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Q. I am trying to go on a leadership trip with my school's gifted program to Columbia University this summer. It cost around $1600 and is a 6 day trip in New York City. I just need some ideas that my friend and I can use to raise that money.
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Grocery bagging, candy selling, gift wrap sell, and gift wrapping holiday gifts, birthday gifts,, car wash, detail car, house cleaning, cooking, babysitting, leaf raking, snow shovel, personal shopper,, chauffeur, dog walker, pet sitter, house sitter, tutor, senior companion, errand runner, fruit and nut picker, usher at local theatre.
You could call around and see who locally sponsors scholarships, and funds for academic support. Churches are good too.
And lastly .....set up a spot in a ladies room with a designer fragrance, mints, gum, kleenex, and stuff.... if a club will allow. Don't forget to take all the paper towels and make us pay for free stuff lol.
Seriously good luck on your job search, and continue to stay focused in school.
Grocery bagging, candy selling, gift wrap sell, and gift wrapping holiday gifts, birthday gifts,, car wash, detail car, house cleaning, cooking, babysitting, leaf raking, snow shovel, personal shopper,, chauffeur, dog walker, pet sitter, house sitter, tutor, senior companion, errand runner, fruit and nut picker, usher at local theatre.
You could call around and see who locally sponsors scholarships, and funds for academic support. Churches are good too.
And lastly .....set up a spot in a ladies room with a designer fragrance, mints, gum, kleenex, and stuff.... if a club will allow. Don't forget to take all the paper towels and make us pay for free stuff lol.
Seriously good luck on your job search, and continue to stay focused in school.
What are some cheap table decorations for a birthday dinner?
Meg
Its my mom's birthday and I am going to suprise her with a big homemade meal. I make dinner alot but I want this to be special so I want to set a really pretty table. I can't afford to spend a bunch on table decorations. Do you have any inexpensive ideas, or even some homemade ideas?
Answer
You could put apples in a bowl and insert a flower here and there between them (daisies are good)...they don't have to be real ones...find the prettiest bowl you have (it doesn't have to be big).
Another idea: you can float a tea light candle in it's little tin in water...you can tint the water with food coloring. If you have a tall clear glass vase or container, then you can decorate the outside using ribbon tie...can add feathered plumes behind the bow....or glue a flower in the center of the bow...have ribbon ends trail down gracefully.
Set your decoration on a mirror --it will reflect the light nicely.
If you have cloth napkins (or even make your own by cutting 12 inch squares from fabric, make fringe ends or cut with pinking shears)...here's a site for some different ways to do the napkins>>
http://bumblebeelinens.com/napkinFolding.php
things to use for tablecloth: a cloth shower curtain (cleaned of course), a sheet, extra fabric. If no tablecloth...make placemats from cut fabric....add a runner down the length of the table...and you can do one across the other way, too.
Another homemade centerpiece idea using food item: artichokes with stems cut off and bottoms cut even so they stand...smash pointy ends down on counter to open up the choke...you may have to cut out some middle or press it good and open to fit a votive candle holder in there (you may have to cut up from bottom to make it fit)>>just press snugly in...add tea light and set it on a mirror...do a couple of them. Make sure choke is balanced and sits flat on surface...trim off bottom to do this. (This is really part of a vignette that involves standing up asparagus with bows on them on mirrors, too...and a low vase filled with water and various leafy greens placed in it to fill it up..including pieces of broccoli crowns. Using white vases make for a striking contrast..or any light color really)---the leaves flop over and some stand up and it looks really pretty with all the greens in there from the supermarket..:D. But you don't have to do that much!!
EDITING to add: I forgot another one: Take a place setting and wrap a ribbon both ways around it so that the tie ends up on top (like wrapping a gift)...have dinner plate, flat salad/bread plate, bowl then roll a napkin up and place it lengthwise up and down on the bowl....THEN tie the ribbon over that so that it looks like one pretty package>>>can tuck a note just under the bow with name card on it...or a flower...or leave just like that. This is easy to do, is cheap...and makes a striking impression....(just be careful when "wrapping"..take your time).
You could put apples in a bowl and insert a flower here and there between them (daisies are good)...they don't have to be real ones...find the prettiest bowl you have (it doesn't have to be big).
Another idea: you can float a tea light candle in it's little tin in water...you can tint the water with food coloring. If you have a tall clear glass vase or container, then you can decorate the outside using ribbon tie...can add feathered plumes behind the bow....or glue a flower in the center of the bow...have ribbon ends trail down gracefully.
Set your decoration on a mirror --it will reflect the light nicely.
If you have cloth napkins (or even make your own by cutting 12 inch squares from fabric, make fringe ends or cut with pinking shears)...here's a site for some different ways to do the napkins>>
http://bumblebeelinens.com/napkinFolding.php
things to use for tablecloth: a cloth shower curtain (cleaned of course), a sheet, extra fabric. If no tablecloth...make placemats from cut fabric....add a runner down the length of the table...and you can do one across the other way, too.
Another homemade centerpiece idea using food item: artichokes with stems cut off and bottoms cut even so they stand...smash pointy ends down on counter to open up the choke...you may have to cut out some middle or press it good and open to fit a votive candle holder in there (you may have to cut up from bottom to make it fit)>>just press snugly in...add tea light and set it on a mirror...do a couple of them. Make sure choke is balanced and sits flat on surface...trim off bottom to do this. (This is really part of a vignette that involves standing up asparagus with bows on them on mirrors, too...and a low vase filled with water and various leafy greens placed in it to fill it up..including pieces of broccoli crowns. Using white vases make for a striking contrast..or any light color really)---the leaves flop over and some stand up and it looks really pretty with all the greens in there from the supermarket..:D. But you don't have to do that much!!
EDITING to add: I forgot another one: Take a place setting and wrap a ribbon both ways around it so that the tie ends up on top (like wrapping a gift)...have dinner plate, flat salad/bread plate, bowl then roll a napkin up and place it lengthwise up and down on the bowl....THEN tie the ribbon over that so that it looks like one pretty package>>>can tuck a note just under the bow with name card on it...or a flower...or leave just like that. This is easy to do, is cheap...and makes a striking impression....(just be careful when "wrapping"..take your time).
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