Don't Wrap Santa's Gifts
My husband and I would never wrap the gifts from Santa for our children, we would take the toys and other Christmas gifts from Santa out of the boxes, assemble them and then place them under the tree as if Santa had been there and played with the toys and then...
Uses for CDs?
I have made CD bowls and the CDs are not in the oven long enough to emit any toxins they melt very quickly and you keep the oven door open there for you watch them carefully and bring them out as quickly as you see them start to melt and then mold them
Refresh Old Ornaments?
A new coat of paint on an ornament will enhance it. Buy stick on letters, make a short name or initials on the ornament, glue ribbon around the ornament for a fresher look, glue small items such as stick on butterflies, doves, artificial feathers, artificial...
Store Breakables in Liquor Boxes
I went to the local Goodwill and Salvation Army thrift stores and purchased linen napkins. I store ceramics or china either wrapped in the linen napkins or stacked between the linen napkins. With four ceramic pieces, you could take a piece of ribbon or twine...
Storing Funnels
I use clip that holds papers together that you put through the holes in the paper in it snap together to organize my funnels and then I hang them on the end of my three tiered shelf in my pantry area so the funnels are always accessible .
Put Reminder on the Dash
I have a small clipboard and a pen on a magnet that attaches to my refrigerator, I write notes on it and if I am going out for the day I grab my piece of paper with my reminders on it and place it in my pocket of my pants Im wearing or slip it inside my purse...
Have Food Backups in the Pantry
At the time of my husband and my retirement I made a grocery list and we only go to the grocery store once a month, I have figured out how many bags of sugar will use a month while all the pantry items that we use in a month and I stock up for the entire month...
Uses for Contact Lens Cups?
Fill the containers with petroleum jelly and keep in your purse for use on chapped lips.
Label Your Children's New Apparel
When my children were small and in an elementary school, I had their jackets and coats and sweaters monogrammed either with their first name, last name initial or their initials on it in a prominent place, so in case of loss, the Garment would be very identifiable...
Hiding Gifts From Children and Other Family Members?
When our children were small, we would hide all their Santa gifts in our travel trailer we would have them in the compartments inside the trailer where if the children went into the trailer they would not see anything. I would make a list of the Santa gifts...
Clean Up For Next Christmas
At the time of undecorating for Christmas, keep a pen and paper handy to write down any items that need to be purchased for decorating for the next Christmas season. Usually after Christmas, there are many sales on Christmas decorations and those items that...
Take Out Menus - Inspiration for Meals
I have a bulletin board on my pantry door, I have a calendar, other notes, and take out menus posted for convenience. The menus ate clipped together on a book binder clip, each menu has a hole punched in the corner and they are organized by cuisine type. The...
Keeping Clutter Off The Dining Room Table
I always have my dining room table decorated for this season or holiday, I have a tablecloth with the Linens I have a centerpiece which usually includes candles and since my husband and I are retired I try to keep the table looking nice for the two of us. I...
Pillow Case Pastry Cloth
Great tip. My suggestion would be to cut open the pillowcase on each side, then cut across the middle..making two pastry cloths. After each use, wash, dry and fold and put in flour cannister or keep with baking supplies
Uses for Plastic Deli Platters?
I keep deli containers to put cakes, cookies and other baked goods for family events, food for families after funerals, potluck dinners, camping and picnics. The rectangle shaped containers can hold items like deviled eggs, cut veggies and dip and other foods...
Keeping the Counters Clean While Baking
Use wax paper or parchment paper to line your area where youll be preparing baked goods or any other food preparation for quick clean up also when your measuring out your flour for a recipe that measure it out on a piece of wax paper and then use it to pour...
Uses for Crib Blankets?
I kept all my childrens crib blankets and when they married I presented the crib blankets to my daughter-in-law and gave my daughters their crib blankets. I also gave my children the layette that I brought them home from the hospital at their birth. When grandchildren...
Gumdrop Tree Idea
The gumdrop tree is not sitting directly on Rock salt, it is on a small clear plate elevated by a small mound of rock salt under it. I have made gumdrop trees for years with no incident. Thank you for your concern.
