But something I learned this week. Which is always a good thing I believe, especially if it can help make life a little bit easier.
I recently bought Q-tips, nothing special really, but it came with a little jar of vaseline (again nothing special) but it had a little list called "Beauty Essential...two classic vanity essentials come together in these surprising beauty secrets"
This is what it says:
Luscious Lips...blend creamy lipstick with vaseline using a q-tip for a soft sheer look.
Bombshell Brows...use a q-tip dipped in vaseline to smooth and straighten brows.
No-time Nail fix...give cuticles a quick fix of moisture using a q-tip dipped in vaseline and softly work into the cuticles.
Love those Lashes...a touch of vaseline to your lashes using a q-tip and then use a lash curler.
Dye Defender...before coloring your hair, use a q-tip dipped in vaseline and apply around your hairline to keep the dye from staining your forehead.
I hope these tips help make your day a little brighter thanks to Q-tips and Vaseline.
Donna
http://www.qtips.com/all_beauty_tips.php
http://www.vaseline.ca/en/
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Correction to last post...
I apologise, I did not properly give direct quote submission to the appropriate authors...
Peter Walsh@ http://www.peterwalshdesign.com/
Lorie Marrero, author of Clutter Diet
Peter Walsh@ http://www.peterwalshdesign.com/
Lorie Marrero, author of Clutter Diet
January clear-out...
By now I am going to assume you have put your Christmas decor away or at least in the boxes ready to be put away? maybe?
If you need ideas for organizing your Christmas decor please call or email me as I have ideas for you ( wellstatedstaging@gmail.com or 778.888.9245)
Ok so lets get onto the January clean-out or as I like to say out with OLD and in with the NEW...
I was surfing the web recently and came across some great ideas for purging your clothes, and this could also work for toys and games, kids stuff etc. I thought it was such a great idea that I am going to implement this in the kids rooms and in mine.
This comes from Peter Walsh who is an organizing expert and writer, he has some really wonderful ideas that I know we can all use, but this one I really like:
If you need ideas for organizing your Christmas decor please call or email me as I have ideas for you ( wellstatedstaging@gmail.com or 778.888.9245)
Ok so lets get onto the January clean-out or as I like to say out with OLD and in with the NEW...
I was surfing the web recently and came across some great ideas for purging your clothes, and this could also work for toys and games, kids stuff etc. I thought it was such a great idea that I am going to implement this in the kids rooms and in mine.
This comes from Peter Walsh who is an organizing expert and writer, he has some really wonderful ideas that I know we can all use, but this one I really like:
Keep a donation hamper in your closet. Every two weeks select an item of clothing you haven't worn in the past six months and throw it in. When the hamper is full, take it to a local charitable organization.
This next idea comes from Lorie Marrero, author of Clutter Diet. This is something I have started doing but somehow got overwhelmed with them all and had grand ideas of trying new recipes and it basically it just did not happen. So I am going to work on completing this task:
Have a pile of cookbooks gathering dust? Scan and print the one or two recipes you use the most often, then donate the book. Same goes for recipes in magazines. Tear out the relevant pages, then recycle the rest. Put the pages into clear plastic pockets in a three-ring binder. You've just made yourself a customized cookbook with plenty of room to grow.
These are 2 wonderful ideas that can be easily done either in an evening or over the weekend...don't let the clutter distract or discourage you. We all have clutter in our homes, it is how we handle that clutter that matters.
Have fun...
These are 2 wonderful ideas that can be easily done either in an evening or over the weekend...don't let the clutter distract or discourage you. We all have clutter in our homes, it is how we handle that clutter that matters.
Have fun...
Monday, December 12, 2011
Handy ideas for the Holidays...
I am always looking for new ways to help organize or multitask or even just to make my job as a mom to go smoothly. So when I received an email today I knew this would help with a few things, maybe not holiday related but something I can place in my "files" and remember for another day.
I hope you find these helpful...
hull strawberries easily using a straw.
Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scrapes.
Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or computer screen with WD40 (also works on walls).
Overhaul your linen cupboard – store bedlinen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match. martha stewart
Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone / iPod in a bowl – the concave shape amplifies the music.
Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags.
Add this item to your beach bag. Baby powder gets sand off your skin easily – who knew?!
Attach a velcro strip to the wall to store soft toys.
Look up! Use wire to make a space to store gift wrap rolls against the ceiling, rather than cluttering up the floor.
