Removing Stains on Formica?
I have used Soft Scrub with good results. Are you sure it isnt a burn mark?
Thrifty Gifts For High School Seniors?
For the ladies, I buy inexpensive picture frames at garage sales and second hand shop to make decorative pin (broaches) display. I first saw these at a home show sitting on a dresser. Take out any glass and make a posterboard template for an insert. Cover...
Best Inexpensive Gift You Have Received?
This Christmas I made hot pads and mitts our of recycled blue jean material and lined with cotton mattress padding or old placemats. I then put on a nifty tag which I copied out of Amy Dacyczns TIGHTWAD GAZETTE which is as follows: Our products are made of...
Thrifty Christmas Ornaments?
When I was young, Mom made ornaments out of tin can lids. She used tin snips to cut out designs such as stars, etc. One really pretty one was a circle than had cuts toward the center evenly spaced around the edge and bent upward. It looked like a mini turbine...
Removing Bats from a Roof?
I had bats in my classroom where I taught school. The people that came to move them hung netting at the edge of the soffit. The bats could come out, but could not fly away. They just dropped toward the ground and then they could fly away, but not get back in...
A Gift for a Hospital Patient
I like to give a young child a gold fish in a recycled container with a box of goldfish food. Just check with the hospital first to make sure that it is alright.
Finding an Honest Mechanic?
How about contacting your local high school auto repair teacher for minor repairs, oil changes, etc. The work is done in class with the teacher supervising and the cost is VERY low.
