Something Cassandra

Being as I have been ready for spring since I don't know...January??? One way I have been making this winter a little more bearable is by putting fresh flowers and plants everywhere. And I mean everywhere. (Ask my mom what happened to the bar cart in the dining room ;)) Tulips are finally back in the grocery stores, so of course I had to pick some up the other day! 

So I slept out the other night and when I came home in the morning, the water was all gone and the tulips were looking pretty sad. I'm not sure if I just forgot how much water they drink or if I never really knew to begin with, but they drank all the water in one day! That brings me to the whole point of this blog post. 

I saw a tip a while ago on how to resurrect tulips, and this was the perfect time to try it out. Some of you probably know about this, but if you never tried it before, I'm here to confirm that it works! This trick also uses things that you probably have in your house. Are you ready?

Who would've thought?! I used lukewarm water, which I am not sure if that is the correct temperature to use with tulips (please correct me if I'm wrong). Then I just dropped the penny in the water, added the sugar, mixed it around a little, and added the flowers back in the jar! I'm sure there's a scientific explanation on what the sugar and penny do for the tulips, but I'll save myself the embarrassment on trying to tell you how and why it works, I'll just tell you that it does.

I do want to add that it didn't happen immediately. After about 3 hours, they were standing up about 80%. After 5 hours they were as good as ever! It is the next day now and they are still looking good. I hope you enjoyed this little tip now that we are getting closer to spring and flower season! Let me know what tips you have for flowers, and if you try this one out!

Does getting excited about new laundry tips make me an official adult? Seriously! If you told me a year ago that I would be making a blog post on towels I probably would have laughed at you. Over the past couple of months, I have been more and more interested in home decor, and home tips and a bunch of other stuff like that (hence why I made this post about the direction I'm taking my blog).

That brings us to today's post which is a method to keeping your towels white and fluffy! And if you have towels that are different colors other than white, I have a tip for you too. I also like to use this method on my sheets because there are few things better than slipping into fresh sheets that smell heavenly. 

Okay so are you ready for this super secret combination? Bleach and white vinegar. Some of you may already do this, and I know there are people against using either of these two ingredients, but it works like magic! I just use equal parts of each and boom....fresh laundry. Now if you have towels that are all different colors, you can use white vinegar and baking soda. And if you aren't comfortable using bleach, you can always just use the vinegar with your laundry detergent because the white vinegar works as a fabric softener without leaving that residue over the towels that regular fabric softeners do.

I hope you guys enjoyed this post! If you have a different method that you use on your sheets and towels, I would love to hear it and try it out as well! (I swear you probably think I'm 40 and not 22). Have a great rest of the week!!