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To make a lovely centerpiece at a party, snip the stems of carnations and mums right below the blossom, then place each into a baking cup. Arrange the baking cups on a pedestal style dessert plate.

Adorn gift boxes with a false flower bow by layering four pieces of baking cups, bunch the top two to create the center, and attach to the gift box using hot glue.

If using candles to decorate to keep the tabletop safe from dripping wax, pop each candle pillar into an If You Care Baking Cup.

If You Care Cheesecloth is also good to make a spice bag. To keep spices together so they can be removed from a saucepan or kettle, place them on several layers of cheesecloth that has been cut into 3” squares. Tie with If You Care Cooking Twine for form a bag.

Use If You Care Cheesecloth to strain broth. Remove meat and bones from broth. Line a colander with a double thickness of cheesecloth. Place in a large heat-resistant bowl. Pour broth into colander. Discard vegetables, seasonings and cheesecloth.

Keep in the bathroom.  They make great "razor nick fixers."

Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, french fries, chicken fingers, etc on them. It soaks out all the grease.

Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows?  Use strips of coffee filters.

Prevent a Popsicle from dripping.  Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.

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.

Hold tacos.  Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.

Weigh chopped foods.  Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.

Recycle frying oil.  After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.

Apply shoe polish.  Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.

Protect a cast-iron skillet.  Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.

Filter broken cork from wine.  If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.

Protect your china.  Separate your good dishes by putting a coffee filter between each dish.

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

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

Keep your cast-iron skillet rust-free by rubbing it with aluminum foil after washing and drying it.

When painting, protect doorknobs and hardware by wrapping foil around them to catch dribbles. The foils molds to the shape of whatever it is covering and stays firmly in place until the job is complete.

To concentrate the heat of your grill and keep it from escaping, lay a sheet of If You Care Heavy Duty Aluminum over the grill for 10 minutes. Peel the foil off before cooking (it cools fast), scrunch it into a ball, and use it to scrape any residue or ash from the bars. The scrunched foil may also be used to get baked on food off a glass pan in place of steel wool.

To get wrinkles out of silk or wool clothes that can’t take direct heat, place a piece of foil on your ironing board and lay garment flat over. With the steam button down, pass the iron three to four inches over the fabric several times. Wet heat radiating from the foil helps smooth out wrinkles.

It can be used to line baking rack to catch casserole spills.

If folded and sealed well, it can create an envelope for oven-roasting foods (vegetables, meat, fish, etc) and other short-term cooking foods.

Use If You Care Aluminum Foil to shield or tent foods from direct heat: e.g. make-shift covers for pans. The shiny side reflects heat away from foods. The dull side absorbs heat to “softly” penetrate and cook food, without browning or burning the food.

If You Care Cheesecloth is also good to make a spice bag. To keep spices together so they can be removed from a saucepan or kettle, place them on several layers of cheesecloth that has been cut into 3” squares. Tie with If You Care Cooking Twine for form a bag.

If You Care Waxed Paper can be used in the freezer to separate foods such as hamburger patties, chicken breast, etc.

Place pretty fall leaves between sheets of waxed paper to preserve them. Press with a warm iron on both sides. Peel off the wax paper and you will have wax coated leaves that stay fresh for month.

Blot damp pages of a book dry with paper towels and then place sheets of waxed paper between to keep them from sticking together while they dry.

Wrap candles in If You Care Waxed Paper when you store them to keep them from getting scuffed.