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New Year Cleaning Resolution Tips + Printable #LiquidMuscle

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This New Year cleaning resolution tips post is brought to you by Mr. Clean as part of a Type-A Parent Community Sponsored Post.

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Its extremely important to me to keep my house super clean, especially with having my 3 month old son.  Cleaning is endless when you have a baby, there’s no way around it.  Now we all know I don’t make New Year Resolution’s, but more or less practice what I preach daily.

Its so easy to get caught up with the ten thousand things that need to be done everyday.  Before we know it, there are loads of laundry to be done, bathrooms to clean, dishes to do, and floors to sweep and mop.  A while back I wrote a post on how to declutter and organize your home, but I didn’t touch on how to manage keeping a clean home in the post.

So here’s a few tips: Continue reading →

Nursery Theme Ideas

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Now that I’ve had one baby shower, everything feels so much more real.  We are currently inundated with all things baby and I have another shower next month!  The thing is that we could possibly be moving and we could possibly be staying where we’re at, which make it hard to put together a nursery.  The last thing I want to do is do all the work of putting one up and then have to take it down and pack it up.  Also, the fact that we are TEAM Green has a lot to do with not yet starting on the nursery.  Although we could do a neutral theme, I’d rather do a gender specific one. 

Another thing is that the baby will be in our room with us for at least the first month or two, so there isn’t a huge rush to get the nursery 100% set up by the birth.  The main thing I know we’ll need will be a bassinet, since baby will be in our room for that time and a glider so I hubby and I can rock baby to sleep.

In the meantime, here are some ideas I’ve come across for nurseries.  I don’t know how I’ll ever decide!
Cream, white, tan/brown
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White, green, and pink
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Black, white, and pink
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Pink & black damask
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Disney themed
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Animal themed
 
So many to choose from and they are all so cute!  I feel like I need to see and meet this kid to figure out which theme will fit his or her personality.  So I guess this means the nursery will be finished by Christmas, 
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I’m open to suggestions as always! Tell me what you think! Which theme do you like best??
 
Happy bumping!
 
xxoo,

What To Do With Your Leftover Candle Wax

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Leftover Candles

As you know from my previous post on candles, that I love candles, especially ones from Bath & Body Works.  Unfortunately, when the wicks burn out there is often times about a half of an inch leftover in the jar.  I never want to just throw it out, because its still good wax and has the lovely scent still in it too. Throughout the year BBW has many sales on their candles, both the big and small ones.  Most times, especially during the holidays I like to stock up, so I can burn them throughout the season.  This is great, until you are left with 4 or 5 candles with a half inch of wax left in them.  If you have this same issue, here’s what to do:

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1. Place candle in freezer for a few hours (1-2).  This will harden the wax and make it separate from the glass easier.

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2. Once the wax is frozen, remove from freezer and with a knife, spoon, fork, I recommend a knife puncture the wax.  It should break up into large pieces and come cleanly off the glass.

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3. Use this wax in a wax warmer, which you can find at most craft and décor stores.  Most of these wax warmers are no more than $15 and come with a lightbulb that is easily replaceable.  Some do come with tealight candles, but I recommend the lighbulb ones, because they last longer and are less maintenance.

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You typically need to switch the wax out after a few week, depending on how often you warm it.  Wax warmers make nice decorative elements to your space, and double with scenting your home.  Your also able to use the leftover wax, so you don’t feel like you didn’t get your money’s worth out of the candle.

Of course if you’re super crafty you can have a conglomerate of waxes leftover from several candles and make new candle.  This would require you to to purchase a container to put the candle in and a wick to burn it, but would otherwise be pretty simple.

I hope this gives you some ideas for how to use leftover wax!  I know we all want to get our money’s worth out of things we purchase and enjoy them to the fullness, sometimes finding a new way to repurpose something does just that.

Happy bumping!

xxoo,