Christmas Fruit Tree Tray
I did not use my vintage silver tray, I used a silver plated tray bought at a big box store.
Spring Wedding Centerpiece Ideas?
When my daughter married, we wanted a Sentimental peace on each of the tables so I purchased vintage handkerchiefs which were white and the guest signed the handkerchiefs with their greeting and then I had a table runner made for my daughter out of all of the...
Uses for Shower Curtain Rings?
You can use shower curtain rods to hold business cards, any small card that you need to have clipped together for business reasons or personal reasons. Punch holes in the corner of the cards and then cook them all into the shower curtain rod and then click...
Organizing Purses?
I use metal wreath hangers and hang the wreath hangers on the back of a door and I store the lighter-weight purses on the wreath hanger. The Hanger will hold about for purses a person could use three or four of the retainers and organize their purses, this...
Uses for Ground Coffee?
Roses will thrive being fertilized with coffee grounds, I also use coffee grounds on hydrangeas. Another tip is using for decorating, fill a small glass decorative container with dry coffee grounds, fill container half way to top, put a small votive candle...
Uses for Tissue Boxes
Place a plastic cup inside tissue box, add pens, pencils, scissors, hand held hole punch and letter opener. Place on your home office desk.
Freeze Milk Before It Goes Bad
My husband and I are retired and we buy groceries once a month and we use two gallons of milk,after grocery shopping for the month ,bring the milk home and freeze one gallon and is very fresh by the end of the month when I take it out the freezer. I also keep...
Do Disabilty Checks Need To Be Paid Back After Retirement?
I received Social Security disability and continue to be employed, when are retired and reached the age of 66, Social Security Disability Benefits changed over to regular Social Security benefits and I did not have to pay the disability back.FYI, if a person...
Freezing Miniature Pumpkins?
If they are sugar pumpkins you can cut them in to remove the pumpkin seeds and put them on a baking sheet flesh side down, drizzle with olive oil, roast at 350 degree for 45 minutes until soft, puree and add no seasoning. Use to make pies, pumpkin pie, pumpkin...
Lil' Bitz of Joy Daycare Logo?
Design a candy wrapper with the name on it, childrens faces, letters of alphabet in a child like font, and toys, books, etc. that describes your program.
Popcorn Tins for Waste Baskets
Outdoor small ceramic Christmas decorations intense, I wrapped them in tissue paper and place them in the tinsand then place the top and theyre kept in a closet also put Christmas Linens that are small folded very tightly and placed in the tins. CDs and DVDs...
Nursing Home Gift Ideas?
My sister was recently in a nursing home for hip replacement recovery. She really appreciated the gift I gave her. When she first arrived at the nursing home, I went to her room and organized her area and made it feel like home to her; I folded her pajamas...
Missed Sending Out Christmas Cards?
New Years cards to family and friends can be a way of encouragement to them for the new year approaching. People that receive these cards are motivated to grow in ways that will make them a better person whether it be spiritually emotionally physically or any...
Making Instant Potatoes Without Milk?
Instant mashed potatoes can be flavored with mayonnaise, butter, ranch salad dressing whether it is in the bottle or dry. Sour cream mixed with chives or onions or any other herbs or spices can be used to flavor the instant mashed potatoes. Instant mashed potatoes...
30th Anniversary Party Theme "Candy and Flowers"?
Make a candy buffet on an eight-foot long rectangle table, drape it with tablecloths and then integrate flowers in between the candy jars that you use, use the couples favorite candies and use unique jars and containers to make your candy buffet and put the...
Remembering to Blow Out Candles
I have posted this tip before but in order to remember how many candles I have left on my own, as I am lighting the candles, I count the number of candles write it down on a Post-It note and post it on my refrigerator, I also have a person that is accountable...
Craft Project: Easter Deviled Eggs Tray
Great idea, I have made several of these standing platters using the same method, I sometimes stack them for tea parties, use them at holiday times and I always keep one on my counter for fruit or pie or cake.
Making Cheap Ground Beef Healthier
My mother boiled the ground beef for spaghetti, chili, soups and other recipes. I put the chopped ground beef in a cast iron pan, cover with water, season to taste with salt and pepper, cover, simmer until chopped ground beef is cooked well done, drain and...
