TIPS & TRICKS for every day real life!

I'm a busy, crafty, frugal mom who is always on the look-out for ideas that make every day life easier.  Here are some of those ideas that I use all the time to make life easier in our household.

Cleaning jewelry:

Don't get rid of that battery operated tooth brush that doesn't work on your delicate gums.  Mark the toothbrush with something so you know not to use it on your mouth again.  Then use it to clean your jewelry.  

For a cleaning solution, I use either the store bought solution and dip the tooth brush in to it, turn it on and clean the jewelry piece.  Or, if I'm out of jewelry cleaner I squeeze a little bit of tooth paste on to my finger then rub it on to the tooth brush I'm using as to clean the jewelry, turn it on and clean the jewelry piece.  You will find out that the tooth paste works just as well as the store bought cleaner.  Enjoy sparkling jewelry and keep that old tooth brush out of the trash heap! 

Slip on shoes & stinky toes:

I love slip-on shoes.  Who wants to have to bend over and tie their tennis, when you can just slip-on and go? The only problem with slip-on shoes is they can result in stinky feet.  Here is an easy, quick solution.  Keep an extra stick of deodorant specifically for your feet.  Swipe the deodorant across the bottoms of your feet and go.  No more stinky feet and your feet won't sweat or slip around in your shoes.  Economical and fast, my favorite type of solution!