Gotcha! Find tiny lost items like earrings by putting a stocking over the vacuum hose.
Make an instant cupcake carrier by cutting crosses into a box lid.
Forever losing your bathroom essentials? Use magnetic strips to store bobby pins (and tweezers and clippers) behind a vanity door
A tip for holiday packing. Store shoes inside shower caps to stop dirty soles rubbing on your clothes. And you can find them in just about every hotel!
A muffin pan becomes a craft caddy. Magnets hold the plastic cups down to make them tip-resistant.
Bread tags make the perfect-sized cord labels.
Bake cupcakes directly in ice-cream cones – so much more fun and easier for kids to eat.
Brilliant space-saver: install a tension rod to hang your spray bottles. Genius!
Turn your muffin pan upside down, bake cookie-dough over the top and voila – you have cookie bowls for fruit or ice-cream. http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Sugar-Cookie-Bowls
Freeze Aloe Vera in ice-cube trays for soothing sunburn relief.
Gutter garden: Create a window-box veggie patch using guttering.
Use egg cartons to separate and store your Christmas decorations.
http://www.marthastewart.com/
http://www.wilton.com/
http://www.realsimple.com/
http://www.stephmodo.com/
Enjoy and be blessed
I hope you find these helpful...
hull strawberries easily using a straw.
Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scrapes.
Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or computer screen with WD40 (also works on walls).
Overhaul your linen cupboard – store bedlinen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match. martha stewart
Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone / iPod in a bowl – the concave shape amplifies the music.
Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags.
Add this item to your beach bag. Baby powder gets sand off your skin easily – who knew?!
Attach a velcro strip to the wall to store soft toys.
Look up! Use wire to make a space to store gift wrap rolls against the ceiling, rather than cluttering up the floor.
Gotcha! Find tiny lost items like earrings by putting a stocking over the vacuum hose.
Make an instant cupcake carrier by cutting crosses into a box lid.
Forever losing your bathroom essentials? Use magnetic strips to store bobby pins (and tweezers and clippers) behind a vanity door
A tip for holiday packing. Store shoes inside shower caps to stop dirty soles rubbing on your clothes. And you can find them in just about every hotel!
A muffin pan becomes a craft caddy. Magnets hold the plastic cups down to make them tip-resistant.
Bread tags make the perfect-sized cord labels.
Bake cupcakes directly in ice-cream cones – so much more fun and easier for kids to eat.
Brilliant space-saver: install a tension rod to hang your spray bottles. Genius!
Turn your muffin pan upside down, bake cookie-dough over the top and voila – you have cookie bowls for fruit or ice-cream. http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Sugar-Cookie-Bowls
Freeze Aloe Vera in ice-cube trays for soothing sunburn relief.
Gutter garden: Create a window-box veggie patch using guttering.
Use egg cartons to separate and store your Christmas decorations.
http://www.marthastewart.com/
http://www.wilton.com/
http://www.realsimple.com/
http://www.stephmodo.com/
Enjoy and be blessed
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Getting ready for the holiday season
No way do we need stress at this time of year...fast and easy and fun is what I want. Here are some tips to getting ready for the holiday season, courtesy of
1st Week of December
•Finalize gift list.
•Buy wrapping paper, ribbon, tape, gift tags and all other gift-wrapping essentials.
•Start shopping. Be sure to place all online orders this week to guarantee gifts arrive in time.
Tip: For less stress later, wrap gifts as you buy them. Just be sure to finish each with a gift tag so Grandma doesn’t accidentally open your youngster’s new toy.
•Shop for handmade holiday gift supplies.
•Take an inventory of dishes and decorations, testing lights and tossing anything that’s broken.
•Buy replacement platters, strands of indoor and outdoor lights, decorations, etc.
•Buy or make greeting cards (don’t forget to pick up extra stamps!). By the end of the week, have all cards written and envelopes addressed.
•Finalize your holiday meal menu and write a detailed shopping list.
•Order turkey or ham, if serving.
•Send holiday party invites. While you’re at it, go ahead and send the invitations for your New Year’s celebration. Calendars fill up quick this time of year—your guests will appreciate the advance notice.
Tip: This season’s all about peace, joy and casual gatherings, so it’s okay to send email invitations instead of formal paper ones. Just be sure to call and extend the invitation to family and friends outside the digital world.
2nd Week of December
•Mail greeting cards.
•Shop for non-perishable items, from canned goods to flour, sugar and spices.
