Teri, I also use the mini blinds. There is talk that imported mini blinds from Asia or Mexico, contained lead. The lead would leach out over time with sun exposure and appear as a dust. I remember that on the old larger blinds that mom had in her home. When you dusted them there was a lot of white powder on the dust rag.
Anyways, I use the mini as plant markers and just write on them with a pencil. I discovered that the writing, if not rubbed will stay on. I pull out the tags at the end of the season and just make new ones each year.
