Archives for April 2013

Use Toothpaste to Whiten Your White Clothes!

(I can’t believe it worked!  This looks great!  I think I will wear it tomorrow!) I know what you’re thinking. What is the world coming to now! Did she say use toothpaste to help whiten her clothes? I did. I was tooling around the house trying to come up with different stuff that I could try to whiten my white clothes. I

How to Make an Old Dress into A New Dress!

(This is the same dress that I have on in the above picture.  The pic on the left was taken when I got up in the morning with no makeup, hair not combed and way too much light in the room.  The second pic is the after dress.  You guessed it…I combed my hair, made up my face and took this pic at night with a flash.  Everyone looks good

How To Make Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Cubes

I definitely enjoyed trying this! How neat! I must say that this is one of my How-To favorites.  Why? Well, this one comes in really handy for me.  We don’t use the dishwasher to wash dishes that often.  I, or the kids, normally do them by hand.  So, I don’t usually buy a lot of dishwasher detergent.  (That’s an item that is quite expensive.) We have

How To Make Fabulous Chocolate Chip Cookies!

I was back in the kitchen again.  My kids told me that I was supposed to bake them chocolate chip cookies last week.  Well, of course, I used some of the chocolate chips in the Edible Flowerpot Cake and didn’t think that they would remember about the cookies.  Of course, they did.  So, my daughter, London, was in the kitchen early this