Create a Kids Table at Your Wedding Reception
At my sons wedding rehearsal dinner, I designed a childrens table adjacent to their parents table. The table had a kid friendly centerpiece with bubblegum scattered around the parfait flower arrangements made in ice cream parfait glasses with flowers, shredded...
Check the Dollar Store for Holiday Supplies
I shop at Dollar Tree for Christmas wired ribbon, it will withstand the weather so I use it in decorations for outdoors. I buy several items for Christmas decorating at dollar tree and save money.
Using Stale Coffee?
You could use to stale coffee for decorating, put some of the coffee in a decorative container and then put a pillar candle in it and as the candle melts it will heat the coffee and it will allow the room to smell of the aroma of coffee.
Add Bows for a Christmas Touch
I buy rolls of wired ribbon at the Dollar Tree, make bows, large and small and use them to adorn candlesticks, wreaths, lamps, a large bow is placed on my mailbox. I use strips of the bows to add elegance to hang ornaments, attach mesh ribbon to my Christmas...
Using Mayonnaise In Your Hair?
My mother used mayonnaise treatment on her hair which was dry. She would read the mayonnaise into her hair and then put a clear shower cap on and leave it on her hair for at least 30 to 40 minutes, then she would shampoo her hair 2 or 3 times and then set her...
Using Mayonnaise In Your Hair?
My mother used mayonnaise treatment on her hair which was dry. She would read the mayonnaise into her hair and then put a clear shower cap on and leave it on her hair for at least 30 to 40 minutes, then she would shampoo her hair 2 or 3 times and then set her...
Dealing With Facial Hair?
I had polycystic ovarian disease and had excess hair. I used every method of hair removal and finally had electrolysis done on my face. It took 3 years and quite expensive but it was worth it, not for cosmetic reasons, but I had burnt my face with waxes, cut...
Keep an Eye on Automatic Debit Payments
I reconcile my checking account on a weekly basis, I do have some drafts for certain bills that are deducted once a month. I have had no difficulty with any double charges. We have been customers of our bank for over 40 years. If a draft does not come out as...
Selling Home Baked Goods?
I made homemade bread every week and sold it at church to help defray my husbands mission trip costs. I made 8 loaves, wrapped each loaf in a bread bag bought at a local Dollar Tree store, placed loaf Im a brown lunch bag. I made a label from tag board and...
Frugal Tissue Dispenser
As a former educational assistant, I would use empty coffee containers to store classroom teaching . I would cover the plastic cans with masking tape which was cut randomly and placed on the can randomly and then I would take a crayon and using the crayon on...
Use Hand Soap Pump for Dish Washing Liquid
I have a liquid dishwashing pump installed on my kitchen sink and I keep it filled with dishwashing detergent. I also keep a sponge nearby and when I want to wash a few dirty dishes or glasses, I just pump a few pumps of dishwashing detergent into spinge, was...
Create Display Shelves Above Windows
My husband constructed a long shelf over my French doors in my dining room going to the our back deck, he used Knotty Pine paneling from his parents home so it has a sentimental value to us. I have a collection of teapots and teacups thats it on this shelf...
Create Display Shelves Above Windows
I have a long shelf over my French doors at my back door. It is very decorative and a half a nice display of tea cups teapots and other Tea related items on the Shelf
Create Display Shelves Above Windows
The Shelf over my back door is very functional and very cozy looking
Create Display Shelves Above Windows
The knotty pine paneling had a ridge at the top which was hung on the wall and the tea cups and other accessories lean against that ridge.
Removing Thrift Store Smell from Clothing?
I purchase items from thrift stores and thrift stores do have a an odor among the store. When I purchase any item from the thrift store, whether it is clothing ceramic caskets Linens even furniture, when those items arrive at my house Ill wash them immediately...
Use Old Luggage for Storage
When my husband and I moved to our new home, we realized that we had more Chest of drawers that we actually needed just store clothing. Our home that we bought did not have adequate storage for Linens, so go home Im beginning to store all of my linens in the...
When Do You Stop Giving Christmas Gifts to Adult Nieces and Nephews?
