“If you’re baking a cake and you buy store bought icing, you can whip that icing in a mixer and get four times as much icing as there was initially in the container.”

— #lizadvice

Mom Says

“It’s bad luck to count the cars in a funeral cortege.”

“If you’d like your nail polish colour to pop, after you put on a base coat put on a layer of white nail polish and then the coloured polish on top of the white.”

Mom Says

“Put salt on the doorstep of a new house and no evil can enter.”

“If you can’t think of a gift for someone’s birthday, but you’d like to get them something more than just a card – go to Etsy and type in “baked goods” and search for sellers in the recipient’s state/province (so that shipping is crazy reasonable).”

— #lizadvice

Mom Says

“To prevent an unwelcome guest from returning, sweep out the room they stayed in immediately after they leave.”

“I don’t care how old you are, it’s so important to blow out candles on your birthday. This will never not be an important aspect of the day.”

— #lizadvice

Mom Says

“Don’t knit a pair of socks for your boyfriend or he’ll walk away from you.”

“Wash all of your winter gloves, scarves and boots before you put them away for the season.”

— #lizadvice

Mom Says

“Pictures of an elephant in your home bring luck, but only if they face a door.”