Leanne Naidoo

Perk up your paper flowers by steaming them with a steam iron on its lowest setting.
Extend the longevity of your naturally dried flowers after cleaning by giving them a few light coats of aerosol sealant or fixative. An acrylic sealer or even hair spray will work fairly well.
Gilding dried flowers with silver or gold spray [...]

Holiday decorations are a tradition and are paraded out every year to
be admired adding a cheery festive atmosphere to your home. It’s
important and economical to store your ornaments safely so that they
pristine for year on year use. This article will show you how to organize and store holiday ornaments easily.

You have two options. You can [...]

This article will help you understand how to clean all types of
Christmas tree ornaments and holiday decorations without too much fuss
from painted to glass, porcelain, crystal, resin, wooden, sterling
silver, glittered and gold plated ornaments. Decorating the tree with
the children is one of my treasured family traditions and I even have
ornaments dating back to my childhood. [...]

You never forget your first strand of pearls. They complement any outfit and lend an air luxury and sophistication. Pearls are very sensitive and require delicate cleaning techniques. The value of pearls are often determined by their outward appearance (luster, color and thickness of the exterior coating) so it’s best to take care when attempting [...]

Every good cook knows the value of adding freshly grated nutmeg, cheese or citrus to a recipe. It’s the manual cleaning of the trapped food within the grater afterwards that can dampen the experience. Let this article help you find the easiest methods and strategies to keep your grater clean and prevent residue buildup.
Strategies to [...]

Fresh flowers can bring the beauty of the Victorian garden into your home. However this can become an expensive luxury that is often cutout to save on the household budget. A great alternative is to display dried or artificial flowers. They keep their eternal bloom and never need to be replaced. They do however gather [...]

VOX is a great free blogging platform but they do try their darnedest to keep you blogging on their site by making it difficult to transfer your content. Yesterday while searching for a way to export my VOX blog into WordPress I stumbled across the wide world of RSS feeds. It’s a wonderful messy world [...]