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Do You Know This Coupon Site?
There are a couple I know of for the southern region: www.southernsavers.com www.faithfulprovisions.com They give you the list of stores, whats on sale, and which coupons to use. Great resources!

 

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Using Gray Paint as Primer?
Yes, always use gray paint. It is the only color that will not change/alter the color of your top coat.

 

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Calgary Flames Cross Stitch Pattern?
I saw one on ebay for a few dollars. It is Item number: 350040005758

 

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Painting Cabinets With a Distressed Black?
the easiest way is to sand down the edges of the piece (randomly so it looks natural). You can also randomly scuff doors, top, etc. Then rub the sanded edges with a wax candle. When you paint it black, the paint wont stick to the wax. Then you can put other...

 

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Uses For Old Keys?
How about Santas Magic Key. Make the note below and attach it to the key with a ribbon. We dont have a chimney for you to climb through, but if you dont visit my our house I dont know what Ill do. Some say you are magic and can use any old key. As long as we...

 

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Uses For Old Keys?
Ive also seen them framed in groups or by themselves in shadow boxes. You could use old newspaper or scrapbook paper to get the look shown.

 

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Uses For Old Keys?
Okay, two more ideas and Im done! :) Making some jewelry (earrings, bracelets, pendants or even keychains) would be cool. Another idea is to embellish addressbooks or scrapbook pages with them. Good luck!

 

Framed Cosmetic Mirrors as Bathroom Art

Framed Cosmetic Mirrors as Bathroom Art
this is so cool! I just moved in to a new house with a second bathroom and was trying to figure out some kind of artwork to put in there. Thanks for the idea!

 

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Painting Clear Glass Ornaments?
Just saw this post the other day. They are beautiful! Glass Holiday Orbs

 

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Painting Clear Glass Ornaments?
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf10262312.tip.html Apparently Im not good at linking things. Sorry!

 

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Personalized Gift Business Name Ideas?
Here are some ideas: Cool Quotes The Write Expression Quote Garden or Thought Garden...Where inspiration blooms Power Thoughts Word for Word Spread the Word Word Play The Write Word

 

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Female Bible Character Costumes?
We put on plays at Vacation Bible School every year acting out Bible stories. We made our costumes out of inexpensive fabrics. We took long lengths of fabric, folded it in half and cut out a hole for the head. You then take any type of cording and wrap it around...

 

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Female Bible Character Costumes?
Here is another one - McCalls also has Bible costume patterns.

 

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Printing Your Own Wedding Programs?
In addition to using Google, you can visit http://office.microsoft.com and search under their Template tab. I designed my wedding programs 3 years ago and we took them to Kinkos to print on regular colored paper - just to save on ink costs. It was very inexpensive...

 

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Printing Your Own Wedding Programs?
You can also make them look more professional by leaving space at the top and attaching a pretty bow with ribbon to match the wedding colors. Be sure to use cardstock (a thicker paper). Again, it looks more professional.

 

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Painting Wooden Spools For Halloween?
These are made with plastic spoons, but Im sure you could modify them for wood spoons. The link below is for the ones in the picture. http://www.tallmouse.com/projects/halloween/spooncritters/main.htm This link makes a ghost and spider as well as the other...

 

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Decorating Attic Bedrooms?
I think stripes in whatever colors the girls like most could be super cute on the lower half of the walls and would really add a lot of interest. You could even paint some paisleys or polka dots on the ceiling. I would use a pale versions of the stripe color...

 

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Decorating Attic Bedrooms?
These are super cute too. You could do a pale color on the walls and paint the really simple flowers depending on the age of the kids.

 

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Sugar-Free Holiday Candy Recipes?
Sugar Free Holiday Fudge Ingredients 1/4 cup butter 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate 24 (1 g) packets Equal sugar substitute 8 ounces cream cheese 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup chopped pecans Directions 1 Melt butter in small saucepan, or microwave. 2 Stir in chocolate...

 

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Looking For Tiffany's Boxes?
Why not purchase the different size inexpensive white jewelry boxes and spray paint them Tiffany Blue? The boxes should be easy to find now that stores are already bring out Christmas decorations. Most of those boxes come in a multi-pack and spray paint colors...

 

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Looking For Tiffany's Boxes?
Or, you could also wrap them in a solid color wrapping paper. Ive seen martini glasses at Pier1 and Linens-N-Things that come in larger sizes. If you have a restaurant supply store nearby or a rental place (for tables, linens, china, etc) you should check those...

 

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Ideas For Using 3-Tiered Plate Rack?
What about bowls? You could use it to hold your fruit on the counter. =) You could also add some clear vases and add large, chunky candles for some atmosphere in a bedroom or use round baskets with rolled up towels for a bathroom. You could also mix it up - add...

 

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Looking For Tiffany's Boxes?
One more post and Im done =) If you search for Ideas for Breakfast at Tiffanys Bridal Shower Party on this site it will take you to a post with tons of ideas and pictures with this same theme.

 

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Cleaning and Shining Hardwood Floors?
I did some looking around the internet and came up with a couple of options for you. One lady said she used a tiny squirt of Murphys Oil Soap and some lemon oil in a big bucket to clean her unsealed floors. Another site said you can use linseed oil with a rag...

 

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Oil Free Soap Recipe?
I found a couple of recipes for you. Hope they help! Cold Soap 1 can lye 2 1/2 pints of cold water 5 1/2 pounds lard Dissolve lye in water and set aside until temperature is less than 80 degrees. Melt the fat and set aside until temperature is 115 degrees. Very...

 

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Getting Rid Of Odors In Apartment?
I attended a candle party last night and one girl said to burn eucalyptus candles and it would eliminate the odors. She used it for getting rid of cigarette smoke smell but it might work for you too. When we bought our house it too smelled of dog urine. We...

 

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Black Bear Plastic Canvas Pattern?
Here is one link: http://www.craftdesigns4you.com/pcdeerset.htm Also try this one - they had a lot of different styles http://www.freepatterns.com

 

How to Make a Diaper Cake

How to Make a Diaper Cake
Adorable! Here is one I made for my friends baby shower. I had pacifiers made with the babys name printed on them. She loved it!

 

How to Make a Diaper Cake

How to Make a Diaper Cake
Just another angle - the diapers had a printed design, so I wraped white onesies around to hide them. Other ingredients include washcloths, thermometer, socks, manicure kit, lotion, baby wash, mittens, teething ring, bottle and stuffed animal.

 

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Christmas Gag Gift Ideas?
One year I got a section of the classifieds along with a pack of toilet seat covers. You could also add in one of those travel toilet paper rolls too.

 

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Fall Themed Baby Shower?
I know this post is a bit older, but I came across the cutest fall baby shower decoration a few days ago and just had to share.

 

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