•Buy live decorations, such as sprigs of evergreen.
•Decorate your holiday home.
•Clean your home, especially high-traffic areas—bathrooms, entryway and kitchen.
•Buy batteries for electronic gifts like alarm clocks and toys.
•Double check that your camera or video recorder is in working order.
•Start making cookie dough.
3rd Week in December
•Clean your home, especially high-traffic areas—bathrooms, entryway and kitchen.
•Buy batteries for electronic gifts like alarm clocks and toys.
•Double check that your camera or video recorder is in working order.
•Start making cookie dough.
Tip: Most cookie dough can be made ahead of time and baked later. Tightly wrap rolls of sugar cookie dough in plastic wrap, chill in the refrigerator, then freeze. For drop cookies, freeze them on a baking sheet, then transfer to freezer bags. Thaw both for 30 minutes before baking.
4th Week of December
•Bake and package cookies.
•Shop for fresh items like flowers and produce.
•Wash your special occasion dinnerware.
•Preset your holiday table. Label platters and bowls with the names of the dishes to be served on them.
•Charge camera and/or video recorder.
•Take photo albums and scrapbooks out of storage and ready them for post-meal reminiscing.
•Finish last-minute wrapping.
•Cook.
•Freshen your home before guests arrive.
•Clean before, during and after your party.
•Rejoice with the ones you love.
5th Week of December
•Take down holiday decorations.
•Organize decorations and wrapping supplies.
•Decorate for your New Year's party.
•Plan your New Year’s menu. Keep it simple with bite-sized snacks, like crostinis and French macaroons.
•Cook.
•Ring in the New Year with your nearest and dearest.
Enjoy and be blessed
1st Week of December
•Finalize gift list.
•Buy wrapping paper, ribbon, tape, gift tags and all other gift-wrapping essentials.
•Start shopping. Be sure to place all online orders this week to guarantee gifts arrive in time.
Tip: For less stress later, wrap gifts as you buy them. Just be sure to finish each with a gift tag so Grandma doesn’t accidentally open your youngster’s new toy.
•Shop for handmade holiday gift supplies.
•Take an inventory of dishes and decorations, testing lights and tossing anything that’s broken.
•Buy replacement platters, strands of indoor and outdoor lights, decorations, etc.
•Buy or make greeting cards (don’t forget to pick up extra stamps!). By the end of the week, have all cards written and envelopes addressed.
•Finalize your holiday meal menu and write a detailed shopping list.
•Order turkey or ham, if serving.
•Send holiday party invites. While you’re at it, go ahead and send the invitations for your New Year’s celebration. Calendars fill up quick this time of year—your guests will appreciate the advance notice.
Tip: This season’s all about peace, joy and casual gatherings, so it’s okay to send email invitations instead of formal paper ones. Just be sure to call and extend the invitation to family and friends outside the digital world.
2nd Week of December
•Mail greeting cards.
•Shop for non-perishable items, from canned goods to flour, sugar and spices.
•Buy live decorations, such as sprigs of evergreen.
•Decorate your holiday home.
•Clean your home, especially high-traffic areas—bathrooms, entryway and kitchen.
•Buy batteries for electronic gifts like alarm clocks and toys.
•Double check that your camera or video recorder is in working order.
•Start making cookie dough.
3rd Week in December
•Clean your home, especially high-traffic areas—bathrooms, entryway and kitchen.
•Buy batteries for electronic gifts like alarm clocks and toys.
•Double check that your camera or video recorder is in working order.
•Start making cookie dough.
Tip: Most cookie dough can be made ahead of time and baked later. Tightly wrap rolls of sugar cookie dough in plastic wrap, chill in the refrigerator, then freeze. For drop cookies, freeze them on a baking sheet, then transfer to freezer bags. Thaw both for 30 minutes before baking.
4th Week of December
•Bake and package cookies.
•Shop for fresh items like flowers and produce.
•Wash your special occasion dinnerware.
•Preset your holiday table. Label platters and bowls with the names of the dishes to be served on them.
•Charge camera and/or video recorder.
•Take photo albums and scrapbooks out of storage and ready them for post-meal reminiscing.
•Finish last-minute wrapping.
•Cook.
•Freshen your home before guests arrive.
•Clean before, during and after your party.
•Rejoice with the ones you love.
5th Week of December
•Take down holiday decorations.
•Organize decorations and wrapping supplies.