I think when children become adults that the most important thing is having a relationship with your niece or nephew and the fellowship that you have at holiday times and other times if its just a brief meeting during the course of the year. That is a Priceless...
Pack Up Christmas For New Years
I begin putting away Christmas ceramic items and linens the day after Christmas;I change the Christmas tablescape from Christmas to winter tablescape with bleach and white colors, snowmen. The remaining Christmas decorations will be packed away in an organized...
Using Juice from Dill Pickles?
When I was a child, and I got a sore throat, my mother would tell us to drink a small glass of pickle juice, and also she told us that the pickle juice was good for our bodies and would keep us healthy so therefore I have been drinking pickle juice my entire...
Recipes Using Eggnog?
Egg custard can be made with eggnog instead of milk, it is very rich and delicious with nutmeg sprinkled over the top.
Keeping Mice Out of a Camper?
We seal all the hole inside and outside and under our travel trailer. We use aluminum foil. We also keep paper products in large plastic bins, empty food cabinets of all food items. All linens are stored in plastic bins, moth balls are put under mattress, couch...
Frugal Bridal Shower Ideas?
A family recipe book is a wonderful sentimental idea for a wedding shower. ask each member of the wedding party, bride and groom to ask their family members to contribute a favorite recipe in order to hand down these recipes to the next generation of the family...
Substitutions for Evaporated Milk in Recipes?
My mother always had cans of evaporated milk in the house, she diluted the whole product with 2 evaporated milk cans of water, stirring to mix. We used it for cereal and drinking. It is stronger in taste than regular milk but it taste good.
Wine Cork Craft Ideas?
I bought a corkboard bulletin board which is 11x14 inches. I glued wine corks around edge on the wooden frame. Use of different sizes of wine corks resulted in a unique bulletin board. As a coordinating office piece,I glued two wine corks on the clip of a clipboard...
K Cup Holder Ideas?
I bought a wire basket that had four sections in it in the bath department at Walmart, I stack my Keurig pods in each section and put it by my Keurig coffee maker..
Fun and Frugal Family Holiday Activities
Holiday crafting: purchase clear ornaments of different sizes. Set up a table with bags if items to out into the ornaments. Paint, artifucial feathers, buttons, stick on letters, pieces of ribbon, personalized items, popcorn that can popped within the ornament...
Ten Things to Do Instead of Black Friday
On Black Friday I am decorate for the Harvest and Thanksgiving season and begin to make the table scape for the Christmas season on my dining room table, unpack all the Christmas ceramic pieces and put them all only tables,buffet and other places in my home...
Ten Things to Do Instead of Black Friday
Please excuse some of the grammar and wording in my post, I am legally blind and I use voice text and I did not realize there were some words in there that are inappropriate but I did not mean to say that those words thank you for your kindness
Use Lists for Planning
I am a notorious list maker, I have decorative open boxes filled with blank notes, sticky notes and a writing pen in the box, my refrigerator door has a small magnetic clipboard on it, my calendar in my bathroom has a notepad attached to it, my purse has a...
Substitute Mayo for Egg in Baking
I use this technique when making g cornbread batter. I use a tablespoon of mayonnaise and water. The mayonnaise has eggs, oil in it, if I have milk I will use milk, if no milk is available, I use water. The cornbread comes our of the oven Delicious!
Why Would My Hair Turn Orange When Bleached?
I have only been putting color on my hair for the last 5 years but when my hairdresser decided to do base color and highlights, she would always ask me before she did the processes if I had changed medications or that had any surgeries or any type of Health...
Uses for Plastic Bakery Containers
I keep several of these containers in different sizes in my pantry for potluck dinners. Therefore I do not have to be aware that I must get my dish after the potluck dinner, the plastic container can be thrown in the trash. The rectangle size containers to...
Keep Change of Clothes at Work
I carried a tote bag with pockets on the outside and on the inside can hold a change of clothes, a change of underwear, a cosmetic bag with makeup, deodorant, personal hygiene items and anything to refresh yourself. The pockets inside the tote bag could hold...
