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This is a family favorite.  It is really quick and easy to make and also light.  A great meal for a Summer evening and in the Winter.

2 cans water packed Tuna

Mayonaise

Any extras you like, diced onion, relish, boiled egg, etc.

Sliced cheese

Mix Tuna and Mayonaise to your liking.  Add any extras you like.   Lay six slices of bread on a cookie sheet and top each with a portion of the tuna.   Top with whatever cheese you like.  We have used Cheddar, American, Velveeta and Swiss.  We like them all. 

Broil for just a few minutes until bubbly and toasty!

Sewing Project – How To Make Homemade Baby Bibs

I just recently became a first time grandmother and have been enjoying the new little addition to our family. I am also an avid crafter and seamstress so I can often be found in my craft and sewing room creating some wonderful things for my friends and family.

With the new addition of the baby girl to our family, I decided I wanted to make some homemade baby bibs. I thought the process would be difficult, but once I got started…I realized how easy it was to create my own bibs for our grand-daughter.

Here are the supplies you will need:

1 pre-purchased terry cloth bib to use as a pattern
1 package of double fold bias tape (2 yard package), per bib
sewing machine
sewing thread
1/4 yard of cotton terry cloth fabric
Scissors
Miscellaneous sewing supplies

Note

: If you really want to be frugal, you can recycle some old terry cloth bath towels for this project.

Lay your pre-purchased baby bib down on a piece of white paper and trace around the shape using a pencil, then cut out your paper pattern. Next, unroll your bias tape and cut off a piece of bias tape measuring 34″ in length. Pin your paper pattern down onto your terry cloth fabric and pin into place. Cut around the paper pattern and then remove the pins. Cover and pin the bias tape around the raw edges of the sides and bottom of your bib, don’t cover the neck area just yet.

Using your sewing machine, stitch the bias tape into place and fasten off. Cut another piece of bias tape measuring approximately 26″ long. Attach the center of the bias tape to the center neck area of the bib, pin into place. (note: a piece of bias tape about 10″ long is left at both ends of the neck edge for the ties.) Using your sewing machine, stitch around the neck opening so that you are attaching and covering the raw edges.

You can use your pre-purchased one as a guide on how it should be sewn.

Decorations

: If desired, you can use 3/4″ wide eyelet lace instead of bias tape in step one of the sewing, but you will still need to use a coordinating color of bias tape for the neck area and ties. You can embroider a name or nice design onto the front of the bib or purchase some cute iron-on applique’s.

Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother living in Pennsylvania. Shelly enjoys crafting, scrapbooking and sewing along with various other crafting mediums.
You can visit Shelly’s craft site at http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com for free product ideas. You can find a photo of the completed projects at: http://passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/2009/11/sewing-project-how-to-make-homemade.html

You can use vinegar to heal a bruise? Soak a cotton ball in vinegar and then apply it to the bruise for an hour.

Vinegar also works great on sunburns! Fill a spray bottle with vinegar and cover the burn. Let it dry. Apply again if needed. We were surprised to find that the vinegar turned the burn into a tan almost overnight!

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I like liquid eyeshadow, but can sometimes not find a color I like or is very expensive, so I cheat.
I use CLEAR lip gloss and mix it with a regular powder eye shadow. To spice it up even more I mix similar colors to make it darker or lighter!!! It looks great!

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for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for
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What are you doing this Summer? I would love to hear your ideas for keeping kids busy and active! Of course we love to hear about the activities that are free or really cheap!

Some of our favorite Summertime activies:

A trip to the Zoo! They always have something new to see.

Off to the River! We love to watch the people float the river or find pretty rocks. A great chance to learn about nature as well.

Lemonade Stand: A simple Koolaid stand works just as well and is a great way to keep kids working on their math AND make a little pocket money.

Picnic in the park: Take a kite or frisbee and a great book. The kids can play and you can relax.

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