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  • How to remove pen from leather lounge suite

    How to remove pen from leather lounge suite

    Last night I posted this photo on Facebook of Texta all over our good leather lounge suite.

    How to get pen off a leather lounge suite

    and 200-odd comments later we had this…

    how to get pen off of leather

    After trying a host of things (eucalyptus oil, baby wipes, eye makeup remover…), guess what it was that took the Texta – also known as marker or pen for those outside Australia – off the leather lounge suite?

    For us, it was hairspray – and a fair bit of elbow grease. And not just any hairspray. It had to be decent hairspray. L’Oreal hairspray in fact, as the cheaper brand did nothing to get rid of the marker.

     L'Oreal hairspray

    Although, after half a bottle you wouldn’t want to have lit a match in the lounge room! Boy, oh boy!

    Here are some of the most popular answers from readers (you may want to try a small inconspicuous area first):

    • WD40
    • Hairspray
    • Chux Magic Eraser
    • Toothpaste
    • Jif
    • Windex
    • Enjo Fabric Glove
    • Baby wipes
    • Eucalyptus oil
    • Gumpton
    • Milk or hot milk
    • Bi carb made into a paste
    • Perfume

    Thanks for all the suggestions, including new kids, just pretending it’s not there, buying a new couch, colouring in the rest of the couch with a Texta and pushing the couch up against the wall…..

    And by the way, the culprit was a rather cheeky two year old who simply couldn’t resist drawing a Van Gough on that amazingly white canvas!

    HollySmile

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    What have you used to remove pen, marker or Texta from leather and which one worked best?

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  • Household tips and recipes – Nan’s mothers’ group recipe book

    Household tips and recipes – Nan’s mothers’ group recipe book

    Visiting my nan on Sunday, I started asking her if she still had some of the old recipes she cooked us as kids. Nan was renowned for her biscuits and I thought some of them would make a perfect addition to Ella’s school lunch box as a treat.

    What I got was far beyond what I imagined. I came home with a shopping bag full of recipes to look through. Some were even from my great grandmother. Among them was this treasure:

    Now Wondrous Ultra Special Sensational Mouthwatering Cookery

    Nan's cookbook

    This is nan’s mother’s group recipe book. Nan is in her mid 80s. It’s a yellow cardboard covered book with three simple staples in it. Nothing fancy. In the back it says “The North West Union of State School’s Mothers’ Clubs. Donation…. 30 cents’’.

    Throughout there are old fashioned recipes typed up neatly, like Chocolate Sponge Cake, Five Minute Cake and Steamed Pudding. There’s also some obscure treats like Apricot Festival Cream, Weetbix Cake and my all-time favourites – Nameless 1 and Nameless 2. There’s a note underneath saying “both are scrumptious – ask Mrs Dodd for the names”. I’m wondering if anyone ever asked Mrs Dodd.

    The book even has a couple of pages of “hints’’, like:

    • To sharpen scissors, cut on the neck of a sauce bottle or similar as if you were cutting the neck off.
    • When requiring a small quantity of lemon juice, pierce with knitting needle and squeeze out the required amount.
    • Bunches of mint placed about the kitchen discourage flies.

    And so many more.

    Over the next couple of weeks I thought I’d share some of the recipes from the book and from her shopping bag full of treasures she’s given me to look through. I might throw in a few of the handy hints too.

    To end, here’s the first page in the book. Timeless comedy.

    Recipe happy home

    Recipe for Happy Home

    1lb of good temper
    2lbs forbearance
    1lb patience
    1.5 lbs contentment
    3 lbs unselfishness
    1lb fun
    2lbs cheerfulness
    Method: Mix well with 2 quarts of milk of human kindness.
    Dose: 1 wine glass full the first thing in the morning. To be repeated as the effect wears off.

    To Preserve A Husband:

    Be careful in your selection. Do not choose too young. When once selected give your entire thought to preparation for domestic use. Some insist on keeping them in pickle. Others are constantly keeping them in hot water. This makes them sour, hard and sometimes bitter. Even poor varieties may be made sweet, tender and good by garnishing them with patience, well sweetened with love and seasoned with kisses. Wrap them in a mantle of charity. Keep warm with a steady fire of domestic devotion and serve with peaches and cream. Thus prepared, they will keep for years.

    We mums have come a long way in how we go about sharing recipes today!

    Do you have anything from your grandparents you treasure? What about an old recipe that you still cook today?

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