Trim a plant tag at its base, place it photo-side up on a tag, and staple it near one end so you can easily read the flip side. Group the

Corn Kerneler--you can easily remove corn kernels from the cob in one quick motion. Just place the Kerneler at the narrow end of the cob by CrashFistFight

CrashFistFight Corn Kerneler--you can easily remove corn kernels from the cob in one quick motion. Just place the Kerneler at the narrow end of the cob

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Three ring binders can also be used to create table charts if you turn the binder inside out so the three rings are pointing up and create a base so it stands. One way to make a base is to use a heavy pocket folder and tape one side to the inside of the binder. by marla

marla Three ring binders can also be used to create table charts if you turn the binder inside out so the three rings are pointing up and create a base so it stands. One way to make a base is to use a heavy pocket folder and tape one side to the inside of the binder.

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maxine • Taking hair from one side of your hair, braid tight • Bring this to the other side of the head • Secure both sides with a bobby pin so that it stays in place • Take all the loose hair and pull it up, twisting it from the base as you go up • Tie it into a messy bun at the top of your head

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Love this idea to hang anchor charts up using a hook and ring system so you can keep several in one place at the same time. by yvette

yvette Love this idea to hang anchor charts up using a hook and ring system so you can keep several in one place at the same time.

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New way to do a sock bun! 1.) Place your hair into a high ponytail 2.) Cut the end of a sock so that you can place out ponytail through it (the bigger the sock, the fuller your bun will be) 3.) Fan your hair out, making sure the sock is covered all around, then put a hair tie over it 4.) Take the remaining hair and split it in half 5.) Braid each side and wrap around base of bun. by FriedaGap

FriedaGap New way to do a sock bun! 1.) Place your hair into a high ponytail 2.) Cut the end of a sock so that you can place out ponytail through it (the bigger the sock, the fuller your bun will be) 3.) Fan your hair out, making sure the sock is covered all around, then put a hair tie over it 4.) Take the remaining hair and split it in half 5.) Braid each side and wrap around base of bun.

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New way to do a sock bun! Gotta try 1.) Place your hair into a high ponytail 2.) Cut the end of a sock so that you can place out ponytail through it (the bigger the sock, the fuller your bun will be) 3.) Fan your hair out, making sure the sock is covered all around, then put a hair tie over it 4.) Take the remaining hair and split it in half 5.) Braid each side 6.) twist braids around base of bun and pin. by cherry

cherry New way to do a sock bun! Gotta try 1.) Place your hair into a high ponytail 2.) Cut the end of a sock so that you can place out ponytail through it (the bigger the sock, the fuller your bun will be) 3.) Fan your hair out, making sure the sock is covered all around, then put a hair tie over it 4.) Take the remaining hair and split it in half 5.) Braid each side 6.) twist braids around base of bun and pin.

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(S) About 3/4c shredded cheese Place in large circle on a hot griddle LET IT SIT! Don't touch until the edges are brown and fir when you try to pick up with tongs. Once you are able to flip it, do so. Continue to cook another minute or so. I then slid one side of the tongs under the cheese and let it drape and let cool a few minutes. Fill and ENJOY! by jill

jill (S) About 3/4c shredded cheese Place in large circle on a hot griddle LET IT SIT! Don't touch until the edges are brown and fir when you try to pick up with tongs. Once you are able to flip it, do so. Continue to cook another minute or so. I then slid one side of the tongs under the cheese and let it drape and let cool a few minutes. Fill and ENJOY!

Recipes to Try

An easy way to keep track of student conferences! Just tape index cards to a file folder - boys on one side, girls on the other. You can easily flip through and write anecdotal notes and the date you met with your students. It is a great reference for report cards and parent meetings. by carlani

carlani An easy way to keep track of student conferences! Just tape index cards to a file folder - boys on one side, girls on the other. You can easily flip through and write anecdotal notes and the date you met with your students. It is a great reference for report cards and parent meetings.

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carlani An easy way to keep track of student conferences! Just tape index cards to a file folder - boys on one side, girls on the other. You can easily flip through and write anecdotal notes and the date you met with your students. It is a great reference for report cards and parent meetings.