•Decorate for your New Year's party.
•Plan your New Year’s menu. Keep it simple with bite-sized snacks, like crostinis and French macaroons.
•Cook.
•Ring in the New Year with your nearest and dearest.
Enjoy and be blessed
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Whoa hold the phone...
has it been so long since I posted? Time flies when you are raising a family.
It is nearing the Christmas season, yes I said it "CHRISTMAS" Crazy talk? not really...now is the time that well I am hoping your Halloween decor is down and you have disposed of your rotting pumpkins, hung up the costumes ready for next years designs and put your scarecrows away and the candy is gone, well maybe the candy is gone.
Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year, mainly it is the decorating and the anticipation that I love.
I am thankful for a husband who is good at putting things away and getting things done early so that I don't have to be ready with the phone to call 911 when he falls off the ladder putting lights up on a dark and rainy evening cause it is December 1st the next day. The lights are up on the trees out front and the house is lighted, even lights up in the backyard along the fence is done. I deal with the other stuff of decorating, with an occasional comment from him asking if he can put the bins away yet.
Have you got boxes and boxes of Christmas decorations that are either never used or broken or just plain ugly (oops did I say that out loud...) As you pull out your lovely decorations, go through them and trash, recycle or donate the ones that are not being used. Someones trash is someone else's treasure, a friend of mine enjoys her trips to the 2nd hand store to find new and unsual items (you should see her corning ware collectioin....amazing)
So you have now trashed and recyled and donated the decorations, now what? How are you decorationg this year? same as always? whatever the kids want to do? or you have a grand master plan?
I choose to look on the Better Homes and Gardens site ( http://www.bhg.com/ ) for ideas and see what is new and exciting. Adapting ideas to fit my home and the style or look I am looking for...
Most of all I like to enjoy the process of decorating for the holidays and that is what is important.
Enjoy and be blessed.
It is nearing the Christmas season, yes I said it "CHRISTMAS" Crazy talk? not really...now is the time that well I am hoping your Halloween decor is down and you have disposed of your rotting pumpkins, hung up the costumes ready for next years designs and put your scarecrows away and the candy is gone, well maybe the candy is gone.
Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year, mainly it is the decorating and the anticipation that I love.
I am thankful for a husband who is good at putting things away and getting things done early so that I don't have to be ready with the phone to call 911 when he falls off the ladder putting lights up on a dark and rainy evening cause it is December 1st the next day. The lights are up on the trees out front and the house is lighted, even lights up in the backyard along the fence is done. I deal with the other stuff of decorating, with an occasional comment from him asking if he can put the bins away yet.
Have you got boxes and boxes of Christmas decorations that are either never used or broken or just plain ugly (oops did I say that out loud...) As you pull out your lovely decorations, go through them and trash, recycle or donate the ones that are not being used. Someones trash is someone else's treasure, a friend of mine enjoys her trips to the 2nd hand store to find new and unsual items (you should see her corning ware collectioin....amazing)
So you have now trashed and recyled and donated the decorations, now what? How are you decorationg this year? same as always? whatever the kids want to do? or you have a grand master plan?
I choose to look on the Better Homes and Gardens site ( http://www.bhg.com/ ) for ideas and see what is new and exciting. Adapting ideas to fit my home and the style or look I am looking for...
Most of all I like to enjoy the process of decorating for the holidays and that is what is important.
Enjoy and be blessed.
Friday, April 1, 2011
A new month....
...with new possibilities on the horizon. I am so excited for today, I am going to to Fluff rentals in Vancouver to price out their staging items.
This will be my first trip to Fluff and as business owner and with a job in mind. I am pricing out rentals for a potential client, with the prospect of working with this client some more.
With my camera ready and my notebook and pen, and a starbucks coffee, I am ready for my big adventure downtown. Yes I will be taking pictures and posting them later.
Enjoy your day, watch out for those april fool's jokes.
Donna
http://www.rentfluff.com/
http://www.starbucks.ca/en-ca/
This will be my first trip to Fluff and as business owner and with a job in mind. I am pricing out rentals for a potential client, with the prospect of working with this client some more.
I am very excited.
With my camera ready and my notebook and pen, and a starbucks coffee, I am ready for my big adventure downtown. Yes I will be taking pictures and posting them later.
Enjoy your day, watch out for those april fool's jokes.
Donna
http://www.rentfluff.com/
http://www.starbucks.ca/en-ca/
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