Ornaments

Hello everyone!

Every year I make something new for our Christmas tree and I have adopted this tradition to give something to my friends so they can add a new ornament to their tree each year as well. 

This time I loved the idea of doing something with the clear ornaments they have at Michael's. I poured faux snow and a piece of three, just like I did last year, but this time I added gold dots to it and I think they look great!

I first tried with craft paint and didn't work, then I tried with a gold sharpie, but didn't like how the strokes of paint would show.  So I finally tried with a craft pen and I love how they look!  Then I put each ornament in a red box with green grass and added a lipgloss for my friends. They all loved it and I think they looked so cute! And some of these pretty boxes flew all the way to South America for the girls in my family.

You'll need:

- Clear ornaments

- Faux snow

- Gold Craft Pen

- Faux tree branches

- Ribbon

- Cardboard box (optional)

- Faux grass (optional)

Step 1: Make dots with craft pen on random places 

Step 2: Add faux snow

Or viceversa :)

Step 3: Add a piece of faux tree branch

Step 4: Add colorful ribbon

Step 5: Place some grass in the cardboard box, the ornament and a lipgloss

Hang it on your tree

Enjoy the view

And there you go, a super easy ornament that will make a great gift for friends, colleges, and every girl you know.  

Do you like to make new ornaments to your tree or do you prefer the ones that are ready to hang?  I'd love to hear what your ideas are!!

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela

Ready, set, clean!

As the holidays get closer it seems the days are shorter to keep up with everything!  And cleaning the house is not exactly on top of priority to spend your precious time in. You know you can always call MB Green Cleaning to go to the rescue :) 

But just in case here are a few tips to prepare your home when expecting guests.

1. Organize. Put everything where it belongs, toys, coats, work paper, shoes, etc end up all over your home so put them in the right place. Pay special attention to the entrance, first impression counts!

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2. Kitchen: Clean up the kitchen countertops and leave only what you'll need while entertaining.  Run dishwasher and put away clean dishes so that way you can load dirty dishes as the dinner starts and you won't end up with a huge pile in the sink. A quick clean with vinegar and will be as shine as it is clean!

3. Give a quick clean of the spaces where guests will be dining and living room. Add a few flower vases and voila!

4. Give a quick clean of guest bathroom. No need to scrub the bathtub but the toilet bowl and sink will need to sparkle! Clean the mirror, and make faucet shine with window cleaner or all purpose cleaner.

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5. A quick vacuuming or dusting the floors will help to clear up and open the space.

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6. Nothing like a fresh holiday scent to welcome guests!  A nice candle or a few pine cones will do the trick!

And that's it ladies! Your home is ready to welcome your friends and family. 

Now I would love to hear what are your tips to give a quick clean up when having guests?

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela

Biggest Baby Shower + Giveaway

Hello everyone!  Hope you're doing well and having a great week!

Last week MB Green Cleaning participated in a huge event here in New York. The Biggest Baby Shower NYC organized by Big City Moms.  This event takes place here in the city and also Los Angeles, Boston, Washington DC, Miami among other cities.

It was a great experience and looking to all those beautiful moms-to-be being so excited with the arrival of their new baby reminded me when I had my baby almost twelve years ago (wow, twelve years)!

Below are some pictures from the event and our booth. Hope you like them!

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A big thank you to Big City Moms and all the mommies who stopped by our booth for this amazing event!

And last but not least, we gave away a FREE CLEANING and the lucky mom who won is….

Rebeca Lodhi from the Upper West Side. We already have scheduled a cleaning visit and she will enjoy of a freshly clean home. Congratulations!

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela

Thanksgiving tables

Hello everyone! Hope you're doing great!  I'm late with this week's post, you probably saw where I was on Wednesday on Instagram (I'll tell you all about that soon). 

I've always loved how people get so creative arranging their table for the holidays.  That is something that I just loooove! And even though we won't host a formal dinner for Thanskgiving I will probably still set the table nicer during that week, you know to get in the mood of Holidays. I'll be using these pumpkins my daughter and I made for hollowing.

Here are a few ideas I got from around the web, hope you like them and get inspired too!

PS: All pictures can be found on Pinterest

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How about you, are you hosting a Thanksgiving dinner? How do you set your table? We'd love to hear from you!!

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela

How to clean your Dishwasher…

Hello everyone. Hope you all are having a great week!

Before being in the cleaning business it never occurred to me to clean some items around the house.  

After questioning myself if we should clean machines that are suppose to wash I've learned a few things, like you MUST wash your dishwasher and now it is a regular part of my cleaning routine.You see, often we take these machines for granted, thinking they do the job so why should we even bother, right? But the truth is that they build up dirt, food from dishes, minerals of water, etc, food and dirt gets stuck in every crevice of it making it not only unsafe for our health but also not performing at their best and leaving dishes dirty after each cycle.

Washing a dishwasher is a very simple process, just make a paste of baking soda and water and with the help of a sponge and a brush you can start scrubbing. Sometimes it requires a little more elbow grease depending on how dirty it is. 

I like to pour some vinegar in the detergent compartment to use while brushing.

Using a brush will help you to get to hard-to-reach places like this…

You can also use a toothpick for even harder-to reach places…

And don't forget the utensil container…

Also, the corners of door…

Add a cup of white vinegar on the bottom and run it on the hottest cycle. I also like to pour more vinegar in the detergent container to give a little extra when it opens during the cycle.

And here you go to a fresh clean dishwasher ready to to its job!

How about you… Do you have a different process to clean your dishwasher?  We all would love to hear from you!

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela

{very} Easy Halloween Project…

When my daughter was younger we used to DIY something together during the holidays and bring it to school so she would give it to her friends.  So every year during Valentine's Day, Halloween, Christmas, etc it meant craft time!  But since she is no longer a little girl and as she point it out she's now almost a tween that means no more craft to bring to school.

I love crafting/diy so much that I asked her if she would help me to make some Halloween candy boxes and give it to my team, so they can bring it to their kids this Friday! So we headed it to Michael's and grabbed a few items.

They had this pre-cut boxes, they were even pre-folded!

It was a very easy project, just assemble the pre-cut/pre-folded boxes, wrap the the pre-cut/pre-folded black paper and add the pictures and that's it. Then just fill it with candies!!

I think they look really cute and I'm hoping the kids will be happy when they receive this little boxes full of yummy candies.

Hope you all have a happy and safe Halloween!!!

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela