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Olive oil can be used to remove eye makeup (use cold pressed extra virgin olive). Also see DIY Eye Makeup Remover Recipes. Pour a bit of sesame oil on a cotton ball and wipe gently across eye lids to remove waterproof mascara. Bring shine to your hair with a bit of honey. Mix 1 tsp of honey [...] Also See These Tips: Honey Hair Treatment Recipes Floral Infused Olive Oil: Rich Beauty Aid Dry Elbow Home Remedies & Treatments

Newly updated for 2009! New freebies added, dead links have been pruned. Everything you need for wrapping and presenting gifts with a little homemade flair is on this list. Enjoy! Gift Tag Printables Adorable Penguin Gift Tags: Seriously.Cute.Printables! Mitten Gift Tags and Background: The scatter of mittens was designed to be a pattern on the reverse of the [...] Also See These Tips: Gifts From Your Kitchen: Recipes & Gift Tags Celery Stamped Gift Wrap: How To Baking Gifts: Creative Container & Filler Ideas

How nice would these be for the holidays! Today’s feature is from Sunset with this tutorial for How To Make Goblet Votives: blockquote>Use these easy-to-follow instructions to turn old goblets and glassware into elegant votives. Easy-peasy to make these: just fill goblets with melted microwaveable soy wax (pour over a wick), allow to cool, then trim back [...] Also See These Tips: How To Make Gel Candles – Easy Oven Method Charming Outdoor Chandelier: How-To Cinnamon Votives: Crafty Idea

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 [...] Also See These Tips: Canning Jar Labels: Free Printables Mini File Folders & Labels: Free Printables DIY Spice Rack

Happy Thanksgiving Day to all Tipnut readers in the U.S., I hope you have a lovely day filled with family and friends! Traditionally you’ll have a tonne of leftover turkey to deal with so here’s a quick reminder that you can find all kinds of leftover turkey recipes and ideas here on Tipnut: 10 Frugal Leftover Turkey [...] Also See These Tips: 14 Turkey Leftover Recipes 10 Frugal Leftover Turkey Recipes Tipnut’s Thanksgiving Helpers

Today’s feature is from Sew4Home with this tutorial for a Sofa Caddy: Sometimes, I think my TV remote has a mind of its own. Nine times out of ten, it’s not where I want it when I sit down. I figure it must get up and leave when I’m not looking. Same thing goes for all [...] Also See These Tips: Bed Caddy Organizer: {Sewing} Grocery Cart Caddy: Sewing Tutorial Turn A Picture Frame Into A Remote Caddy

Here is this week’s free pattern from the Vintage Embroidery Tableware set, this pattern features an old fashioned coffee pot with two coffee cups and a few sprays of flowers–pretty! Free Pattern Download You can download this week’s pattern here: Tableware Pattern #4 Printing Instructions: Save the pattern to your desktop first (right click, save as…), open the file, [...] Also See These Tips: Vintage Embroidery: Tableware Pattern #3 Vintage Embroidery: Tableware Pattern #2 Vintage Embroidery Kitchen Towel Set: Tableware

Today’s feature is from Blessed Femina with this tutorial for making a Fabric Woven Potholder: blockquote>Start by selecting a lovely combination of fabrics….using a variation of dark and light colors. A Jelly Roll works really well for this sewing project…since your strips need to be cut 2 1/2″ or 3″ in width. The tutorial explains how to weave [...] Also See These Tips: Dollhouse Potholders: Sewing Tutorial Dishtowel Potholder Tutorial How To Make A Denim Pocket Potholder

Would you freeze bacon grease to keep a steady supply on hand? Or do you know how to convert your favorite cake recipe to cupcakes? What about how to bring eggs to room temperature quickly? This week’s Kitchen Q & A answers these questions and more. Kitchen Q&A: Can You Freeze Bacon Grease? (And More) Can bacon [...] Also See These Tips: 25 Vintage Kitchen Tips: Timeless Wisdom Collection Why a Cake Fails 12 Kitchen Tip Quickies