Tip of the Day

On a recent trip to Target, I discovered my new favorite cleaning tool; Borax. This multi-purpose cleaning product is safe for the environment and can be used as a laundry booster, garbage disposal cleaner, hard water softener, the list goes on and on.  I've been using it primarily as a laundry booster because of the hard water in my condo and it's been well worth the investment.  My towels are so much more soft after using Borax, they're soft like when I first bought them.

A 1 lb. box is pretty cheap too, it cost me under $4.00.  Definitely worth the investment.

How to: Clean and Organize a Velvet Jewelry Box

If you’re anything like me, you’ve been looking at your dusty, pet fur-covered jewelry box with disdain for a while now.  The reason for the disdain; not knowing how to clean velvet.  That’s right; velvet.  A lot of jewelry boxes are lined with velvet and are a bit trickier to clean than typical cloth surfaces.  Paper towels shred and leave lint behind, a lint roller can’t clean the grooves usually reserved for rings, and feather dusters are completely useless against embedded dust and hair.  The following steps will help guide you through cleaning a velvet jewelry box.