hSite sells products and supports women

hSite sells products and supports women

It’s good to be original, especially when it comes to your home decor.

OriginalGood.com, from World of Good, sells home-related and personal products handcrafted from artisans around the world.

The company connects consumers with fair-trade products while providing employment and opportunities for self-sufficiency for thousands of artisans.

Items include housewares, ornaments, bags, jewelry and clothing.

Each product on the site:

UIs handmade by women in the developing world.

UTells a story of personal empowerment.

UGuarantees fair wages to the artisans who crafted it.

Check out the site for popular and sale items.

Totally disorganized? Try Pixily online service

There’s help for the hopelessly disorganized.

Pixily is an online service that files your paperwork for you. You mail in papers such as bills, receipts and letters, or you upload digital documents.

Pixily digitizes the documents and organizes them so you can retrieve them with a keyword search.

The information is stored in the same secure facilities that Amazon.com uses for its online orders, and all data are transported in an encrypted fashion, the company says.

Through Dec. 31, the service is available at introductory prices ranging from $14.95 to $59.95 a month, depending on how many documents you send in and how many pages you can store.

Prices are normally $19.95 to $69.95.

There’s also a $4.95-a-month plan, but it’s only for documents submitted digitally.

Gift certificates are available, too.

For more information, visit www.pixily.com or call (888) 674-6493.

Get clean going green: Book provides tips

Author Kimberly Delaney wipes away the complications of green cleaning with the do-it-yourself guide “Clean Home, Green Home.”

The book aims to simplify the choices and methods involved in environmentally conscious cleaning.

She decodes the labeling, specifies ingredients to avoid or look for and provides techniques for cleaning just about anything in the home.

The information is well- illustrated and easy to understand, and it’s organized so you can quickly find the information you need for the job at hand.

“Clean Home, Green Home” is published by Knack, an imprint of the Globe Pequot Press.

It sells for $19.95 in softcover.