Tipnut’s Hit List – October 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 their readers, I think you’ll like them too.

Tipnut’s Popular Tips – October 2009

1. Homemade Reed Diffusers: How-To & Tips: If you’d like to try making your own diffusers and reed diffuser oil instead of buying refill kits (also a perfect way to customize your favorite scents), here are some tips and recipes showing you how to do that.
2. Forcing Bulbs Indoors For Winter Blooms: How-To & Tips: Imagine the dreary months of January and February, cold, bleak, windy–but you can easily add a touch of Spring inside your home by forcing bulbs ahead of time that will then bloom indoors during the winter months. Here’s how.
3. Hiding Valuables – Sneakier Uses For Everyday Things: When you think of sneaky you usually think of something that is secret or hidden from you. Actually, the most common sneaky-use application is hiding your valuable belongings from others. (Re-published from March, 2007).
4. Can You Freeze Milk? Yes!: Here’s a tip: You can freeze batches of milk to use for later!
5. Do You Grow Dishcloths?: These “cloths” are very durable and easily kept sweet and clean as long as they last. Dirt and grease do not penetrate the fibers as they do in an ordinary cloth. This makes it more desirable for separator and milk utensils than either cloth or brush.
6. How To Soften Butter: Quick Tips: Here are a few quick ways to soften that butter up so you can get back to baking.
7. How To Roast Potatoes: I have two different methods for roasting potatoes, one is quick & easy while the other has a few more steps involved (good for larger pieces of potatoes). Both give good results!
8. 22 Bread Machine Recipes: Breads, Rolls & More: You’ll find herbed breads, sandwich breads and even foccacia, bagels, breadsticks, cinnamon rolls and monkey bread. Enjoy!
9. Free Scarf Patterns: {Knitting}: Buncha free patterns in this lot, I’ve included a few handsome men’s scarves as well as a few cozy cowl and neckwarmer patterns at the bottom.
10. Quick & Easy Homemade Ice Packs: A few different options for having ice packs and ice bags on hand as well as frugal ideas for keeping your lunchbags and camping coolers nice and chilled. Republished from December, 2006.

Thank You! Blogger Appreciation

Each month I randomly select three different blogs to thank for sharing Tipnut with their readers, I truly appreciate everyone who’s done so! Here are three bloggers who mentioned Tipnut in October, thanks a bunch!

• Bungalow23
• Curbly
• Bohemian Revolution

And thanks a bunch to Lifehacker for all the mentions lately!

If you’d like to see what was popular each month, here’s the section that you can browse through: Tipnut’s Monthly Hits (this section was started about a year after Tipnut launched). For the hottest of the hot, you’ll find them here: Tipnut’s Most Popular.

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