Decorate With Vintage Mirrors
When my family cleaned out my mothers home after her dad, I received the bedroom suit and I did not use the mirror, I placed it in my garage and forgot about it and found later that the frame around it had deteriorated. My husband built a frame with a ledge...
Finding Free Printable Spice Labels?
I Design & Print my own labels where their address labels or spice labels, etc.for organization purposes. I download free clip art off the internet and then I insert that clip art onto the label and then using a font that is appropriate for that particular...
Using Glass Lids To Cover Food in the Microwave
I use the 6 inch pyrex casserole tops as pie pans, it makes a small pie for 2 people.
Containers on Butcher Block Table Shelf
You can organize your utensils that buying the cutlery holder that has a place for napkins but you could use the napkin holder area to hold the utensils, buy two or three of these and organize your kitchen utensils around your small kitchen.
Reuse Plastic Bedding Packages For Storage
I store tee shirts in my blanket zippered bags. I use these zippered bags in our RV to store linens, toiletries, windsocks, decorations for the exterior of RV, extension cords and other items. Christmas bows and ribbons fit nicely in these blanket zippered...
Shelf Life of Lemon Curd?
I make lemon curd with fresh egg yolks and freshly squeezed lemon juice. I advise people that receive my lemon curd to refrigerate it and consume within 7-10 days.
Grandchildren Ungrateful for Gifts?
I give Visa gift cards to my adult children and grandchildren then they can shop for the Christmas gift that they want and not have to either re-gift it or take it back or put it in a closet. I used to shop and give gifts to my adult children and grandchildren...
Uses for Pickle Juice?
I use pickle juice to flavor canned vegetables such as beans, black eyed peas, english peas, canned drained beets, potato salad, deviled eggs. I also drink pickle juice for my dry mouth syndrome; it aids in keeping my throat and the inside of my mouth moist...
Valentine Tree
Teachers could use this idea in the classroom. After Christmas, the tree could have snowflakes, snowmen and winter vocabulary words on it, Spring ornaments could include Easter bunnies, lambs, tulips, sentences on strips of paper about new beginnings, spring...
Camp Dish Cleaning
I have a large round metal dishpan that I used to wash the dishes when we can, plus a plastic round dish pan that I use to rinse the dishes. I put a fourth of a cup of bleach into the rinse bucket. Why we are eating a meal, have a large tea kettle that I bought...
Making Homemade Biscuits Without Shortening?
I use butter to make homemade biscuits, but one must not handle the dough very much do not knead it too much to avoid these biscuits turning out tough. Sift your dry ingredients, and then cut the cold butter into the flour mixture just like making a pie crust...
Ointment to Get Earrings in Easier
I recently got third piercing in each ear I used alcohol to swab the earring and ears for a couple of weeks and then I started using the antibiotic cream on each earring and ear. I have not removed the earrings since they were pierced but I still use the antibiotic...
Selling Old Encyclopedias?
I worked as an educational assistant for teachers who taught enrichment classes. There were five sets of encyclopedias in the classroom for the students to use and learn how to use these types of educational materials instead of the internet. The students were...
Remedy for Poison Sumac Rash?
I have dabbed diluted Clorox bleach on my sumac rash and it helps, it might burn for a few seconds but it will help and I also take clorox baths. Add two to three capfuls of Clorox bleachto a hot bath and soak in it and it should relieve some of the pain.
Selling Old Encyclopedias?
I need to make a correction to my post, put the numbers 1, two, three, four, five, on each set encyclopedias so the students could keep the books in order and keep the different types of encyclopedias in order
Vintage Avon Easter Bunny Pin
I store the Avon Easter Bunny pin in small candy tin that i keep other seasonal jewelry stored and I clean it with a mild soap and water.
Storing Toilet Tissue?
Toilet tissue rolls can be placed in a large wicker basket and placed beside the toilet. An empty wicker basket can be used to store the used toilet paper rolls after they are taken off the toilet paper holder.
Prove it's Your Child's Bike
Use an electric pencil to engrave the bicycle either on a fender or the handlebars with if this bike is lost and found please return, please return to the owner and use whatever information you feel is safe to engrave on the bicycle. This happened to my family...
