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(March 12 - 18, 2012)

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Tip: Egg Cartons For Storage

March 17, 2012

We all have them! Styrofoam, cardboard, etc., they are fabu for storage! Fill each cup half full with poster paint, let it dry, and bam! Water color paint for the kiddies to use!

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Tip: Amazing Uses for Plastic Bags

March 15, 2012

Save money on rubber and plastic! Want to re-purpose and re-use those plastic grocery store bags and get the most bang for your buck? Here are some answers that are sure to make you smile.

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Tip: Use Wine Bottles In Stained Glass

March 15, 2012

I work with stained glass a lot and often use the bottoms of wine bottles in my windows. The bottles with the pushed in bottoms look really cool with the sun shining through.

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Tip: Use Lavender To Deter Houseflies

March 12, 2012

I went through quite a few websites, reading all the hints about getting rid of houseflies. One of them mentioned lavender amongst quite a few other options in one simple sentence. I thought I'd try it, not that I really believed it would work.

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Tip: Use Maalox on Skin Rashes

March 12, 2012

One of the best treatments around for really bad rashes and skin irritation is liquid Maalox, the stuff you use for indigestion. When my friend was in the hospital ICU, she had horrible, uncontrolled diarrhea and bed sores, which literally left her skin raw and bleeding.

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Bathtub Paint

Bath Tub PaintingI take shaving cream in a muffin tin and mix with food colouring and give the kids paint brushes for the tub. It's great if you have boys who hate to bathe. They can paint the walls and it doesn't stain the tub.

Organizing Tongs After

Cardboard Tubes for TongsMy wife has several sets of kitchen tongs she uses occasionally while preparing meals. They are usually tangled with each other and once in a while I will see one of the pairs sailing across the kitchen.

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Cedar Insoles for Foot OdorTo get rid of smelly feet and stinky shoes you can use insoles made from cedar material. For example special Cedarsoles made from antifungal and fresh smelling cedar wood. It tackles the cause of the problem, foot bacteria!

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organize magazines in binders

File Cabinet and Binders for Organizing MagazinesI collect craft magazines and I have to organize them carefully, because I also sell them and have to be able to find them quickly. I have two ways to organize them for sale after entering them on Amazon.com.

Firewood TipsI always order my firewood delivery as early in the season as possible, that ensures the best prices before wood becomes scarce. I shop around for the best price, make sure that the wood is split to the length I need.

Organizing Muffin PansI keep my muffin pans standing on their edge on the side of the cupboard where I keep my other baking pans. They are in front of my cookie sheets. I try to keep everything used for baking in one area of the kitchen.

Organizing the Hall ClosetThe hall closet usually is for storing coats and other outdoor apparel. Our closet is used to hold: winter coats, spring and fall coats, hats, boots, umbrellas and gloves. I don't move out of season clothing to another closet for storage. So its here all year around.

Recycle the Heat From Your OvenIf we have been using the oven during the winter or cooler months, we leave the oven door open after baking. The heat is turned off of course but my goodness, all the heat you can "recycle" by simply leaving the oven door open for a few minutes.

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Try This ExerciseHow smart is your right foot or how weird is your brain? While sitting at your computer, turn around in your chair and lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.

Reuse Return EnvelopesI pay many bills online. Instead of throwing away the window envelopes from bills, I cut out addresses or use labels to cover the window. I don't have to buy envelopes and I am not adding paper to the garbage.

Sawdust To Deter SlugsNothing to buy, just use sawdust from the table saw or a shop of a friend and scatter it around your plants lightly. If you don't have sawdust, I have used corase corn meal.

Buying A Used CamperMy husband and I have bought 3 used campers and 1 used motorhome, so we have some small experience in what to look for and questions to ask before you sink money into a used camper.

A potted aloe plant, to give as a gift.

Give An Aloe Plant As A GiftAloe plants make for very thoughtful, pretty and frugal gifts. I received one a couple years ago and I have been regrowing new ones from it's shoots to give to people.

Upcycled McCoy Pottery as a wall pocket.

Upcycled McCoy PotteryI found this McCoy pottery ashtray at a flea market. I got it for a steal because it had a very small chip on one edge in the back. Not even noticeable from the front. But McCoy collectors know that condition is everything.

