective product in my store that I shop from that has helped many treat acne using tea tree oil that costs less than than $20.00. You can learn more is you are interested. My email address cartonv2atiglide.net (use the @ character for the...

Dealing With a Nasty Boss
I too am a people pleaser who has lived feeling guilty because people like her could never be won by my sweet, non confrontational person. I just read a book that really allowed me to see how unhealthy this is. Depression can result down the road and eating...

Oil of Cloves
You need to kill the mold that is producing the musty smell. Unless you do that it will return with any humidity. Sol U Mel kills mold. It doesn't mask it, it kills it. If you are wanting more information write cartonv2atiglidedotnet

Biodegradable Cleaners
Dear Laura, Check out the following: www.michiganatwork.com and look at the healthy home site or email me at cartonv2atjunodotcom and I can tell you of many nontoxic and cost effective cleaners that I have found. Carol

Sharpie on Cloth Car Seats
Solumel gets permanent marker out of cloth. In Michigan we show others how it works. cartonv2at juno.com

Mildew on a Purse
Mildew is killed with a non toxic, natural, antifungal type product that I saw in a catalog. I sprayed it on the underside of very expensive cherry wood chairs I bought at a yard sale. I never rubbed, just misted and voila, all is gone, and no harm to the wood...

Removing Nail Polish from Wood Furniture
Kathie, I do. This is one of my demonstrations with a product from a wellness catalog company that I refer people to. It is totally safe to skin and the environment too. Carol at cartonv2atjunodotcom I will tell you how to order this amazing cleaning product...

Too Many Bills to Pay
Go to my web site and read the stories of people who got out of serious debt with working from home. http://www.healthconcerns.advancingwithus.com/ Go to Success stories at the top. If this is of interest to you, I will tell you more. It cost me $29 to start...

Job Ideas for an Outgoing Person
I'm always looking for his personality type. I have a home based business that requires no selling, no inventorying, no delivering, no collecting. We get paid for word of mouth advertising. It's an Inc. 500 company of 20 years. Just today I got my monthly residual...

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Removing a Strong Mold Odor
Bleach does not kill mold. You need a safe and proven product that will do that. I order this through a catalog of healthy alternatives. If this interests you, I can show you more. cartonv2atjunodotcom

Dealing With High Energy Costs
Karen, I fully feel your concern. I have a low paying job outside the home too. I wanted to make more money because you can only do without, to a certain degree.(no pun intended) I cover windows at night and when the sun is out and shining I open them to let...

Ink on a Shearling Lamb Coat
Permanent marker is removed from fabrics and tiles, wood flooring, and photos by Sol U Mel a penetrating solution available through Melaleuca.A friend of mine also removed from a red upholstered arm chair,all the black pemanent marker that had "Gotten loose...

50th Birthday Ideas
Let's see...your mom was born in 1955? I did a 50's party for my girlfriend 3 years ago. We had a riot. I met her at the door with a wheel chair! "Old people" might have that "big one" if too shocked by such a surprise party. I was dressed in a borrowed nurse...

New Ideas For Church Fundraising
We have discovered an international catalog business that features safe, non toxic house cleaners(cheaper than Walmart's) and personal hygiene products, and supplemental strength vitamins that really improve one's health. We have a plan that is for non profit...

Ink On Blinds
I have removed permanent marker from photos, varnished wooden floors, and linoleum with a product called SolUMel. Another person told me of her success removing green marker from a bedspread with the same. email cartonv2@juno.com

Removing Smell from Vinyl Sofa
SolUMel removes odors very well.

Red Wine on "S" fabric couch
I had a niece that hid berries between the cushion and seat of a white upholstered chair. The stain came out with a product called SolUMel made by Melaleuca. It will remove red wine stain from white carpet. We do this as a demo.I can tell you how to get the...

Daughter Bitten by Unknown Bugs
I was wondering if it could be spiders? I have had similar episodes and the next day turned the furniture stand next to the bed upside down. There were fine webs and small, long legged spiders. I have also swept all the areas under each piece in the room, windows...

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