Tips, Ideas and DYI

Easy Way to Transport Cupcakes

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You will need
Aluminum Foil
Cupcake Tin

Place a sheet of aluminum foil over your tin.
You can use another tin to get the crater started but not necessary. Press down on top tin lightly! Once the craters are started that your hands and form the rest of the crater starting on one END working your way to the other! Once you are done place it in a box to transport!

Save Money in 2015!

Read below for FREE link to download the 

challenge!

You can save almost $1,400 this year with 

this easy 52-week money saving challenge.

It is so simple! Each week, simply deposit the 

number of that week of the year into a 

savings plan (a simple jar, like me, or a bank 

account and earn interest). For example, the 

first week of 2015, you would deposit $1; the 

second week, $2; and so on and so on. By 

the end of the year, you will have saved 

close to $1,400! You could also start at the 

end of the chart and work your way up that 

way too!

Use the money for Christmas 2014, take a 

vacation or just have it for emergencies!

To get a printable pdf of the challenge follow 

this link:

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And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for 

almost nothing even the large ones

1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the 

microwave. Coffee filters make 

excellent covers.

2. Clean windows, mirrors, and chrome... 

Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave 

windows sparkling.

3. Protect China by separating your good 

dishes with a coffee filter between each dish.

4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break 

the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the 

wine through a coffee filter.

5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee 

filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and 

prevent rust.

6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee 

filter.

7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil 

through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.

8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped 

ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen 

scale.

9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient 

wrappers for messy foods.

10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant 

pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to 

prevent the soil from going through the 

drainage holes.

11.. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke 

one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.

12. Do you think we used expensive strips to 

wax eyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters..

13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried 

bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on 

them. It soaks out all the grease.

14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great 

"razor nick fixers."

15. As a sewing backing. Use a filter as an 

easy-to-tear backing for embroidering or 

appliqueing soft fabrics.

16. Put baking soda into a coffee filter and 

insert into shoes or a closet to absorb or 

prevent odors.

17. Use them to strain soup stock and to tie 

fresh herbs in to put in soups and stews.

18. Use a coffee filter to prevent spilling 

when you add fluids to your car.

19. Use them as a spoon rest while cooking 

and clean up small counter spills.

20. Can use to hold dry ingredients when 

baking or when cutting a piece of fruit or 

veggies.. Saves on having extra bowls to 

wash.

21. Use them to wrap Christmas ornaments 

for storage.

22. Use them to remove fingernail polish 

when out of cotton balls.

23. Use them to sprout seeds.. Simply 

dampen the coffee filter, place seeds inside, 

fold it and place it into a plastic baggie until 

they sprout.

24. Use coffee filters as blotting paper for 

pressed flowers. Place the flowers between 

two coffee filters and put the coffee filters in 

phone book..

25. Use as a disposable "snack bowl" for 

popcorn, chips, etc.

Not just for coffee--

Vicks Vapor Rub has been around for 

YEARS!!! Most use it for a decongestant but 

some use it for so much more!

~Got a cough? Rub some on your feet before

 bed and put socks on..studies show that it 

works 100% of the time. Although scientists 

discovered this remedy, they are not sure 

how or why it works, but it does. And it works 

every time.

~Muscle Aches? Rub it on muscles that are 

bothering you... It increases circulation and 

provides almost instant aid.

~ Paper Cuts/Splinters

I do this all the time and works great! Prevent 

infection and speed up healing time, dab a 

small amount of Vicks on any small cut or 

splinter.

~Summertime Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes hate the smell of Vicks. Apply 

small amount of Vicks to your skin and 

clothes and mosquitoes will steer clear. Also 

great if you do get bitten to relieve itching.

Homemade House Cleaner

Seriously... Just do it. You will never buy

 another store bought cleaner again. This 

stuff is amazing.

What you need:

-1 Professional Spray Bottle (it is worth the 

extra $1, trust me!)

-8 oz. Distilled White Vinegar

-4 oz. Lemon Juice

-2 oz. Liquid Soap (I use Dawn)

-2 tsp. Baking Soda

-10 oz water

To Mix:

Add the Baking Soda and Vinegar FIRST and 

let it fizzle out BEFORE adding the rest of the 

ingredients because it will foam. Funnel in all 

the ingredients, squeeze out the suds, screw 

on your cap and go make your bathroom 

sparkle!

