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Keep Nail Polish Caps from StickingTo keep nail polish caps from sticking, put a dab of petroleum jelly on the threads.
By Peggy
Cheap Wood Floor for a Family RoomMeasure your room and buy enough chip board to cover your floor. Find a stain that you like to stain the floor. Use liquid nails to secure chip board to floor. After the stain add two coats of polyurethane to the floors letting it dry completely between coats. This floor gives a great earthy feel to a room. The stain will penetrate differently on all parts of the chip board so you will get a great multi-tonal effect.
By Debra in Colorado
Artwork from LibrariesDid you know some local libraries will let you check out framed artwork to hang in your house for a couple of weeks? When I was decorating my living room and wasn't sure what kind of painting would look good on one of my walls I simply checked out a couple of paintings, hung them for a couple of days each until I decided which one I liked. Once I had an idea of what I was looking for, it was a great help when I was sifting through thrift store pictures.
By Kristine
Uses For An Old WaterbedIf you have the old super-single size waterbed with the cubby hole type headboard you can turn it on its side and you have a small bookcase for your kids' books.
Corn Bread TipsTry mixing 1/3 cup of crumbled crisp bacon into a corn bread batter before you pour it into the baking pan.
Wooden SpoonsThe most useful spoons in the kitchen are a set of long handled wooden ones. They come in 4 or more bowl sizes and are much better than metal for all kinds of stirring and mixing where a whisk will not do.
Foodsaver Tip: Labelling Meat for FreezerAfter putting meat to be vacuumed into the Foodsaver bag, I then enclose the cut-out from the supermarket meat sticker/description indicating cut of meat, weight, date, etc. Then I 'seal' the meat and record the date of the sealing with a black permanent marker.
By Lynn in Norfolk, VA
Starting Roses In NovemberIn November, cut a blooming rose to where you will have a Y, then bury the stem including the Y. Then put a quart jar over the rose, sealing it into the ground. Remove the jar in April and with luck you will have a rooted rose bush.
Barrette HolderNow this can be made by kids with just a little help from mom and can be made for gifts for their friends or for themselves. This would also make a nice craft for a birthday party.
Gift Wrap With Sewing RemnantsGift wrap can get expensive, plus it tears easily if you are wrapping an odd shaped, or sharp cornered gift. I used cloth remnants from sewing projects instead of wrapping paper and found they were oohed and aahed over as much as the gift was.
Cooking With CrackersCrackers of all kinds, plain or sweet, salted or seasoned in other ways, can be ground in a blender or placed in a plastic bag and rolled with a rolling pin to give you crumbs to use in meat loaf, meatballs, chicken croquettes, fish patties ...
Cling Wrap for PaintingI recently painted my bedroom, and disliked the thought of masking the trim, the window frames, etc. Instead, I used a roll of cling wrap. I would paint an area, then move the cling wrap to another area when I was ready to paint.
Meat Grinder TipsWhen you grind crackers with meat for a meat loaf, add crackers both before and after to prevent the meat from sticking to the grinder.
Keep Measuring Spoons in ContainersKeep a set of plastic measuring spoons on a ring in each of your flour, sugar & salt canisters. After you've used them, replace them in the canister until next time.
