I see pictures of people using it to decorate, all over Pinterest, and I love it.

I have always loved silver, I’ve just never had a lot of it, but as I get older I’m slowly collecting pieces.
A couple months ago I borrowed my mother-in-law’s silver {it used to be her mother-in-law’s so it’s beautiful & antique} for my daughter’s Princess Birthday Party.  The silver was very tarnished so my mom told me a super easy trick for polishing it that takes hardly any time at all!  I figured with the popularity of silver on the rise that this would be a great DIY trick to share with all of you!

A large pot or a large sink

Foil

Baking Soda

Hot water

Tarnished Silver

Line a pot, or in my case the kitchen sink, with foil.  Pour about 1 cup of baking soda into the bottom of the sink and then it fill with very hot water.

Once you’ve added the water place the silver in the sink.  My mom told me to let it sit in the baking soda water for 30 minutes, but right away I noticed the tarnish leaving the silver.

This would be fun to do with older kids because you can actually watch the tarnish coming off the silver, it’s pretty cool.

Next I cleaned a large serving platter that I inherited from my husband’s grandma.  I changed the foil and baking soda in between the tea pots and the platter because the foil was covered in tarnish and needed to be switched out.  This is a bit of a smelly task, it reminds me of the smell of sulfur, not my favorite.

Look at the transformation!

In less than 30 minutes {and with no scrubbing} the silver went from dingy and tarnished to shiny and gorgeous!

The polished silver was beautiful, perfect for decorating for a Princess party!

Thank you so much for letting me be here with you today!