TIP OF THE DAY: Create a quick drop off for your jewelry

A month ago, I posted an article on upcycling which included new and creative ways on how to organize your jewelry at home. However, I'm sure most of you have found that with time it gets messy again. This mainly happens because things get misplaced and are not put back where they belong. To prevent this from happening, it's important to put a clear routine in place.

Let's be honest though, I know myself that it's so much easier to take off your jewelry at night and leave it laying around wherever you happen to be standing at that moment in time. However, our aim today is to stop you from doing this by following 3 simple rules which you can see below.

1. Create and establish a quick drop off for your jewelry using a decorative object like a small tray, ashtray or pretty bowls. Place the chosen item in a strategic place such as your bedside table, on top of your chest of drawers or in the bathroom.
2. Make it a routine that you take off your jewelry and leave it on the created drop off station.
3. On a daily or weekly basis empty out the drop-off station by putting your jewelry back where it belongs.

Small trays are perfect for your drop off station

A large ashtray can be used as well as for decoration purposes

This small tray can be found at Zara Home

This cake stand from Tiger Stores is a unique way to create a drop off station

This cute change holder from El Corte Inglés is my final option

What do we achieve by doing this? The main idea is that your jewelry is localized, you know where every thing is at each moment and also for you not to think you've lost something when really it's just not in it's place.  

TIP OF THE DAY: Put your clothes away

The weekend is about to start and I´m sure all of you are making plans as we speak. Weekends, in my eyes, are made for relaxing and taking a break from it all. This obviously means for many, getting all dressed up and hitting the town to meet friends, lovers or whoever.

However, the process of getting ready might be a bit of a nightmare for some -I include myself in this statement. When we don´t know what to wear we get a little frustrated, so what we do is we try on many outfits, because the odds tell us that the more outfits we create, the more chances there are that we will be happy with at least one of them. The thing is, is that once we've found the perfect outfit, we realize that a bomb has exploded on our bed. That´s right, I know you've been there too, our entire wardrobe is sitting on our bed.

The tip here is simple, make enough time to put your clothes away before heading out the door so that when you come home you don´t find yourself throwing the pile of clean clothes onto the floor in order to get into bed. What will this prevent? Well, if you put your clothes away before going out they will stay clean, wrinkle free and tidy.

I think something else worth mentioning in regards to this, is that it´s a good idea to put a routine in place when it comes to putting your clothes away at any time of the week. We normally find a spot in our bedrooms, like a chair, to start piling worn clothes. We say to ourselves that when it gets too big, we will organize them back in our closets. However, If only you timed yourself putting your clothes away on a daily basis, you would realize it didn't even take 5 minutes and it takes a lot of stress out of the weekend...Make it a challenge!