Archive Category: 'Popular Tips'

• Tipnut’s Hit List – June 2009 – Popular Tips: If you’re new to Tipnut or wish to revisit a few of the goodies, here is a list of popular tips from last month (based on page views) that you won’t want to miss. They’re in no particular order. The next set has a thank you and introduction to a few bloggers that shared Tipnut with [...]
• 33 Reusable Grocery Bags You Can Make: Free Patterns: **Updated List** Sure you can buy some trendy brand name shopping bags, but why not make your own bags for cheap (and even free!), they can be as chic and cool as you like (and original too)! Here’s a bunch of free patterns and tutorials to get you started, I have them sorted in three sections: [...]
• Tipnut’s Hit List – May 2009 – Popular Tips: If you’re new to Tipnut or wish to revisit a few of the goodies, here is a list of popular tips from last month (based on page views) that you won’t want to miss. They’re in no particular order. The next set has a thank you and introduction to a few bloggers that shared Tipnut with [...]
• Garage Sale Tips For Success – How To Guide: I’ve managed several garage sales (or yard sales) over the past 10 to 15 years, both for our own household goods as well as for family and friends. I love operating them, but they are a lot of work and if you don’t play your cards right–they can be a complete waste of time. Here is [...]
• Tipnut’s Hit List – April 2009 – Popular Tips: If you’re new to Tipnut or wish to revisit a few of the goodies, here is a list of popular tips from last month (based on page views) that you won’t want to miss. They’re in no particular order. The next set has a thank you and introduction to a few bloggers that shared Tipnut with [...]
• Egg Substitutes: Handy Recipe List: If you run out of eggs while baking, an egg substitute is a quick fix since chances are you have something in the pantry that you can use. You may also find need for an egg substitute if you’re baking a cake for someone with allergies or if someone is vegan. Using an egg substitute [...]
• Tipnut’s Hit List – March 2009 – Popular Tips: If you’re new to Tipnut or wish to revisit a few of the goodies, here is a list of popular tips from last month (based on page views) that you won’t want to miss. They’re in no particular order. The next set has a thank you and introduction to a few bloggers that shared Tipnut with [...]
• Budget DIY Trellis & Garden Space Tip: Today’s feature is from Diggin Food with this idea for an Inexpensive DIY Vegetable Trellis: My kitchen garden is small—just under 200 square feet—but I managed to cram a ton of vegetables into it by growing summer and winter squash, cucumbers, beans, tomatoes, and peas up trellises. Growing these crops up instead of out frees up [...]
• Tipnut’s Guide To Spring Cleaning: Here’s a peek at this year’s battle plan for the big Spring Clean in my home, I’ve also included references to homemade cleaner recipes, tips for specific cleaning jobs and assorted fix-it projects that will help make this year’s job a big success. Spring Cleaning Tips Mission: Clean – Declutter – Organize Every surface is cleaned, everything [...]
• Cool Kitchen Hack: Crush Garlic With A Rock: Here’s a kitchen tip sent in by Janet that is totally new to me and I think it’s fantastic: Tipnut here’s a tip for crushing garlic that once you try it, you’ll never go back to the method you are now using (I guarantee it). It was taught to me by my mother who was from [...]
• 25 Vintage Household Tips: Timeless Wisdom: These household tips are a collection I’ve gathered from a variety of vintage books and magazines from the 1940’s and 1950’s. The Timeless Wisdom collection is a regular feature on Tipnut and I like to include tips that are still useful to know (for today’s home) but I also like to include some that give a [...]
• How To Build A Herb Spiral: A herb spiral is a clever garden trick to grow lots of varieties of herbs, each with different environmental needs (full sun, moist, dry, shade, etc.), in a minimal amount of space. It’s also a clever way to conserve water since each watering flows from the top of the spiral down to the herbs at [...]
• Tipnut’s Hit List – February 2009 – Popular Tips: If you’re new to Tipnut or wish to revisit a few of the goodies, here is a list of popular tips from last month (based on page views) that you won’t want to miss. They’re in no particular order. The next set has a thank you and introduction to a few bloggers that shared Tipnut with [...]