For the Classroom

Farro with Feta, Cucumbers and Sun-dried Tomatoes - Author says: Here in New York I can easily find farro in any natural foods market but I realize some of you may not be as lucky, so if you can't find farro where you live you could use barley, quinoa, whole wheat couscous or even whole grain elbow macaroni in it's place. If farro is available near you, I highly encourage you to try it!! by grace

grace Farro with Feta, Cucumbers and Sun-dried Tomatoes - Author says: Here in New York I can easily find farro in any natural foods market but I realize some of you may not be as lucky, so if you can't find farro where you live you could use barley, quinoa, whole wheat couscous or even whole grain elbow macaroni in it's place. If farro is available near you, I highly encourage you to try it!!

Astronomy

20 Gauge Wire *Wal-mart or Michaels Pliers Cut your wire about 3 1/2 to 4 inches long. Make a V Shape your wire like a heart. lift up the middle and using my pliers, twist the middle over itself. Like the picture above. The wire is very forgiving so you can shape it pretty easily. Then on one side, using pliers, curled it up. by MarylinJ

MarylinJ 20 Gauge Wire *Wal-mart or Michaels Pliers Cut your wire about 3 1/2 to 4 inches long. Make a V Shape your wire like a heart. lift up the middle and using my pliers, twist the middle over itself. Like the picture above. The wire is very forgiving so you can shape it pretty easily. Then on one side, using pliers, curled it up.

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I want to do this in your room this summer!!! except where the window is, put hooks to hang up jackets, housecoat, etc. and a lamp attached to the end of the shelf so you can curl up there and read. want to do this along your large wall. Cool eh? by mavis

mavis I want to do this in your room this summer!!! except where the window is, put hooks to hang up jackets, housecoat, etc. and a lamp attached to the end of the shelf so you can curl up there and read. want to do this along your large wall. Cool eh?

Ideas for the house

lovely turquoise bedroom. super clean. i like the wall tones because if you get sick of the blue you can easily change it out with another color. would be so easy to change it up because you're not stuck with an ugly/impossible wall color, but I think there might be too much blue in this one by leanna

leanna lovely turquoise bedroom. super clean. i like the wall tones because if you get sick of the blue you can easily change it out with another color. would be so easy to change it up because you're not stuck with an ugly/impossible wall color, but I think there might be too much blue in this one

Kids room ideas

The PhotoFast i-FlashDrive HD has connectors on both ends. On one end is the USB connector that connects the i-FlashDrive to a Mac or PC and on the other end is an Apple 30-pin connector. The 16 GB and bigger versions of the PhotoFast i-FlashDrive HD comes with an additional snap-on adapter for the Lightning connector. So if you have both types of devices, the i-FlashDrive can cater to both. This also means that you can easily transfer files and by betty

betty The PhotoFast i-FlashDrive HD has connectors on both ends. On one end is the USB connector that connects the i-FlashDrive to a Mac or PC and on the other end is an Apple 30-pin connector. The 16 GB and bigger versions of the PhotoFast i-FlashDrive HD comes with an additional snap-on adapter for the Lightning connector. So if you have both types of devices, the i-FlashDrive can cater to both. This also means that you can easily transfer files and

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Newspaper Pots Take a sheet of newspaper and fold lengthwise within 1" of the top. Roll newspaper around can. Flip over can and fold in the bottom. Pressed this down FIRMLY. Flip right side up. While still holding newspaper closed, carefully slide out the can. You can then fold down the top of the newspaper so as to not need any tape. by nadine

nadine Newspaper Pots Take a sheet of newspaper and fold lengthwise within 1" of the top. Roll newspaper around can. Flip over can and fold in the bottom. Pressed this down FIRMLY. Flip right side up. While still holding newspaper closed, carefully slide out the can. You can then fold down the top of the newspaper so as to not need any tape.

