Cudding Coupons and Saving You Some Moolah
You will need:
White Vinegar
Coconut Oil
Spray Bottle
Directions:
How to keep Black Jeans from fading:
ALWAYS start with washing your pair of black jeans in cold water with about a cup of white vinegar. The vinegar sets the color, similar to coloring old fashioned “Easter Eggs”.
ALWAYS wash your jeans in Cheer (for dark colors) OR Woolite!
Detergents can be harsh to the fabric over time, use the least amount needed.
Turn them inside out & dry on a low setting and only dry for about 30 minutes. If they are still damp, just hang to dry.
I remember all to well as a child, my Aunt yelling out at Christmas as we opened our presents, “I will keep that wrapping paper” or “Save that Bow!” Back in the day, I used to chuckle to myself thinking this was crazy, but now as I have gotten older, I have found she had the right idea!
Most wrapping paper can be recycled at the curb, but the pretty foiled, glittered, or even tissue paper you can not put out to the curb! Instead of filling our landfills that are already overflowing, why not reuse these gently used beauties! You will also save money on next year’s Christmas wrapping.
Any wrapping paper that has NOT been torn to shreds, simply roll back onto a wrapping paper tube. Does your paper have creases? NO WORRIES, put your iron on a low setting and do a quick swipe over the non patterned side. The creases will come right up!
Most Art Teachers would be more then happy to take your gently used wrapping paper, bows, ribbons, etc. Little ones LOVE decorating art projects with colorful items. (Of course do not just hand the teacher a bag full of crumpled up tape filled paper. Cut off any tape areas, run a quick iron over them and either fold or wrap around a tube.)
Wrapping paper is PERFECT for Scrap booking, making paper beads, and more! Many crafter’s use left over wrapping paper for decoupage.
Most of us reuse Christmas boxes. Why not take that left over Christmas paper, wrap the upper and lower part of the Christmas box for next years gifts! This way next year, the receiver does not have to rip open the gift, they simply lift the top off the box to view their present. You can reuse these boxes over and over again.
Yes, you heard me right, SELL IT! The more ornate wrapping paper crafter’s will buy! Give it a shot on ebay or craigslist.
Attach the wrapping paper to some card stock paper. Make gift tags for your presents for next years. You can elaborate them by adding glitter, ribbons, add a whole punch for attaching to gifts and more. Use your imagination.
Extra crumpled wrapping paper works GREAT for wrapping and storing those delicate Christmas ornaments that you will be storing away until next year.
If you do shipping through out the year, crumpled up Christmas paper makes a perfect cushion for fragile items that you need to ship!
(Photo Credit Food Artist/Photographer Amie Dye – Website)
Simply clip your cookbook or recipe to your plastic hanger, hang it from your cupboard hardware, and after you have everything done and cleaned up, take it back down and put it away!
✰ Rinse the Bacon Under COLD water before frying! It will reduce the amount of shrinking!
✰ ALWAYS start with a cold frying pan! (If you add it to a hot frying pan you will scorch it)
✰ Take the Bacon out of the Fridge 5 Minutes before frying, It will bring the fat back to its natural stage.
✰ ALWAYS use a flat pan (Cast Iron is my favorite) and NEVER overlap the Bacon.
✰ Want to Make your Bacon in the Oven? Pre-Heat your Oven to 350 Degrees, Take TWO Cookie Sheets, Cover one Cookie Sheet with Kitchen Paper (Parchment Paper) , Lay your Bacon down, Put another sheet of Kitchen paper on top of the Bacon and then put your 2nd Cookie Sheet on top.Takes 10 to 15 minutes depending on your oven. WATCH it closely, it can burn FAST towards the end.
✰ If you do not want the house smelling like Bacon or a lot of smoke, here is a GREAT way to cook Bacon. Put your bacon in the frying pan and cover the bacon with water. Start your Bacon on a HIGH heat until it starts to boil, then switch it down to medium…ONCE all the Water has simmered away, turn your bacon down to medium-low and continue cooking until it is crisp and well brown. You will end up with PERFECT bacon every time that is NOT tough or brittle, but this method takes longer.
Want to keep those beverages cold but avoid the dripping mess of melting ice cubes? Make some Ice Balloons for your next get together!
Simply fill your water balloons then freeze for 24 hours. Make sure to leave a little room for expansion when filling!
These work great in eliminating the mess of melting ice, labels falling off, and they melt MUCH SLOWER then ice cubes.
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“Well, today I didn’t do it…”
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I know there are several times when I shop that I forget to take one of my re-useable shopping bags so I end up getting another plastic bag. I now have a plastic bag collection, so I decided to search if there were things around the house that I could use the bags for(besides recycling them at the store) and here are some of the uses I found.
1. If you know how to crochet you can use the plastic bags same as you would yarn to create a rug (which would be great for a mud room), purse, tote bag, etc. Pretty much anything you can make using yarn you can use plastic bags as a replacement. Click here to go to eHow
2. You can use them as packing filler in packages rather than newspaper or packing peanuts.
3. Keep some in your car to cover muddy shoes.
4. Great to keep in a diaper bag to wrap used diapers before throwing away.
5. Use them to line a kitty litter box to speed up cleaning.
6. You can use them to stuff both shoes and purses to help them hold their shape while being stored.
7. Use them to cover outdoor plants.
8. Use them to cover your hands to pick up dirty or sticky items.
9. Use them to cover the table for kids arts projects.
10. Put ice in bag for a quick ice pack.