♥~♥Tips Of The Day ♥~♥
Onion for Mosquito Bites
Rub the juice from a piece of cut onion on
Your mosquito bite. It will stop itching
Immediately and if you apply the onion
Juice two or three times a day the bite
Will disappear within a few days. Who
Can't find a piece of onion at a picnic,
Barbeque or camping! This works great!
I read this in The Farmers Almanac
Shelli1961 - Boise, ID
Change Shampoos To
Prevent Dandruff
Avoid using the cheap shampoos, instead
Go for the mid-priced ones; they are less
Harsh and will not create scalp problems.
Years ago, I had a problem with dandruff.
My hair stylist recommended a more
Expensive shampoo, saying that cheaper
Ones tend to create what looks like dandruff.
That was the end of my dandruff.
Susan - Elkhart, IN
Broken Dishes Become
New Treasures
By Kelly Ann Butterbaugh
Crash! There goes another broken dish,
Making your service for eight into service
For five. While there's plenty of reasons to
Be upset at this moment, there's no reason
To waste money. A broken dish is no longer
Part of your set, but it's in no way trash,
And neither is your service for five. It's
All just an opportunity for a great project
And new uses for old items.
Broken Dishes
Broken plates rarely crack; they shatter.
Carefully pick up the broken pieces and
Save them. Broken plate pieces make great
Collage projects, and since the original plate
Matched your place setting, the new collage
Project will, too.
Purchase an old metal serving tray at a flea
Market, yard sale, or discount store. The
Design doesn't matter so the uglier and
Cheaper the better. Then, pour a layer of
Thin-set mortar onto the tray. Smooth it
With a serrated spreader, either one made
For tile or one you make yourself by cutting
Notches into a piece of plastic. Then,
Push the broken pieces into the mortar.
You can create a design with multiple
Broken plates or recreate your original
Plate design, leaving spaces between each
Piece. Fill these spaces with grout when
The mortar dries. Colored grout adds to
Your design, so consider some options.
Wipe the grout from the pieces with a
Moist sponge before it dries. Now you
Have an interesting serving piece, a center
Piece tray (try making your collage on a
Lazy Susan), or a wall hanging that
Matches your place setting.
Cracks and Chips
For those plates that aren't broken but only
Chipped, a variety of options await your
Crafty hands. Consider building a candy or
Cake dish from your broken dishes. Always
Carefully file the broken edges and reseal
Them with a spray acrylic to keep them
Smooth. Layer a smaller plate on top of a
Complimentary plate or another larger
Chipped dinner plate. Make sure you don't
Align the chips or cracks of the two plates.
Then, using mortar or strong waterproof
Glue for ceramics, layer the dishes on top
Of one another. If the top dish is broken
In half, use the mortar to repair it as it sits
On top of the larger dish. If a piece is
Missing from either plate, use mortar or
Grout to fill it in. Now, find a sturdy juice
Glass and grout/glue that to the middle of
The underside of your plate. You now have
A standing candy or cake dish. You can
Create tiers with extra juice glasses and
Graduating plates. Did you break the handle
Off of your coffee mug? File away the
Remaining stubs and use that in place of
Your juice glass. Now your entire candy
Dish will reflect your dish pattern.
The Leftovers
What do you do with the incomplete set
Of dishes that aren't broken? Don't discard
The set; reinvent it. Shop around for another
Incomplete complimentary set at flea markets
And yard sales and combine the two. Or,
Buy new individual pieces to compliment it.
For every one of your original pieces,
Purchase a matching complimentary piece.
If you have a flowered set, add a solid color
To match the flowers. If you have stripes,
Purchase solids or polka dots with the same
Colors. You could even match stripes with
Stripes as long as the colors are from the
Same color palette.
If you're looking to replace your entire
Place setting, consider open stock dishes. They're
More expensive, but they offer the ability to
Add extra plates, replace broken dishes, and
Purchase only what you need. If you don't
Use saucers, don't waste money on them.
Instead, add extra dinner plates for company,
Purchase larger cereal bowls instead of salad
Bowls, or mix and match styles to anticipate
Future mixing and growth.
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Old plates, chipped or not, make pretty
borders in a flower garden or a pathway.
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