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The Ridiculously Easy Way to Fix Broken Mini Blinds (Your Kids Destroyed)

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April 25, 2016 By Katelyn Fagan 23 Comments

You need to know how to fix broken mini blinds if you have kids or a naughty pet that repeatedly love to break and damage them. It's actually way easier, and cheaper than I thought to do your own mini blind repair!We live in an apartment, like a bajillion other people, so every window comes pre-installed with white mini-blinds. The apartment contract and rules state that the mini-blinds need to be free from damages in order to help keep up appearances. Broken mini blinds apparently equal ghetto apartment complex. To keep future residents interested in renting, via the pristine mini-blinds, they periodically replace any broken ones ...

4 Easy Ways to Remove Baby Poop Stains

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March 28, 2016 By Katelyn Fagan 23 Comments

You would think by baby number four I would be a diapering pro and know exactly how to prevent diaper blowouts and remove a poop stain. But, my fourth baby wanted to make sure I (finally) figured out the best method how to remove poop stains from baby clothes, so she frequently does things like this:I know that the best way to treat any stain is to treat them right away, run them under water, scrub them, pre-treat them with the proper baby stain remover solution, start them soaking, yadda yadda. But, despite my desire to keep my kids' clothes free from stains, sometimes life happens. Sometimes the baby oozes poop all over ...

How to Remove Scratches from Dinnerware Tutorial

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January 27, 2016 By Katelyn Fagan 2 Comments

As I prepared to leave for college my mother bought me a set of Corelle dishes. My husband also had some that he added to our collection once we were married. While we have loved them, we have broken many of them, and scratched the rest. As a frugal person, I like to keep what I have nice looking as long as possible, so I really wanted to learn how to remove scratches from dinnerware, specifically my ceramic plates and bowls.Most of the scratched plates and bowls aren't terrible looking, but if they were gone it sure would help me keep loving what I have! Isn't that the beauty of deep cleaning things? It's why I love cleaning ...

How to Clean a Copper Pot with Ketchup

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November 18, 2015 By Katelyn Fagan 3 Comments

After I posted my cleaning hack on how to clean a copper pot with vinegar and salt, I received comments about how you could also clean a copper pot with ketchup and Bar Keepers Friend. Now, the latter made sense to me, but the former made me gag: you clean pots with a condiment? A thick, red, tomato-based condiment? I know that ketchup has vinegar as a main ingredient, so it makes sense that it would also work, but who thinks up this stuff? Well, curiosity finally got the better of me this last week and I decided to see how well ketchup really cleans copper and how gross (or not) it is to clean with ketchup (doesn't that seem ...

15+ Awesome DIY Princess Anna Costume Tutorials for Little Girls

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September 24, 2014 By Katelyn Fagan 16 Comments

I know Queen Elsa is more popular than her sister, Princess Anna, from Disney's Frozen. Which is a shame because I love Anna's deep sisterly love! But, what are you going to do about her lack of super power, and long awesome capes? If you want to DIY an Elsa Dress, see my previous post. This post though is featuring my favorite Princess from Frozen - Anna! Here's a collection of DIY Anna Costumes you can make yourself. And if you end up running out of time, or not really wanting to DIY, there's always Etsy! If you pin from this page, please pin the first, main collage image. DIY Princess Anna Costumes Anna Costume DIY from ...

20+ Awesome DIY Elsa Costume Tutorials for Little Girls

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September 19, 2014 By Katelyn Fagan 20 Comments

Looking for some Homemade Elsa Costume Tutorials and Inspiration? Then read on! My daughters love the movie Frozen! I don't know a little girl that doesn't. And Queen Elsa, with her awesome ice powers, beautifully long flowing cape, snowflake decals, and beautiful braided hair, is many little girls favorite princess. I'm sure a Queen Elsa costume will be on the top of the Halloween costume idea list this year. I hate forking out a bunch of money on poorly made Halloween costumes (especially when I have twin girls to outfit). So, I wanted to put together a huge round-up of DIY Elsa costumes to give you some inspiration to ...