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Growing celery would be fun and also great to have this in my garden at home!! You place the end of the celery stalk in some warm water and keep on adding this for 3 days to the container. Then you will see some shoots come up. when you see it growing at a good rate then you can trasfer it to a pot or plant outdoors. : ) by dee

dee Growing celery would be fun and also great to have this in my garden at home!! You place the end of the celery stalk in some warm water and keep on adding this for 3 days to the container. Then you will see some shoots come up. when you see it growing at a good rate then you can trasfer it to a pot or plant outdoors. : )

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marla Family Favorites Recipe Book - 5.5x8.5 size binder, each food category gets a different strip of paper down the side so you can easily flip through it and find what you need. We have a special recipe card box for our very most favorite foods but this might be good for our second tier favorite foods and/or daycare recipes.

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(FREE) Our students read so many awesome books, so why not give them a chance to spread their opinions on them. This handout lets students rate and review their most recent read. These are great to put around your classroom library if you have one or around the room! Included are a total of four variations of the font title used, so that you can go with your favorite or mix it up with a few different choices. by angeline

angeline (FREE) Our students read so many awesome books, so why not give them a chance to spread their opinions on them. This handout lets students rate and review their most recent read. These are great to put around your classroom library if you have one or around the room! Included are a total of four variations of the font title used, so that you can go with your favorite or mix it up with a few different choices.

All Dressed Up

Sweet & Tangy Chicken by syrupandbiscuits; This is a 4 ingredient dish that will become one of your go-to dishes. You can make ahead first thing in the morning up to the point of baking, place in the refrigerator, then just pop in the oven for a little over an hour, add a side and a tossed green salad. Dinner is served! #Chicken by swaybee.thompson

swaybee.thompson Sweet & Tangy Chicken by syrupandbiscuits; This is a 4 ingredient dish that will become one of your go-to dishes. You can make ahead first thing in the morning up to the point of baking, place in the refrigerator, then just pop in the oven for a little over an hour, add a side and a tossed green salad. Dinner is served! #Chicken

Good food

BookCrossing.com: 'If you love your book, let it go!" Register your book for a free, unique BookCrossing ID and then share it by giving it away or leaving it in a public place to be picked up and read. The next reader can enter the BCID to report where it has been found so that you can follow your book's adventures. #BookCrossing #Books by teri-71

teri-71 BookCrossing.com: 'If you love your book, let it go!" Register your book for a free, unique BookCrossing ID and then share it by giving it away or leaving it in a public place to be picked up and read. The next reader can enter the BCID to report where it has been found so that you can follow your book's adventures. #BookCrossing #Books

Books Worth Reading

Backup your Pinterest pins quickly and easily with Pin4Ever! Download a copy of all your pins, likes, and boards with one click! The pins you save on Pinterest are not permanent; they can sometimes disappear without any warning due to hackers or computer glitches. Don't risk losing all of your informational treasures that you spent so much time finding and gathering when it's so easy to protect your pins with a Pin4Ever back up. by So Bai

So Bai Backup your Pinterest pins quickly and easily with Pin4Ever! Download a copy of all your pins, likes, and boards with one click! The pins you save on Pinterest are not permanent; they can sometimes disappear without any warning due to hackers or computer glitches. Don't risk losing all of your informational treasures that you spent so much time finding and gathering when it's so easy to protect your pins with a Pin4Ever back up.

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From, “Literary Ink: Famous Authors and Their Tattoos.” Rick Moody has one of the coolest tattoos possible (in our opinion), because it’s part of Shelley Jackson’s Skin project, a 2095-word story published exclusively in tattoos, one word each on as many willing volunteers, so it can never be read in its proper order, but just exists, pulsing, out in the world at all times. Photo via NY Press. by katrina

katrina From, “Literary Ink: Famous Authors and Their Tattoos.” Rick Moody has one of the coolest tattoos possible (in our opinion), because it’s part of Shelley Jackson’s Skin project, a 2095-word story published exclusively in tattoos, one word each on as many willing volunteers, so it can never be read in its proper order, but just exists, pulsing, out in the world at all times. Photo via NY Press.

