Money Saving Tips

from Debbie
Uses for aluminum foil
• When scissors get dull, layer about 7 pieces of foil and cut through them, and the scissors are sharp once again.
• Put jewelry in aluminum foil and put in some salt solution and leave it overnight. The next morning they look like new.
• To soften the brown sugar, wrap it in foil and bake it in a 300 degree oven for 5 minutes.
• Ball up some foil and use it to clean the gunk off your grill or pots and pans. It cleans just as well as a wire scrub brush or a steel wool scrub pad.
• Makes great gift wrapping paper.
• Half way through the baking process, take a length of foil and wrap around the edge of your pie, securing with a metal paper clip. This will prevent your crust from browning too much.
• Put a length of foil on your oven rack to catch spills from pizzas or whatever makes a mess in your sparkly clean oven. Make sure to spray the foil with a little cooking oil.
• Place a layer of aluminum foil on the ironing board under your cloth cover. This essentially doubles your heat, therefore halving your ironing work. This will also work great if you have delicates that can’t come in direct contact with the iron. Simply hold the iron a couple inches above your garment and let the foil get warm underneath. Since it doesn’t come in direct contact with the garment,

Removing stubborn stickers on items
So the other day, when I purchased some lovely summery glass vases, I was frustrated when those stubborn stickers wouldn’t unstick themselves from the pretty bottoms. I reached for my trusty Goo-Be-Gone, and Goo! It was gone!
I figured there had to be some solution out there, so after a quick Google search (what did we do before you, beloved Google?) I found out that good ol’ olive oil (or veggie or whatever kind of oil you’ve got in the pantry) will do the same task. Lo and behold, the stickers came off smooth as can be! Guess I don’t need Goo-Be-Gone after all. Make sure to rinse off the now slippery surface with lots of soap and water (or run it through the dishwasher, if appropriate).