A Storage Idea for your old Candle Jars

Hey Lovelies, 

Today I wanted to share with you a little idea of how you can reuse your old candle jars. I love burning scented candles, particularly at the time of year and I think it is a waste to throw away (or recycle) the glass jars when the candle has finished, so I decided to clean some out and use them to store things in, like makeup brushes and lip glosses or anything that fits really :) 

To get the left over wax out, I put boiling water in the sink and sat the candle jars in it. The wax soon becomes soft around the edges and then you can just lift it out with a knife or something similar. To get any little bits of left over wax off I washed them with hot water and washing up liquid with washing up sponge and used a knife to get off any really stubborn last bits of wax. 

I kept the leftover wax and may melt it all together when I have more and use it to make a candle. You can get wicks from eBay really cheap :)

I am hoping I finish burning some more candles soon so I can reuse some more. 

Let me know if you found this useful.

Thanks for reading :)

Nyss x

A beautiful storage idea for Earrings and Necklaces

I have been having a sort out recently as I'm moving in about a month and thought now is a better time than ever to have a clear out and organise things. 

Over the years I seem to have accumulated a lot of jewellery especially earrings, I think this is because I'm always drawn to sparkly things especially when I see them reduced and I can't resist a bargain! 

I used to keep my earrings altogether in some little drawers but always found it annoying looking for the pair I wanted. After sorting out which ones I wanted to keep, I didn't want to just put them back in the drawers to get mixed up again, so I decided a good way of storing them would be like this.

I got this noticeboard and just pushed the earrings into it. I think a pin board might have worked better because this board is quite hard and some earrings would not push in, so I put them on small pieces of card (cut out from a Glossybox box) and pinned those to the board. I also found it was quite useful to hang some necklaces on it so they didn't get tangled. I still have a couple of little boxes for special earrings but most are now on here.

Not only can I now find pairs easily, I still have plenty of room for more :) I think not only is it a good way of storing earrings and necklaces but it also looks really nice and I will be putting it on the wall at my new house. 

Thank you for reading :) I'd love to hear how you store your jewellery :) 

Nyss x