Thrifty Tips (August 16, 2018)
If your zucchini plant has gotten away from you, make some of this delicious cream soup. Your whole family is sure to love it.

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Cream of Overgrown Zucchini Soup

By ayesha christmas

Zucchini Soup in panIf you have reached the stage where neighbours are leaving zucchini on your porch or if a few have grown too large to grill, it's time for this creamy and delicious soup. It is simple and you can return to it again and again. These days I encourage a few larger fruits to form just so I can make it!

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Today's Guides
How to Remove Permanent Marker on Upholstery
Permanent Marker
Restoring a Leather Trunk
Leather Trunk
Refilling Printer Ink Cartridges
Refilling your ink cartridges at home.
Using Tulle and Lights for Wedding Decor
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Today's Posts

Using Bread to Pick Up Broken Glass

By attosa

Using Bread to Pick Up Broken Glass - hand pressing a slice of bread onto a tile floorI recently dropped a dainty black light bulb on the kitchen floor. There were tiny bits everywhere! I swept up what I could see, but I was scared there were minuscule shards everywhere. I carefully pressed a slice of bread over the glass. The sponginess and little nooks sucked up all of the debris.

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Early Signs of Spring (Apricot Buds)

By Benetta

Early Signs of Spring I am not very keen on cold weather. In South Africa, we are used to warmer weather, so this winter was particularly cold and unpleasant.

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Wrapping Paper and Bow Made from Packaging Items

By 15mhhm15

Wrapping Paper and Bow Made from Packaging Items - wrapped giftIf you are an online shopper, some companies send a lot of packaging items and I keep them because they can be useful like for making your own wrapping paper. I didn't have any wrapping paper besides Christmas theme, so I came up with this using kraft paper and a bow made from tissue paper from Victoria's Secret.

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Individual Chocolate Cakes

Individual Chocolate CakesLearn how to make them in this short video.

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Protecting Opossums

By Angela

Opossums eat rats Encourage your area to set up an area for opossums.

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Crochet Hook Storage Tower

By Sandi/Poor But Proud

finished towerThis craft just won 3rd place for Crocheted/Other at the State Fair here in Salem. It's a fun craft you can make with any scrap yarn.

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RV Door Rubber Stained by Silicone Spray
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