Future Home Inspiration

Rick Moody has one of the coolest tattoos possible (in our opinion), because it’s part of Shelley Jackson’s Skin project, a 2095-word story published exclusively in tattoos, one word each on as many willing volunteers, so it can never be read in its proper order, but just exists, pulsing, out in the world at all times. Photo via NY Press. by katrina

katrina Rick Moody has one of the coolest tattoos possible (in our opinion), because it’s part of Shelley Jackson’s Skin project, a 2095-word story published exclusively in tattoos, one word each on as many willing volunteers, so it can never be read in its proper order, but just exists, pulsing, out in the world at all times. Photo via NY Press.

Future Home Inspiration

Hanging boot organizers! I had no idea these existed. You can either purchase them for super cheap: $11.99 via Amazon or you could easily DIY yourself up one with an upcycled comforter bag or an old sheet or some great fabric. Edit : Someone asked “These have bad reviews on amazon… Why would this be a suggestion?” My answer is simple…I find storage options and I share them. I don’t always think to read the reviews, I’m guilty of that with my own purchases. This product in particular, I didn’t think to read the reviews because I have used the shoe versions of these and they worked fine. As for the two bad reviews this one received, you could easily solve one problem with a couple clothespins to hold the sides shut. by Eva

Eva Hanging boot organizers! I had no idea these existed. You can either purchase them for super cheap: $11.99 via Amazon or you could easily DIY yourself up one with an upcycled comforter bag or an old sheet or some great fabric. Edit : Someone asked “These have bad reviews on amazon… Why would this be a suggestion?” My answer is simple…I find storage options and I share them. I don’t always think to read the reviews, I’m guilty of that with my own purchases. This product in particular, I didn’t think to read the reviews because I have used the shoe versions of these and they worked fine. As for the two bad reviews this one received, you could easily solve one problem with a couple clothespins to hold the sides shut.

Solutions

Corner shelves, I love how You can but a small corner in a really good use. I dont like a shelf facing only one side in a position like this and tall self would eat up the air around it, so I looooove it! by tiquis-miquis

tiquis-miquis Corner shelves, I love how You can but a small corner in a really good use. I dont like a shelf facing only one side in a position like this and tall self would eat up the air around it, so I looooove it!

Home & garden

This is one the most painful and rewarding practices I do. So much tension gets locked up where our IT band hooks into our gluts. After loosening your tissue up you can even upgrade to a lacrosse ball.. Another modification is to place the foot of the leg you are massaging over the opposite knee to stretch the area while you treat it. by judy

judy This is one the most painful and rewarding practices I do. So much tension gets locked up where our IT band hooks into our gluts. After loosening your tissue up you can even upgrade to a lacrosse ball.. Another modification is to place the foot of the leg you are massaging over the opposite knee to stretch the area while you treat it.

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Ive never heard of this... First Fight Box. Write love letters to each other and place into a box along with a bottle of wine.nail it shut at the wedding. When you have your first fight, open it up, pour the wine, go to separate corners, read the love letter remember what its all about.... This is seriously so cute. by sherrie

sherrie Ive never heard of this... First Fight Box. Write love letters to each other and place into a box along with a bottle of wine.nail it shut at the wedding. When you have your first fight, open it up, pour the wine, go to separate corners, read the love letter remember what its all about.... This is seriously so cute.

weddings.

sherrie Ive never heard of this... First Fight Box. Write love letters to each other and place into a box along with a bottle of wine.nail it shut at the wedding. When you have your first fight, open it up, pour the wine, go to separate corners, read the love letter remember what its all about.... This is seriously so cute.

weddings.

In the mountains, it's hard to find anything vaguely resembling a beach. Most river and lake banks are simply too steep and too rocky. One exception is the so-called "finger lakes" area of Fontana Lake where you'll find a small park with picnic tables, public restrooms and a swimming area with rope swing. Since there are no life guards, you naturally swim at your own risk. The park is on the south side of Highway 28 near Almond Boat Park. Photo by kari

kari In the mountains, it's hard to find anything vaguely resembling a beach. Most river and lake banks are simply too steep and too rocky. One exception is the so-called "finger lakes" area of Fontana Lake where you'll find a small park with picnic tables, public restrooms and a swimming area with rope swing. Since there are no life guards, you naturally swim at your own risk. The park is on the south side of Highway 28 near Almond Boat Park. Photo

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