• Tipnut’s Hit List – January 2009 – Popular Tips: If you’re new to Tipnut or wish to revisit a few of the goodies, here is a list of popular tips from last month (based on page views) that you won’t want to miss. They’re in no particular order. The next set has a thank you and introduction to a few bloggers that shared Tipnut with [...]
• Fresh Summery Scented Bedding Year Round: Tip Sheet: Winters are pretty cold here in Canada so windows are kept shut and clotheslines hang empty for months, but there are a few tricks us Northerners have that help us enjoy fresh, fragrant bedding year round (with no nasty chemicals or expensive laundry products). One of the things I miss most in winter is flinging open [...]
• Homemade Laundry Detergent FAQ: Two years ago (January, 2007) I published an extensive list of homemade laundry detergent recipes (see 10 Homemade Laundry Soap Detergent Recipes) and it’s been one of the most popular and commented on tips posted here. I’m proud to say it’s one of the most informative resources available on the net for making homemade detergent [...]
• Tipnut’s Hit List – December 2008 – Popular Tips: (Tipnut Update Also Included At The Bottom) If you’re new to Tipnut or wish to revisit a few of the goodies, here is a list of the popular tips from last month (based on page views) that you won’t want to miss. They’re in no particular order. The next set has a thank you and introduction to [...]
• 2009 Calendars: Freebie Printables: Happy New Year! Here’s a selection of calendars that are free to download and print (plus a few planner pages listed at the bottom). Enjoy! Free Printable 2009 Calendars Free Printable 2009 Desk Calendar: The calendar pages will fit into any cd jewel case (just flip it inside out to make a stand). Just print, cut on [...]
• Tipnut’s Hit List – November 2008 – Popular Tips: If you’re new to Tipnut or wish to revisit a few of the goodies, here is a list of the popular tips from last month (based on page views) that you won’t want to miss. They’re in no particular order. The next set has a sampling of a few goodies from the past as well as [...]
• Craft Bump: 70+ Crafty Ideas Revisited: Major cleanup work going on at Tipnut, here are several dozen craft patterns, tips & tutes posted on Tipnut over the past couple of years that are now combined into this handy list. Lots of great ideas for gifts! 70+ Crafty Ideas Revisited Neck Ribbon Caddy: Holds a tape measure, pincushion, small scissors and sewing gauge to [...]
• Tipnut’s Hit List – October 2008 – Popular Tips: If you’re new to Tipnut or wish to revisit a few of the goodies, here is a list of the popular tips from last month (based on page views) that you won’t want to miss. They’re in no particular order. The next set has a sampling of a few goodies from the past as well as [...]
• Tipnut’s Hit List – September 2008 – Popular Tips: If you’re new to Tipnut or wish to revisit a few of the goodies, here is a list of the popular tips from last month (based on page views) that you won’t want to miss. They’re in no particular order. The next set has a sampling of a few goodies from the past as well as [...]
• Make A Household Notebook: Ideas & Printables: With a binder or planner, some paper and a printer–you’ve got all you need to setup a complete household management hot spot: your Household Organizer (aka Household Notebook, Journal, or Planner). These are a great tool to keep your household chores, To Do lists, activities and notes organized. You may also find they help motivate you [...]
• Quick Tips: Baking Short Cuts: Kitchen too cool for the yeast dough? Should be 80 to 85° and no drafts. Set covered dough in cabinet (or oven) beside pan of boiling water. When water cools, re-heat. Dough sticky? So it won’t be difficult to knead without using lots of flour: After mixing, turn dough onto lightly floured canvas; cover with mixing [...]
• Projects To Help Organize Your Home: The Undercover Crate: Hmmm. I knew there had to be a way to pretty up those plastic stacking crates, check this out. Fabric liners/covers that keep the stackable function intact. Tutorial download is here: (pdf). DIY Sturdy Magazine Holders: I’ve seen lots of these made from cereal boxes but these are nice and sturdy made from [...]