To Use:

Clear the surfaces, use toilet tissue to wipe 

off any dirt, hair, spilled liquids, ect. Using the 

lightest spray setting, spray down everything- 

sink, counter, mirror, faucets, tub and the 

whole toilet, inside and out. I let it sit while I 

sweep the floor. I then use a microfiber cloth 

to wipe down the surfaces from the cleanest 

to the dirtiest. In our house that means mirror, 

faucets, sink, tub/shower and then the toilet. 

Be sure to rinse out the tub/shower really 

well so it isn't slippery.

Stubborn stains in your tub?

Whether its a dirt ring at the top or dirt stuck 

in the textured bottom, this will solve your 

problem! Spray down the problem area 

heavily, and then using a sponge with a non-

scratch scrubber, scrub in a circular motion. 

Again, rinse very well and then put on your 

shades because its going to be shiny.

"Homemade Laundry Detergent"

Save Money and It last a long time....

Wash in any temperature.

1 (4 lb 12 oz) Box of Borax- Found in the 

detergent aisle

1 (3 lb 7 oz) Box of Arm & Hammer Super 

Washing Soda- Found in the detergent aisle

2 (14.1 oz) Bars of Zote Soap- Found in the 

detergent aisle (we chose to do pink for the 

scent but the white would be just fine. You 

can also use Fels Naptha)

1 (4 lb) Box of Arm & Hammer Baking Soda- 

Found in the cooking aisle (You could also 

get two 2 lb box, we couldn’t find the larger 

4lb box when we went)

1-2 (55 oz) Bottle of Purex Crystals Fabric 

Softener (which can be found in the 

detergent aisle). Optional

The hardest most time consuming part is 

grating the cheese soap. It looks like pink 

cheese….has anyone ever seen pink 

cheese? If you do not have a food processor 

you will need to use a typical hand grater. 

We would recommend using a large mixing 

bowl to grate into and using the fine side of 

the grater. The hardest part is now over and 

all that’s left is to mix everything together.

Use a very large bucket and take a layering 

approach to mix it easier. Take a small 

amount of each ingredient and layer it on top 

of each other, then grab a large mixing spoon 

and mixed it together. Do this about 5 times.

This is so much easier than dumping all the 

ingredients in at once and then trying to u it 

well. This batch makes A TON! Now for 

probably the best part…

you only need 1-2 Tablespoons per load 

depending on the size.

Now here comes the stroke of genius, if you 

opted to put the Purex Crystals in your batch, 

you can scoop the detergent right into your 

bottle and use the cap as your measuring 

spoon. There are 3 lines on the side and the 

middle one is approximately 2 Tablespoons…

Chore box

Do you have kids who leave their electronics, back packs,

 books...the list goes on...laying around? When you find 

them, put them in the box and they pick a chore!!! Give it a 

try!! I do this in my house...

we call it Jail and it works great...LOL

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~Homemade Febreze~

1/8 Cup of fabric softener 

(I used homemade softener recipe below)

2 tablespoons Baking Soda

Hot tap water

Spray bottle (I used my empty 27 oz. bottle)

Preparation:

Using a funnel, pour fabric softener and baking soda into your spray bottle. Fill spray bottle with hot tap water and shake well.

~Homemade Fabric Softener~

6 cups water

3 cups white vinegar

2 cups hair conditioner

Directions:

1 Mix water, vinegar, and hair conditioner in a 1 gallon container; stir. Do not shake it; it will cause foaming.

2 Use the same amount you normally use in a rinse cycle or spritz it on a wash cloth and throw in dryer.

DIY No-Slip Hangers! How easy is this?

 Wrap a pipe cleaner around the ends of the hanger and BAM! you're done! And you can see it works on different size hangers!!

If you've got kids you probably have pipe cleaners (or chenille stems as they are called now) laying around. If not you can get them at Walmart or the Dollar Tree!

Did you Know there are tabs to push in so the foil doesn't come out of the box!

My weight loss tracker....I am a visual person and I love to see how far I have come!
I got everything I needs at wal mart...You can even use an containers you have laying around your house!