Buying Your First Christmas Tree and Decorations?
Ornaments are so easy to make, you can purchase some clear ornaments at any size and then fill them with memories of your family members or whimsical items like artificial feathers ,ribbons, buttons, personalized items such as a childs baby ring, the hospital...
Uses for Day Planners?
I am not aware of the post of the uses for a day planner but I have a day planner on my home office desk for daily use and it fits in my purse for going out for errands and appointments. I have 3 small binder clips on my day planner which by the way I purchased...
Give Time For Christmas
We have visited shut in persons from our church, took them a small Christmas tree, a bag of groceries appropriate for Christmas cooking, we visited in their home, prayed with them, read the Bible to them and served communion after reading the scriptures to...
Use Microwave Plate for Extra Serving Platter
When I replaced my old microwave, I kept the glass tray out of it and I put it over my double sink it fits on one side of the sink and therefore I can put hot items on it. My sink is right next to my stove so therefore I can put dirty dishes on it or put a...
Child Safety
I totally agree. When I was a child in the 1950s, our school sold ID bracelets with our name, address, city, state, telephone number and parents name engraved on ot. I wore that bracelet until I was old enough to know how to be safe , information to tell authorities...
Check Out Large Print Editions
Im legally blind and have to use magnification devices to read books, newspapers and other printed materials even the computer has to be enlarged for me to be able to read it. Large print books are essential to the visually impaired.
Check Out Large Print Editions
Large print reading material is essential to the visually impaired. Also, cell phones are difficult to you for visually impaired people, I know that personally, I have to use voice text instead of the keyboard to post anything or write anything, I do not use...
Filing Notes?
I have a bulletin board on the back of my pantry door in my kitchen and I keep notes penned up on that I also have one near my computer and I keep sticky notes around my computer I also have sticky notes in my bathroom and I put notes on my mirror I keep notes...
Hand Washing Dishes?
I use a separate dish cloth to clean counters and other areas in my kitchen after hand washing dishes or you can rinse your dishcloth with a disinfectant, place dishcloth in microwave, run microwave for about 1 minute to kill germs.
Prayer Box Blessings
I have a small childrens table and chairs that I keep a basket full of prayer requests in, devotional books, my favorite version of the Holy Bible, a journal to write notes in, a candle, and a pretty pencil holder. I have a basket sitting on one if the chairs...
Cutting Back in Retirement and Still Having Fun
Totally agree with your retirement strategies, my husband and I have been retired for 2 years and it is fun going into my closet and changing up outfits, adding accessories such as scarves jewelry other items that will make the output for different, Im a pantry...
Uses for Cotton Bags That Contained New Sheet Sets?
Linen napkins that have been ironed and folded and placed in the cotton bags, also small doilies can be,stored in the cotton bags. Look through your buffet where table linens are stored and use cotton bags to organize. Use different color ribbons to close cotton...
Decorate Your Birdbath for Christmas
I decorated my bird bath for Fall with small pumpkins, gourds,, pine cones and colorful fall leaves. I placed the pumpkins and gourds in the birdbath first then secured the leaves and other greenery or dried materials beneath the edge of the gourds and pumpkins...
Vintage Memories Christmas Tree
Replace vintage items upon my Christmas tree such as my childrens infant spoons, homemade ornaments from my children and grandchildren, vintage jewelry, pine cones adorned with ribbons that came from camping trips, dried flowers that came from my garden, my...
Decorating My Dogwood for Christmas
Clever idea, we decorate our trees in our front yard with large ornaments hung on branches with stretched out clothes hangers which are bent on rhe end to form a hook, decorative ribbon is tied on the ornaments for more color. This is our Thanksgiving tradition...
Reusing Plastic Drawers
Plastic drawer units are used in my walk in pantry to store dish towels, dusting cloths and kitchen linens. I use another drawer unit for cookie cutters, small kitchen utensils, trivets , rolling pins, and other kitchen items that are not used on a regular...
Using Bleach to Clean Jacuzzi Jets
I fill my jacuzzi tub over the jets in the tub, I pour 1/2 gallon bleach, turn on the jets and allow it to run for 20-30 minutes, after that time, the tub is emptied of water and scrubbed and rinsed. My husband checks the motor and keeps it maintained. No problems...
