New Year’s Crackers: Make Your Own

Most holiday crackers sold today are stuffed with cheap toys and toss away prizes. A decent set can set you back  over $50 for 8 crackers, and the gifts inside are still throw-away trinkets. Originally sold just before Christmas, party crackers have become popular for many occasions.
You can make your own crackers in a snap, and filling them with personalized messages, thoughtful gifts, and festive paper hats is easy.
Parts List:

• Festive paper
• Toilet paper tubes (1 per cracker)
• Cracker snaps (1 per cracker)
• Ribbon
• Double Sided Tape, glue gun, or glue stick
• Ruler
• Scissors
• Tissue paper (for paper hats)
• Joke, quote, or riddle
• Present or prize
• Candy

How to make Mice and more with Hershey’s Kisses

The Hershey’s site has lots of fun craft ideas to make from Hershey’s kisses!

 Click Here to get instructions for these mice and other neat craft ideas!

How to Wipe Your Electronic Info

Protecting you personal info is more difficult than you may think. Sending your baby for warranty replacement? Getting rid of it? You’ll want to do this first!  Have you seen on TV how forensics can retrieve info from your phone or computer? You may have nothing to hide from the police, but you may not want to help someone steal your identity.
Physical vs. Virtual Destruction Not regifting your computer, and simply junking it? You could physically destroy the data. I was surprised to read that magnets or even nuking your drive won’t totally erase your info. Old-fashioned methods like pounding several nails into the hard disk drive or smashing the hard drive work better! According to Terry Fong, Tech reporter for Wallet Pop, this prevents all known methods of recovering your data. There are even specialists you can pay to physically destroy the drive for you, and certify the process. (Hey-here’s a great job for my kids!)
Heard stories of people buying refurbished drives with data intact? Think carefully before returning a drive without erasure for warranty replacement. If you can’t access the data (no power to drive, etc.),to erase it, you may want to enlist the help of a  professional.
Virtual Destruction However, if you can access the data, or are reselling or gifting your computer, you need to keep the hard drive physically intact. This is where you can use software to accomplish the same job.

While some recommend a quick format. It may not be enough for a computer hard drive. While very quick, it only erases the pointers to the files on the drive. With a little bit of time, and some easy to find tools those pointers can be rebuilt.  And.. voila! Your files are reconstructed.
For more complete erasure using Windows Vista or Windows 7, select the "normal" (not quick) format option. (Read on if you have a different Windows version.) This takes much longer (probably overnight), because it’s overwriting every byte of space with zeroes ('0').
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Skin So Soft Unusual Uses

Skin So Soft is sold as a bath oil. Here are a multitude of uses for which others use AVON Skin so Soft.

How do you use Skin So Soft?

PERSONAL USES
1. It's a bath oil and after shower moisturizer.
2. It can be used to remove makeup.
3. Great tanning oil (no sunscreen).
4. Hot oil treatment to soften cuticles.
5. Great massage oil for tired muscles.
6. Cleans off tape marks left from bandages on skin.
7. Cleans ink off the skin.
8. Insect repellent.
9. Helps relieve itching caused by dry skin.
10. Cleans oil and grease off of skin.
11. Painting something? Use SSS to remove paint from the hands. (Instead of turpentine).
12. It soothes light sunburn.
13. Rub hands with it before washing, it helps get them cleaner.
14. Rub on dry, cracked skin.... helps heal skin in 2-3 days.
15. Put 1-2 cap fills in liquid soap and use it for shaving legs and under arms. Helps razor glide and leaves skin feeling smooth.
16. Pour a little into your Foot Saver to help moisturize your feet while you relax them.
17. It removes chewing gum from hair, skin, and most nonporous surfaces.
18. Cleans permanent ink off stamps.

AVON Bubble Bath- Tons of Bubbles and Uses

AVON's Bubble Bath - Tons of Bubbles- Tons of Uses!

How do you use Avon’s Bubble bath?  AVON bubble bath is dermatologically tested for use as a bubble bath, and it is not sold for any use other than stated on the bottle. However, here’s a list of interesting uses I’ve found on the internet :    Avon . will not be held liable for any problems arising with using the Bubble Bath in any manner inconsistent with the package instructions.
1. Laundry Detergent: Use one capful in a  regular load, two for greasy work clothes. You won't need fabric softener.
2. Pre-treatment for Laundry: Mix 1/2 bubble bath and 1/2 water in a spray bottle.  Spritz stains before tossing in the wash. Set in stains? dab on full strength, scrub stain with an old toothbrush, then wash.
3. Carpet Cleaning:  Add 2 capfuls to large carpet shampoo machines.
4. Upholstery Cleaner: Put 1 capful in a 24 oz spray bottle  & fill with water.  Scrub with brush against nap.  Let dry. Vacuum when dry.

How to use a PC as XBox Wireless Adapter

Wish you could go online with your XBox 360? Don’t have a spare $100 for the wireless adapter? Use your Laptop or PC!!
While I know nothing about XBox, I love saving money. Could someone read this over and point out any errors?  I’m wondering particularly about the IP address part.
In this article, you will learn to set up ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) with your Xbox 360. Save that $100 for another game.!

What You'll Need

• Internet Connection
• Computer with ICS (Windows XP has this).
• Wireless adapter installed on the computer. (Built into most Laptops).
• Xbox 360 .
• Ethernet cable.
• Xbox Live.

Make Your own Paper Flowers

Check out this amazing DIY I found at Wedding Chicks . A super present or great accent piece to match your decor. They post detailed step by step photos. Check it out!  Tons of other great free DIY instructions & downloads! Remember to tell them YrHelper Infonut sent you!

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