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Use Pill Box For Weekly MedicationI sort out most of my medicines into a weekly pill box. There is one that won't fit, it is a chewable tablet. I take it twice a day at no specific times. I have the bottle on the bathroom counter.

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Watch For GMO In Corn ProductsBecause polenta is made from corn, it is likely to contain GMO, (genetically modified organism) as does soy bean, canola and sugar beets.

Green beans flavored with a small amount of bacon bits.

Adding Bacon Flavor To RecipesI used to cook green beans with bacon. Recently though, my husband's doctor suggested we cut back on this kind of processed meat. But we LOVE the flavor of foods cooked with bacon.

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Organize your Paper Clutter For Tax TimeA very helpful publication can be found at the Internal Revenue Service web site. www.irs.gov, It is Publication 552 and it is all about record keeping. I recommend downloading a copy and putting it in front of your file box.

Saving on Vegetable Garden SeedsMy home town had a seed swap a couple of weeks back. We were able to attend and WOW, did we get the seeds we were looking for and then some.

Towel Bar To Store Cleaning Supplies

Towel Bar To Store Cleaning SuppliesI have a small bathroom so I had to use a small round towel holder for my cleaning supplies. I am going to install a long towel bar in the hall closet for hanging my cleaning supplies.

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Coffee Container Toilet Roll Holder, covered in decorative tissue paper

Coffee Container Toilet Paper HolderI have lots of the big red Folgers coffee containers and I decided to use them to make a toilet paper storage unit for the bathroom. I took 3 large containers, cut the bottom out of two of them and stacked them on top of each other.

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Cold Key On Spine To Stop A NosebleedMy two sons have always suffered from nosebleeds. Someone told me to keep keys in the freezer so I decided to try it. Put the key onto the back of the neck until warm, also run it down the spine. This constricts blood vessels and stops the bleeding.

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Link: Watch the Eagle Cam (Norfolk, VA)For the past couple of years, Deeli and I have shared the web site for an eagle cam located in Norfolk Botanical Gardens in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Making a Soft Boiled EggAny time I make boiled eggs I start by placing the eggs in a saucepan filled with cold water. I bring the water and eggs gently to a rolling boil over med-high heat. Once the water starts boiling, cover the pot with a tight-fitting lid and turn off the heat.

Old Hot Pads for KneepadsDon't throw out those old stained kitchen hot pads. Recycle them by using them as knee pads while gardening.

Parmesan Cheese Container

Parmesan Cheese Container Dog ToyI put small bits of food in a Parmesan cheese container for our dog. Older dogs are unable to chew it up, but can get hours of enjoyment trying to get the treat out.

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Repairing a Fence With LatticeI am a widow on a very limited budget so when moving into my city home from the country and discovering the bakyard fence was in horrible shape I worried I would have to just live with it.

Scan Multiples Photos at One TimeI recently made photo DVDs for my sisters-in-law of my nieces and nephews from their baby-thru-current years. Most of the photos were not digital and in compiling them, I found several hundred that I had to scan.

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Store Ribbon In Basket

Store Ribbon In BasketI put my ribbon into a small white basket and thread it through the holes. It stays organized and is easy to access.

Storing Out of Season Clothing in SuitcasesTo store my out of season clothing, I purchased sturdy suitcases and store my out of season clothing in them. I add a fabric softner sheet inside the suitcases. I then store the suitcase under the bed or in an extra closet.

Use A Flower Frog To Display Photos

Use A Flower Frog To Display PhotosA flower frog makes a unique picture holder. Can't get much easier than this, folks. Would work well as a recipe holder, too. They come in other shapes and sizes and can be found at garden stores, craft stores, or florist shops.

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Use Body Wash to Clean ShowerWanna know how to keep a shower clean? Do not use soap! Use body wash instead. Soap leaves soap scum, but body wash does not. You will not have to wash your shower as often. Try it!

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Use Vinegar and Water in Your Steam MopThe water in my area is horrible. I love my Shark steam mop, but the water here stops it up. I find if you run vinegar and water in it, it keeps the floors squeaky clean and the machine running great. It also works great for your car window wash fluid too.

Vintage Yardstick Easel

Vintage Folding Yardstick Photo EaselI love anything old with numbers on it. I'm funny that way. Here's a couple of old folding yardsticks that became frames for my photos. I like the B/W photos for these.

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