My beautiful and talented blogging buddy Meagan, from Meagan’s Musings, was recently inspired by Pinterest to create an adorable yet easy gift for her son’s teacher.
She was inspired by this pin:
Here’s her version:
Nice huh? Head over to her blog for a free tag download to make your own. I think these would also be great gift card holders for those upcoming summer birthdays.
Sometimes cute things have a dark side
Meagan’s cup project reminded me of something. I’m all for being environmentally friendly and like that these cups are reusable but I’ve had some reservations about the straw. How do I clean that sucker???? I know, I know I’m being a germ-a-phobe. I’m a nurse what can I say?
These cups are very popular in my office and a fellow nurse, Denise, showed me a little trick with extra long cotton swabs. She covered a swab in dish soap and used it to clean the inside of the straw of her cup.
Want to see what happened when she cleaned hers?
Warning:The following picture may be disturbing…
Ewww! This is what came out of her straw and she cleans it regularly! She usually drinks iced tea out of hers, so this is probably mostly just dried up tea but my gut tells me there’s something more.
Now that I know how to clean these, I’m not so leery of the straws. I found a package of 100 cotton swabs for $1 at Big Lots. Money well spent. My new cup will be well used this summer. I’m off to Pinterest to find new summer drink ideas.
Do you have cups like these? How do you keep them clean?
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So I really hadn’t ever thought about keeping the straw clean…I mean, I wash it every day, but now I’m going to have to find some cotton swabs, because…ewwww!!
I’m sure with washing in the high temp of a dish washer it’s probably enough. My microbiology class made me a paranoid germ-a-phobe. :/
Running to get swabs before I’m overwhelmed by ick factor!!
I love my cups like this as well…the picture did somewhat gross me out as well! I didn’t even think about it until this post…just put it in the dishwasher. Thanks for sharing and linking up with us @ Toot Your Horn Tuesday.
Erin
Thanks for sharing the cleaning tip! I have a couple of these cups I’ve personalized with vinyl and have been using plastic bendy straws so I can throw them away.
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Kristin,
Hadn’t thought about the bendy straws. Thats great idea.
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!
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This is an amazing idea!! I’m always complaining about these straws because they don’t come clean very easily. I need to go to the store and pick up a few packs of those cotton swabs.
Thanks!!!
Hi Julie!
I’m so glad to know that this was helpful to you.
I really appreciate you leaving a comment.
Thanks!