GIVEAWAY | Three people will receive spots in Mary Ann Moss’s online class Remains Of The Day.
Remains Of The Day is the antidote for all of those paper scraps that keep multiplying in your favorite scrap box and clogging up your artistic super highway. In this process AND project oriented class we’ll be constructing a shabby but sturdy journal (like this one) using all of that paper you’ve been hoarding. Ordinary life never looked better than seen through the pages of this stitched up journal of scraps.
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I wish I had a spring cleaning tip. But, I’m drawing a blank. Cleaning is definitely not something I enjoy doing or would want to spend my time doing. And while I do not have a spring cleaning tip, it is the one time I do enjoy cleaning. Knowing it is a deep cleaning, and I do it with the windows open, I love it. And I always have to use lemon smelling cleaning products. Between the open windows and the lemon scent, I am blissed out.
My favorite is lemon. Thank you
I have to break projects into pieces AND make one of those pieces a quick matainence of the areas that have already been cleaned/decluttered…otherwise, I just move stuff from room to room
I have a box for things I’m not sure about, but can’t bring myself to throw away – if I haven’t looked in the box the next time I spring clean the whole lot gets thrown. It’s a great way of making sure that I’m not hoarding things for the sake of it!
LOL I did that once, put a bunch of stuff in a box, labeled it w a date one year later and stuck it in the basement…2 yrs later I came across it and tossed it….not without some MIGHTY temptation to open and see what was inside
OH my word, I’d love to win this!!!
I love (and can’t wait) for a warmer day to open all of the windows and just air the house out. It just hasn’t been warm enough to do that yet
The class looks a really good way to spring clean stash. I don’t spirng clean! So sorry no tips but I agree with other posters that lemon is just the best smell
I love to open up everything as well and let the air in. I love to wash all those cotton sheets and move from flannelette to cotton.Fresh from the clothes line
Umm, let DH do it?
Have a great weekend!
Looks like a great class! My favourite spring-cleaning tip is to open all the windows for a couple of hours. It’s amazing the difference fresh air makes, particularly in the bedrooms!
After a long winter of keeping the cold out, my favorite start to spring cleaning is opening up the house. Let the fresh air in!
I love creating a list to work from, listing tasks and crossing off as they are completed. Taken as a whole, Spring cleaning can be overwhelming, but I like it broken down into a manageable list. Love seeing all those crossed off tasks on my list-and it’s even something that can be included in a Project Life or scrapbook page when finished.
I always say that if I haven’t touched it in a year, it should go. Use Craigslist to list all of your old summer stuff NOW so that you can sell it since people are looking for summer items now, like old kid’s clothes.
I start by making a list, changing over all the bedding and wardrobes and cleaning from the top to the bottom. The smell of spring (if it EVER gets here) puts me in the mood to “get the winter out” of the house!
I use clear plastic boxes to seperate my supplies. I also label everything so when it’s time to clean I know where everthing goes and it’s much faster to clean plus the clear plastic makes it so you can see what you have.
My best tip is One thing at a time. My mom used to try to clean the whole huge apartment in one morning… Mission: Impossible.
I do a task/room at a time, and it works a lot better.
Now, even my mom does it like me
What a great class! I’m not sure I have a spring cleaning tip per se, but it’s important to set aside some time and to work from top to bottom.
Open the windows…turn up the music…clean, clean, clean!
I routinely “spring clean” by giving unused items to the Goodwill.
I keep a lot of seasonal things in plastic bins, and try to go through them before the season starts, look at what I don’t want anymore and off to the charity shops they go. Otherwise, I just clean as I go all year. No special spring or fall cleaning.ymmv.
Take the energy you have and declutter and rid the house of anything “winter” in sight!
Take one drawer or cabinet a day and purge it. Breaking it into small increments makes it much more for doable for me.
Lisa A, Cumming, GA
This one is up my alley. Thanks.
I start with closets–transitioning winter to spring and sorting out.
Baking soda and vinegar. (Of course, that applies to more than just the spring variety of cleaning.) And get rid of as much stuff as possible first–leaves less to be “cleaned.”
Clean out as you clean – feels good to purge while freshening everything.
I do a bit every week rather than a seasonal clean – 20 mins a day keeps it ticking over. and i agree about fresh air and using baking soda and vinegar
Spring Cleaning is a family event at our home. I’ve found that by getting my husband and daughter involved refreshes and renews us as well as the house.
