Coffee filters ~ and who knew?

And you can by 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for almost nothing. COFFEE FILTERS: Not just for making coffee....

1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.

2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.

3. Protect China . Separate your good dishes by putting a coffee filter between each dish.
4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.
5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.
7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.
8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.
9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.
11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.

12. Put a few on a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them. Soaks out all the grease.

Getting ready for Christmas!

Can you tell what I've been up to?

Look closer ~ yep, vacuuming...

and folding, and vacuuming more...

and dusting a bit... ;)

Okay, where are my lines; this must be before the spree...

♥

Feelin' a bit thankful for a house to clean!

In everything, give thanks...

Finally...

Well, I got out my sewing machine and decided to finally get to putting something together for the windows...

that was 3 days ago.

And yeah, I got one done ~ see?

Here's how I'm feeling after 3 days ~ did I mention, I'm NOT a seamstress?

Yes, is a huge struggle for me. I don't use pins, patterns, etc. I usually try to buy something with lines and use them as a guide!

But this looks good ~ just don't let an accomplished seamstress look too close...

~eek~

Here they are!

There is a 3rd window but I'm not that happy with it, yet; the topper seems a bit large for the size of the window.

I'll show that one another day!

;)