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New Uses For Old Toothbrushes

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I’ve never thought of Daphne as a baker, but when she hosted girls’ night last week, her treat was ice cream served up in custom-baked cookie bowls. They had a wonderful perfect bowl shape and we wondered how she managed it. We were all surprised by her secret. She rolled out her cookie dough as usual, but then used a larger jar lid to cut out the rounds. Then she just turned her muffin tin upside down and formed the the cookies over the muffin holes instead of inside them. I’ve tried making cookie bowls inside muffin tins before, and they are always too thick and don’t form up nicely. These looked like they’d come straight out of a bakery and were just right for holding a serving of ice cream!
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How To Make A Skeleton For Halloween From Milk Jugs

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Years ago before the my two oldest kids were small, someone shared an ingenious pattern of making a skeleton out of 4 litre milk jugs and we spent a Saturday building it for halloween.
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Smart Shopping In A Smart Car

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Our second vehicle is a Smart Car, a tiny 2-person vehicle that you can park just about anywhere. The Smart Car is perfect for running errands or if just my King and I need to go someplace. Our family car is pretty economical at about 35 MPG, but still can't beat our diesel Smart Car at over 70 MPG. We try to use it as much as possible when we need to drive. There isn't much place for storage - as a matter of fact, it doesn't even have a glove box.
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Double Duty Spaces

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I know there has been a trend towards people buying larger houses and I sometimes think it would be nice to move into a bigger place. The thing is, the bigger the house you have, the more things you need to furnish it, the more fuel you need to heat its, etc., etc.
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Making Homemade Paper

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My daughter asked me the other day if I knew how to make homemade paper. She has the idea that she can recycle some of the envelopes and other mail we get into personalized stationery for gifts for her friends.
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Renew Floors & Countertops With Paint

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At our last ladies’ night, Jane surprised everyone by insisting that the next get together be at her house. “I have something I can’t wait to show you all,” she exclaimed excitedly. Try as we might, we couldn’t drag it out of her what the big secret was.
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Buying Refurbished

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I mentioned to a friend of mine the other day that most of the “new” things we buy are actually refurbished items because they are always cheaper and she seemed to be quite appalled. “I would never buy something that was refurbished,” she exclaimed. “All you’re doing is buying someone else’s junk!”
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My Little Bag Of Reuse Tricks

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I just helped my King do a quick fix by manufacturing a washer out of a piece of plastic milk jugs. Will it last forever? Probably not, but it will patch things up until he makes his next trip to the hardware store anyway.
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