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Making your own personalized labels and stickers is really fun. Here are some things to be needed in making personalized labels and stickers:

Decorative or plain papers, white vinegar, elmers glue, sponge brush or paint brush and craft puncher (optional).

Here is the procedure:

Put the equal parts of the combined white vinegar and glue in a bowl. Then mix well.

Take the sponge brush or paint brush to apply the glue to the back of the paper. When the glue dry apply a second coat.

Finally, when the second coat dries, cut the paper into your desired shapes or you can use the craft puncher. Moisten the back of the stickers and it is ready for sticking.

Worried about your electricity bill? Here are some ways to keep our electricity bill down.

When using lights use natural lights if possible. Replace incandescent bulb, use compact fluorescent light (CFL). A 16-watt CFL produces same light of a 60 watts incandescent bulb at a quarter of energy cost. Use lamps that provide direct lighting for your work area and bed. This is economical than lighting with high wattage of lighting illuminating the whole room.

If you have refrigerator position it at least four inches away from the wall to avoid the monitor overwork. Be sure to defrost your refrigerator before frost builds up to one fourth of an inch. So your refrigerator will run efficiently. Take note no-frost refrigerator consumes more electricity than a regular refrigerator. Restrain to put hot food in the refrigerator, cause this increases the temperature inside the refrigerator and it cost more power. Be sure not to overcrowd your refrigerator, this will interferes the air circulation and overworks the compressor.

In ironing, be sure to do all the ironing at one time. Sprinkle the clothes with water moderately cause excessive moistened clothes take longer to iron. Be sure to iron during the cooler hours of the day, this will help lessen the demand of the power of electricity during that peak hours.

In washing clothes, be sure to wash full loads to maximize the use of washing machine, do not overload your dryer. Always check the filter of your washing machine dryer, be sure to be cleaned, cause the dirty filter restricts the airflow and it will consume more power and more time to dry. Hang your clothes outside during sunny days.

That’s the only few ways to save our electricity bill low.

This is the season of “Thanksgiving” for the Christian World. It’s a Joyous celebration after Jesus was crucified and died because He save us from our sins. The Lord Jesus Christ resurrected after 3 days from dead.

People all over the world celebrate the Easter in different ways, the most popular so far is the “egg hunting.” Happy Easter Everyone!

Our finger nails is one of the most used parts in our body parts. As an active mommy I always check those little fingers of my kids every weekend to ensure the cleanliness of their nails. While those who are old enough to care for their finger nails here are some tips for a neat nails.

For a soft hands, soak your hands in a small bowl of warm water do it for few minutes to soften your cuticles. There is also an alternative way on making your nail and cuticle soft, try to put some baby oil or even olive oil instead of water. After soaking your finger nails massage or rub your hands to moisturize your nails and cuticles. And it also help the blood circulation going.

When the cuticles are soft, gently push them back with the cuticle pusher. And be sure to cut your finger nails straight across to avoid your skin hit by the nail cutter. Use a clean nail cutter to avoid infection. Use the emery board to smoothen and shape your finger nails. To avoid the split and ragged nails, position the flat side of your board perpendicular to the edge of your nails and file in one direction.

Summer is here and the ray of the sun is unstoppable. Here is some way to ease the sunrays on your glass windows. You will need a cutter, illustration board, different colors of cellophane and a glue.

Here is the procedure:

First draw a design on your board leaving one inch of margin on the side. After drawing your own creative design then cut it out. Take the cellophane and cut into pieces and glue onto the holes on the white side of the board. And finally trim the excess cellophane.

Remember put some pile of papers (newspapers) on the table to protect from damage while working on it.