THE TIP BOOK

Random things that will make your life easier

Random things that will make your life easier

• Turn your muffin pan upside down, bake cookie-dough over the top and voila you have cookie bowls for fruit or ice cream

• Store bedline sets inside one of their own pillow cases and there will be no more hunting

• Breadtags make the perfect sized color labels

• Make an instant cupcake carrier by cutting crosses into a box lid

• Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scarpes

• Use magnetic strips to store bobby pins ( & tweezers and clippers) behind a vanity door

• Hull strawberries easily using a straw

• Pump up the volume by placing your iphone/ipod in a bowl the concave shape amplifies the music

• Bake cupcakes directly in ice-cream cones so much more fun and easier for kids to eat

• Brilliant space saver install a tension rod to hang your spray bottle

• Use egg cartons to seperate and store your christmas decorations

• Find tiny lost items like earrings by putting a stocking over the vacuum hose

• Cardboard tubes work great for organizing cords

• Use a can opener to saftey open those pesky plastic packages

• Wrap xmas lights around a clothes hanger and they will never tangle

• Don't waste your money on swiffer towels again. Regular kitchen rags work just fine

• Use sticky notes to catch debris while drilling

• A pringles container is the perfect size to store spaghetti

• Use apple slicer to quickly cut up potatoes for mashed potatoes or fries.

• To get koolaid out of the carpet, spray windex, place a white rag over the effected area, and heat up an iron on highest cotton setting, iron over the towel

 
• Use boiling water instead of tap water to make clear ice.

• Tic-Tac container of bobby pins for the bottom of your purse

• Sharpen your scissors by cutting sand paper.

• Keeping a magnet close by makes picking up those sewing pins a sinch!

• No helium needed to fill balloons for parties.....just vinegar and baking soda!

• Will take the stains out of almost ANYTHING...even if it is an old one. REALLY WORKS!! 2 part hydrogen peroxide to 1 part Dawn ( original blue)

• Tub Cleaner - vinegar and dish soap, no scrubbing! Heat 1/2C white vinegar in m'wave for 90 sec, pour int spray bottle. Add 1/2C BLUE Dawn dish soap. Shake gently to mix. Spray on surface, let it sit 1-2 hours. Just wipe it away then rinse with water

• Add a small piece of plastic wrap under your lids to keep them from leaking while traveling

• Use ice cubes to remove dents from carpet

• Erase hard water stains with a lemon

• Tips for yellowing shirts: 1 tsp. Dawn, 3-4 tsp. Hydrogen Peroxide, 2 tbsp. baking soda. Mix together, rub in, and be amazed!

• Use nail polish to identify different keys

• Use bread clips to save flips-flops with split holes

• Use a staple remover to save your fingernails when trying to add thigs to your key ring

• You can flip a toaster on its side and grill cheese in it.

• Cereal canisters make the perfect trashcan for your car

• If emergency occurs...While the blood is gushing - hold pressure and crack open an egg. Peel that membrane off and put it on the wound (continue holding pressure) The membrane will harden and keep the wound closed until you can get to the ER for stitches

- Elaine