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Moms Night Out with Cape Cod Moms Hosted by Beach Plum Properties

5/9/2017

Wine & Cheese in Chatham!

Moms Night Out with Cape Cod Moms
Hosted by Beach Plum Properties

Join us on Tuesday, May 23rd from 6-8 PM for a drink and a bite and an opportunity to get the inside scoop on a newly designed home in Chatham’s Ridgevale Beach neighborhood.

Where: 57 Whitman Avenue, Chatham, MA
When: Tuesday, May 23rd from 6-8 PM
RSVP: by Saturday 5/20

This is a FREE event! Come enjoy a relaxing evening with other moms.

About Beach Plum Properties
Becca (mom to Nellie-9 & Nate-5) and Ethel (mom to grown up Jake & Leah, grandmother to 6 amazing kiddos) are the owners of Beach Plum Properties based in Orleans and Boston. We renovate, rebuild and redesign. Our approach is collaborative and creative. Our goal is to honor and enhance the communities in which we work and take inspiration from each neighborhood's history and the natural environment. We've found that we can see the beauty and potential in properties and architectural pieces that are overlooked. Although we have completed other projects, big and small, in California and the Boston area, our development work is currently focused on Cape Cod, and includes the renovation of existing homes, new building projects and product sourcing/interior design for residential clients.

Our project at Ridgevale Beach began last fall when we started the process of revitalizing this lovely property. We were inspired by our recent trip to Waco, Texas, the site of the Fixer Upper empire! We were excited to stay at the Gaines’ rental property, Magnolia House, to visit the Magnolia Market & Silos and travel to Round Top, Texas for their world famous antiques fair where we were able to source items for the staging of these units.

In addition to building and renovating our own projects from start to finish, we also provide sourcing and design consultation for our clients. Want us to get your home or rental property ready for summer? We love to find the perfect side table, paint color or antique decorative piece to make a room feel more complete and more like home. We work with clients on an hourly basis to source specific pieces or on a project basis for larger full room design or staging support. Please feel free to get in touch if we can be of assistance to you!!

Beach Plum Properties
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VivaRoses Review and Giveaway

7/28/2016

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VivaRoses Review & Giveaway
By: Elizabeth D

Unless you're Katniss Everdeen, you probably like roses. They're pretty, fragrant, unique and the colors are universally understood. And what's better than a few roses? A few dozen. That's what you get when you order from VIVAROSES.

VIVAROSES is a company who has partnered with a farm in Cotopaxi, Ecuador. Why a farm located next to a volcano in Ecuador? Legend has it that a poor farmer vying the affection of a princess searched high and low until he found the perfect roses to win her hand in marriage.

The website shares this story along with adorable other stories for the bouquets you can order. They carry bouquets of 24, 50 or 100 from $50-100. Shipping is even free! The only drawback is the lead-time required to get your order. Current orders have delivery dates beginning 7 days from now.

VIVAROSES offers concierge type services, where you can schedule future deliveries for important dates or get an auto-shipment for a discount. There's even an incredible incentive program - for every referral you get 2 dozen roses for free. It works, I did it!

I chose to send the Farmer's Choice to a friend. The packaging was a chic black and the interior was reminiscent of a Victoria's Secret bag. The roses were bundled per dozen and then carefully wrapped in 4's. The attention to detail was great but it generated a lot of (recylcable) waste.

The roses were gorgeous and required minimal pruning. Of concern was the lack of food provided for so many flowers: only 1 package for 50 roses. This seemed to be an exception based on feedback from my other orders.

After 5 days, the roses began to wither but they lasted up to 10 days with changing the water and adding sugar. This was fine since I needed my pitchers back - it's hard to find that many tall vases!

Overall VIVAROSES is a unique concept for flower buying. If you're not in a hurry or are a decent planner, it's worth the wait. You're not likely to find a better deal than $1-2 per rose with free shipping. Plus Cape Cod Moms readers get 15% roses!

Giveaway

One lucky Cape Cod Mom will receive four dozen roses of the winners choice. A $60 prize value. To enter all you have to do is comment on this blog post telling
us the following:

Your favorite color roses?
Who the roses would be for?
And a tip for making roses last longer?

