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Kids who have working moms less healthy, study says

Posted by Sarah Buhr on Tuesday, October 6, 2009,

According to a study from Great Britain, kids with stay-at-home moms are healthier. Moms who work, according to the study published in the Baltimore Sun, are more likely to drink sugary drinks, walk to school less often and stay on the computer or television for longer hours.

Is this true for you? Are you a working mom? Do you fear your kids don't get out enough and have developed bad habits because you aren't at home more often? Tell the Hip Homemaker what you think hiphomemaker at hipathome...
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Look Out for Loose Screws with Courtney Cachet

Posted by Sarah Buhr on Monday, September 7, 2009,

Check out a new, hip design show Loose Screws with Courtney Cachet. Courtney started out with just $500 and her raw creativity to turn her dreams into a reality with Cachet Home Remodeling Consultants. A lot of persistence and a demo show turned into 70 shows with NBC. She was recently interviewed by CNN's Clyde Anderson about her work as well. Be sure to catch her incredible makeover show LX NY on NBC this Sept 14th and another monster makeover for Open House NYC on Sept 20th.

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Fruit Roll-ups in the Parking Lot

Posted by Sarah Buhr on Wednesday, August 26, 2009,

Remember when we posted about baking cookies in your car? Here's something else you can try on your dashboard - dried fruit (who knew they were going to be such handy easy-bake ovens?).

How to Make Dried Fruit in Your Car:

1. Just take any fruit, clean it and slice it up first
2. Take a box or tray and place the fruit slices flat so it can dry properly
3. Leave on the dashboard of your car for a day or two until the fruit fully dries.

Bonus benefits - Costs $0 compared to buying a food dehydrator,...
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Hip at Home Featured as an Expert on Ezine Articles

Posted by Sarah Buhr on Monday, August 24, 2009,

Our new DIY site was recently featured on Ezine articles, and, get this, picked as an expert topic! Ya, not just your typical submission, but an expert submission! Cool right? Anyhow, keep reading and writing to your fave Hip Homemaker :)

Homeless Hummingbird

Posted by Sarah Buhr on Thursday, August 13, 2009,

We found a poor little broken hummingbird outside Hip at Home headquarters. The Hip Homemaker did a little research to figure out how to feed it. Apparently it's just 1 part sugar and 4 parts water mixed. The little guy still hasn't really moved, but has fed from our mixture.

In the Garden of Eatin'

Posted by Sarah Buhr on Monday, August 10, 2009,

My garden is outta control (but blessedly abundant) right now. I have so much I can't even give enough of it away!

Making a screen print for t-shirt and material printing

Posted by Sarah Buhr on Thursday, August 6, 2009,

Found this helpful how-to video on how to make your own screen printed tshirt and thought it was pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjRoyOhDfZw

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Woman bakes cookies in her car!

Posted by Sarah Buhr on Monday, August 3, 2009,

Jenn Black is on a mission to save energy in a very delicious way. She's turning her car into a cookie baking oven! According to Jenn you can just follow any good cookie recipe, leave the dough on a baking sheet on your dashboard, then in about 2 1/2 hours you've got fully baked cookies to share with friends and coworkers.

Note: you must check doneness manually. The sugar in the car-baked cookies doesn't carmelize and brown like they do in the oven.

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