Thin herringbone or serpentine-chain jewelry is often the first to tangle during travel. The secret to keeping your delicate pieces unknotted is likely right in your kitchen: Use drinking straws, says packing expert Anne McAlpin. 

Take a standard-size straw without an adjustable elbow and slide your necklace through it so the ends dangle out each side. Then clasp the necklace back together. If youre packing a short necklace or a bracelet, cut the straw down to half the chains length so youre able to clasp it. This method prevents the chain from twisting around itself or other items. Store the straw-encased jewelry inside a travel toothbrush case. 

Pack chunkier pieces separately in snack-size resealable plastic bags. Lay each flat inside its own bag, squeeze the air out, and zip the bag shut, leaving only the clasp hanging out the top.We deal with various stainless steel jewelry and stainless steel rings. (Immobilizing the loop of each piece prevents movement and tangling.) Stack them inside a plastic container. 

Moist air and warm temperatures encourage mildew to grow on organic materials such as cotton and wool, resulting in musty linens. To prevent this, keep the linens in a cool, dry and well-ventilated closet. If you must store them in a bathroom or similarly humid setting, wire shelving will help the items breathe. 

After a shower or bath, turn on an exhaust fan for at least 20 minutes to dehumidify the room. If you dont have a fan in your bathroom, try placing moisture-absorbing products, such as silica-gel packets, a bundle of chalk or a box of baking soda in the space with your linens. Another option: Install an incandescent light bulb; the heat from the bulb will dry the air. 

If moisture isnt the problem, and youre simply looking to maintain that just-laundered scent, try making homemade no-sew sachets filled with cedar shavings or dried lavender, cloves, spearmint or thyme. Put whichever of these fresheners you prefer into small cotton muslin bags, the type commonly used to mull spices and make tea. Once theyre filled, cinch the bags closed and place one on each shelf of the closet. (As an added bonus, every one of these natural ingredients is considered to be moth-repellent.) 

Or for a quick store-bought solution, layer scented dryer sheets between towels and sheet sets, says Stephen Cardino, vice president and fashion director of Macys Home Store.A stainless steel and acrylic stainless steel necklaces composed of two branching forms each with a central void. If you are allergic or sensitive to perfumes, place an open box of dryer sheets in the closet, so the sheets arent directly touching your linens. Replace the sheets or the box every few months, or when they are no longer fragrant. Alternatively, you can store an unlit scented candle or a bar of soap in the closet to keep everything fresh. 

The independent website, Home Party Rankings, shows South Hill Designs in first place again for online popularity over the past six months, with an increase in online attention of 176%.Home Party Rankings, a division of Quivex Media, measures public interest in home party companies through a proprietary methodology that is designed to resist manipulation. 

The significance of this independent ranking is that it shows growing attention to South Hill Designs in the highly competitive home party industry. The top spot has been held by the company, not just for a brief spell but over a sustained period of nine months. In other words, South Hill Designs is consistently capturing more interest in its market than any other home party operation. 

Success is not an accident, observes South Hill Designs CEO Brian Palmer. Our whole team has worked extraordinarily hard to gain this leading industry position. That includes our home office staff, of course, but most of all our wonderful Artists, the independent representatives who are spreading the word about South Hill Designs in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.Wholesale stainless steel pendants and steel jewelry line with bold new designs. 

South Hill Designs has seen exponential growth in both sales and the acquisition of new Artists since its launch. The company attributes its success to three factors. First, it offers a product line that enables women to express themselves through creating their own jewelry. Regional Sales Director Amy Faircloth explains: You take one of our beautiful lockets and then you select from a huge array of charms, coins, screens and droplets. Each piece becomes an expression of your personal passions, whether thats a favorite sports team, a charitable cause, a beloved child or a fun hobby. Our jewelry is a way to wear your story, and weve found that women everywhere just love the concept. 

Secondly, the company has established a culture of innovation, expressed both in its product line and its use of technology. We will never stop looking to create the next new advantage for our customers and our Artists, says COO and co-founder Joe Ochoa. Whether thats a totally original jewelry concept, or super-easy online tool for organizing Socials. 

The exhibit features designs and crafts by sculptor Eduardo Castrillo; Swiss jeweler Hans Brumann; Movement 8 design alliance pioneer Ann Pamintuan; lithographer and sculptor Impy Pilapil; glass sculptor Ramon Orlina; installation artist Leeroy New; avant-garde artist Michelline Syjuco; and National Artist Arturo Luz. 

With art jewelry, one can freely explore the seamless unity of functionality and embellishment, of storytelling and shock appeal, of revival and retrieval, and of design and aesthetics, said Castrillo, who started his brilliant design career as a jewelry designer of Estrellas del Norte. 

As in his glass sculptures, Orlina shows equal facility in designing jewelry, many of them inspired by famous personalities such as his Diana neckpiece, containing a Swarovski pink crystal set in silver with blue sapphire and leather-cord chain; and Maria y Orosa ring, made from hand-cut azure-blue crystal set in silver with pink sapphire, dark-blue sapphire, yellow sapphire, green tsavorite, garnet and purple sapphire.