Archive Category: 'Reference & Notes'

• 21 Things To Do If You Get Laid Off: Today’s feature is from Bohemian Revolution with 21 Tips For What To Do If You Get Laid Off: blockquote>It feels like companies are laying off employees right and left in this horrific economy where there aren’t nearly enough jobs to go around. Some of the layoffs are due to the economy, but even companies that are [...]
• Must See: Dream A Dream With Susan Boyle: This is a must-see, goosepimply experience witnessing someone’s big moment in life to shine and I’m hoping you can find the time to enjoy it. It’s not often that I have three posts in a day and this is different than what I usually share here–but I bet you’ll watch this more than once, grinning [...]
• An Irish Medley For St. Patrick’s Day: I’ve updated Tipnut’s Irish Medley with a few crafty projects, printables & ideas for St. Patrick’s Day along with some recipes and fun tidbits of info. ul> How To Make Green Beer: Leprechaun Style Homemade Irish Cream Recipe St. Patrick’s Lucky Charm Card & Envelope Printable St Patrick’s Day Bag Topper Printable Lucky Penny Card: Cute, email needed to receive [...]
• Christmas Keepers: Over 200 Crafty Holiday Ideas: Tipnut’s Christmas Keepers has just been updated and is now loaded with over 200 creative ideas for holiday decorations, ornaments, homemade gift ideas, crafts, holiday recipes and more. New! Vintage Goodies Added… Vintage Holiday Templates: Three different downloads available. Templates for Santa, a Christmas Stocking, a Baby Reindeer, a Pixie Boot, a Gingerbread Man, a Snowman and [...]
• Curbly’s Guide to 2008 Holiday Gift Guides: Today’s feature is a good one for today (Black Friday), it’s from ModHomeEcTeacher with Curbly’s Guide to 2008 Holiday Gift Guides: Here’s a comprehensive summary to the best 2008 Holiday Gift Guides we could find, organized by topic, just for you! Use it as a “guide to gift guides”, to help find what you’re looking for. I’ve [...]
• Remembrance Day: Lest We Forget: If you’d like to send a note to troops from the U.S., Canada or Britain–or take some time to reflect on the history relating to this day, I have a collection of links & info below. This will be the only post on Tipnut today. The first Remembrance Day, held in 1919 throughout the Commonwealth, was called [...]
• How To Fold A Pocket Handkerchief: Nothing is quite so essential to giving a man that well-turned-out appearance as a crisply four-folded white handkerchief tucked into his breast pocket.The same fancy fold comes in handy many times in women’s dress as well, to add a touch of white or other color. Here’s how it’s done: Fold handkerchief diagonally forming a triangle with the [...]
• Celebrate The Right To Vote: Today the world is watching as Americans line up to cast their vote for President. It’s going to be a very exciting…and stressful…day, even for those of us who aren’t American! A few tips I’d like to offer for those of us caught up in all the excitement and to those who are fortunate enough to [...]
• How To Make Personalized Mailing Labels: Tutorial: Now here’s a treat! It’s soon time to get things organized for holiday card mailing and here’s a super easy way to design your own personalized mailing labels online (for free!). A few highlights: You can make address labels for everyone on your mailing list as well as make your own personalized return address labels. Once you’ve designed [...]
• Tipnut’s Thanksgiving Helpers: Update: Tipnut’s Thanksgiving Helpers has just been updated, you’ll find a variety of beautiful crafts, tasty recipes and tips for planning this year’s celebration. Everything is organized into five categories: Crafts & Decor Projects Recipes Turkey Videos Tips I also just added some Thanksgiving vintage embroidery patterns: Turkeys and Pilgrims, you can use these for all kinds of crafty projects. I hope you find [...]
• Trick Or Treat: Computer Desktop Goodies For Halloween: Happy Halloween! Keeping things light on Tipnut with this single post of the day (it’s a fun one!). Get your computer in the holiday spirit by changing the desktop to one of these very nice Halloween designs (they’re all free)… Ghosties Halloween Spirit Halloween Pumpkins Halloween Apple Halloween Witch Lots more found at SmashingMagazine.com, enjoy! You’ll also find lots of last-minute projects [...]
• 12 Rules of Etiquette For Children: Timeless Wisdom Collection: Here are some etiquette “rules” or “suggestions” addressed to children from the 1950s that I found on a loose sheet from an old handbook, I thought they were interesting to share. Considering that these were standard expectations just 50 years ago, it’s a reminder of how fast things can change. Children In The Home Always greet the members [...]
