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  Posted by maurafree Mon May 12, 2008 11:17am PDT

  I'm interested in stories about saving money on cleaning products, groceries and so on.

  I don't buy many products in order to save money and the environment. Soap and water clean most surfaces, with vinegar and ammonia helping at times. Most products for cleaning are bad for your lungs anyway. I don't bleach hardly at all. I like bar soap instead of shower gel.

  I would like to see some stories on saving money by eating at home, bringing your lunch and so on.

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  Posted by Cooki Tue May 13, 2008 12:04pm PDT

  I love to have a clean smelling home, and I think everyone's home should smell to there liking .. Mine seems to be coffee. I have found some inexpensive smelling coffee candles that don't smoke, but lightly scent my home. I also love to use just plain ole pinesol, to mop with. It leaves a lasting fragrance in my home. Airing it out also helps. To mention washing curtains, rugs, and washing the base boards. I am looking for some really nice cheap dinner recipes, for my family, to try.. We don't eat out much because I love to cook.. if you have some please share.. Also the way you love your home to smell .. what is your favorite fragrance???

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  Posted by Mom of Two Thu May 15, 2008 6:02pm PDT

  Pinesol is nice for the garbage disposal system too and helps get rid of chiggers, should you be so unfortunate to attract them. Just put a few drops in your bath water. My mom used it regular on us kids after berry picking sessions.

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  Posted by Many Shades of Shabby by Devonia Fri May 16, 2008 9:50pm PDT

  Valerie, I love the items you showcase and those you post personally. I read your pointers with interest. . I notice that your image is a royalty free Getty Image, with credits, and that many of your images are professional product images as opposed to personal images. Must all of our images be our personal shots or might we also use images of fellow crafters, artisans, with their permission, if we print them with credits? If that is acceptable, what would SHINE preferences for credit format be?

  By nature, those who work in the design/artist/arts&crafts field generally embrace the concept of D.I.Y. with enthusiasm, even if it is outside our own genre, and love to share -eager to exchange ideas & feed on one another inspirationally. What one might see in eco-product, another might render in a painting or scrapbook design and so it goes. This exchange is crucial to the design process. We must be exposed to ideas - all sorts of ideas - again, we feast upon them.

  However, even as we share, we are aware of the absolute necessity to "market" the product or brand our name. It is that marketing justification, after all, which enables us to indulge our voracious appetite as artists/craftsman/designers in constantly sharing and seeking. Might you offer those of us, who fall between the cracks of staff reps, bloggers for pay, freelance content contributors and personal bloggers, guidelines so that our blogging/sharing might be best received by SHINE?

  Thank you kindly,

  Devonia

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