Did you know?

Here are a few money saving, innovative tips and ideas that I've found while browsing the web. Enjoy!

1. Stuffing a dryer sheet in your back pocket will repel mosquitoes.
2. You can buy beadboard wallpaper.

3. You can freeze cupcake batter for future use.

4. You can paint upholstery.

5. You can run a paper bag through your printer.

6. You can also print directly onto fabric.

7. Dry erase markers work on most desk tops.

8. You can mail anything that weighs less than 13oz without a box. 

9. If you break your blender jar (which I have,) you can replace it with a mason jar.
10. Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

11. Store opened chucks of cheese in aluminum foil - it won't mold!

12. Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps are firmer and better for cooking.

13. If you buy cake frosting from the store, whip it up in your stand mixer - it will double in size. More to go around and less sugar and calories!

14. To keep squirrels away from plants, sprinkle cayenne pepper on them.

15. Clip a safety pin at the bottom of your skirt/slip/pants to prevent static cling.

16. Cornmeal kills ants.
17. Place panty hose at the end of your vacuum cleaner to find something small that you dropped.

18. Rubbing a walnut over scratches on furniture will make them disappear. 

19. Baby powder will make getting the sand off your feet much easier.

20. Add a velcro strip to your kid's walls to store soft toys and puppets.

21. Put a magnetic strip in your vanity door to store bobby pins and safety pins.

22. Put your shoes in a shower cap when packing to keep the dirt from your shoes from getting all over your clothes.

23. Install a tension rod in your closet to hang cleaner bottles.

24. Freeze aloe vera in ice cube trays for the summer burns.