Since we still have snow on the ground, I haven’t done it yet. But my one and only tip is to open the windows and air everything out. Nothing like fresh air to make a house feel better.
What a great giveaway, I have SO many scraps in my drawer that I don’t know what to do with, this would be a great class for me! My Spring cleaning tip: I go through each room and make a list of all the things that need to be done, break it down by room instead of an overall mess. Take a room each day and don’t be afraid to get rid of stuff that you aren’t in love with anymore, donate it! One mans trash is another man’s treasure! Oh, and open the windows…let that fresh air in, it’s amazing how big of a difference that alone makes!
i decided years ago to just do a really deep fall cleaning and in the spring work on decluttering and cleaning out closets so i can spend more time enjoying the outdoors since iowa winters last soooo long! i just started following mary ann moss and would be crazy to take her class! thank you ali for such a great chance xoxo
As much as I hate any type of cleaning, my tip is that one really does have to move the furniture every now and again to clean under and behind it. My home seems fresher after getting all that out-of-sight dust out of it. Thank you for the chance to win.
I do a serious cleaning out of our materialistic things before our church garage sale which is always in early Spring. Feels good to see that giveaway pile growing!
If I haven’t seen it or used it since last spring (and by “it”
I by no means mean crafting supplies LOL) it’s gone-when it comes to crafting I’m a hoarder! ; )
My favourite tips is to tackle something everyday, a drawer, a cupboard an area of a room. Its always easier to lots of little things than trying to do a whole room. This way I always get my usual things done and within a couple of weeks Ive gone through the rest of the house.
Grab a box, fill it up, send it packing!
Beautiful project!
I think keeping a box in the car with things to move out of the house and get rid of is helpful–it’s hard to clean clutter! It just keeps getting moved from one spot to another if we don’t get it out of the house.
I love how there are a lot of scrap-bookers on here with a spring cleaning block, it shows we have our priority’s right, and hey I am a busy working woman and would prefer to be scrapbooking/card making in my free time then thinking about boring old cleaning. So my tip is pay for some spring cleaners to come in and do it for you freeing us up so we get to concentrate on the important thinks like scrapbooking, card making and playing around on photoshop.
My spring cleaning tip is to do one room at a time. I always do the living room first since it’s the room we spend the most time in. It makes me feel much better to sit in a room that is wonderfully cleaned!
my fav is to share the abundance, Hebrews 13:16…inspire a spiritual journal making adventure with all the creative ones you can find and supply all the supplies! that way i’ve stirred my stuff (organized) AND cleaned out (simplified) AND sparked yet another creative monster!!
My spring cleaning tip is to do one room at a time, and do everything in that room…everything! The only item this doesn’t apply to is windows…I take a day that’s cloudy and do all the windows on one day. This year, I’m going to try and use a squeegee instead of rags and see how it goes… Would love the class thanks!!
My best tip? One room (or one cabinet in one room!) at a time. It can be so overwhelming if you try to tackle the entire project at once!
ANother vote for open windows and vinegar. I actually try to deep clean one room monthly all year long so that spring cleaning is not overwhelming
Don’t dump out an entire closet unless you know you have time to finish it :0.
Favorite spring cleaning tip – hire someone to do it!! Leaves plenty of time then to take this class and craft!
What a cool project – this would be great fun plus very useful!
I teach school and spring time is CRAZY. My spring cleaning tip is to wait until summer vacation to do it
My favorite Spring cleaning tip is to open windows and let the house “air out.” Nothing like fresh air to let you know that Spring is here.
Fabulous giveaway!
Spring cleaning tip? Use what you have on hand…For instance, use vinegar to clean windows..and wipe dry with newspapers.
Love me some clean windows!
My spring cleaning tip is one room at a time–haven’t used it, give it away! It’s very hard for me to get rid of stuff so if
I get stuck, my dh pitches in and helps. Love the journal!
Thank you for the chance to win!
Looks like some great techniques to be learned in the class. Thanks for the opportunity!
I have to percolate on it a bit- noticing the trouble spots and getting myself psyched for it! I have been looking at the dust on my counters and scattered jewelry on my dresser- so I think I’ll start in my bedroom since those are the 2 things that jump out at me.