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If you heat up unsweetened Kool-aid, you can dye just about anything porous, including your hair! Just put a full packet of Kool-aid and a cup or so of water in a microwave dish. You can lessen or increase the water depending on how much dye you will need, just remember: the more water you add to it, the more you dilute its strength. Put the mixture in the microwave and nuke it on high for 2+ minutes, until it's boiling. Take it out, let it cool slightly. Dip in whatever you want to dye. If you are doing you're hair, have some common sense and don't put something scalding on your scalp. Let it cool down till you can touch it. Warning: this will dye your fingers and/or any clothes it comes in contact with. Use appropriate protective gear. Also good to note: the variations of red and pink tend to work a lot better than blues and greens (purple's pretty sweet, though).
Do you have snazzy vintage buttons that just beg to be drooled over? Dont keep them in your button box, glue them to anything and everything. My two favorite versions are super gluing an over sized button to a ring backing for a funky jewelry piece and gluing them to tack heads to jazz up your bulletin board.
"); quotes.push("If you're like me, you never use your stickers because you don't want to lose them. Try this trick. Stick them on to magnet backing (you can sometime get this at the dollar store, definitely a craft store cheap). Then you can enjoy them over and over again.
"); quotes.push("Give some pizazz to your iced drinks this summer by dressing up your ice cubes with flowers. To get the flowers to sit in the middle of the cubes, fill up the ice cube tray 1/2 way and add little flower heads, like violets or jonny jump ups. Let the cubes freeze. Take the tray out, fill the remaining 1/2 with water and put them back into the freezer. Take out when needed.
"); quotes.push("Old fashioned butter got you down? Spice it up! Make herb butter by softening a stick of butter and mixing in a few tsp (based on your own taste) of the herbs or garlic. My favorite is dill. Use a fork to press the herbs into the butter. Use as a spread butter, or put it in a cookie mold and back into the fridge to create a new shape. P.S. you can create honey butter the same way!
"); quotes.push("Who doesn't like sugar? Liars, that's who. Everybody likes sugar. Make your sugar go the extra mile in teas and baked goods by adding some flavor to it. Use either the zest of any citrus fruit (lemon, orange, etc.), or a sprig of rosemary or lavender. Put them in a jar and pour sugar over them. Close the jar and shake it. Leave it sealed for at least one week. When you come back, a tasty delight will await you.
"); quotes.push("Got a favorite old quilt that you've loved a little too hard? If the edges are fraying but the middle is intact, turn it into a quilted hand bag or skirt.
"); quotes.push("So you want to take-up quilting but it seems too expensive. I feel you. Try out this tip I heard recently. Instead of buying the fabric swatches, use old clothes and linens (aka, go old school). For backing, sew the quilt front to a bed sheet. For batting (stuffing), slide in an old, worn blanket between the sheet back and the quilt front. Presto, quilts for less.
"); quotes.push("If you live near an ocean, or if you vacation at one, they are the best places to get free raw craft materials, such as lovely rocks, interesting drift wood, and especially seashells. I recommend collecting as many seashells as often as possible. Beside the necklace we show you how to make in Three Times the Charm, seashells can also be hot glued to just about anything, can be placed in potting soil of plants for some unexpected surprise, and large flat shells can be soap dishes or, if they are cleaned exceptionally well, little serving dishes.
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