Tips for Organizing Recipes?
About ten years ago I got tired of sorting through all of my recipe cards trying to remember which ones I had tried and which ones I hadnt. I now have two recipe boxes. One is for recipes we have tried and use repeatedly and one is for recipes we have not yet...
Keep Track of Gifts from Year to Year
I go to the Dollar General and get a cheapy journal type calendar. I write in all birthdays, anniversaries, etc. on each day. In separate ink I go back and judge how long it will take to mail a card, gift, etc. and count backwards on the calendar and write...
Problems With Automatic Computer Updating?
Everyone, thanks for the advice. I am wondering though...my husband set up the Norton on my computer and paid in advance for like a year. Do they do refunds or will that be a total loss if I take Norton completely off? Also, I found McAfee also on my computer...
Painting a Mirror with Chalkboard Paint?
Not sure, but if you contacted Lowes or Home Depot they may be able to tell you.
Recycling an Old Christmas Card into a New One?
The thriftyfun.com website has a ton of ideas. Type in Christmas or old Christmas cards and there are tons.
What is Corn Flour?
Cornflour is not corn starch. It is finely ground corn much like cornmeal. It can be used for cornbread as well as cornmeal.
Fixing a Glider Rocker That Squeaks?
Take WD-40 or even kitchen non-stick spray and spray the wood where it is rubbing and see if it helps. Another option is to take a candle or bees wax and either melt it on there or rub it on there. This works great for kitchen or bathroom drawers that stick...
Favors for Church Christmas Dinner?
I was going to suggest the same thing as Southern Saver. Candles would be ideal. You could get a box of a dozen or so taper candles at a hobby craft store and there are pretty rhinestone stickers or silver and gold stickers that are made to decorate candles...
Toys for Tots?
Toys for Tots is usually done by/with the Marine Corps. We had a friend that used to be a Marine and he did it every year. Contact your local Marine Recruiting office and they can probalby tell you.
Uses for Popcorn Tins
I had leftover tins last year from the year before and throughout the year as I found things on sale, I filled the tins for my nieces and their live-in boyfriends and gave them to them. I had a jar candle, $5 movies, shopping list pads, notecards, etc. The...
Use Different Wrapping Paper for Each Person
We always used to figure out our gifts by shaking and rattling the boxes. So my mom got smart and each year she came up with her own method. 1. One year she put a single dot, two dots, and three dots on the bottom of the packages. We never even noticed. The...
Uses for Shoe Organizers
We have one one in the kids bathroom that holds hair dryer, hair spray, brushes, hair bands. Each child has their own row of pockets. They keep their toothbrush and toothpaste in one, hairbrush and combs in another, shower gels, etc. The extra pockets are used...
Organize Band Aids by Size
We bought one of those two-sided clear plastic fishing tackle boxes that have divided sections perfect in width and length for band-aids. We sort by size and put the knee and elbow band-aids in the bigger section of the tacklebox. We have a smaller one that...
Giving Themed Gift Baskets?
Get a top hat (many of your party stores sell cheap ones) and put the Willy Wonka movie(s) (new and/or old) in there with microwave popcorn. There is also a candy put out by a company with the name Willy Wonka. (Runts, Gobstoppers, Nerds, Bottle Caps, and even...
Reuse Plastic Meat Trays Around the House
I use mine in the refrigerator to put onions in. The mess from the onion skins can be dumped out easily.
Buy Family Members Different Socks
We took acrylic paint and put a painted dot on the toe of each sock. Each child picked out their color. Works great! Lasts longer than permanent marker.
Clothes Pin Paper Organizer
We bought those heavy duty magnets with a clip on them and wrote each childs name on one and hung them on the side of the fridge. This is where sports schedules, school lunch menus, etc. go. We also bought those heavy duty magnets with a hook on them and when...
12 Days of Christmas Packaging Ideas?
I have been trying for years to collect ornaments or package toppers to use for that same thing. I always thought it would be neat to give my kids or a friend a gift each day (like the Advent calendar) and start with 12 and go down and have the corresponding...
Bridal Shower Gift - Make a Kitchen Maid...
I have also seen this done on a vaccum cleaner as well. Very cute! When my cousin was married they were both in college and still living at home. When they decided to get married, they had nothing to start a home with. But they also had MANY MANY friends and...
Buying Large Cans of Tomato Paste
That is a great idea. I buy the large cans of tomato sauce and diced tomatoes from Sams Club and make huge batches of spaghetti sauce and salsa and can them. Because they are tomato based you only need the water bath canner. SO EASY!
Toilet Paper Roll Santa Claus
Too funny! I made one of these in the fifth grade MANY years ago and I STILL have mine! He has legs that hang if you were to sit him on a fireplace mantle or bookshelf.
Juice Pouch Gift Bag
A few years ago my sister made my daughter a bag made from Mountain Dew cans. This reminded me of hers, only hers she had to crochet them together. This is a cute idea!