Goodluck!

This contest is open beginning 7/28/16-8/10/16 at 11:59pm EST. Contest is open to US Residents 18+. This contest is sponsored by VivaRoses and hosted by Mommies LLC. Winner will be chosen via random.org and contacted via the email provided. If winner does not respond within 24 hours then up to 3 other winners will be chosen.

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Make Your Own Cleaning Supplies

7/18/2011

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***Child safe cleaning supplies!!!!!***
From Money Talks News:

Ever wonder why there are so many dish soap commercials? Maybe the companies who make this stuff are trying to hide the fact it's really simple -- and cheap -- to make your own.

According to the latest government data, Americans spend an average of $659 a year on housekeeping supplies. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, which provides that figure, also says the average American earns about $787/week -- which means many people are spending most of (if not more than) a week's pay every year on dish soap, laundry detergent, and other cleaning products.

If that sounds crazy, here's a better idea: Make your own.

Recipes for cleaning products are as numerous as recipes for dinner. Here are just a few to help with dishes, clothes and more.

Dishwasher Detergent

Here's a simple recipe for dishwasher soap:

• 1 cup of borax

• 1 cup of baking soda

• ¼ cup of table salt

• 2 packets (half an ounce) of unsweetened lemon Kool-Aid

You can try to save even more by buying ingredients in bulk, but another idea is to find smaller and much cheaper boxes at your local dollar store: a good idea to since you'll want to try a small amount at first to see if you like the results. The amounts listed above are good for 16 loads -- one tablespoon each -- so even small batches will last a while.

Other recipes online vary: For example, we found one that suggested combining only borax and baking soda, 1 tablespoon each per load. Another suggested adding a little citrus essential oil to make it smell nice: We didn't try that one, however, because we had difficulty finding inexpensive citrus oil online. Then there's this recipe, which goes in a different direction altogether:

• 2 bars of shredded Octagon soap

• 1 cup of baking soda

• ¼ cup of washing soda

• ¼ cup of lemon juice

This one calls for melting the shredded soap in five quarts of water and then mixing in the other ingredients. If that sounds a little like the recipe for laundry detergent we wrote about last year, that's because it is.

Laundry Detergent

Speaking of laundry detergent, that's easy, too. You'll need:

• 4 cups of water

• ⅓ bar of cheap soap, grated

• ½ cup washing soda (not baking soda)

• ½ cup of Borax (20 Mule Team)

• 5-gallon bucket for mixing

• 3 gallons of water

First, mix the grated soap in a saucepan with 4 cups of water, and heat on low until the soap is completely dissolved. Add hot water/soap mixture to 3 gallons of water in the 5-gallon bucket, stir in the washing soda and Borax, and continue stirring until thickened. Let the mix sit for 24 hours, and voila! Homemade laundry detergent.

Other Cleaning Products

If you like the results of your homemade concoctions on clothes and dishes, why stop there? The next time you're at the store, instead of picking up a bottle of some expensive cleanser, grab these six items and make your own cleaning supplies:

• Vinegar. It may smell a little weird, but vinegar can handle everything from dishes to laundry and even weeds. We've written about the wonders of vinegar before.

• Baking soda. Eliminates odors and helps with stains, and also works as a natural method of pest control -- ants hate it.

• Borax. This mineral salt beats bleach as a toilet cleaner and is also useful for scrubbing walls. And as you see in the recipes above, works with laundry, too.

• Fels-Naptha soap. This one's actually made by one of those big cleaning companies: Dial. They recommend it for "pre-treating" stains. In other words, "use this in addition to a bunch of our other expensive products, like Purex!" But you can turn the tables by using it as part of a recipe for your own laundry detergent, and they can keep the Purex.

• Rubbing alcohol. Works as a disinfectant and is also a great glass cleaner. It also gets grime off plastic and metal surfaces like patio furniture or bathroom fixtures.

• Lemon juice. This cuts through dish grease and is an ingredient for homemade furniture polish -- but it's not the easiest thing to preserve long-term.

If making your own cleaning products sounds a little extreme, there are still simple ways to save. The best? Buying generics. And if you insist on using name brands, at least clip those coupons -- but only the ones worth your time.

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