Uses for Plastic Peanut Butter Pretzel Containers?
These plastic containers could be canisters for camping pantry supplies, such as flour, sugar, corn meal and other dry ingredients. For camping, these containers could store short extension cords, small hand tools for camp set-up. These containers can hold...
Rusty Cast Iron Pans?
Rust in a dutch oven Canby fixed by scrubbing the rust off with either a Brillo pad or a steel brush, then washing the pot with mild soap and water rinsing well and then greasing the pan with oil, put it on a baking sheet and put in a low oven at 250 degrees...
Decorating with Artificial Poinsettias...
Use artificial poinsettias on your Christmas tree, take the brakes off of the artificial stem and then fill in places in your Christmas tree and the lights will reflect through the brachts and is festive and glowing red. Artificial poinsettias can be placed...
Wedding Christmas Gift
Christmas decorations is 1 wedding gift that people do not think about. Even though the bride and groom may have their own design the basic Christmas ornaments could be purchased for a wedding gift, basic Christmas dishes and other serving pieces for Christmas...
Bathroom Paint Color Advice?
Chocolate brown accessories would be a stunning contrast to the burgundy.. the burgundy towels could be coordinated with light brown towels to contrast the walls.
Storing Off Season Shoes?
I store my off-season shoes in a plastic bin that has holes in it so the shoes can breathe. In fact I keep all my spring and summer casual shoes in this band, the dress shoes for the spring and summer are kept in a separate rack at the back of the closet near...
Storing Linens in a Camper?
After each camping trip, I launder and fold my linens whether it be bed linens or bathroom towels, washcloths,kitchen towels. A place each item in a bag comforters and other bed linen or bottom with zippers ,store my bed linens together my bathroom accessories...
How Not To Iron A Shirt
My mother taught me how to iron all types of garments in the 50s and 60s. She was very precise in her ironing/starch in techniques. She used Faultless starch on shirts, blouses, tablecloths and other linens, also we sprinkled the clothing and stored in the...
Homemade Table Risers
You could also use large juice cans for table risers. You could feel the large juice cans with sand and then put the table legs in the juice cans filled with sand and they would be stable.
Homemade Powdered Laundry Soap
I use the same recipe for washing powders and it works wonders on my clothes and I only used two tablespoons per large load. I make a double batch of it and I stored in a 5-gallon bucket and I keep a container above my washing machine with a measuring spoon...
Decorating a Small Kitchen?
Western kitchen ideas...go to Walmart and check out the Pioneer woman Ree Drummond cookware, dinnerware, etc . As far as Lonesome Dove, you could use horses, pig, wooden utensils, cow motifs, wooden bowls, churns, cast iron skillets and Dutch ovens, vintage...
Mason Jar Match Dispenser
I make a mason jar salt shaker in the same fashion where you cut the top of the salt box out to fit the Mason jar lid and then fill the Mason jar with salt and leaving this spout on the top of the salt box you can use the spout to pour salt.
Dealing With Christmas Stress?
When our children became adults and married and have families of Their Own, we give money to them for Christmas I always wrap the money up in a Whimsical manner, we purchased the grandchildren one gift because they will receive gifts from the other set of grandparents...
Miniature Pumpkin Pies
I am preparing individual banana pudding in mason jars for Thanksgiving I will layer banana pudding in each mason jar and then top it off with whipped cream. I love the idea of individual servings for desserts at holiday times and especially within different...
Filing for Disability?
When I applied for Social Security disability, I compiled a three-ring binder with all the documentation from all of my Dr even the doctors that didnt include what my disability was. There is a checklist that comes with the package that you receive to make...
Planning a Church Brunch?
There should be a theme for this party or brunch and you could start out with the thing with some clipart on your email. Suggestions for the menu could be sausage Crescent squares, barbecue cocktail weenies, fluffy fruit salads muffin ,Donuts, breakfast casseroles...
Ideas on Christmas Decorating
I bought the doll and wooden Vintage Santas at a flea market, the tea cup was a gift. On my end table, it gives a vintage Christmas look.