• Cookbook Lingo: 101 Cookery Terms & Definitions: Bain-marie: A French double boiler or a large open vessel half-filled with hot water in which saucepans are placed to keep contents nearly at boiling point. Bake: To cook by dry heat in the oven. Baste: To moisten food while cooking with juices from the pan or other liquid. The liquid is ladled over the food to [...]
• 34 Handy Kitchen Measurement Hacks & Tidbits: Do you find yourself always scrambling to find out how much one stick of butter is? Or how many eggs you need to make a cup? Do you know how much 1 cup of uncooked rice makes? Here’s a handy chart you can print off to include with your other kitchen chart goodies (see: Recipe Ingredient [...]
• 12 Projects & Tips For Traveling: Projects Lula Louise – Travel Organizer: Use a plastic organizer to organize travel items like passports, index cards with important numbers, toiletry items and more. Gadling.com – DIY First Aid Kit For The Road: Use a plastic water bottle to hold first aid items, includes a list of things you’ll need for a first aid kit. Via [...]
• Cheat Sheet: Grammar In Rhyme: Three little words you often see, Are articles — a, an, and the. A Noun’s the name of any thing, As school, or garden, hoop, or swing, Adjectives tell the kind of Noun, As great, small, pretty, white, or brown. Instead of Nouns the Pronouns stand– Her head, his face, your arm, my hand. Verbs tell of something to be done– To read, count, [...]
• Favorite Things To Do On Mother’s Day + DIY Gift Ideas: Here is a list of my favorite Mother’s Day activities along with some DIY gift ideas & special things moms will appreciate. I also have a question for moms at the bottom, I’m interested in hearing your answers . These activity ideas are either things my family has done for me or we did for [...]
• Valentine’s Day Medley: The History of Valentine’s Day Every February, across the country, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint and why do we celebrate this holiday? The history of Valentine’s Day — and its patron saint — is shrouded in mystery. But we [...]
• 11 Goals To Enhance Your Life This Year: I love the beginning of each new year, for me it’s always meant rejuvenation and an opportunity to look at new goals for personal growth and overall life skills that enhance daily life. By the end of the year it’s amazing and uplifting to reflect on all that you’ve accomplished, experienced and added to life [...]
• 11 Jam-Packed Tips To Help You Shine At Parties: Tonight’s a big night for parties and if you’re a little apprehensive or nervous about the one you’re going to later, here are a few tips and guidelines that can help you have a good time, make a good impression and develop a few social skills while you’re at it. I admit some are a little [...]
• Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus!: Christmas is right around the corner and I think it’s time to put away the tips and have some fun and embrace the season. Here are a few Santa & Christmas goodies you might enjoy… Remember all your favorite Christmas shows when you were little? Charlie Brown’s Christmas…It’s A Wonderful Life…The Smurfs Christmas? Dozens of Christmas [...]
• Tipnut’s Christmas Keepers: Ta da! Here’s the brand new Christmas section ready to inspire you for the upcoming holidays, Tipnut’s Christmas Keepers. The Christmas blog has been loaded up with recipes (like Christmas puddings, fruit cakes, baking dainties and more), plus I’ve organized many of the craft projects that were posted on Tipnut to better browse through for homemade [...]
• Table of Measures: We may not need to know how much a dram, peck or nautical mile is on the average day, but it’s nice to know the info’s here when we need it. This information is from the book: Mrs. Dunwoody’s Excellent Instructions for Homekeeping: Timeless Wisdom and Practical Advice Author: Miriam Lukken Table of Measures Apothecaries 1 scruple = 20 grains 1 [...]
• My Kitchen Prayer: Here’s a sweet kitchen prayer I’ve come across a few times in some old cookbooks, this would be nice in a cross stitch or needlework design. My Kitchen Prayer God bless my little kitchen, I love its every nook, And bless me as I do my work, Wash pots and pans and cook. And may the meals that I prepare Be seasoned [...]
• Thanksgiving In Prairie Mississippi: Today the U.S. is celebrating Thanksgiving and I thought this video was a perfect one to share for this occasion. It’s an inspiring story that I’m sure everyone, anywhere in the world, can appreciate and be inspired by. Each of the nine children in this family worked hard to help themselves and each other, and in [...]